Blue & Gold

I don't know how accurate this is, or if it is helpful, but on my Time Warner tv guide, for the Zips' time slot it reads: "WOIO CBS, College Basketball 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. Akron vs. Gonzaga: NCAA Tournament First Round Game 3. From Portland, Ore."So it looks like CBS will be broadcasting the game in it's entirety, though they are likely to cut away occasionally for brief updates and look-ins from other regions.

This is my leaning on the subject. Open with a 1-AA. *Guaranteed win*hopefully a blowout (lots of fun, vroom-vroom party starter) *Zips score the first TD at the Info*open the Info with a W *open the season with a W (for the first time I can remember) *opening day/night will be a sellout even if we'd play Mogadore, lol.Also, if we have visions of being the Boise State of the MAC and a Top 25 program, we can't afford more than 1 non-conference loss, and can't afford any losses in conference. Being in the MAC makes our margin for error very slim. So the easier the schedule the better. Boise State should be our model and their 2009 non-con looks like this:Septemeber 5 Oregon Home (Nice game! They got Oregon to travel to Boise)September 12 Toledo @ ToledoSeptember 19 UC Davis HomeSeptember 26 Miami (OH) HomeOctober 3 Tulsa @ TulsaNow that's what a mid-major non-conference schedule looks like when you have Top 25 aspirations.

what LBJ gives us is exposure. I agree that Nate, Nik, Humpty ect should get more credit than LBJ I do think that when you are a mid major in Ohio (especially with OSWHO down the road) you take whatever angle you can get untill you start winning and winning constantly.I agree with Zipseuph. We need all of the expose we can get and we should be thanking the perfect alignment of the planets and all of our lucky stars that the most famous athlete on the planet is a loyal Akronite and an outspoken Zips fan!

Well that's amazing! I felt Purdue shamed most schools on the list by having 2 moon-walking astronauts while most other schools have B-list actors as their famous alums. But then we finally scroll down to Akron and... 2 moon-walking astronauts! Wow. That is a terrific accomplishment, but does it qualify as "famous" since we seem to be surprised by their inclusion?

Your friend is correct. I was watching the interview and Mark Few most certainly said that the Zags would have two tough games.

KD's segment was on ESPN2.

Did anyone else just catch KD's 5-minute segment on ESPN's First Take? Great interview; great exposure. The angle of the story, naturally, was LeBron's connection to the school and affinity for the Zips! Great stuff!

That sounds better to me. Let's not take any business away from our downtown establishments.

I wasn't able to watch or listen to the game live last night (prior obligations.) But I've been a die hard Zips' fan for about 16 years now and thus, I've been waiting just as long to hear Frenchy celebrate going to the Big Dance. Does anyone have any audio clips that they could post online?! I just wanna hear Frenchy's reactions and emotions. Dang, I love Steve French!

This is fantistic, Zips! Thank you so much for all your hard work and discipline and unselfishness and teamwork! You guys are a joy to watch! Savor the present because you, along with the rest of us, will remember these handful of days for the rest of your lives! God bless you guys.

I think this team is deeper than any team that we've put on the floor in recent memory. On the other hand, this team doesn't possess an individual player who is able to dominate like either Romeo or Woody were. However, for the MAC tournament "4-games-in-5-nights" format, it appears that, if given the choice, one should lean more toward depth. Especially if that quality depth is gelling like this team did over the past 3 days. KD was right, we peaked at the right time - the last 3 games have been the best looking games of the Zips' season, IMHO.P.s.Is Cvetinovic going to be an absolute MONSTER, or what?!?! As a true stinkin' freshman he is huge, he is fearless, he is an emotional leader, he's got low-post moves and savvy, and he is already our best player at putting the ball on the floor and attacking the rim!

I asked in the Footlocker @ Belden Village whether they had the Akron LBJ's and the young (& I'm not certain how reliable) salesman told me that it was likely that only the stores in NY and Chicago would have them. Does that make any sense?

The crane is back.

I probably should know this, but who won it the past 4 years?Zeeeeeeeeeke will win it the next 4 years! Aren't I clever? How's that working out for me... being clever?

Congrats Nate! This means a Zip will win the MAC DPOTY award 5 years in a row!

Okay, that might be why Zips Zone isn't working for me.

Here is another youtube video of Zeke. It's taken from the game I was able to see @ the LBJ23 AAU Tourney @ UA.

I really like the idea of bringing in Army and Navy. They are tradition-rich programs and would extend our reach further into the east - along with Buffalo and Temple. And I agree about C-USA. I just think it's a very uninteresting conference. I would much prefer to remain in the MAC (and retain our rivalries with Ohio, Miami & Can't) than jump to the bland C-USA.

