Blue & Gold

Wow, these are two potentially fantastic hires! The Zips are the soon-to-be Boise State of the MAC! It's thrilling that coaches of this caliber recognize our competitive advantage here @ UA and want to get on & conduct this train!

Definitely awesome. This illustrates why, as a Zips's fan, I think it'd be a bad move to join the Big East. A player like Zeke, added to the talent currently on the roster, can make us THE power in the MAC. Add this guy and we'd be untouchable. In the Big East we'd be just another contender. I'd much rather become the next Boise State of the WAC, Memphis of C-USA, Butler of the Horizon League or Xavier of the A-10. (Boise State of the WAC in football, of course, but you know what I'm saying.)

At this point in time we may as well look for another redshirt for Ronnie, wouldn't you guys agree? We've got 4 strong guards (albeit Humpty and McClanahan are true freshmen) and a medical redshirt would make Ronnie a senior along w/ Zeke (which was the drawback of burning McClanahan's redshirt).

Definitely. I had made up my mind to drop the ABJ but the coverage has been so good that now I'm definitely (and happily) going to have to renew my subscription.

Wow, not that I'm a coach or talent evaluator, but with Dale Martin and DeVoe Torrence ready to carry the rock the RB position is not giving me sleepless nights.

Wow, what horrible news. Our condolences and prayers are with you and your family, Adam.

It is not etched in stone, but SDSU was the odds-on favorite as of late last week.Contracts probably the holdup for that game, but word came from Coach Ferri so its very credible. Just wondered- whats everyone elses opinion on playing YSU?? Yes theyre 1AA but they would bring fans, name recognition, and we do have a history with them. Lets not forget we payed a reported $300,000.00 tp bring in N TX a couple years ago to fill the schedule, and they brought maybe 6 fans with them and "0" local interest. Sorry to hear about the loss of the Steiner family ( our newest local recruit)YSU's AD won't schedule us with out a return game. We're not going to play there due to MAC conference rules, so they won't play here. I would gladly thump them in front of several thousand of their own fans at the Info, but it won't get scheduled.That's a shame because you can count me as one who would like to see this game played. Who do they think they are? They're D-1AA, they're not allowed to demand a return game! So I guess I agree with not scheduling them; there's no way a D-1 school should play on the road at a D-1AA. That's a one-way street.

True. He's now more emotionally mature and stable than 90% of NBA players!

Aww, I'm disappointed Shane Shead is transferring. I was looking forward to watching him get some reps as he was an occasional visitor and contributor to ZipsNation. Shane, if the rumor of your transfer is true, then we all wish you the best of luck! We sincerely hope you wind up at a school where you get a good education, enjoy yourself and get a lot of PT! Good luck, Shane!

Yeah, definitely big props to the Captain! I love ZipsNation but I must say that my very favorite aspect of ZN is all the recruiting information available here, largely made available by CK! Thanks again!(Rasor does a great job covering recruiting on his blog too!)

KD - After traveling to so many basketball venues, what sort of venue would you eventually like to see in Akron. What sort of arena would you consider appropriate and ideal for Akron? Compare it to an existing venue - EMU's Convocation Center? Rhode Island's Ryan Center? Temple's Liacouras Center?

that's really an impressive feat. it's hard enough to reach 1 or 2, but to reach all 4? wow! makes me look forward to seeing him play here in a couple weeks.You'll really enjoy watching Nate play if you have a bit of a sense of humor. He is the textbook definition of "Blue Collar Player." He's not pretty to watch. At all. In fact, it is usually quite ugly. His movement is often quite awkward. But he is very skilled, always gives 100% and by the end of the evening he usually has a decent, if not spectacular stat line.

We want TONGA!!!

Can't really hit the jackpot with Hargrave Military Academy this year. They landed four 3-star recruits and one 4-star recruit from that school. Their other 3-star recruit is Jeff Walker, the 6-4 WR from Coventry (that the Zips didn't appear interested in.)I'm still crossing my fingers that we land Christopher Henderson. That would put our class on top - according to the Rivals rankings.

Now, I don't want to get too carried away, but man, it looks as if we are FINALLY going to have a DEEP and stout D-Line! Defensive Tackles:Ryan Bain 6'2" 300Phil Tonga 6'4" 285Chris Henderson 6'3" 313Joe Rash 6'2" 265Dan Marcoux 6'3" 275Wallace Pendelton 6'1" 285Chad Maynard 6'1" 305James Harvey 6'4" 280Cowles Stewart 6'1" 290Defensive Ends:Hasan Hazime 6'5" 260Shawn Lemmon 6'2" 220Almondo Sewell 6'1" 260Shane Shead 6'4" 240Deni Odofin 6'3" 230I'm probably missing a player or two.Man, if we're not running a 4-3 next season then I'm going to be absolutely perplexed!

Aha! This just in. Check out Christopher Henderson's bio on Rivals. It seems as if Akron is his only scholly at this point - either Pitt decided to go in another direction or finally saw the writing on the wall that Henderson was coming to Akron?However, what perplexes me is, how is Akron Henderson's only offer when he is a 4-star former USC recruit? Is there more to the story here?http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewp...sp?pr_key=87712

Well, it's a good thing that Mr. X is a box player and not a DB. We need more muscle up front. And we need to utilize that muscle with a 4-3 scheme.

So, did they announce who our opponent is going to be?

I can't make it but this is a good idea. Have fun!Oh, and maybe someone could post the videos of our recruits online somewhere? YouTube?

It's almost 8:00 p.m. Are you still out there CK?!

This is now a little off-topic, but something is definitely wrong with midwest football. Our teams are slow and boring to watch. The Big 11 is even more painful to watch than the MAC, IMHO.

Wow, that is a HUGE high school team! Rivals doesn't have any bio on Cameron. However, his videos look like he's got some offense. He's probably still growing into his 6-9 body.

Ha! I feel ya! Unfortunately, that is definitely a quote from a truly experienced Zips fan!

I enjoy following the Rivals * ratings and this class does have 5 - 3* players, which is pretty good for a UA class. However, I'm with Buckzip in being a bit underwhelmed by this year's class. With that beautiful new stadium going up I was anticipating our verbals list to flesh out much more quickly than it did this year and for us to possibly land a 4* player.Speaking of 4* players, Rivals still has DT Christopher Henderson as unverballed (is that a word?). Has anyone heard anything about this guy's status? He's a 6-2, 300 lb. DT who has only been offered by Pitt and us.Also, I notice that Phil Tonga now is a 3* recruit. Umm, help me out here, but Rivals just recently bumped him up a * or ** in the last few days, right?

According to his statements on Rivals he never commited here to begin with. He said it was a mistake.a mistake? What's that supposed to mean?That's what I was wondering; a mistake on his part for verballing too soon, or simply a mistake or computer glitch on Rivals part?He's still listed on Akron's verbal commitment list. I hope this doesn't become another Rivals glitch like the infamous Jarvis Givens saga.