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It looked like Pat's initial success was a bit of a double-edged sword. Pat was dominating in the post & the Zips offense degenerated into simply feeding Pat the ball down low; not a bad strategy as you want to feed the hot man, but there was also quite a bit of standing around & watching Pat go to work. When Pat's shots started to fall short (though most were right there & good shots), the Zips were out of rhythm & Miami pulled away (they're an extremely well-coached team). The ball rotation has been much better without Tree in the middle. Now that it looks like Pat might step up this season, we've still got to keep moving without the ball & not get lazy, i.e., just watching Pat go to work down low.

It's up. Go Zips!

Is Watch ESPN a few minutes behind? I'm not seeing a live link for it.

Who are these players?

Then what happened in the 2nd half of the Ball State game? I believe I remember someone mentioning BSU switched into a zone defense in the 2nd half & Tommy just couldn't adjust. Was it really that simple?

Any insider updates on the YSU scrimmage?

I don't know why that would be, but I do know Anthony Clark is definitely a redshirt. He's a stud. Pretty certain Boxen is also a redshirt.

Chandler Kincade was/is supposed to be the QB of the future. But Tra'Von Chapman transferred in after we signed Kincade & is supposed to be a stud. He did look like a superior athlete during the one series he played in the spring game. I'd say he's more explosive than anyone on the Zips current roster regardless of position. He looks like an NFL-esque athlete, but we don't yet know if he can really play QB at this level. Kincade is supposed to be a true gunner.

I haven't been to observe practice, but I hear that A.Jackson is backing up Tree at power forward. Making him a 'stretch-4,' as his style of play is quite different than Tree's.

This is the responsibility of George Thomas. This story should have been written two days ago.

W if Pohl plays. L if he doesn't.

New Beats by Dre commercial all about Akron. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCOgaWSfxxs

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/mac-soccer-western-michigan-1-akron-0-zips-suffer-first-home-loss-to-broncos-1.535270 From the ABJ. The Zips started the second half with five different players than had started the match. “I was trying to get guys in there that had a fresh mind,” UA coach Jared Embick said. “I wanted guys that watched the game to come in and play with some urgency.” ... “We needed to move the ball quickly, attack with speed and be stronger on the ball,” Embick said. “We were poor in a lot of the aspects of the game that we’ve been starting to become good at.”

Where's Aaron Jackson working in?

If we sell tickets that cheaply, the season ticket holders (who pay a fair price) would be pretty upset. But, we're getting the attendance we deserve. I used to get all riled up over the lousy attendance, but no more. I've been a Zips fan my whole life, and a die-hard since 1994. Save one good year, it's been 21 years of bad, bad, bad football. It's going to take a handful of successive successful seasons (MAC East championships & bowl game wins) to start to foster any real community pride concerning the Zips.

I watched a replay of the Pitt game last night & Isaiah Williams got beat pretty badly in that game for a big shot on Pohl. It happens to everyone; it's football. But my question is, Tommy Brown, probably being our best OL, why isn't he playing on Pohl's blindside? Isaiah Williams is a converted DL & hasn't held a starting job till this season, but he's playing Left Tackle - isn't that considered the most important position on the OL?

Also from the article: When Bowden took the Akron job, there were rumors that he was going to only stay a few years, win some games -- and then leave for something better. "I heard that," he said. Then he started to laugh. "You know what happened to the last five coaches before me?" he asked. "They got fired. How about we start to win and stay? How about we just worry about starting to win some games."

Amazing camera work! So much fun to look back through. Thank you!

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/ua-football-zips-cody-grice-doubling-his-fun-1.530221

GoZips.com has Aaron Jackson listed at 6-8. Is that legit? He's listed as a G. If so, that seems pretty elite.

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."