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That dude's got mammoth calves.

Absolutely! Proenza truly understands the importance of a strong athletic program (football & men's b-ball) for the identiy and morale of a university and, consequently, the surrounding community. I can only wish the ABJ understood so well. Successful football & men's b-ball programs are the most effective marketing strategies almost any U can be associated with. With the exceptions of Ivy League schools and perhaps Stanford, a university's football and men's basketball teams are what give a university either positive or negative national-level name recognition. I believe Proenza firmly believes that every dollar spent on athletics is simultaneously a dollar spent on advertising/marketing.

Gotta like that! You know that every team he faces is 100% focussed on shutting him down.

Thanks for that link! I haven't heard a lot about Miller, but seeing that video definitely gives me hope! He's throwing ropes on the money. I'd still like to see us make a push on Dominik Britt too, though. You can never have enough good QBs. As everyone is well aware, this year we didn't have a single one!

How about this guy? Tiondre Johnson is ranked as a 3-star small forward by Rivals. The site calls him a "freakish athlete." Last season (his sophomore year) Tiondre played at Woodridge. Now, for his junior year, he has transferred to Buchtel. Any word on whether KD is interested in Tiondre at all?http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewprospect...mp;pr_key=59726

I take back what I mentioned about Rivals. Here's a story with a lot of pub for Keely I found on their site. Bedford played Riverside - where our recruit Alex Sullivan is playing. I guess KD was at the game. The article states that Alex had an off night, but Keely tore it up, leading all scorers. No wonder KD is interested!http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/content.asp?cid=746991

Thanks GoZips! Rivals.com doesn't have any info on him.

Yes. Zeke was there, along with another high-profile recuit. They picked a good night to show up.Do you know the name of the other recruit?

Tonight I believe I also saw a high school junior whom we're recruiting named Zeke Marshall. (I think that's his name.) He's from the same high school as McNeese. He's 6-11, 210 lbs. and has also been offered by Virginia & Virginia Tech. He picked a great game to come check out our program! Go McNeese! Go Zippers!

I don't feel qualified to comment much about the OC. But I can say that generally I found our play calling to be vanilla, boring, predictable and quite underdeveloped. Watching the Zips O-playcalling last season was often like watching a high school game; about 6-8 bread-n-butter plays that are called and re-called perpetually (even if they've been consistently stuffed all game long.) I know that football fans in NEO are quite sophisticated and want to see much more creativity and execution at the D-1 college level. However, concerning Rogers not winning the starting job last season, I believe there are at least two reasons why: 1) rarely does a true freshman start at this level (personally, I don't ever remember a true freshman QB starting for the Zips) and 2) I remember hearing on this board that Rogers, for some reason, had a sore elbow last fall and it really limited the reps he got in practice. So I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that Rogers is truly a D-1 caliber QB (unlike either CJ) and that that makes all the difference in our ability to open up the offense.

Every school (except this year's Miami squad) plays a couple of cupcake games. That's fine with me. Actually, IMHO, this year's home schedule is definitely worth the price of a season ticket: Temple Wyoming UIC Youngstown St. (okay, not a great team, but a fun regional rivalry; ala CSU) Bracket Buster Miami OhioToledo Can'tDon't you guys think that's an attractive schedule?

=>No. I am looking for sympathy from a Zips player abd/or coach!Clark Kellogg and CBS spend 4 minutes previewing Miami/Akron: Very nice! Thanks for the link! I know the MAC gets absolutely NO respect on a national level, but I really love the handful of rivalries we've got: Miami, Ohio, and K-e-n-t. MAN, I LOVE TO HATE ALL THOSE GUYS! Throw in Toledo (whom, unfortunately, we do not always get to play) and you've got a heated conference schedule! Lots of fun; life is good.

Thanks Flyer! I'd love to play you guys every year! It's a competitive contest and potentially a great rivalry in the making! Lots of fun.

With all due respect I can't understand the reasoning of playing an extremely tough SOS if you lose all the games. When you play six really tough teams and lose four or five, then combine that with the loses in the conference, what makes anyone think they will get an invite to the big dance?Sadly, I think we're all beginning to realize that the NCAA selection committee will look for any excuse to exclude non-BCS schools. Either you played a strong schedule but didn't win enough games, or you won plenty of games but your schedule was weak. The only way to get noticed in their eyes is to play a bunch of BCS schools on the road AND beat them all. Ha! That's tough to do. To top it all off, the SOS is automatically biased toward BCS schools to begin with because the old-boys network ranks them all high at the beginning of the season.

I like KD's philosophy (I'm glad he refuses to bend over for the BCS schools) only kicked up a notch. I think we should schedule as many A-10 schools as possible (Temple, Xavier, Dayton, Rhode Island). Throw in some Mizz-Valley schools: Missouri St., Witchita St., Creighton, Southern Ill. Toss in Butler (Horizon) and a dream matchup w/ Gonzaga. I think there are plenty of high mid-majors. I now consider us a high mid-major school. I think any combination of those schools would make an exciting and competitive OC schedule!Why don't these schools get together and help each other out with scheduling? If we'd all cooperate w/ each other it'd make life a lot easier, create some great, competitive rivalries and collectively say "go screw off," to the BCS & NCAA selection committee.

There was your token LeBron reference. I'm not upset! IMHO we need to milk that god-send of an association as much and as often as possible!

I'm thrilled with how comfortable both McNeese & Darryl Roberts look out there. They're gonna be legit players!

Both teams are playing fast paced ball. Both teams are playing excellent defense; really pressuring the guards up top. Nice seeing CM stroking his shots. We've gotta get Wood going. I don't believe I've ever seen a Zips team as deep as the team KD's assembled. UD announcers are hilarious! I think Joe Dunn & the immortal Steve French are priceless homeboys, but these two match our boyz step-for-step! The radio audio is not in sync with the internet feed, so I opted for the internet audio.

Thanks for including that previous post. It is greatly appreciated...that's where I first leaned of the verbal. FYI - The info for my post was obtained from interviews with people who've seen him play, not from any web sites. If the ZipsNation hoops fans like that type of info, I will continue posting similar stories. It's fun.CK - keep bringing us interviews! The Beacon gives us absolutely no human interest stories about Zips players!

I didn't hear the interview. Can you tell me, did it sound as if Mack had a new arena in mind, or simple renovations to the JAR? PLEASE TELL ME IT DIDN'T SOUND AS IF THE ADMINISTRATION IS MERELY PLANNING A JAR RENOVATION!

In the future we should try to take over downtown establishments. We've gotta get our downtown behind us. I say in the future we take over the Barley House and, once it opens, Damon's (which I believe is going to be located right next door.)

George Thomas is a fat bastard. His remark about the Big 10 being "big-boy football," was truly uncalled for and waaaaay over the line. And this being printed in our very own Akron BJ. Disgraceful. Fat Albert doesn't know anything about football anyway; he is much more familiar with jelly rolls.

For any band members who are part of the 'Nation, I just wanted to say that you guys were AWESOME today!!! You guys gave me goosebumps 3 times during the pregame show!!! I took my brother to his first Zips game today and he had a great time, wants to go back for the Temple game, and after the pregame show said, "Man, that was awesome!" What an excellent way to get the afternoon off on the right foot! That set the mood for the rest of the afternoon! I especially liked the way you guys came onto the field - drum cadence and marching formation - both very cool! You guys made me proud to be a Zip! EXCELLENT SHOW!

Yeah, David Lee Morgan was at the game. But the story was on page... (drum roll)... C14!!!