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I don't see the big problem here. As long as Akron is not refered to as Can't ........ Or Ohio State.

I don't remember the last time the Beacon had 3 straight days of prominent Zips stories like that! With Rome and Dru about to close out their Akron careers, it is a special time. But I hope the Beacon keeps up the coverage.

If the Zips would go with Nike, LBJ might be able to wear Nike Zips hats during interviews occassionally. If the kids see that LeBron likes the Zips, the Zips will be the coolest thing since... well, since LeBron!!!

Hopefully the LeBron - OSU jersey connection was more of a Nike move than a LeBron move. I think we should be trying to get all the free pub we can. I hope KD keeps close ties w/ LeBron after Rome & Dru graduate (actually, I wouldn't be surprised to see Dru as an assistant coach in a year or two). But speaking of those Nike/LeBron uni's... how soon till we're out of our contract with Adidas? We need to sign with Nike, have LeBron design our shoes and uni's, and then have Nike contribute BIG for the new LeBron-influenced NikeArena in downtown!!! (I'm not joking.)

Hey, speaking of 2-guards, has anyone seen that Moss kid from Copley play? Do you think he'd be a D-1 walk-on caliber player? He's really puts up nice numbers and he's the MVP of an undefeated team. Does anyone know anything about him?

Steward, out of Columbus, is a true point. I'm betting he comes in and wins the starting 1-spot next season.I was hoping Jimmy Conyers would be ready to contribute at the 2-guard this year, and be the man once Middleton and Dials have graduated. Jimmy just hasn't progressed well. It looks like the #1 priority for KD's recruiting efforts this year is going to have to be a legitimate 2-guard.

Great post Timmyboy! This year, next year, and EVERY YEAR: DT's DT's & more DT's!!!

And the #1 point guard! We really need him to contribute immediately next year to free up Dials and Middleton to be the 2G.But Swiech is HUGE!!! Holy Moses!!! And from all I hear he is a top-shelf, first-class person as well! I think he's going to really enjoy his time here and he may end up being the next dominant player in the MAC! Here's to Swiech working hard, having FUN, making friends, getting a good education and making a NATIONAL name for himself and the Zips!

I remember that when Walt Harris was still at Pitt, in regards to Palko (the starter at the time) and Getsy (#2 on the depth chart) Harris said something like, "We have a significant drop off from our #1 QB and our #2 guy."I think we all saw the best, and worst, of Getsy over the past 2 years.

And I'm hoping no one leaves early tonight. Rome & Dru deserve one final standing ovation after we beat BG tonight.

I remember when it debuted, most on this board were happy that the Zips drew a line in the sand with OSU. They are competition. If you're a Zips fan, ya better not be an OU fan, an OSU fan, a Can't fan, a Cleveland State fan, or a Pitt fan. I suppose if ya like Cal or USC or UCLA... well, who cares. That'd be far off enough not to be real competition. But NOT Columbus State or Pitt!!!! They're called COMPETITION, folks!But I think it's kinda funny seeing old grandpa-dudes coming into the JAR with Buckeye stuff on. Those old geezers out for a nice evening. They should be welcomed with open arms. I don't think anyone should get on someone for ignorance. But I think it's good to see the U beginning to mark their territory, so to speak.

I'm in the dark here. What are you talking about?

I love the LeBron connection. I think the Zips should publicize the close connection as much and as often as possible. BUT NOT TONIGHT!!!!!!!!! Tonight is Rome and Dru's night!!!!!!!! Night of all nights!?!?!?!? It's not LeBron's night! It's not Kevin Garnett's night! It's not Michael Jordan's night! It's Rome & Dru's night!!!!Incompetent morons! This has gotten so sickening so quickly!

Honestly, on a scale of 1-to-10, that easily ranks a 10! It's excellent.

I wasn't at the Miami game at the JAR, but I watched the Miami-Can't game on tv and I must say that Miami looked like a bunch of unathletic, white stiffs. Can't ran in circles around them. This is a bad loss. We never win games we should lose, and we occassionally lose games we should win. This is a team we should have beaten. I'm not optimistic about winning 3 games in Cleveland.