GOLD BASKETBALL JERSEYS ARE CURSED!!!!Lol. But we were wearing the whites against Miami 2 years ago in Cleveland. THOSE are the cursed jerseys! In the golds we almost pulled off the big upset of Nevada! During Dru & Rome's junior years we wore the golds for all home games the entire second half of the season and we went undefeated wearing them! Then we got upset by someone (Ohio?) in the quarter finals of the MAC tourney in Cleveland while wearing... WHITE! Why, oh, why didn't we stick with the lucky golds?!lol i dont know, it just seems we lose MOST of the BIG games while wearing Gold. I love how they look though.I think gold jersey and white pants and vice a versa...You're absolutely right. But RootforRoo44 and I had gotten off on a bit of a rabbit trail. The two of us were actually discussing our basketball jerseys. As far as I am aware we've never worn gold jerseys in football.

GOLD BASKETBALL JERSEYS ARE CURSED!!!!Lol. But we were wearing the whites against Miami 2 years ago in Cleveland. THOSE are the cursed jerseys! In the golds we almost pulled off the big upset of Nevada! During Dru & Rome's junior years we wore the golds for all home games the entire second half of the season and we went undefeated wearing them! Then we got upset by someone (Ohio?) in the quarter finals of the MAC tourney in Cleveland while wearing... WHITE! Why, oh, why didn't we stick with the lucky golds?!

I wouldn't want an almost exclusively Ohio-based league. I think there are too many teams in the MAC from Ohio as it is. I think that might be one reason the MAC suffers with such a low image locally; Ohio isn't the population base it once was & most people, for some reason, think that if you sat the bench in high school you could still start at a MAC school. The sheer ignorance of MAC sports is perplexing to me. (I actually know a guy who thinks Mount Union is so good because the MAC is lousy! I.e., he thinks Mount is getting MAC-caliber football players. This is ignorance to the extreme. Even if Mount played lowly EMU, Mount's entire team would be in the hospital emergency room before halftime.)Now, I say drop EMU, BGSU and Can't (even though it pains me to include Can't because I love the rivalry.)EMU because they are 10 minutes from Ann Harbor and thus will likely never amount to anything athletically.BGSU because they're 30 minutes from Toledo, out in the middle of nowhere, and they're, well, BGSU. Nobody in the U.S. knows or cares where BG is.Can't because they're 10 minutes from Akron.That leaves:1. Akron (NE Ohio)2. Ohio (SE Ohio)3. Miami (SW Ohio)4. Toledo (NW Ohio) - and that makes plenty of schools from a single state - Ohio ain't Texas anymore5. Buffalo6. Temple7. CMU8. WMU9. N. Illinois10. Ball StateDecent conference. Cut some dead weight.

Those are extremely cool. I love gold jerseys. I was ecstatic when we switched back to true gold from the pee-yellow color we went with for a while there. However, I've wished for about a decade now we'd play on the gold in our colors more. Especially in basketball. Gold basketball unis are the coolest things on the street. Next year when we get our GOLD LBJ23's (I'm crossing my fingers that our marketing dept is finally going to see the light and get in touch with the street a little) I'm gonna buy 2 of them! Same with these cool football jerseys. We definitely need to raise our "coolness" factor with the kids. Make them and I will buy!

Here is TG's OU game article. TG's OU ArticleA win's-a-win? Yeah, maybe. But when athletics are a form of entertainment I think style does come into play a bit. I agree with Tom & wish our games weren't so difficult to watch. I took a group of guys to the game last night and, while I am definitely happy that we won, the game just wasn't a whole lot of fun to watch. Let me clarify that last statement: it was fun for me - I'm a diehard Zips fan who hates OU. But for my newbie friends it kinda just looked like a sloppy, not-so-well played ballgame. When for loooooooong stretches neither team looked like they could throw the ball into the ocean, in order to keep the guys zealous for the game I had to keep reminding them of how tall the players were and how good of defense each team was playing and how physical it was down low. That's okay, but I wish the guys had left the game saying, "Wow, those players can flat-out light it up!"

I see Da-Von Moore is still on the roster. What an enigma.

I took a couple of junior highers and a couple of senior highers from my church to the Zips - OU game last night. We arrived downtown around 5:30 to get a little something to eat before the game. I took them by the Info to show the place off (2 of the guys actually knew about it and wanted to see it of their own volition). All 6 of the fellas stood in awe of the Info. All 6 are now getting amped about the upcoming Zips football season and are drooling at the opportunity of watching games there! Mission accomplished UA!!!And I also must say, it had been about a month since I had walked around the construction site in person and it is immensely impressive! Naturally, the webcams don't do her justice. The Info is a sight to behold as-is and she doesn't have her "skin" on yet. She is honestly going to be a beautiful landmark! Home run!