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Yeah, it means he is the 29th best QB in the country of the QB's considered to be dual-threats.

Rivals has Rodgers ranked as the 29th best dual-threat QB in the nation! Go Zips!

I've gotta think that DK is gonna move down the depth chart. He just didn't impress me much at all this year. I was expecting more from him. Of course, the primary problem was likely due to the disgraceful performance of our OL.

Beautiful shot! That should be in National Geographic!

The JAR had better be packed come Saturday!!!

250 lbs. for a DT seems a little bit light, doesn't it?

I think that must be the same Adams that lights up the basketball box score for Buchtel twice a week? If it is, he's really gotta be quite the athlete!

I absolutey agree. What marketing wizard came up with that jingle?! It couldn't possibly be any worse! While "Fear the Roo" is genius, the jingle they've come up with almost negates any coolness the slogan has! Unbelievable.

I agree! Though I've never spoken with a recruit, per se, I have spoken to a few players, and they are generally friendly guys who enjoy talking to fans. They, naturally, enjoy being told how good they are and that they had a good game. They're not stuck up, they, like anyone would, enjoy the attention. So yeah, be nice and friendly and encouraging to any recruit you may see around campus!

Can't Statecks banner? Uh... I don't get it.

I wasn't able to make the game Wednesday night. How was the student turnout? Were both north and south sections full? Any students elsewhere? Gotta love a sell out!!! I wish we'd sell out the JAR for games other than Can't and OU! We should be selling that place out for all of the MAC games! Can't blame people for not coming to our rather lame non-conference schedule though (except for Nevada - great game!!! But our administration didn't really have anything to do with that one, so won't give them credit there!) Next year - more Atlantic 10 conference teams please - and no, not Duquesne! I'm talking UMASS, Xavier, Rhode Island, Temple or Dayton (we can all boo Marcus Johnson for selling out on us!)

I don't mind the constant LeBron references either. Dru and Rome may get a little annoyed with them all, for they are very good ball players themselves, but having said that, I think UA needs to milk the close relationship with the greatest player in the history of basketball as much as we possibly can! Kids from coast-to-coast can only think it's cool!

At 6-2, 235 lbs. and a 4.5 40 time, he seems (and looks) like a very gifted hard nose! We could really use some more talent at LB! Captain, I hope your inside info is true!

According to Scout.com he was also offered by Mississippi State. He's listed at 6-3, 200 lbs.

Yep! I was equally surprised to see Herb Pope going to NMSU. What's up with that?! "They" were saying that Steve Sweich to Akron was possibly the best mid-major signing. But now Herb Pope to NMSU has to take the cake!

We need a HOME warm-up game against a 1-AA team more than we need another ROAD trip, this time to UCONN (though I do like that matchup!)

If this is true, why do you think they would do this?

Actually, I think that alphabetically we're #2.But I agree. DK didn't break many long runs, and broke no tackles. Didn't juke at all either. Generally a RB either breaks tackles or jukes, but DK did neither. Here's to Alex Allen's recovery! Here's to Gary Pride coming in next year! Here's to (cross your fingers!) Morgan Williams giving us a verbal!!!

I agree. I love Rome - one of my favorite Zips players ever! - but I think we'll be even better in the front court next season with Wood starting at power forward, McKnight the first off the bench, and Sweich starting at center.But the back court, withouth Dru, will be precarious. Both Dials and Middleton are 2's, not 1's. McNeese is an unknown, and I've heard he's a defensive liability. Darryl Roberts didn't qualify. Hopefully Ronnie Steward - the point guard we signed from Columbus - can come in and fill Dru's spot right away. Now that OJ Mayo is in West Virginia, Steward is considered the best point guard in the state. But there's NO WAY he'll be the shooter that Dru is! Hopefully he may be just a bit quicker and able to penetrate a little better than Dru. But no way will he be able to drill the 3 like Dru!

Agreed. But if I may also add our traditional gripe that the Beacon gave the story absolutely no game-day coverage. That, naturally, doesn't help either. But today's ABJ post-game coverage was very well done.

Hey Z.I.P. Just curious, but what do you do for a living out in Hawaii? Is the economy completely based on tourism dollars?

