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Most excellent! It's also great to see that 1350 will be broadcasting 9 men's futbol games (as well as 1 ladies' match).

I hope we get another exhibition game in before this game. Malone? Walsh? Mount? Anything would be nice.

Another good reason why some top HS basketball talent might consider coming to UA. How many college players get a chance to go up against LeBron for a week? I was thinking the same. LBJ's honestly changed national perception of Akron for the better (did Akron even have a national perception?). All of a sudden, it's cool to be from Akron. Over the years, as I've travelled, I've had to say I was from "Akron, Ohio," - and I would get some polite nods non-verbally communicating, "Okay, yeah, I think I've heard of Akron." But now, a simple "Akron," will suffice & people's eyes light up (well, men; not women) & almost always followed with a question about LeBron. The country is just simply fascinated with LBJ. When I have small talk w/ strangers, LBJ & his love of Akron, without fail, is one of the first topics brought up (by them, not me - but I'm always happy to indulge their curiosity). I don't think there is a person alive who doesn't know who LBJ is & the fact he's one of the biggest Akron homers to have ever lived is just absolutely priceless for this city's perception & renown.

I've been up to Summit Mall twice over the past two weeks to get one of these t-shirts but they've been sold out both times. They're going to call me when they get more in. I'm really hoping to have one before Saturday's Cleveland State soccer match. I've definitely got to have one before the Cleveland State basketball game & the MAC Tourney @ Quicken Loans Arena. It's the perfect shirt to stick it to Cleveland the let them know that they don't own us (well, most of us). We are AKRON.

He's very talented. However, it was painfully obvious that he could have hardly cared less about Akron. Insulting show, really.

Those jerseys are great! I love the gold AKRON. Are they available for purchase? Check them out

OK... I trust that. I was writing my last reply while you were replying... not very quick sometimes. Means that he misses Tulsa... back for OSU...? By the time he rejoins the team... they should be jellin. I haven't read this thread in it's entirerty, so I'm just jumping in here (forgive me if this has been discussed) but the team will be jelling without Holmes, so there's a danger of him being kept out of the loop for the entire year, no? He'd have to be awfully good to sit out the first six games, and then just jump into a starting/contributing role against Columbus, right?

I'm pretty sure he transferred out. Dissappointing to me; I thought/think he has a lot of potential.

I'm anxious to see what RFr Jamar Williams (5-11, 210) can do on the field. He was rather highly thought of coming out of HS.

GoZips, could you elaborate on this statement? Thanks in advance! Bump Dear Blue & Gold, Apparently, our friend GoZips has nothing to elaborate on. He just writes stuf like that whenever he runs out of arguments. It also makes him feel smarter and more knowledgeable than everyone else. And I wasn't trying to be smart. I wasn't at all concerned with the, "Almost none of you have a clue..." part. I'll admit that I don't - that's why I asked the question. I just wanted GoZips to elaborate, "about Reggie McAdams and what a coup that was." GoZips, tell us what you know about McAdams. I don't know the first thing about the guy. Educate us about our most recent verbal.

Does 1350 even still do their "Akron" afternoon sports show?

Where is Manny's? On the Zip Strip? It's caty-corner from InfoCision Stadium. Easy to find.

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.