Blue & Gold

+1. Though I tell myself there is probably an X's & O's reason that's above my head as to why Zeke runs out there, it, none-the-less infuriates me to see him put into a position where he is continuously exploited by the quick little guards up top. Just STAY NEAR THE PAINT, Zeke! To my simplistic way of thinking, running Zeke out beyond the 3-point line just isn't the best way to use his God-given strengths. In fact, it really puts him at a distinct disadvantage. For crying out lous, KEEP HIM DOWN LOW, KD! However, since this is so painfully obvious to me (a basketball 101 guy) I figure there just has to be a higher basketball I.Q. reason for it.

We don't even have Can't on the schedule. I believe Can't and Akron are AT Youngstown State next season. Don't quote me on that. The way the Horizon schedules two early conference games in December have thrown a wrench into scheduling for us. I'd love to see that game in the Coveli Center. I'd really like to check the place out. Basketball blows in there. It is a beautiful arena, but they don't setup seats behind each basket so you got a giant grey floor there. Beeghly is a lot more intimate. It is very much just like the JAR or the MACC. Interesting. That's why (we speculate) UA is hesitant/unwilling to go in with the City of Akron on a multi-purpose arena.

Is AA really having surgery on his knee or will he just be "rested" after these games? I'm not certain, but pretty sure it's going to require surgery. But, I guess meniscus surgery must be rather minor, as he'll only be sidelined for a little over 2 weeks. "Minor" knee surgery?

Ouch. That one hurts badly.

George Thomas for the ABJ on the Pine-Bluff game.

No one will ever accuse Zach of not being opinionated.

Yeah, that'd be hilarious?

We don't even have Can't on the schedule. I believe Can't and Akron are AT Youngstown State next season. Don't quote me on that. The way the Horizon schedules two early conference games in December have thrown a wrench into scheduling for us. I'd love to see that game in the Coveli Center. I'd really like to check the place out.

God bless Henniger, and all, but he looks awful when out on the floor for K-ent. He doesn't fit that teams' athletic style of play at all.

Wow. That was painful.

Btw, shouldn't we be playing at YSU this year?

Yeah, I just read the article & it sounds like GT just reads ZNO. Couldn't he at the very least place a call to representatives for Johnson, Stoops & Winters & at least get a "no comment," comment?

PW is a master of the spread offense & when he was UA's OC, we had literally one of the most explosive, exciting offenses in all of college football. He did that when we had the very worst football facilities in all of D-1 college football. Literally. By far. Embarrassing. I'm surprised they could even get anyone to commit to play at UA back then. Players carpooling to the grubby practice fields which were located 1/4 a mile from a crumbling RubberBowl (God rest her soul). Now we have some of the finest football facilities in the nation. Literally. And by far the best in the MAC. I'd be extremely excited to see what PW could do here now.

Maybe this is why KD is (apparently) delaying AA's knee surgery until after these next few games? Maybe he feels we really do need AA for Pine-Bluff & YSU. It'd be pretty devestating to go 1-4 over the next few weeks.

Interesting development, If YouTube isn't sleeping, I'm hoping he was/is on the phone tonight. Maybe I missed it, what are we supposed to take from this article?? +1. I don't understand what "development" you're getting at. Interestingly, the article spells out why GP1 never thought a Pro-set offense would work at UA - and he was right about that. A spread is needed to equalize the talent. This is one reason I'm a Paul Winters supporter. He's a master at running the spread & his former UA offenses would be right at home in the wide-open PAC-12.

He's quite safe. No one who actually still reads the Canton Rep even knows what the internet is. LOL Canton too??

He's quite safe. No one who actually still reads the Canton Rep even knows what the internet is.

For anyone who has never seen the show, it is a race around the world with a bunch of stops along the way. It starts and stops in the US and this year the final leg was in Atlanta. That's where the two contestants on the left met up with the Zips fan. Yeah, you can tell I've obviously never seen the show. And Atlanta, eh? Cool.

So, without a traditional presser, how are the crack reporters - Georgie, Porter, Rasor, Elton - supposed to put a story together sans quotes from the new HC? Weird.

Sounds like the college equivalent of the Steelers approach in the NFL. Seems to have worked well for both Wayne State and the Steelers. I was never close to being a D-1 caliber athlete, so I have no idea, but will this scenario translate when recruiting quality D-1 players? Most of them are pretty cocky (and rightly so) and firmly believe they're going to come in & be BMOC right off the bat, right? (Just playing devil's advocate here, because I know PW already has plenty of experience in recruiting D-1 players. Also, if need be, I'm sure PW could tweek his strategy a bit.)

+1. This shot should definitely be moved to the random sighting thread. Where was the "race" taking place? It wasn't around Akron, was it?

I cast my lot for Paul Winters. Building up UA should be a piece of cake compared to what he did @ WSU. Akron should dominate the MAC.

From 1 vote in the Top 25 to 1 vote in the Mid-Major Top 25.

Good point, here. I've been a little perplexed & dismayed over Gilliam's lack of PT. But your above observation is very true.

"[O]ther names,"? Besides Mike Johnson & Narduzzi? If that's the case, then we know who the mysterious 4th candidate is.