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TCU is quite the goofy fit for the Big East. Seems the Big East is really struggling/scrambling right now.

What makes you say this? Could you give a link to your source?

+1. He decapitated himself.

name someone who has all of those? The point is Ianello doesn't have one. How can any program be this bad? Please act Dr. P! Ahh, I get it now. I too was a little confused by your post. Actually, I believe you mean to say he has none of the above qualifications, save #10.

EXACTLY my point. This is the painfully rare exception that proves the rule. I've been watching the Cleveland-centric televised newscasts for over two decades now, waiting, waiting, waiting for some recognition and acknowledgment to be shown to Akron. Has never come. If the past is a good indicator of the future, it will never come. If Cleveland chooses to pretend Akron doesn't exist, we can return the favor. The King sure did. Cleveland can crumble into the murky lake. Go Akron! Go Zips!

CSU is only 8-9!!! They have to be the weakest team on our schedule, no?

Here's a pathetic moral victory - I'm watching the epic Ball State - Can't State battle on tv and, as far as actual butts-in-the-seats, K.e.n.t. doesn't have any better a crowd than the nightmarishly-sparse crowds we've been drawing at the Info. It'll be interesting to see what their "announced attendance" will be for this game. It really seems as though nobody really even wants to get into K.e.n.t. athletics. Contrarily, a lot of half-hearted, not-even-really-interested people that I talk to seem to want to rally around the Zips. Akron is just sooooo bad that it's literally embarrassing. If Akron could get their act together, the Info would be an absolutely jamming place to be on a Saturday afternoon.

Wow. How profoundly disappointing. I'd rather lose to anyone in the country rather than Cleveland State. Now I absolutely guarantee you the rat-bastards Cleveland media will be all over this story. Screw you, Cleveland. At least LeBron kicked you to the curb. We still have that going for us.

He looked great. Another player we should look into for the future is that LB from Buchtel. I think his name is Odin. Marlon Oden. Ricky Powers (Buchtel's HC) is very high on him. iCoach should be trying to become best friends with Ricky Powers. Anyway, I tried to look Marlon up on Rivals.com but the Football Recruiting page wasn't loading for me.

I lose track of time, but I'd say about 8-10 years ago there was talk of closing Can't-Stark to save state money due to the fact that UA is only about 10-minutes up 77. I was really hoping they would, but, to no avail. Can't-Stark cuts a good number of potential students off from UA. That campus is one of the big reasons I have such a disdain for Can't as a whole. I try to make fun of my friends who go there - reminding them that it's a little, high-school-like community college every chance I get. They should drive the extra 10-minutes, go to a real school & rock The U.

+1

Now it's only a 5.5 percentage point lead. They must be making a run. Still a nice lead, but let's make this a no-doubter! Go Ampi! Go Zips!

From the ABJ

Lol, whatever. MJ's really beginning to turn into the old fart who keeps dropping, "When I was a kid we walked to school & then back home, in the snow, barefoot, uphill - both ways..." Just go away, Mike. Does anyone know how many times the great Michael Jordan got his team out of the first round of the playoffs without Scottie Pippen? Never! Not a single time. Nada. Zilcho. And yes, you read that correctly, that's out of the first round. Know what the Bulls record, led by the great Michael Jordan, was the year before the Bulls acquired Scottie & drafted Horace Grant? 40-42!!! That's right, the "great" Michael Jordan's Bulls were 40-42 without Scottie & Horace & were again swept in the first round of the playoffs. The next year the Bulls acquired both Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant & then and only then did things begin to click. How soon we forget. The problem is more people know the myth of MJ rather than how the Bulls really fared w/o other All-NBA players surounding him. Shut up, Mike. And, btw, that embarrassing 40-42 record was with Charles Oakley manning the PF on that team - the 2nd best PF in the game at the time (behind, IMHO, Karl Malone.)

Nothing there that anyone on ZN didn't already know. But here's another nice quote "On the team's outlook:" "We don't have any reason not to be confident. We have won every other year. We have two guards that have played in the postseason every year. We have a 7-foot center (Zeke Marshall) that is twice as good as last year and we have a big forward in Brett McKnight that is one of the best scorers in the league. We will have to work hard to be good, but I believe we are as good as anyone for the most part."

I have November 26th circled and highlighted on my calendar! 1-11 c'mon, baby!!!

That is a GREAT quote!!! A true homeboy ready to represent! THAT'S THE ATTITUDE OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS!

Very excited to hear this! We've got to start keeping our best players home & this is a good start. Cody's a big, strong, fast back. I'm planning on going to the Info Friday night to watch the Firestone-Buchtel City Series championship game. It'll probably be the only exciting game I see @ the Info all year! [edit]... Another great quote: “I have been to some Big East schools and Akron’s facilities are better than there’s. I have been living in Akron all my life. I have seen the school evolve from just being mediocre to a high class school.” Welcome aboard, Cody! Glad you're a Zip! Great get, iCoach!

Jalen Robinson Rivals Bio

I like beating Cinci for a recruit! Welcome aboard, Jabari & way to go iCoach!

I am grateful that Tom Gaffney is putting a bit of pressure on the program. ABJ story

This is why futbol gets me on edge. Especially come a single elimination tournament. Stressful!

How did David look?

Sadly, I believe this had A LOT to do with it. I believe, after this debacle, that he's only friends now with Mo Williams & Z. I would have wanted off that team too.

same professional sports market. Unfortunately. As unfortunate is the fact that we share a common tv market, which Cleveland controls, and has been using to piss on Akron for decades now. That's why it is so HUGE that LeBron drew the line in the sand between the two cities. We in Akron desperately need our own self-image. A self-image divorced from the old common assumption that Akron is simply Cleveland's little brother. LeBron's explicit comments that he is from Akron and not from Cleveland is HUGE for Akron's self-identity. Psychologically, this is indeed a very large, healthy and much needed step.