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North Hill? You're a dego. Let's get the topic back to good ol' Tree.

Actually, it's in the fieldhouse.

+1. He's a big reason a generation of Akronites don't take the Zips seriously. His melancholy, backhanded-complimentary slant when he'd write about UA was a disgrace. However, having said that, I think Paul Winters would be a very good candidate.

+1.

The next coach to leave Akron by choice, will be the first (in my life). Last time it happened was Gordon Larson, 1972. He stayed on as AD for a few more years. Bob Huggins?

And David Mayer. This team will be just fine. I think Mattocks will leave, but he'll be the only non-senior leaving IMO. I think we may see a fair number of this years' freshman who got zero playing time transfer out. I don't think Mayer will return. Based on past history I could see the transfers. There's no point in staying behind someone who plays the full 90. I'm not really sure the mass exodus of freshman is what will happen though. Is a redshirt freshman more likely to transfer than a guy like Brenes? He doesn't really have a defined role yet will already be a junior. He's clearly a very good player but he's stuck behind two future MLS players in central midfield. I don't think Mayer goes though. Just look at his tweets from today. Mayer staying would certainly be a good thing. I don't read tweets but my statements about him transferring were not based on anything i heard nor on anything factual. I presumed he would leave because of lack of any playing time,albeit one half or less,over the last half of the season. Since all guys want to play i presumed he would transfer but it would be great news if he was to stay. I was really impressed with Mayer at the start of the season. After the Cal Poly game (when he was one of our better players) he didn't seem to play at all. We have played 5 other left backs plus Mayer this season (Stevenson, Portillos, Balogun, Gallego and Brenes) which is strange. Does anybody know what happened to Mayer? I believe he injured his foot/toe and was out for some amount of time because of that. I heard (just heard, I am not certain) that he and Porter had a falling out. I hope not. I really had high hopes for him too, and thought we would have been able to pencil him in as our starting LB. I heard the same. I wasn't all that impressed with him anyways. He never really had a good first touch, and I saw him misread the ball more than once and let it go over his head when it should have been an easy header. Those kind of mistakes can cost big in the back line. He did look pretty good going forward though, and put in some really nice crosses with his left. I do think he could be pretty good next year if he can iron out the kinks. He wasn't ready this year. Come on, fellas. Dr. Z's gonna have a stroke!

This is very good news. +1. But that tweet sounds awfully cocky and unremorseful for the pain his absence cost the team vs. WVU. I wish his tweet read something more along the lines of, "I'm back and want to appologize to my teammates and fans for letting you down when you needed me most. I promise this will never happen again. Go Zips!" That's more than 140 characters Excellent point.

Awesome job, Wags! I wish he played on a team where he didn't have to make so many tackles.

And long snapper! And punter. Both graduating.

This is very good news. +1. But that tweet sounds awfully cocky and unremorseful for the pain his absence cost the team vs. WVU. I wish his tweet read something more along the lines of, "I'm back and want to appologize to my teammates and fans for letting you down when you needed me most. I promise this will never happen again. Go Zips!"

Maybe he saw Denzel Washington?

Once other schools are beating down his door, it's too late for us buddy. Every coach has to get his first shot in the big leagues from somebody. Brian Kelly's came from Central Michigan. They took a winner at a lower level nobody was "beating down the door" for. I don't think they regretted their decision. This is a guy who knows how to turn a program around and win. Instead of focusing on everybody else, focus on the Zips needs, and you'll see he's exactly what we need. Good point about Kelly. He was HC @ Grand Valley State, a school in the same conference as Paul Winters' Wayne State.

I'm sure there are a lot of lingering hard feelings about the Aeros moving to Akron from Canton. That had to hurt, especially a sportswriter. That said, I also trust Porter's reporting. He's usually on the money. I believe you are absolutely spot on. The Canton/Akron Indians move is precisely my theory over all the hating. I remember Steve Doershuk (sp?), another Rep sports columnist, writing for the Rep after Canal Park opened, about how Canal Park wasn't all that nice and how our downtown was ugly. Listen, Canton. Thurmun Munson Stadium was a disgrace & the AA ball club was going to relocate back toward the east coast. This was a while ago now, and I don't remember the details, but there were a handful of east coast cities that were going to build a new ballpark for the club. At least Akron got them. Canton was going to lose the club either way.

Frenchie mentioned that the bus(es?) were caught in traffic and were late to the game. True?

Amen. Who gives a crap about that ambiguous NE Ohio designation? The only time it is invoked is when it benefits Cleveland. Anytime Cleveland doesn't need it, it's the "Cleveland area," not "Northeast Ohio." This is AKRON. Our jerseys say AKRON. Not Northeast Ohio. The Cavs away jerseys say CLEVELAND. Not NORTHEAST OHIO. And definitely not AKRON. The Indians away jerseys say Cleveland. Not NORTHEAST OHIO. And definitely not Akron. The Browns rep CLEVELAND. Not NORTHEAST OHIO. And definitely not AKRON. The Vikings away jerseys say CLEVELAND STATE. Not NORTHEAST OHIO STATE. And definitely not AKRON. This is AKRON. Go Zips.

Okay, finally caught up to the end of the thread. I see the Ohio.com story. Oh well, that was fun. As bobbyake said, it felt like Christmas Eve. It really did. I haven't been that excited over something in years. Now we'll get into another interesting coaching search & get behind our new HC! Go Zips!

Sorry, but I happen to have an inside source on this one. The journalist has a good record and his sources were also good. It's just that they were not infallible. No need to trash someone just because we don't agree with their conclusion. Todd Porter's been around a long time. I do trust what he says. However, knowing the Suppository and their slant, I also know Porter would be salivating at the chance to prove Tressel is not coming to UA. The Suppository, for some reason, has a serious hatred of all things Akron.

If you do a search on "tressel" you will find it. I'm not sure where it was headlined earlier in the day, but it was not removed from the site as of 15 minutes ago. It's still up. It may have been taken down temporarily. My father emailed me a link to the story. When I clicked the link, it had been taken down (actually, I believe the page said it no longer existed.) However, it's back up again.

I think a lot of people felt good going into today. I woke up to the Sentinel article and started believing even more. Then came the "Tressel is on campus" stuff, and it got very real. When the "on campus" story turned out to be a lie, and was immediately followed by the Repository article, it was a bit of a buzzkill. Honestly, I'm where I was when this all started - I still believe there's a chance but won't get my hopes up either. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings. God bless Ian, a truly loyal and passionate Zips fan, but that false rumor about Tressel being on campus was a HUGE mistake. The Suppository article simply disproved the "Tressel on campus" rumor, but then quickly and eagerly made an illogical leap to the conclusion that the entire "Tressel as a possible Akron candidate" is fasle and laughable. I don't know if many of you are familiar with the style of the Canton Suppository, but in general, they love to paint Akron as small time, just like the Cleveland media (and, sadly, just like the ABJ ). If Tressel did become head coach @ UA, nobody would be as disappointed as Suppository writers. If Tressel is a somewhat serious candidate, that speaks well of the University of Akron and our football program.

Tom Gaffney on the HC search process.

bobbyake still hoping against hope!

+1.

The Martin Center is very elegant. Sounds like UA may be hosting a luncheon with JT and local community/business leaders?

Very clever. But this is no time for jokes!