Blue & Gold

You always wonder how a "West Virginia HS Defensive POTY" ends up with the Zips. Now you know...he has "baggage." Add him to the long list of too-good-too-be-true Zip recruits. Marcus Sanders...EJ Lilley...Nate Robinson...David Harvey...Derrick Tarver... My favorite name for the list of "never-played-a-game" superstars in blue and gold: Mike Tracy. Halfback from Eastern PA, circa 1981-82. Runner who broke Tony Dorsett's HS rushing records (may have been at Upper Darby HS, too). Akron was in play because the kid was listed as 5-4. Couple weeks before school, word come down, he joined the Army. Now, let me tell ya bout Derrick Tarver... He played, excelled, but played for the wrong coach at the wrong time! +1. I liked Derrick Tarver. I didn't care for Hipsher much.

Thanks for the update! I'm going to try and hit a practice next week. Zeke hit a 3 when I went to see him play in the King James Classic. I believe that was the summer before his senior year of high school. He's extremely coordinated.

Isn't he our first verbal? Yes indeed. Franco was 2nd. I don't think we have a 3rd yet. Wow, did I screw the pooch on that post, or what? And here I thought the floodgates had opened.

Today's ABJ

This stuff is why I love ZN.O. Thanks for the scoops!

Zzzzzing.

Oops. Obviously, that above post was intended to be an Edit, not a Reply.

Hey Zach, thanks for the update from Egner. You're great at following the various guys on twitter. Me? Not so much. Could you post any twitter info you think we'd appreciate? Btw, I just signed up to follow @AkronZipsMBB. Thanks for the tip.

Hey Zach, thanks for the update from Egner. You're great at following the various guys on twitter. Me? Not so much. Could you post any twitter info you think we'd appreciate?

We do?!? Why? It's called an exhibition game. Everyone plays them. I enjoy it when we play either Malone, Walsh or Mount Union. Their fans seem to really appreciate the experience as well.

Any insights into Harney's game? Or was he one of the players still in pre-season la-la land?

Any updates on the practice?? +1

Daryan Martin 6-3, 215 OLB The Zipmeister should approve of his size.

Here is a nice article from today's ABJ concerning the Zips' forthcoming trip to Canada. Thanks, Tom! Go Zips! P.s. and here is an ABJ link to the Zips' Canadian schedule.

Generally, ZN.O views of BCS conferences are a little skewed. We generally have this misconception that all BCS schools are akin to the elite, perennial Top 10-15 programs that the various networks love to televise. That just isn't the case. While, from nearly top-to-bottom, SEC football sends shivers down my spine, if the Zippers were just a little bit better (than our currently embarrassingly laughable state) we could hang right with half of the Big Ten, half the Big 12, 1/2 of the PAC-12, most of the ACC & the entire Big East (save recently added TCU). We often have this idea that every BCS-conference school is filling a 100,000-seat stadium like PSU, Texas or Tennessee. The vast majority of them do not & mid-majors generally give them a run for their money on the playing field. Every year the same majority of BCS schools get drilled by the same perennial Top 10's as do the mid-majors.

"Tunnel of Pride." How embarrassing. Their faces should be as red as their jerseys.

Sounds good. I'm finally starting to get excited! Go Zips!

He was one of my favorite players. An under-sized, over-achieving ballhawk.

Well said.

Maybe a JUCO 5? K.e.nt landed 6'11" Justin Manns and while he's a far cry from a Zeke, I think I'd be extremely happy w/ a player like Manns backing up Big Z.

Lord have mercy, the Zips would destroy them.

The ABJ article states that 5 of the 15 players on the current K3nt roster have had "brush ins with the law" during the past year! One-out-of-3?! They should be very proud.

ESPN has him listed as a SF and ranked as the #102 SF in the country.