Blue & Gold

Hey, I've been really busy the past few days and am just now able to post. But I just wanted to give a shout out to the AK-Rowdies for your attendance and performance at last week's Canisius game. You guys were great - and filled both the south and north stands! The fact that the Canisius game was one of the more disjointed, difficult games to watch that I can remember in a very looooooong time makes your unwavering enthusiasm all the more impressive!!! You were as much fun to watch as the game itself! Again, great job and I look forward to watching you guys do your thing tonight against Winthrop! Go Zips!

Wow! :blink: We need to have the best soccer program in the nation, sign 7-foot towers of thunder, and play last-ever games at the RubberBowl more often!

Trevor?If I am inaccurate here, I'm sure someone will kindly correct me, but Trevor is the 4-year old son of assitant coach Terry Weigand. Trevor is very, very sick with brain cancer. Please keep him in your prayers.

Congratulations Zeke!!! And congratulations Zeke's Mom!!! We love you both and look forward to a lot of fun together over the next few years!!!

Thanks Captain! The recruiting info you provide is really something I always look forward to! Thank you!

It's Early Signing Day Eve Eve!!!

The Original Hotdog Shop is fantastic! One of my favorite restaurants, though I've only been there twice. Cheap. Massive proportions. It's a classic dive type of spot.

I was also watching the Cincy game last night and had the same thoughts that you did. Cincy was the aggressor in that game and all the cards fell just the right way for WV to force the overtime. Cincy really controlled most of last night's game. Cincy may win the Big East this year; they deserve to as they're a good team! To think we almost (should have) beat them. We'd likely finish 4th in the MAC West this season, but we could win the Big East. Huh.

I can't be too self-righteous about expecting better things out of this team than the media did because our WR crew was entirely unknown, our O-Line hadn't jelled yet and I think we were all worried about how Jac would perform. Also, I think the media really suspected our D, and unfortunately they haven't been wildly far off with that prediction.But how could they have picked Miami that high? Tradition? Miami is horrible. And, of course, so is K.e.n.t.

Our b-ball isn't going to be broadcast by 106.9? That's disappointing. And surprising; our basketball program has produced many more exciting moments than our football program over the past couple years.

You cannot listen live during sports broadcasts. At least it has not worked for football for me, it says when you try to that you cant.I believe that in order to listen on the internet you've got to purchas a ZipPass on GoZips.com. Then you listen from the Zips website. It's worth it IMHO. They often have video as well as audio. I believe it cost $60 a year, but I have watched a number of different football and basketball games online.

OSU is a Michigan ripoff...who cares. Having a band in general is a ripoff to whoever started it. It's cool and the only team i know of that did a script "ZIPS".I know that 99.99% of our market would immediately think we're trying to ripoff OSU. I've heard that Michigan did a script "Michigan" and dotted the "i's" before OSU. Is this true? If so, it would be good to have that nugget if info @ our disposal were we to do a script Zips and have to explain that to our friends.

Wow, are we that bad, or is it because its a scrimmage and everyone played? Didnt we beat them by 20 or more last year?If I remember correctly, we beat them by over 40 last year. Man, we've really taken a big step back. Might take a while for this team to come together.I was wrong about last year's score. Last year's final score was 79-55. But I don't think the game was that close. For some reason I thought I remembered us being up by 40 @ one point. I'm probably mistaken.

Wow, are we that bad, or is it because its a scrimmage and everyone played? Didnt we beat them by 20 or more last year?If I remember correctly, we beat them by over 40 last year. Man, we've really taken a big step back. Might take a while for this team to come together.

I just wanted to pop this back up to the top and ask again if someone would/could please take some pics of our new Nike uni's @ the game tonight? Thanks!

Screw the Browns; Go Zips! (Though I can't go to the game, I have to go to a high school choir concert! Ouuuuch!)

This was a good-looking, dominant performance. It was the blowout I've been looking for all year. We were able to get Matt Rodgers some PT as well as the entire 2nd unit O-Line and 3rd string RB. (Good to see Gary Pride out there. I think he'll slide over to take Bruce's spot as a slot receiver after Bruce graduates. It would be very exciting to see what Pride could do "in space.")

I'm fairly certain BostonZip is correct. It is insulation. The exterior brick facing should soon cover all of the yellow foamboard.

Rivals has footage on him. He looks good. He's only 5'11" but he is 230 and looks pretty fast. He consistently cut right through blockers to blow up plays.

I can't make Thursday's scrimmage vs. Walsh. I know that most of you will be in attendance and that I'm sure we'll get some great post-scrimmage write ups, but could someone take their camera and get some pics of our new Nike uniforms? I'm curious to see what they look like.Btw, I was @ the JAR last week and asked @ the team shop if replica jerseys were going to be available. They said that UA didn't sign the contract w/ Nike soon enough to get replica jerseys for this season. Could that have something to do w/ the fact that we're not getting our LBJ23 line jerseys until next season? I guess we're just wearing standard Nike jerseys this season?Anyway, could someone get some pics @ Thursday's scrimmage and post them? Thanks!

Exactly. As has been stated on here before, Zippy is the anti-mascot. Unfortunately, IMHO, Zippy has actually lost a bit of his classic identity over the past couple years. The fact that this question was posed illustrates the fact that Zippy has to be re-explained for many of our younger fans. That's fine - we should be/have been doing this for every incoming freshman class! I'm afraid our alumni may not have done a great job in explaining and passing down Zippy's traditional aura. The controversy over Zippy being a girl is silly. Zippy is a boy. That's a big part of what makes Zippy's wimpiness comical and, frankly, uniquely brilliant. Zippy is supposed to be afraid of the other school's mascots. The only way Zippy is supposed to ever win a "fight" with another mascot is when Zippy ducks and turns away and the other mascot "accidentally" trips on Zippy's tail. I haven't seen that classic Zippy schtick played out w/ another teams' mascot in at least a couple of years now; it used to be an every-game occurance. Here, Zippy's male gender is necessary for the comedy of Zippy's aura to work; if Zippy were a female getting beat up and scared by another teams' mascot, well, needless to say that would just be completely wrong. Call the cops. Yes, Zippy has a pouch but give me a break - Godzilla also lays eggs but no one thinks of Godzilla as being a girl. Likewise w/ Zippy. Zippy's not a real kangaroo folks. Zippy is the anti-mascot because he is clumsy and wimpy; that's the aura of Zippy. Zippy is supposed to walk in tiny little baby steps, head slightly down all the while wringing his hands. It's what Zippy does. He doesn't run around fast & furious w/ his head held high. Zippy is supposed to be non-confrontational and shy and timid and insecure and friendly. The fact that Zippy is the soft and chubby anti-mascot is what is so darn special about him. A rough and tough kangaroo is just stupid. The Fear the Roo campaign is brilliant precisely because it is spot-on tongue-in-cheek. A literal seriousness in this regard would be

True! And, now that I think about it, with a spread offense aren't quicker players generally a better fit for the spread scheme than a slower, less shifty 6'5" receiver anyhow?

Btw, I was walking around the stadium yesterday and they are beginning to put the facing brick on the exterior of the 1st floor of the press tower. It's going to be drop-dead gorgeous! I know Big Ten stadiums are larger, but this facility is going to be the envy of the entire mid-west (and Big East?!)

I'm hoping Goodyear flies the Blimp over The Info for every Zips' game! The Blimp is our community's #1 identity marker and is recognized all over the world.

Now that was a great article! We get far too few human interest stories on the Zips' players from the ABJ. Additionally, it was informative in that I had no idea Getsy was back w/ the team as a grad assistant. Great work Vincent!