Blue & Gold

Wow, it appears Roosevelt is turning into a D-1 factory.

This is interesting. I'd be curious as to whether they'd attribute their findings to leather's shock-absorption qualities, or, as would be my guess, to the seemigly obvious but probably overlooked probability, that while wearing leather helmets, players would simply be far less prone to lead with their heads on tackles?

Hmm. Interesting insight. Thanks for posting this observation. The staff must be attempting to forecast for potential?

I do appreciate and love the televised basketball games. (I think the KD show may have more to do with the UA than w/ STO? I'm not sure.) I wonder if the Zips were to somehow join the Big East if that conference would be high-profile enough to warrant a pregame & postgame show?

If hockey became a scholarship sport, we wouldn't be D-1?

That's cool you did that! But... I'm not talking about a tv news channel's website, I'm talking about the tv news channel's actual televised broadcast. Watch them for a while, and, honest to God, you'll be amazed. And probably upset. However, hopefully I'm displaying my age with this as Zen pointed out, nowadays increasingly few actually watch the local tv news anymore. But in my formative years, like Ron Burgundy, televised news was king!

I love all Zips fans, and I can tell you really did read my post. But, come on, man, that reply could be prime example number 1 of almost exactly what I'm talking about. Here's an experiment for anyone who wants to see "Akron" given due respect. But careful, because it could/should rock your equilibrium when you actually witness it. Three easy steps: 1) You have to have a passionate interest in Akron, UA, and, specifically, Zips athletics. 2) Watch the daily 6:00 & 11:00 Cleveland news programs (3, 5 & 8). For a while; week, month, year(s). 3) Post on here, (or anywhere, just keep track) of all the Akron Zips stories you see. You will literally find next to none. If this doesn't incense you, then go back & question step number one. Doing this will enable you to see what most all miss, for most people, accept the status quo without questioning much. I do in most things. It's just my desires for Akron that made me critically notice this troubling Northeast Ohio zietgeist.

I'm one of the 500! They posted a nice picture of Coach Bowden with Reggie Corner. It's great to see Coach Bowden reaching out to former Zips and making them feel welcome, wanted, and still an important part of the progrum.

This is an interesting conversation and lies at the root of my disdain for Cleveland. Technically it's the Cleveland-Akron market, but in practice, that is tragically laughable for anyone who wants to see Akron duly recognized and advanced. For at least 20 years now, Cleveland has literally almost completely refused to even acknowledge the existence of Akron. The region was force fed almost daily updates on the progress of the construction of the new Cleveland Brown's Stadium. But what did we get for the opening of the Info? A 4-minute segment the night before opening day? That should have been an ongoing story. Would the Cleveland tv media shine more light on Akron were we to join the Big East? That's a serious question, the answer to which our admittance to that conference just might hinge upon. Sadly, it seems that if it's at all within Cleveland's media power, they'd do anything possible to actually see Akron's Vision 2020 thwarted, or at least have as few people know about it as possible. How's that television coverage been for our big BracketBuster contest tomorrow? Oh, right, the "Cleveland-Akron Market" hasn't even been made aware that there's even a game being played. Screw you, Cleveland.

Just dropping this in here, though these thoughts are scattered over many threads. I grew up enjoying the city of Cleveland and pulling for the Browns, Indians & Cavs. However, I'm also a Zips fan, and began religiously following the Zips about 20 years ago. I began watching the Cleveland televised news for mentions of what the Zips were up to. While the Indians, Cavs & Browns all had show, after show, after show, after show, with plenty of additional coverage during the 6:00 & 11:00 news, pregame shows, postgame shows, etc., it didn't take me long to see that not only did Cleveland not cover Akron, but they literally almost never even acknowledge the existence of UA or the Zips. As a sincere Zips fan I found this both infurriating and unacceptable. After a few years of hoping for change, I had had enough and realized that northeast Ohio does not sit in a circle, holding hands, singing Kumbaya. Cleveland doesn't want to share any of the pie. So if Cleveland refuses to support us, out of principle, I refuse to support them. It's just a simple matter of self-respect. However, I'll be the first to say that if Cleveland tv would change their ways and give Akron even a fair portion of the coverage/attention UA & we deserve, and northeast Ohio could actually be considered a cooperative as opposed to competitive region, then I'd be very quik to forgive and forget. But until then, sadly, we've just gotta hold our own. Forget about getting an assist from the city up north. But we don't have to willingly bend over for them.

+1. And I was one of the more disappointed folks when he took over for Gaffney. So glad to be proven wrong!

Ouch, we lost our season opener 7-1 to some school named Elon.

Terry Pluto is one of Akron/UA's public enemies. He used to write for the Akron Beacon Journal and now he writes for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. For the past twenty years, he's been subconsciously indoctrinating our region against the legitimacy of the UofA with passive-aggressive articles belittling the significance of the U, and Akron in general. I don't know what's been more harmful/destructuve to Akron's psyche, the fact that the Cleveland tv media has literally gone out of their way to ignore the very existence of Akron, or Terry Pluto, who would write about Akron, but only in condescending tones.

Zips Notebook by George Thomas.

I think an arena between 8,000 -10,000-seats is appropriate. Of course this is just my uneducated opinion. The U will have much consulting on this issue, probably receiving much input from the Big East, if, in fact, they are in discussions with the conference.

Marla Ridenour chimes in on Zips' at-large resume. But I don't appreciate the last sentence of her story!

Awesome! Thanks, Big Zip!

Miami postgame wrap from George Thomas. Someone had commented about Charlie Coles saying something to Quincy. Well, according to the article, it sounds as though Charlie may have been frustrated because Q so effectively shut down Miami's 3-ball.

How did the interview go, Scott?

So, can anyone report how this went?

Those were basically my thoughts a few posts back. I think the high tech gear, quite counter-intuitively, may actually increase the liklihood of serious injury.

I think the jerseys are fine. Whatever. You do whatcha gotta do.

Actually, I'd love to hear their comments. Unless they're dropping perpetual F-bombs, why mute them?

I was able to watch some of the game online tonight. Tree's matchup with Mavunga is what stood out to me. He went toe-to-toe with possibly the single best player in the league - freshman -vs- senior - and did just fine. The sky is the limit for Tree. Also, though I was planning on coming tonight, as I've previously stated, I don't invite friends or take guests to the Miami game anymore. As we all know, Miami plays a boring brand of basketball. W's are important, but none-the-less, a night of basketball is supposed to be an entertaining evening. I've been personally embarrassed by those ugly Miami games too many times. Bye, bye, Charlie! Oh, and btw, I really like Miami's 6'8" F Jon Harris. He's from Twinsburg & I was able to see him play in the Summit -vs- Stark County All-Star Game a couple years back against Josh Egner. He was the best player on the floor that night. He's smooth with the ball, 6'8" and can hit the three off a stop-n-pop. If Charlie Coles retires, I wonder if Jon would be interested in transfering to UA?

Unfortunately they've yet to pull off a live feed without a hitch. And I wonder if whoever is in charge of hitting the un-mute button after time outs is embarrassed with their effort? Do we have middle school students running the A/V equipment?