Blue & Gold

Good for Alden! He deserves it. He's only a junior, but I trust iCoach has most definitely offered him already.

I'd be awfully nervous if they end up hiring Chuck Martin. He guided Grand Valley State to a 74-7 record over 6 years! That's sick! Even if Brian Kelly gets credit for origianally building GVSU's program, Chuck Martin sure did one heck of a job sustaining it - and with his own recruits. The dude obviously knows how to coach. On the other hand, I suppose there is a big difference between D-II & FBS. Idk, for the record, I was one of the folks who emailed TW suggesting Chuck for our HC vacancy. But TW's paid to know more than I do, so go iCoach! Go Zips! Boy, these are dark, trying and nerve-wrecking times for Zip football fans.

This right here shows just how difficult it is being a Zips fan. There are a lot of programs, big and small, in this country that, if they went 0-10, would have hours long radio programs on multiple stations dedicated to the team. What to do with the team, how much longer should the coach get, who should be the next head coach, what positions do we need to be recruiting for, whose to blame for this debacle, etc., etc., etc. What do we get in Akron? Apathy. We're all begging and pleading and bending over backwards to kiss the royal hinney of the folks who give us 2 minutes of air-time every once in a while. Tragically spot on. If the Browns, Indians, Cavs or Buckeyes suck, the media cries, grieves, wails, hand-wrings, rages, vents, analyzes, springs hope, etc. If the Zips suck, no one but the diehards know because the media refuses to acknowledge our very existence. If the Zips are amazing, we're lucky to get an in-passing mention on the evening news. Screw Cleveland. Being absolutely ignored by the media has plagued the Zips as a tremendous barrier to general recognition/validation for decades now. The Cleveland-centric media gives more coverage to the Cleveland Gladiators than they do the Akron Zips, for crying out loud. I hope we stomp the crap out of CSU tonight.

This rivalry has been on the shelf for far too long. I generally only get butterflies before we play two teams each year - Can't and CSU. I'm thrilled to see this hate-hate relationship back!

Glad to see Eric doing so well.

ABJ article Way to go, Rachel!

What is the story with SMU, Blue & Gold? I bet things like this happen much more often than anyone would expect. Could Auburn leaving the SEC trigger another conference shakedown? Ahh, sorry - I should have taken the time to be more precise. The SMU "Death Penalty" happened yeeeears ago - when I was a little kid, maybe before I was born, Idk. I do know it was way before I knew anything at all about college football. But SMU used to be a perennial national power. However, they were cited for multiple & serious recruiting violations & had a ton of schollies taken away - almost killing the football program.

It already is. A little birdie in the Hawaii Athletic Department told me San Jose St could announce their departure shortly. That guy who's been the commish for the past 20 years should have his statue dedicated outside a sewage treatment plant. Right. If I remember correctly, just a few years ago the WAC was home to a number of BCS-busters: Boise State, Fresno State, TCU & those epic, high-scoring Hawaii teams, one of which went undefeated until getting beaten by Georgia in a major bowl game.

Lord, have mercy! Sounds like AU may get the dreaded "Death Penalty," ala, SMU? Thanks for summarizing this, DiG. I hope you keep on top of the story for us - I just don't have time to dig through all that info. Also, it makes you wonder what goes on at many other "top" programs.

What about a guy who predicts the exact score of a game? What if ten guys predict the score exactly? Sometimes things are exactly as they appear. Read it again with the highlighted words. You should have highlighted "always", "anything", "immutable", "laws", and "every". Those are some pretty black and white words for someone whose sig reminds our faithful readers of his affinity for shades of gray on a daily basis. Lol. Good call, w00t. In this way Dave is indeed a bit of an enigma. He is most definitely our resident expert in regards to sports-related statistical analysis (the realm of black & white), yet his signature insists he is happy with shades of grey. Lol.

Thank goodness. I hope you're right.

Bad news indeed. I feel more grief for his parents than anyone. Though we'd never met, I loved those guys; seem like great people and terrific parents. Does Brett (hopefully) get to keep his scholarship & get his degree?

