ZippyforPresident

Hahaha. Well played sir. Well played. Okay, so maybe I over exaggerated just a little with that post. That was an extremely frustrating game.

one game we're talking about how great the special teams are (block pat for 2pt safety?) and now they have a bad game and we're calling for the coach's job. we really are pathetic fans.Wholly agreed. Those that want to go fire JD can go eat it. Boo hoo. Sorry crybabies but he really is a decent coach. Lets play the game of reality. We are a mediocre team in a mid major conference.... what is it that you think we're going to do? Play for a BCS title? Let's get real. JD is the best coach that Akron has ever seen in it's MAC era and we're lucky to have him. This team really does have a lot of potential despite our "crap" record. I know the past two games were uber disappointing but welcome to life in the MAC. Sorry, but that's just the way it goes... Hats off to OU. Way to find motivation to win a game that meant nothing to you when it meant everything to us. Go cats.

2 observations about tonights game:1. Brett McKnight doesn't care who he's going up against, this guy is a gamer. 23 points against a #6 ranked team? This kid is the real deal and will put it in from anywhere.2. Nik Cvetinovic: Congratulations, I think you've solidified your position as a starter on this team. This guy knows how to ball and play with some serious energy.Okay, I guess I lied about having only two observations...3. Puck Fittsburgh4. This team is going to cause some hurt in the very near future, I know we got it handed to us tonight but for pitt's sake I hope they don't end up seeing us again in the tourney... These kids are gamers with tremendous upside and with a coach like KD to learn from this experience they will be prepared for the rest of the season... 5. I feel bad for Urbana6. See you at the JAR on Tuesday for the beatdown.

Nope, no minutes for Swiech tonight. I am looking forward to seeing him play though. Maybe he's the ace up KD's sleeve for the Pitt game? Eh? Eh?

Just got back from the game. Nice win Zips! This team is looking better every game. Hopefully this trend continues. And yes, Cventinovic looked pretty good in his start. If this game was any indication, he looks quite capable of being a very solid player for the next few years.The team made a much better showing tonight defensively, hopefully this trend continues also. Roberts was probably the player of the game tonight. Linhart was stellar on defense and hit a few nice shots, especially that drive to the basket with the foul. Also a pretty nice game for the McKnights.Now to slay the dragon that is Pitt. Bring it on. Hopefully it turns out to be a good one. I'm really interested to see how this team performs against one of the best teams in the nation.

Good guys by 3 touchdowns. Take it to the bank.

I have to agree with the great GP1 that the offense came up short. They had to punch it in, plain and simple. But I don't think you can completely let the defense off the hook here. BG put up 23 points on us in the fourth quarter, while we were able to put up a mere 12 the entire second half. BG's offense had their way with us in the fourth quarter. I know its a cliche but, you win as a team just as you lose as a team. This loss isn't attributable to one side of the ball or a single player as some posters are already calling for Jacq's head. That's just rubbish, if anything I think that kid is on the verge of being a pretty solid player and you can't go throwing in an unproven player like Rodgers when you've got a guy with game experience who is capable of making the plays. Yeah, he might have a couple of things to work on, but so does the entire team. I really am starting to think some Zips fans do have this cleveland browns complex, "Oh my God we lost, let's clean house, starting with the quarterback. Brady! Brady!" God I hate Browns fans. Even though sadly I am one.

Christ, this team could write a book on how to lose games they should have won. I can't say BG deserved to win this one, but Akron definitely deserved to lose it. I feel sick right now. Will we win a home game this year?

Go Charlie! It looked like he was finding his rhythm vs. the Chargers in preseason. Hopefully he has a good showing against the Packers and takes advantage of his chance to start again.

I think that was actually the first researched preview that I've seen for this upcoming season. And I've gotta say I'm already so jacked up for Akron basketball this year. The HOUSE IS COMING DOWN January 24th when we exact our sweet revenge. Hah, I'm basically jumping out of my chair here.

