Blue & Gold

The mayor was at the game tonight. He was sitting on the east side, lower bowl, center court. I wasn't at the game; just watching online. But they had the camera on him during a timeout.

THIS FEED SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!! DOES NO ONE CARE OR ARE THEY SIMPLY POWERLESS TO DO BETTER BECAUSE OF THEIR ALMOST TOTAL INCOMPETENCE?!?!?! [edit:] AND HOW CAN THEY SO CONSISTENTLY FORGET TO TURN THE VOLUME BACK ON AFTER TIMEOUTS?!?! WHO ARE THESE CLOWNS?!?!

Today, at 2:00 on ESPN2, Temple is playing at Rhode Island. Check out Rhode Island's basketball arena -the Ryan Center. It's a beautiful, 7,657-seat facility. Not a bad seat in the house; all right on top of the action.

Oh, right, Geneva on the Lake. Up there; my bad.

A game or so in Geneva? What's going on down there?

I'm almost positive the floor of the JAR is not large enough for a hockey-size rink, even if you'd run it catty-corner. I think many would be surprised how much larger a hockey rink is than a basketball court.

6-2?!?! SPANK!!! This is exciting news. How many people would you say were in attendance overall? 150? 200? I don't want to get ahead of myself, but simply in the spirit of visionary thinking (daydreaming?) could you imagine how great it would be to have a competitive NCAA Men's Hockey progrum on campus? Talk about adding to the student's quality of life - not to mention the surrounding community, of which I am a part. Football, soccer, basketball, baseball (when RR gets that progrum turned) and hockey?! A nice, intimate 1000-seat hockey arena on campus, near Exchange, easily accessible to downtown, open skating after the games. UA would be the place to be... year around!

For a strong team, there are a lot of W's to be had in the MAC.

We should watch that tape to see what they did to slow down UT's Rian Pearson. I believe the guy's only a sophomore. We get the privilege and joy of facing him two more times. And to your second point, yes. If they can slow down Pearson, they can slow down Q. Here's to seeing how Q reacts tonight.

+1. Ever.

Ah, right. Thank you. Yeah, good grief, the # 5 seed has to do battle three times just to get the right to face the rested #1 seed in the semis. Ouch! Here's to hoping Can't gets the #5!

Correct. Only two wins are necessary for seeds #1 & #2. Three wins required for seeds #3 & #4. Four wins necessary for seeds #5 & #6. Not earning one of the top four seeds really puts you behind the 8 ball.

Nice bracket! We should pin that MAC Tourney bracket and update it once or twice a week. If Can't breaks into the number 4 spot, I'd be a little nervous facing them, as we may have a little rust to shake off come our first game. I really like this format, as it puts due weight on the regular season. If you are outside the top 4 seeds, you'd have to win four games in 4 days to win it all.

I hope the game is not embarrassingly slow. I no longer invite guests to the Miami games because they're so painful to watch. With the momentum UA has right now, there mayy be a really nice crowd atbthe game with some Joe Akrons attending their first Zips game. If EMU makes it SLOW, BORING game I'll be ticked.

EMU is tough. Since MAC play began they've added a 7' center to their roster. He is a transfer from Syracuse (kid hails from Detroit) and he's definitely a defensive stopper. He's athletic, movea his feet and arms very well, and definitely passes the eyeball test (at least he sure did on tv). I'm looking forward to seeing how Zeke matches upmwith someone his own size! Go Zips!!

Thanks for clearing that up for us, and welcome to ZipsNation!! Go Zips!

Exactly. Coach Terry Bowden, on top of already being one of the single most recognizable college coaches in the entire nation, now has even more of an embarrassment of riches at this university. The campus, the fieldhouse, the stadium. And now Jim Tressel. Coach Bowden has the luxury of simply utilizing JT like an ace up his sleave; just pull him out on occasion to impress some upper echelon Ohio recruits. (I don't know if any out-of-state recruits would really care much about meeting JT?)

I'm not saying this information is true, or accurate. However, if it is, the $20 million still wouldn't be official yet. It'd probably just be a pledge for $20 million. If the pledge were earmarked for an arena, the U would/could make it official before a press conference is held.

If this is true, then Jim Tressel has already made quite a ROI for UA.

This is what I am suspecting. After five years he'll be our next AD. The good news is that we've got Jim Tressel while he's hot. After three or five years away from Columbus State football, he'll most likely be a bit more irrelevant than he is presently. Especially if Urban Meyer is successful, your average Ohioan will move on. So we've got Jim at the best possible time.

Excellent. Thanks for sharing your observation. It's probably healthy that KD doesn't have to carry the burden of being the sole "heavy."

I love it! The players need to read it. KD can't be the only critical voice they hear. One thing I've observed on our bench is how nice our assistant coaches are. Perhaps to a fault? Is this by design? Is KD's role to be the Bad Cop and the assistants are to be the Good Cops? I just ask because it seems as though KD is the only coach willing to give the fellas the occasional kicks in the backsides that most all athletes occasionally need.

So did Alfred Koroma sign, or not?

Perhaps if the arena is labeled a multi-purpose facility, which it will be, we won't have any trouble?

Most of the inferences being tossed around are veiled references to joining the Big East. Or at least a move to Conference USA.