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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.

Does anyone know what the problem is? Another poster, who seemed to have a bit of knowledge of the situation, mentioned that Brett would be in trouble this year now that Big Brother Chris isn't around to "keep him out of trouble."

700 Thanksgiving meals to Urban League families

My $0.02: I don't get into Thunderstruck much. I didn't even like the song much when it was released, in what, the early 90's?

+1. Good stuff! Thank you!

BINGO!!!

How would he say he's personally grown as a player in his time @ UA? What does he like about CP as a coach?

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Hmm. No Deji Ibitayo?