Miami's a big rival, but the games are always sooooooooo boooooooring!!!!!!!

If I had a say, I would vote for the spring game to be held in the indoor fieldhouse. In north east Ohio the weather is far too unpredictable in the spring. True, it's not as easy to see the field from the fieldhouse bleachers, but if it is true that we've got recruits coming to the game, it's probably important to not only show off the fieldhouse, but also to keep them AWAY from the Rubberbowl! Additionally, I like having a packed fieldhouse! I feel that to be a much more "electric" and encouraging environment than an empty Rubberbowl.

What does "preferred walk-on" mean, exactly? Does it mean they have an inside track on earning a scholarship next season? Are they eligible to play this season?

What happened with him? I heard he was "awful?" How did our coaching staff miss so badly on that one?

Now I know why PTI's Tony Kornheiser gets so upset with the illiterate viewer emails he has to decipher!But I agree! It was HUGE getting a game scheduled before we have to travel down to Columbus State. Walking into the shoe with both a QB and OL without ANY real game experience would have been a disaster!

What scares me so much about the MAC and about the post-season tourney in Cleveland is that on any given night, any team can be the victim of an upset. We may have... actually, we've already HAD an absolutely great season, but it could all come crashing down in an upset loss at The Q. Ugh, that would be heartbreaking for Dru & Rome! So I'm afraid that if and when we win it all in Cleveland, I may just feel more of a sense of relief rather than joy. Kind of a bummer.

Why would looking for a Top 25 B-ball ranking be "cheesy?" That's what I'm looking for! We may well win a national championship in soccer one day, and that'd be cool. But everyone knows that, on the American college scene, only football and basketball really matter. I don't think any Zips fan is deluded enough to be hoping for a national championship in either football or basketball, I know I'm not. But what I've been wishing for, for years now, is for our b-ball team to be a regular NCAA tourney qualifier, a regular NCAA first round winner (advance to the round of 32), a regular "high-teen - 20ish" Top 25 member, and have the potential for an occassional run at the Sweet 16.In football I've been dreaming for years that we'd dominate the MAC, and be often ranked in the lower regions of the Top 25 poll.I've been a pretty fanatical Zips fan for about 14 years now (since the last year of the Gerry Faust era, whatever year that was), and you know what?! I can honestly say that I feel my dreams aren't just "pipe dreams" any longer! I truly feel both KD and JD are taking our respective programs to this level!

Sweet! They didn't show that on 23. You looked smooth! I would've completely choked in front of that many people! I probably couldn't make a layup in front of the crowd at the JAR!

KD has to get credit for Dru, Rome and Wood all being here. Hipsher wasn't responsible for their recruitment, KD was.But I don't see either Dials or Ced being able to run the point next year. They're both much more natural 2-guards. I've noticed that when Dru's not in the game the opponent presses our backcourt and both Dials and Ced have a really hard time with that. Neither can dribble like Dru. Dru's the team MVP. We're going to sorely miss him next year. So here's to hoping Steward (who is Ohio's top rated PG in this year's senior class) can come in, learn the position, and take Dru's vacated spot right away!I think Sweich will start early in his freshman year as well. With Wood moved over to power forward, we'll probably have the best center & PF in the MAC.So I think KD's recruiting well. But Rybak is a complete waste, and Conyers has been thoroughly disappointing. He doesn't ever look for his shot, create a shot, or drive to the hoop to draw a foul, which is what I was hoping for. I thought it would be nice to have a 6-4 shooting guard (Conyers) out there as oppossed to our current 6-1 guys (Dials and Ced - love both those guys though!)

Happy Valentine's Day! The recent blizzard may have thrown a curveball here, but today's the deadline for the board of trustees to hire the new construction manager for the new stadium. Someone had posted earlier that the U may even have some initial plans already and that we may see some architectural renderings as soon as the CM is hired. Is there any word out there as to the progress?