Blue & Gold

That was an amazing team! Ball, Bosley, Phillips, Andrick (currently the head coach @ Springfield - he was HILARIOUS!!! The dirtiest, trash-talkingest player I HAVE EVER SEEN!!! If he wasn't a Zip, I would have HATED him!!!) But man, Hipsher always found a way to alienate his players, didn't he. By the ends of their careers, it just seemed like they wanted the season to be over. And watching the gradual REGRESSION of Jimmal Ball's game was particularly painful for me.

The Wolfpack was definitely the better team. We would have had to shoot the lights out to beat them; unfortunately, last night it was the Wolfpack shooting the lights out. On top of that, it was a killer trip - took 12 hours to get there.On top of that, it's a 1-mile elevation - not to be dismissed.On top of that, we're a thin team. Losing Jeremiah Wood for the year hurt tremendously. Jimmy Conyers being ineligible hurt tremendously. And, I feel, losing Bubba cost us a warm body to absorb some minutes (but I also feel losing Bubba is addition through subtraction.)Just my opinions. I'm no expert, just an admittedly biased Zips fan! I'm worried about the trip to Miami. Traditionally, we've seldom played well in Oxford.I think we'll go 3-0 against Buffalo, OU & Can't.I think, due to our lack of depth, we'll get upset in the MAC tourney & settle for an NIT bid - which will be disappointing but WHICH IS ACTUALLY A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THIS PROGRAM!!! Let's not forget where we've come from and how far KD has brought us!!!I think next year we're going to be absolutely amazing! We won't be touched in the MAC & we'll finally knock off some of the "big-name" opponents we face.Adding Wood & Conyers. Incoming freshmen Bardo & McKnight (McKnight is absolutely the real deal! He's easily one of the best players in the state.)Growing tradition. Growing reputation. Yeah, last night hurt, but in a year from now when we return the favor @ The JAR, no one will remember last night!Go Zips!

Just an observation, but have you guys noticed that just over the last few days the football discussions have finally tapered off (not that I minded them!) and everyone is now beginning to get settled in & focussed on basketball? Man, I think we were all on a MAJOR HIGH from this past football season! Hopefully the last 1/3 of our basketball season will be just as exciting!!!Go Zips!

Um, hey Z-P... it's not like gas is THAT expensive!!! Make the 10 minute trip up 77 and GET YOUR BUTT DOWNTOWN to Panini's!!! I've got myself & 6 of the fellas coming - maybe more!What time do you think we should get there? Go Zips!

I was wondering that myself for about 2 weeks - there's a lot of presuppositional knowledge tossed around on this board. I've figured out that whenever someone refers to UAM, I believe they are referring to Associate Athletics Director Mike Waddell. If I'm wrong, please let us know - so we know what/who you guys are talking about!!!

I agree with Zipper's comment regarding the ABJ just not grasping the potentially HUGE benefit of a successful Zips athletics program to them as a publication. It's absolutely perplexing to me. It is just a no-brainer concept that a newspaper naturally cover and emphasize coverage of a D-I college in your own city. I'm with Zipper in seeing that their lack of coverage is just wrong and non-sensical on so many levels that one just doesn't even know what to think or say.

With people all over Ohio being brainwashed Suckeye fans, and people in NE Ohio being in love with the Browns (go figure that out?!) I just think it's gonna take time to build a fan base here in Akron. It'll take maybe 3-5 years of consistent winning in the MAC plus knocking off a "big-name" opponent once in a while (remember, we still have yet to beat a BCS school in football) and the b-ball win over Ole Miss somehow wasn't broadcast much. I think greater Akron still has a 'loser' mentality. And, lets face it, the Plain Dealer and Canton Repository have A LOT to lose if Zips athletics get hot & grow in popularity. Now the BJ, I just can't figure them out - they really have everything to gain, but don't treat the Zips w/ a lot of repect. Terry Pluto's general take is that Akron is worth watching because they play fundamental b-ball & get floor burns. Not that the athletes are excellent and the ball is fantastic - something to behold! Which, is true if you realize how difficult it is to get a D-I athletic scholarship!!! These athletes ARE elite!!! The Canton Rep must realize that if the Zips played the McKinley Bulldogs, the Zips would win "One hundred billion" (Dr. Evil) to NOTHING!!! The community as a whole must realize that watching the Zips is a QUANTUM LEAP over watching St.V/M, or McKinley, or Hoban, or Massillon.I'm beginning to rant & get off the point. I'm out.

I've got 4 of my friends coming, and hopefully more!Go Zips!

Old news? I hadn't heard! I was looking forward to seeing what he could do. Tall receivers are the current rage, and we could have had 3 of them - 6'4" Jabari Arthur; 6'5" D.J. Henderson and 6'5" J.Sharps. Oh, well, we've still got 2 of 'em plus burners in Harvey & Lindsey plus a quality possession receiver in Johnny Long. We're fine. We have more depth than at any time since I've been closely following Zips football - about 12 years now!!!

Excellent!!! I'm gonna make some calls & try to bring a crew!

Sweet! Stupid question, but are you guys televising the game? Do you get ESPNU? You know we got bumped from ESPN to ESPNU, right? Bummer. Probably the marquee matchup of the Bracketbuster weekend and we got hosed.

Absolutely. The present and future of the MAC is right here! Everyone knows it. They'll either live in denial or spit sour grapes. But the truth is that We're absolutely ready to dominate this conference in football and men's basketball. We rule the MAC. Everyone else better get used to bowing down real quick!

Frenchie's the man! He's a fan. He's passionate. He sincerely cares. He can seem a bit too annoyed with Zips players occassionally, but that just shows his heart. And I think he's a good play-by-play man. Much better than Needle - that guys downright painful to listen to!I get 100.1 just fine. Unfortunately, 1350 is often horrible for me. The OU game was particularly awful. I drove around in my car trying to get decent reception - and that for a game I was anticipating all year!!! (Don't get ONN & Damon's never heard of it!)I think we should broadcast games on 88.1 WZIP!!! Why aren't we on our own college radio station?!?! strong signal, young audience - perfect fit!!!