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GoZips, could you elaborate on this statement? Thanks in advance! Bump

Bistro Bella Vita Not as much seafood as bistro. Everything from seafood to steaks to pasta to pizza. One of my all time favorite dinner places when I was traveling in corporate America. I'd love to hear back on your dining experience. Toledo has been a successful program in the past and will be successful again. People want to be associated with that. BTW, something happened to me yesterday that made me feel good about UofA and the future. I had a chance to speak with the AD from UNCC at a professional event. I was telling her about how poorly UofA has done since opening The Big Dialer. She looked me dead in the eyes and said things would get better because Akron has too much going for it for things not to get better. She is well on the back end of her career (37 years as a coach, assist AD and AD since around 1997) and doesn't have to pull any punches. It was nice to speak with a confident, competent and smart athletic director who is not looking to her next job because she is in her last job. Much thanks, GP1! I ate at Bistro Bella last Thursday and it was great. Nice upscale casual atmosphere - I was on vacation, so wore flip flops, board shorts & a Polo but felt right at home. Great menu, very extensive wine list (including a very impressive selection of >$500 bottles) and pretty good beer selection. I had the seafood spaghetti - "shrimp, scallop and mussels with peppers, tomatoes and olives in a spicy tomato sauce." It was excellent. An added bonus - from my seat I could see the rear portion of the Van Andel Arena - one of the arenas that I would hope the city of Akron and the U would look at while deciding upon what to build in either downtown or on campus. It made for a really nice afternoon, so thanks again!

I was hoping that CM would have clearly separated himself from PN by this point in time. PN has NFL-caliber strength and size. But PN's lack of accuracy was an absolute killer last year. It appeared to demoralize the entire O side of the ball (at least the WR crew). The WR's did drop some passes, I'll give PN that. But not that many. Usually the body language of the WR's spoke "I'm absolutely shocked" if a pass was delivered both on time and accurately. Usually PN underthrew, overthrew or threw behind his WR's. Even if a pass was completed, the pass was rarely thrown in-stride to the WR to optimize the possibility of yards-after-the-catch, which is usually where most of the yards are made on a pass play. by mid-season it looked like the WR's were simply going through the motions, not honestly expecting PN to be able to accurately deliver the ball.

Amen! Preach it, brother!

This is the boat I'm in. I have absolutely no idea about what to expect because I have absolutely no feel for this team right now. I am excited about the increased depth on both lines and the athleticism of the WR's & RB. But I also know I was not expecting us to be as down-right-awful as we were last year (but I really don't want to think about that right now).

Tom Gaffney's article states that there were around 400 fans in attendance on Saturday.

Done. I'll have it at the first tailgate. Keener, you have to stop over for a taste, just to say you did. OK, twist my arm. But if I don't like it can I give mine to JZ84's wife too? Just stopped by. What are we giving JZ84's wife? I'd like a picture first. Sorry, Buckzip. She only goes blue & gold Now you've got my attention!

Here is the Beacon's write-up on yesterday's futbol scrimmage.

Here's an article on Marquelo Suel from today's ABJ.

Excellent work on the video! Thank you!

Good point.

Also, the top 2 seeds getting byes straight into the semi-final round? It actually may be nice to have a warm-up game in Cleveland before the MACC Final Four on Friday night. And actually, I love the MACC Tourney & plan my entire week around it. Now, if the Zips do better in the regular season and earn a #1 or #2 seed, that means I'll only have 2 Zips games to enjoy. Right now I don't think I'm too thrilled with the new format.

There's a link on the media day thread to U Tube video of the event. Im honestly just shocked at the lack of coverage. We're on preseason update THREE for womens volleyball... They have FIFTEEN videos from the men's soccer media day up on Youtube. That's not enough for you? I had not seen that yet. I stand corrected. I mean, it's not like anyone would know about that unless they were looking for it on Youtube. Why wasn't it posted to Gozips? Or why wasn't it shared on facebook or twitter via one of the athletic department accounts? These are things people want to see but they make little effort to bring them to anyone's attention. Exactly. Its like Microsoft not advertising a new Windows release. How has the Cleveland televised media coverage been? Rat bastards.

This does mean KD must have his lineup & rotations down as the conference season begins. Last year's team took the entire regular season to jel. Not that the hot team can't win anyway, but this system does reward the most consistent team. Look for Western to be the #1 seed. Ball State may get the #2 slot. The MAC East is just too brutal.

Now this is a good interview. Again, I like RI's candid honesty in this piece. Makes me like the guy. Sounds like we still have place-kicking troubles.

Sounds like Nicely should be the starter. IMHO unless the newcomer is clearly the superior player, the returning starter/veteran should get the nod. ABJ article says Rossi has been getting plenty of reps @ fullback d/t returning starter Austin Bailey struggling w/ an injured hamstring. Idk, Bailey is an All-MAC caliber FB. I'd still like to see Rossi line up beside Wagner. Especially w/ Firestone product Cody Grice (6-0, 240) on the roster; another FB w/ a lot of potential (at the very least Grice should be a competent backup FB).

GoZips, could you elaborate on this statement? Thanks in advance!

Looks like they might be able to leave him in during a reasonably close game. 4-5 from the line. That was great to see as it should give Tree a lot of confidence.

He hasn't been in much, the same with the Blake and Deji. I think Dambrot was fooling us when he said he didn't care if we won or lost . You're probably right. I wouldn't want to end our trip up north with a loss either. Hopefully that lousy first quarter is our only lousy quarter of the game & enough for the coaching staff to gripe about from now till November.

Gilliam is absolutely huge. Not only is he 6-5, but he's a completely chiseled 235 lbs.

Has Nick Harney received much PT? I don't believe he's been in the game since I was able to get the internet feed, which was while Rico was on his personal 6-point run.

That's Demetrius Treadwell a.k.a. Tree.

Just downloaded Firefox 6.0 & I've got it. Thanks for the tip! Abreu has just scored 3 consecutive baskets.

I've got both Internet Explorer and Google Chrome and cannot get the game on either. Anyone else having problems?

I agree with this. You graduate a bunch of seniors and have a lot of unknowns coming in. Obviously those of you close to the program have a better idea than those outside of it, but to expect national publications to expect you to make a huge leap given what you've lost from the team that you had last year is unrealistic. Preseason rankings are for losers anyway. It's the one at the end of the season that matters. You guys have a shot at making some noise and if you do, everyone is going to know who you are, ranked or not. +1. In the eyes of the various distant national publications, I'm surprised they expect us to even be a .500 team after graduating 3 (basically) 4-year starters plus our backup center. The posters here on ZNO are much more informed than a national publication could realistically be.