Blue & Gold

Better Rowdy turnout than for OU. Hope we’re up for this.

https://twitter.com/AkronEcho/status/1622778798398734337 ^^GoZips dot com: A Sell Out Crowd Witnessed the Zips Dominate Game One of Rivalry Series https://twitter.com/AkronEcho/status/1622740643347824640 ^^GoZips dot com: Castaneda Named MAC Player of the Week

Garvin Clarke was our 3rd leading scorer vs. KSUcks (8 points). His defense was one of the game changers. Hankerson only finished with 6 points, but was so close to scoring 8 points in the final 5-ish minutes alone... just had shots rim out. His shot looks good & he's still confident shooting it. Hunter had 5 and was sort of a no-show in the 2nd half. It'd be great if he stepped it up just a bit more. 8 point's be great... same w/ Hank. Enrique had 19 & 17. X put himself in the lead for MACPOY w/ 24 points & thoroughly outplayed Carry (who played all 40 minutes). UT sophomore guard Ra'Heim Moss may have the athleticism to guard X one-on-one. He's an explosive, solidly-built stud who I believe was being recruited by Michigan State as a safety or WR (IIRC) but chose UT for basketball. He played at Spire Institute & can jump out of the gym. UT sophomore guard EJ Farmer was one of the better players in the state his senior year coming out of Cleveland Heights (was a junior when Garvin Clarke was a senior). Averaged over 20 PPG his senior season (IIRC). He hasn't yet hit a stride @ UT yet but wouldn't it be our luck if he had a breakout game... UT senior forward Setric Miller seems like he's been at UT forever. He's big, strong, skilled, high basketball I.Q. & should give Enrique a better game than the KSUcks head case Chris Payton did. https://twitter.com/AkronEcho/status/1622777726384934913 I am unable to use both the link feature and have tweets embed, so you can follow the above link to a University of Toledo Athletics game day story.

I'm coming tomorrow and bringing a few friends with me. I know it obviously won't be as intense as KSUcks but I hope it's closer to a KSUcks crowd than the disappointing OU crowd. This team deserves it! Go Zips!

C. Thomas seems to have turned into a tweener, no? IIRC he was a highly-regarded safety in high school, but I guess he's not quite fast enough for safety at this level? Is he physical enough to play LB? He'd be an awfully light DE.

Looks like I'm unable to embed tweets ☹️

https://twitter.com/AkronEcho/status/1622742149329461258

Still can’t believe how well the White Out went over. I was thinking there’d be maaaaaybe 1/3 of the crowd wearing white. The word definitely got out & almost everyone rocked it! Very cool 😎

@72 Roo : The PCCC game was magical and universally praised. When we look to Toledo Tuesday night there's a different vibe. Some are worried about a letdown. Others feel we will slip back into past attendance history with 1/3 of the JAR filled. I say why not build on our success and keep it going? I know there are many reasons why some feel that can't be done. This is NE Ohio, by the way, and we are used to disappointment. Yet we can make a difference. There are thousands of posters on this board alone. If we buy a ticket and bring a friend we can do it ourselves. I am coming from Columbus and will bring a friend. How about the rest of the board finding a way to get there? We can start something big if we want to. Be part of the solution and stop rehashing the past troubles. These Zips are what we have wanted for decades. Beat the Rockets!

It was nice seeing Romeo at the game.

On UT's website the game is listed as being on ESPN+.