Blue & Gold

^^This sounds like a great system.

Awesome, perfect and justified!

Why not offer him a scholly? He only has one year to play, right? We've got more than enough schollies available. And I remember reading somewhere that he was going to play corner? No way! Not at 6'4", right? I've never heard of a corner being 6'4". Gotta be a safety.

Mama Zeke made Big Zeke get a haircut for ESPNU's national tv audience!

Big Zeke is this week's guest! P.s., when I die, take me to Eckard-Baldwin.

Why on earth would any athlete not want to play in/for Hawaii? I've wondered this for years. Shouldn't Hawaii be winning the national championship every year? If I could pick anywhere in the US to live (all expenses paid for 5 years) it would be Hawaii.

You're saying The Civic & EJT would be competitors with the new arena? That's an interesting thought, but I don't think they would. I think the arena would only host concerts larger than EJ or the Civic could accomodate. The city up north has a few different theaters plus the Q.

Then you must really love KD.

Unfortunately, I can't make the big game today, but I hope you guys are rocking in there to give these recruits a great vibe of Zips' spirit!

Here's a really nice article by GT with a youtube interview w/ KD embedded into the article. Nifty! George Thomas on the big OU rivalry.

Niiiiiiiice!

Absolutely!

I was hoping for either Butler or New Mexico until I read this. Okay, now I'm hoping for Iona!

I'm with Skip & going 3,500. Zips games just aren't community events yet. How has the pre-game hype been from the Cleveland tv stations... oh, wait. Nevermind. Go Miami Heat!!! & Go Akron Zips!!!

Hipsher recruited Keith McCloud pretty hard and Keith wanted to be a Zip, but chose BGSU because we already had Ball & Bosley. Unfortunately, McCloud winded up being better than even either of those two (of course, he probably wouldn't have progressed as much as he did had D-Hip been berating him for four years).

I was able to listen. It was a good 20-minutes long and excellent! Coach Bowden is getting the entire area excited for Zips football! Coach Bowden didn't say anything we haven't heard before, but Sam Burquin (sp?) and Joe Palmasano both admitted how excited they are for the future of Akron football!

Bringing the Canton Civic Center into consideration is a good move. It's a hockey arena and seats, what, 5,000? It does have one end chopped off for a stage, IIRC. Of course we'd build something far superior to that poor old lady, but that can give a good visual concerning appropriate scale. We'd need an 8,000 - 10,000-seat facility? So half the size of the Q, but twice-ish the size of the Canton Civic Center. (edit:) With a relatively LOW roof! We need to keep the noise in there! Even the Q is usually pretty quiet (of course the Cavs have a lot to do with that). That's why they NEVER turn that blaring music off! There's ALWAYS either music blaring or an MC screaming. It's IMHO, pretty hokey - needless to say, not a college basketball environment which is more focussed on the band, students and THE GAME!

Finely worded, Skip. It's a bit difficult to put these concerns into words, as I don't know the proper jargon. But talk concerning sideline seating versus corner and baseline seating works well. I also like how you've phrased "open air space." I'll say you coined the phrase and I'm going to use it. this is a MAJOR concern as well. (In fact, all the open air space is probably a bigger factor in KD not wanting a hockey arena than the distance of baseline and corner seating from the court - though the problems do go hand-in-hand.) These are serious issues. Look, I'm for a new arena of any kind. Mainly, I just want OUT of the JAR. I'd be just as excited over a hockey arena as I would be over a basketball arena. However, with a hockey arena I'd be awfully concerned about the place looking empty and being as quiet as church even if we had a crowd of 6,000.

It was a good article. He put a lot of work into that one. I left him a Thank You in the comments section.

Is it just me, or is Harney a better ball handler than Q? Who would you rather have bring the ball up the court, Harney or Q? Who would you rather see drive to the basket, Harney or Q? Who would you rather see take the last shot, Harney or Q? I think I'm with Harney on all three accounts. Q is great, but Harney is even greater!

KD does A LOT that I don't understand. But I'm like you in that I have to remind myself that he's forgotten more about the game of basketball than I'll ever know. Also, it's not just KD, per se. There is an entire coaching staff who have sit-down meetings to formulate strategy. So obviously they're all on the same page? Either that, or KD rules with an iron fist and the assistants just do a good job of biting their lips.

Wouldn't it be nice to see Cameron Black wearing blue and gold and backing up big Zeke?! Man! And he wanted to be a Zip!!!

I wasn't able to catch this week's show and my dvr didn't record it. I thought I had my dvr set to record all future Zips Live shows, but apparently not. I was pretty dissappointed, as I'm really enjoying the show.

7:14. Got it now!

Nothing for me either.