This may be true. But the hosts of the 3-6 pm drive show are a bunch of idiots so I put little stock in anything they say when it comes to UA. The main host is a UA grad and all he talks about when it comes to college sports is guess who? Just what I like to see, another UA grad with a platform to promote the Zips...rooting for the buckeyes.. I had it on for 5 mintues today and all they could talk about was tosu basketball. Really? A show that was supposed to be dedicated to NE OHio sports and UA is another tosu talk show. Just what I've been waiting for....more luckeye talk. The idiot (Ken) makes fun of UA and the MAC all the time so I wouldn't talk to him if I were iCoach either. The best show 1350 airs at the 3-6pm time slot is when the national guys fill in... I can't wait for the show to get canceled. Tragically, this is description is quite accurate. I was awfully amped when they began the show and planned to listen every day. The show was billed as being about AKRON sports. Not Columbus. I was especially excited when they gave the impression that the show was going to focus on AKRON and not Cleveland. Sadly, it only took about 10 minutes for the show to turn away from the Zips (and even the Flushes would be okay) and turn into the disgustingly all-too-typical Cleveland/Columbus-centric talk show. If you want to know anything about the COLUMBUS Suckeyes, the CLEVELAND Browns, the CLEVELAND Indians, the CLEVELAND Cavs, or why our AKRON show is hating on AKRON's own LeBron James in favor of the Akron Cavaliers, oh wait... I mean the CLEVELAND Cavaliers - silly me - then by all means, turn into 1350 AM between 3-6. On the other hand, if you want to get insight into anything Summit/Stark/Portage or even Medina County or, most especially, the AKRON Zips? Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time w/ 1350.

Minnesota breaks into the AP Top 25

I'm going to misspell this kids name, but Marlington also has a sophomore RB named DeMonte Thomas (sp?) who Rivals.com has ranked as one of their Top 100 Sophomores in the nation. Marlington is loaded this year - and next. Oh, and btw, Alden Hill is still only a Junior.

So you're saying LeBron, Rome, Dru & the Fab 5 must be appalachian mountain folk? Or at least identify with that sub-culture? Hmm. Well, at least you get points for trying.

"It is the most representatives by any school in the history of the honor."

I've met the Marlington RB you're referring to - Alden Hill. The "kid" is ABSOLUTELY HUGE.

Great article. I've now got Akron Sports NOW bookmarked!

My $0.02. I love B-Mac & his scoring potential. But on most nights he wouldn't be "on" and yet he'd still be a black hole on offense. He was great during the rare occassions he was "on" (i.e., Pitt during his sophomore season). But he usually wasn't. I like Euton's passing. He seems to already have a higher b-ball IQ than B-Mac, and, since we weren't as athletic as Dayton, I think our quick ball movement & passing to the open shooters really kept us in the game & gave us a chance to win. I'll bet w/ B-Mac out there (w/ his ball hogging, ill-advised shot selection, non-existent D & lackadaisical rebounding) we would have lost by double-digits v. Dayton.

Maybe it's more about the time and effort than the money. You're right, i'm sure those 2 calls really cost him a lot of time. This is a pathetic attempt at positive PR. Hey Root4Roo, I love Akron Sports NOW.com, but don't forget the first sentence of your tag-line: "NOT Cleveland."

I saw this one too. Unfortunately, even though he did these things types of things for his hometown of AKRON, even before he left the city up north and took his talents to South Beach ( ) now all the folks in Akron who still have an identity crisis & are Cleveland wanna-be's will always play the "just a PR move" card. LeBron can't win - damned if he does; damned if he doesn't

"At halftime fans would be treated to the most boring marching band halftime show in recent memory as Ohio’s Pride would put everyone in attendance to sleep with OPERA MUSIC. Yes, as if the football team wasn’t bad enough, the band has to add to the misery with 19th century opera music."

ABJ snippet

Due to an appointment, I was relegated to watching the game online last night. I liked what I was able to see. I'm actually shocked at how hard the team is playing. If I was 0-10 I think it'd be tough to get motivated. Very impressed by that. I also liked the play calling. The tailback throwback to Nicely was an incredibly gutsy call. That's the sort of call that, if it works, it is seen as brilliant; if it doesn't work it is viewed as stupid. But either way, it sure was gutsy, and, since it worked, I'll say it was brilliant! Painful loss for the coaches and players. In position to win with 1:30 left and we fumble the ball on what, around the 10? I'll be there next Friday as we avoid the 0-fer.