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That would be great. Sadly, I'm going to guess more in the range of 2,500.

Um, it's a one-year move while he practices w/ the US Olympics team in Vegas. I don't know if the PD article mentioned that, but I do know that Cleveland sucks. Go Zips! Go Akron! Fall into the lake, Cleveland.

The game is on STO. That may hurt attendance tomorrow night.

That does suck. Hopefully it'll only be for one year - and it probably will be, as the article states that LeBron moved the camp to Vegas this year so he can participate in the camp while also training w/ the U.S. Olympic team.

Good! Move Rossi to LB!!!

Here's a question, probably deserving of another thread, but I'll just ask NewZipsFan here: in Coach Bowden's version of the spread offense, is the QB typically/ideally more of a Pro-style QB who slings the ball all over the field, or is the QB ideally more of a Dual-threat player who often looks to run w/ the ball?

Of course I agree with the top four no-brainers: Akron, Buffalo, Ohio & Can't. However I am also in strong agreement with your somewhat surprising number 5 pick in Eastern Michigan. They've been so horrendous for so long I don't think anyone on ZNO is able to take them seriously. This, IMHO, is a BIG mistake. They've already beaten Ball State - in Muncie - and I was very impressed watching them play on STO last week. They have a true 7' C transfer from 'Cuse that really has a good, athletic physique and good mobility. I think he really might give Zeke some trouble. The Zips better be ready to give it all they've got when they play EMU this Saturday.

Don't take anything the Zipmeister says too seriously. 99% of the time he joketh.

Good job, Zach!! Thanks for all the great work! With the players currently enrolled plus the listed verbals, the total comes to 25. So that should about do it, no?

I'm not sure. There used to be frequent postings from a certain ZNO member concerning club baseball, but I haven't seen them in a while. Was it RootforRoo?

+1. We have the individual talent to often overcome poor team play. That may work (most of the time) in the MAC, but won't fly if we have sincere Sweet 16 aspirations. Heck, it didn't even fly against Valpo & Duquesne.

Excellent point, Scott. Xavier, Dayton, Rhode Island, Cincy, Depaul, Butler. Definitely want to keep Cleveland State; love to hate those guys as much as Can't, and those games are always the most fun.Keep the rivalry with Marshall as well!

Buffalo's announcers were excellent.

Tree's a warrior who won't be denied and Gilliam's on fire!

My 1350 audio is perfectly synched with the MAC video feed. Life is good.

I love pushing it in transition!

Good system. (This is how soccer works, right?) i wish the NCAA would operate like this. Abolish the BCS.

Yeah, he's kind of like a football recruit who is labeled an "athlete."

Looks like I'm the only person keeping this thread on life support, but if you want to check out one of KD's favorite arenas, turn to STO where BGSU is at Eastern Michigan. KD loves the EMU Convocation Center. 8,000-seat (all chair-back) basketball facility. Btw, EMU has a 7-footer in their starting lineup.

2 wins would DOUBLE our total from last year! That's an increase of 100%! Having said that, 4 wins would make me very happy. I don't want to get too greedy. If we weren't so unimaginiably abominable and entirely uncompetitive last year, I'd say we have an extremely favorable schedule. However, we were soooo bad last year, I'm only expecting to win 2 games - Morgan State & UMass. Anything else will be gravy. Here is my absolutely best case scenario: UCF - L FIU - W Morgan State - W (our first above .500 record in years!) Tennessee - L Can't - W (Coach Bowden will have our guys sky high for this one) Ohio - L Temple - L Toledo - L Buffalo - W (though they simply had their way with us last year) Miami - W NIU - L UMass - W Final record: 6-6. Bowl eligible, baby!

My quick $0.02. I think this will be the biggest deciding factor. Eli may not even have to do much but "manage the game," this time around.

Give him the night off. We shouldn't need Rico -vs- CMU. Get Deji some PT.

Thanks for getting the ball rolling, Quick. Your above quote is what I most want to see. I want to see the Zips bring the hammer down early, with their starters, before the bench bunch even takes off their shooting jackets. Let's control a game from tip-off to final horn for a change - like we did against Mississippi State. Here is George Thomas' article for the Akron Beacon Journal. Not much new here, but, with this game there's probably not really a lot to say. If the Zips play hungry, I'm picking a 20-point Zips win. (Of course, CMU may make the final score a bit closer as Akron finally gets to play their real bench - Egner, Deji, Kyle & C.J.) And finally, just for kicks, this quote from GT's article doesn't make any sense: "During the current losing streak, the Chippewas are averaging just 59.4 points, anemic by any standard, but especially so in the Mid-American Conference's grind-it-out style of hoops."

Thanks for putting that list together! Given Coach Bowden's time frame, I'm resigned to the fact that our class will be relatively weak this year (at least he has some quality players coming in. It looked like iCoach was on pace to only have about 10 recruits). But what really surprises me is that WMU & Ohio don't have more 3-stars verballed.

I'm excited about McAdams. But I really must say, besides Melo, the other two seem more like KD recruits, as opposed to KD2.0 recruits.