Arg! Don't remind me how many excellent Buchtel players picked Pitt over Akron during the Owens era!

In all due-diligence, the athletics administration HAS to read this board, right?! I mean, what a priceless resource this board is, in order to glean opinion from and insight of your most loyal consumers? So, if the athletics administration is not somehow aware of this thread already, heads should roll! My fear is that they don't even take time to get familiar with the discussions on this board. Again, the thoughts, whether intelligent or not, of their MOST LOYAL CUSTOMERS!!!

Thanks Zipsrifle! Great find! Now I've gotten absolutely NOTHING done today, but I've loved every second of it!!!A couple comments:1) Traditionally, football stadiums are always positioned north-to-south. This solves the sun problem. It's due to this fact that cliche' for a hard-nosed RB "Running North and South," originated. Here's another cool little factoid: Traditionally baseball stadiums are positioned with the first-base line along the southern edge of the playing field. This is also due to the sun. It's also where the term "Southpaw" for a left-handed pitcher originated; his pitching arm would be toward the south. Canal Park didn't follow this scheme due to the fact that they wanted to get some retail space along S.Main St. It doesn't seem to bother anyone that much, so maybe we could tweek the football stadium a bit too, ala, Option #1.2a) Do you guys think the proposed stadium looks just a little too much like a glorified high school stadium? I was dismayed to find other MAC stadiums in the Similar Stadiums portion of the report. We should NOT have a stadium AT ALL similar to any other bush-league MAC school!!! They had BGSU's stadium pictured. I've been there for a game, and trust me, it feels like an over-sized high school stadium. It doesn't feel "Next Level" AT ALL!!! We may just as well rent out Fawcet Stadium. BUSH LEAGUE!!!2b) BUT.. I was relieved and excited to see SMU's Gerald Ford Stadium listed in the similar stadiums section! A week or two ago ZipsNation had an overwhelming consensus that THIS WAS THE IDEAL MODEL FOR A NEW STADIUM! Beautiful, big-time feel with around 30K seats. CAN WE JUST TELL THE ADMINISTRATION TO BORROW THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FROM SMU SO THEY DON'T SCREW THIS THING UP?!?! WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS!!! Of course I am speaking in hyperbole... but barely!!!3) I was glad to see that they were mentioning a clock tower in their initial discussions. Akron has many beautiful, old clock towers around town and I felt this would be a great way to encorporate tradition into the new design. They even referenced the Univerity of Denver in their report. But none of the architectural renderings had a clock tower. Hey, this isn't as big a deal as building a stadium like SMU's!!! BUILD AN SMU CLONE!!! WE'D LOVE IT!!!

Simply continuing along this line... I drove to the JAR last Tuesday to inquire about season tickets. The two people behind the 'bullet-proof glass' at the JAR didn't even acknowledge my presence for about a minute, let alone smile or say 'Hi.' Their actions communicated that I was bothering them and interupting their conversation in order for them to simply toss a Season Ticket Pamphlet through the window at me... and then, of course, immediately go back to carrying on with their conversation. I don't think I'm nit-picking here. I think this is highly insulting, let alone absolutely unprofessional. I believe this betrays and illustrates a very real lack of tact, intelligence and interpersonal relations skills that must transcend the athletics department. Does it start at the top and trickle down? Fortunately, from all accounts, it ends with JD and KD. From all accounts they are as gregarious and eager to talk with/spend time with the fans as any coaches you'll ever meet. But the people that are supposed to be public-relations professionals, i.e., the athletics administration (marketing, sales) seem as incredibly rude and inept as could possibly be imagined in one's worst nightmares. With the incredible apathy from the Akron area towards Zips athletics, these people should be going above-and-beyond the call of duty towards potential fans; they should be bending over backwards to accomodate and entertain potential customers. Instead, they seem to be fighting against even the loyal Zips' fans! Who needs to be fired? Something drastic needs to happen. A change in overall philosophy and personality is desperately needed. Again, I DO NOT feel I am overreacting. This is profound incompetence.At least we on this board are feeling frustrated and outraged at this athletics administration. That is NOT the opposite of love. The opposite of love is apathy. So, kudos to everyone in The Nation!!!