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Yeah, because then a hundred more students would show up and there would be no empty seats.... Let's use some common sense. Hey, btw, the UA drumline performance @ halftime was GREAT!!!

Wow! Congrats on that one - he's an outstanding ball player!

Alden was also named to the more prestigious All-Beacon Journal Team, comprising players selected from Summit, Stark, Portage, Medina & Wayne counties (St.V/M's DB Doran Grant was named ABJ POTY): Quote: Alden Hill Marlington, junior 6-2, 220, RB Set the single-season school records with 1,756 yards rushing and 28 touchdowns alongside fellow junior 1,000 yard rusher Dymonte Thomas. Averaged almost nine yards per carry to help the Dukes post a 10-0 regular season record and reach the Division III state playoffs. Named the Associated Press Division III Northeast Inland District Offensive Player of the Year. iCoach better be all over that Marlington-Buchtel game.

Good post. In a few preseason threads I mentioned that I was already more excited about NEXT year than I am about this year - I didn't think we were going to be very good this year. However, our game against Dayton made me think we might have a surprising year THIS YEAR. I'm back to looking forward to next year. I just have my fingers crossed that the two non-qualifiers qualify!!! And you mentioned Norris Cole. That guys great! Did CSU recruit him out of high school? Were we all over that guy's jock trying to get him to come to Akron?! Their guards got into the lane almost anytime they wanted to last night. That's athleticism. We couldn't stop their penetration - AND they could hit from the outside. Once again, as has been a recurring theme since Romeo graduated, we got out-athleted. Oh, and CSU used their athletes to play great defense. We didn't get many easy looks all night long. We'd pass & pass & pass & pass & launch a contested 3. Sometimes we'd hit. They'd run on the inbounds play & make a layup. Not a good formula to get the crowd into the game.

And on the other hand, this is a good point too. If the soccer Rowdies (or perhaps they're merely students) would come to the JAR the place would be packed and jumping. It's absolutely pathetic if it requires a #1 national ranking to get students out to an athletic event. I understand not wanting to set foot in the Info right now, but the basketball game last night was one of the nation's premier mid-major match ups of the entire season! Why weren't more people there?

I loved that cheer. I was very disappointed when no one heeded the Rowdies call. But don't give up. Keep on keeping on. The team needs you to! (I was in upper GA & I stood up ) There is a culture issue here. I took a friend to the game last night, and walking from the parking deck to the JAR he noted, "Pretty somber crowd for a basketball game." He noticed that the crowd of people we were walking with weren't even talking much amongst themselves, let alone shouting "ZI - PS!" or something... anything. I don't know what to think about that - and frankly, I was a bit enlightened when my friend made the outsider's observation - being an "insider," I had taken the quiet walk for granted. Maybe something strange is up with UA athletics? And did anyone notice the "Sweetheart of the Night," that Zippy picked out? God bless her many times over, but she must have been 75 years old - sitting in lower reserved. Those sorts of people aren't going to rival the Cameron Crazies anytime soon. For the first time I'm thinking we just need to renovate the JAR - lower the capacity a bit by getting rid of the bleachers & move the upper sections forward by removing the track. If the JAR is that quiet during a game, could you imagine how the limited noise we presently have would absolutely dissipate in a real arena?

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!