Blue & Gold

I believe the architects are supposed to have their initial design completed by June 15, right? So we should be seeing some drawings in about a month! I do hope it's not a typical MAC stadium. A complete bowl would be cool, but if not, even if it's enclosed on one end that would be great. A Camden Yards-esque horseshoe.

If our corners can play man-to-man, then that would free up our safeties to come up and assist our pathetic DL!

I believe we recruited Da'Von as a cornerback, and with speed like that, I can see why! But with size like that, do you think JD should give him a shot at RB?

Boy that really sucks, it's quite appalling actually. At least when I wrote to Bobinski back in the day I got a courteous thank you letter in return. If he's too busy or uninterested to respond personally he should at least have a staffer do it. Sounds like we need to start directing some (tactful) correspondence to MR's bosses office and let them know this won't cut it. When I was in college I had some ideas for the athletic department I wanted to share with Bobinski. I was just an ignorant punk kid, but I meant well. I sent him a letter with some of my ideas. He actually gave me a call and invited me into his office one day. We talked UA sports for about 45 minutes. I'm certain I didn't enlighten him on anything, but the fact he took an hour out of his day to talk to a young punk Zips fan was pretty admirable. It's a shame to hear that our current athletic director won't even respond to a freakin' email.

Why would they red shirt Sweich? I thought he was ready to contribute immediately. Besides, he and Bardo will be our only centers on the roster next season.In my crystal ball I forsee Steve McNees eventually transfering out. In Ronnie Steward and Darryl Roberts we have 2 First-Team All-Ohio point guards, and with LJ coming on next season, we've got an athletic, muscular 6'3" combo guard who, before signing with Cincy, was given recruiting priority over McNees by KD last season. This is unless McNees can develop into a stud 2-guard. He scored alot in hs but I don't know if he'll get it done in the MAC.

Ha! Yeah, watching the intra-squad scrimmages next year would be worth at $15 ticket!

Thanks for the info! This is fantastic news! I was disappointed when Jeter chose football at Cincy a year ago. We're stacked for the next 4 years at guard! Good job KD!!!

I hope this gets at least a couple of responses. Does anyone have any news at all on either Darryl Roberts or Lance Jeter? Thanks.

Yeah. I vaguely know the extended family and they're all an extremely nice bunch of people. The extended fam (the Miller's) own half of Hartville.

Jimmal Ball is playing for FIBA Europe. I believe for a French team. He actually has his own website, which is very well done. Here's the link:http://www.jimmalball.com/Obviously I'm no talent evaluation expert, but I think Jimmal could help the CAVS right now!

While it would have been nice for the program to have another relationship with a sports celebrity, Jeter is a muscular, athletic 6'3" scoring point guard. That's more value than Kellog would have brought in. Get Jeter in blue and gold!!!

That's a brilliant idea! Wow, something like that had never crossed my mind. But it's a great and original idea!

I didn't feel it was a diss on Akron. Of course, perhaps I'm just calloused at this point. But the commercial didn't say, "They didn't even know where he played," i.e., didn't even know where Akron was. The commercial says something more to the effect of "They didn't know what position he would play," i.e., linebacker or DE.I didn't get the vibe that they were dissing Akron's program. I thought the exposure was positive.

Is there any new info on these guys? Has Vaughn Martin signed? Rivals says Hazime has. Here's the link:http://www.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=50944&sport=1

I've seen that commercial a few times now and it is great! LOTS of shots of the old school Akron uni!

I'm sure Alex Sullivan is an excellent player. I'm certain he could run circles around me. But I just don't think we need another guard under 6'. Next season we'll have Ronnie Steward (5'10") and Steve McNees (6'2") at the PG. If Darryl Roberts joins the team there is another PG at 5'11" (and I've got to believe he is going to join the team, otherwise why would he have enrolled at Akron as opposed to just staying home and enrolling at Toledo?) And if Lance Jeter joins the team, there is another guard who is capable of playing PG, and Jeter comes in at 6'3". That would give us:Ronnie Steward - 5'10"Steve McNeese - 6'2"Darryl Roberts - 5'11"Lance Jeter - 6'3"I don't know if we need a guard who is 5'11". I think it looks like we need another shooting guard or two, who come in at at least 6'2".

6' 4" __________________________________________________________5' 11" sixteen year olds typically have a little bit of growth left in them. Even if he doesn't, a 5' 11" guard can do some serious damage in the MAC. That pic is not of Bryan Hipsher, is it?

Thanks Timmyboy!6'3", 250lbs and a 4.5 40?! :blink: Holy cow!I love seeing the city boys getting offered!Come on Johnny Adams, stay home and represent!

I'm hoping to see Bryan Williams at RB. We need a home run hitter back there! I think Bryan has the potential to be the best RB in the MAC! But I'm biased.And I think we need to find a way to get Almondo Sewell on the field. Shane Shead too! I think we should move to a 3-4 defense. That may not be a big switch from a 3-3-5, but having another linebacker on the field as opposed to another DB just seems more smash-mouth to me. Besides, our linebacking crew is stocked and has a ton of potential! Get as many of them on the field as possible!

6' 4" __________________________________________________________Who the heck is this? And what's your point, is this dude actually 5'8" or something?

Looking ahead to next football season, I think we're in BIG trouble...I think we have a Big 10 caliber talent and depth at these positions (okay, the Big 10 excluding OSU and Michigan, because they are head and shoulders above the rest of the Big 10):-Running Backs = Big 10 caliber talent and depth-Wide Receivers = Big 10 caliber talent and depth-Linebackers = Big 10 caliber talent and depth-Defensive Backs = Big 10 caliber talent and depthHowever...-We will be breaking in 3 literally BRAND NEW QBs. 2 redshirt sophomores and 1 redshirt freshman!!!-Our OL looks like it may be a serious weakness!-Our DL is virtually non-existent due to academic casualties!I think our downright gluttonous wealth of talent at RB, WR, LB & DB could very well all go for naught due to a green QB & awful line play - for the game is won and lost at the line of scrimmage.In fact, I'm gonna toss out for discussion the possibility of us only winning 2 or 3 games all year. (I think we could beat Buffalo, Temple and BGSU while sleepwalking - but even Can't State tore us up last year.) Naturally, I hope I'm wrong, but can you build an intelligent argument against this? Good luck!

If Darryl Roberts and Lance Jeter join the team, would they then probably be counted with the scholarships we give out next year?

Since Jason is by far the best player to have come out of UA, we should have a larger-than-life bronze JT statue at one of the entrances.

There was an article in yesterday's Business section of the Beacon concerning the University Park Alliance. It mentioned a "possible" project for '07-'08 worth, I believe, 100's of millions. That's got to be the stadium and all the redevelopment surrounding it! Those rinky-dink bars and the Odd Corner had better not stall monumental progress such as this!

To be taken more seriously in basketball we really do need a new arena. Simply renovating the JAR, however nice the renovations may be, just won't suffice. But we've already got a new football stadium on the way. I think the train has already left this station. Maybe a few years after building our football stadium we can begin work on a new arena? Both the U and the city could really benefit from a nice arena facility.