Blue & Gold

Thought this interesting. Pre-Zeke we often worried about having undersized centers when comparing our roster to Power 5 conferences'. But in tonight's NBA exhibition game: Cavs starting center: 6-9 (Tristan Thompson) Tel Aviv's starting center: 6-8 (Brian Randle) http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-cavaliers/cleveland-cavaliers-1.275356/pregame-cavs-vs-maccabi-tel-aviv-1.528872 Maybe Tree could be a viable "5"?

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/ua-zips/university-of-akron-zips-blog-1.277207/akron-zips-football-slow-start-gives-way-to-offensive-avalanche-in-31-6-win-over-eastern-michigan-1.528741 ABJ George Thomas wrap-up.

Just wanted to toss in my $0.02 that I liked the all-black uni's & chrome-gold dome. We had a group of 15 on Saturday & all the kids in the group loved the uniforms (especially the helmets), which is what's probably most important.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/college-soccer-akron-1-uab-0-zips-get-goal-from-adam-najem-remain-unbeaten-at-home-1.528824?localLinksEnabled=false Nice wrap-up in the ABJ. "Souders, one of the team’s captains, has moved to left defender this season after he was used primarily as a central defender last season. Embick said that using Souders at left defender has given the team more balance. “It’s not his best position, but he’s made a sacrifice to make our team better, which says a lot about him,” Embick said."

I think he's just on an official visit for homecoming.

Amen.

One spot behind UCF.

Thank you for the effort, Dr. Z. Excellent work, I really enjoyed those once again!

He was out yesterday with a high-ankle sprain.

High ankle sprain. Out for the game.

http://www.ohio.com/sports/browns/marla-ridenour-university-of-akron-bid-for-browns-training-camp-could-have-implications-for-zips-soccer-program-1.522312 UA bid for Browns' training camp could have implications for UA Soccer program.

Very good Penn State game preview on Ohio.com today. Also some interesting content from an interview GT did with a Penn State blogger.

Excellent photos. Wow.

'Twas the night before kickoff and still no official word on Tommy Brown?

Bowden & Co. have done an outstanding job stocking up on DL talent. Below is everyone listed on the DL from GoZips.com. We're good to go on the DL for the next 4 years. 56 Deon'Tae Moore DE RFr. 6-2 230 Akron, Ohio / Kenmore HS 53 Travonte Junius DE/LB Fr. 6-3 205 Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary HS 50 Brock Boxen DL Fr. 6-3 272 New Galilee, Pa. / Beaver Falls HS 97 Undrea Bullard DL Fr. 6-6 250 St. Petersburg, Fla. / Gibbs HS 11 Nordly Capi DL Sr. 6-3 252 Ocoee, Fla. / Colorado State / Ocoee HS 94 Anthony Clark DL Fr. 6-4 276 Akron, Ohio / Buchtel HS 91 Rodney Coe DL Jr. 6-3 305 Fulton, Mo. / Iowa State / Iowa Western CC / Edwardsville HS 95 Darius Copeland DL So. 6-1 257 Ft. Myers, Fla. / Ft. Myers HS 79 Mike Davis DL Jr. 6-0 280 Powell, Ohio / Olentangy Liberty HS 10 Richard Dorvilus DL Jr. 6-1 235 Miami, Fla. / Independence (Kan.) CC / Cypress Bay HS 63 Varnell Garrett DL Sr. 6-3 227 Cleveland, Ohio / Collinwood HS 93 Lavonne Gauthney DL RFr. 6-1 287 Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Hargrave Military Academy / Reynoldsburg HS 36 Cody Grice DL Jr. 5-11 284 Akron, Ohio / Firestone HS 9 Keontae Hollis DL Sr. 6-5 295 Pontiac, Mich. / Iowa Central Community College / Pontiac HS 96 Alfonso Horner DL Jr. 6-3 217 Miami, Fla. / Belen Jesuit Prep 34 Jamal Marcus DL Jr. 6-2 240 Durham, N.C. / Ohio State / Hillside HS 92 Daryan Martin DL So. 6-0 239 Cincinnati, Ohio / Princeton HS 99 Nmesoma Okafor DL Sr. 6-6 240 Queens, N.Y. / Nassau (N.Y.) Community College / Campus Magnet HS 90 Se'Von Pittman DL So. 6-3 268 Canton, Ohio / Ohio State / Canton McKinley HS 98 Christopher Spruill DL RFr. 6-2 230 Maple Heights, Ohio / John Adams HS

DT Lavonne Gauthney's listed again.

Take a look at Jerome Lane's bio on GoZips.com. We all know what a stud he is, but they put absolutely NO effort into that bio whatsoever. If you weren't familiar with Jerome, you'd think he was awful. And those junior stats they have listed can't be right.

GoZips.com updated the roster this morning & Deon'Tae Moore is now listed.

I love all whites.

Great to hear about Gauthney and Moore. What was Boxen playing, DE or DT?

Really? So no traditional gold - what do they call it, "old gold" - this year? Though old gold is my all-time favorite, that's alright. We needed to shake things up a bit. As long as we never resort to yellow!

They'd better get architectural renderings before the public sooner, rather than later. They've had quite a while. Only three months out.

Lots of duplicate numbers. Is that common?

I think that's the Canton Field House.

I'm so Akron... I'm a Zips' fan.