THE REASON IS THAT WE DON'T WIN GAMES. I know that probably sounds petty, but if this team wants fans they are going to have to win plain and simple. I'm not going to say there weren't some positive aspects to today's game b/c there definitely were, but losing efforts in a rain soaked relic 7 or so plus miles from campus by a non bcs school does not draw crowds. It saddens me as much as you I'm sure, and yes, I was at the bowl pounding away w/ everyone else, but what I did take away from today is that there were a TON of new faces in the student section in the rain... things are on the verge of changing for the bigtime at UA... I was there in the early/mid Frye years initially and in comparison this student section is totally ready to explode... and the Rowdies play a big part in that, but I really do think the excitement on campus is essentially unparalelled @ this point in UA history. If this team starts winning some big games the support is gonna be there and it will DEFINITELY be there next season at the new stadium.

Dude, get off Jacq's back. He played a pretty decent game. It is absolutely true that all of the interceptions with the exception of one, were the fault of a tipped ball. As for having a fumble recovered for a touchdown, ask Todd Boeckman how that one feels (see: OSU v. OU). Those kinds of things do happen, especially given the rain and slippery conditions. The Zips moved the ball down the field with relative ease, especially in the first half, but unfortunately once they got near the red zone the receivers couldn't get a handle on the ball. Sometimes that's just the way the ball bounces. The problem is not Chris Jacquemain, nor is it the Zips offense. Honestly, I think Chris has been doing a great job this year. I'm actually very optimistic about this offense, those guys can REALLY play, and mark my words they will make quite a few teams pay this year. Your beef is with the defense and the fact is, this defense is really banged up. They're thin if not non-existent on the D-line and a good part of the secondary seems totally out of place. There seems to be no true leadership on the defensive side of the ball. We had leaders with Mackey and Corner in previous years, those guys knew how to take charge. IMO somebody on that side of the ball needs to step up and put the game on his shoulders. I'm sure I could write another page about the play of the defense but I'm not going to. I'm going to trust the coaching staff on that one, they know what they're doing, whether you'd like to believe that one or not. My only other gripe would be RACER'S inability to understand that after the period of each sentence comes two spaces and a capital letter in the first word of each sentence. Seriously man, not to sound like jerk, but I can't take a person's writing seriously if they don't take it seriously as well.... In the words of the immortal Brad Hamilton: "Learn it, know it, live it."

Seems as though the link I provided isn't working correctly. Here is the link to the Zips ESPN page which shows the game on ESPN classic http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2006 as well as the link to what should be the current television schedule on ESPN (of course you'll have to fast forward a little over a weeks time)... http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide

errr. Army. Whoa. Thinking ahead a little too much... 3-1 before Cincy.

According to ESPN AKRON V. ARMY this game WILL be televised on espn classic. I hope this will remain the case as I hope the Alumni assoc. and the Ohio Brewing Co. will be throwing another watch party in which I definitely plan on attending as well as bringing some new Akron alumni to the party. I know this topic is somewhat premature, but one can only hope that the Zips are at 2-1 at this point waiting to give Cincy the upset they deserve...

Speaking of Excellence in action, can someone get a photo of that billboard (this years K-ents slogan billboard).If you can't post it anywhere, pm me and I will put it up. We need another photoshop contest.Awesomely the K.S.Eww sign on Rt. 8 South is already gone. It has been replaced by a billboard for judges Elinore Marsh Stormer, Linda Teodosio, and County Clerk of Courts Daniel Horrigan (all democratic candidates (and I'm not saying whether that's good or bad in the interest of not starting a political debate on this board)). Although, it does actually pertain to summit county unlike the K.S.Who? billboard. Otherwise, I'd have gotten a picture of that billboard in the interest of it getting posted around here and having it defiled in absolutely every appropriate way. Man that thing pissed me off... Ugh, That place is a complete joke.

I know that they HAD Zips Jerseys in the Barnes and Noble bookstore in the Student Center, many of them were Jacquemain jerseys I believe, but very sure they had some others (sorry, I wasn't paying that close attention at the time, I was dizzy from the cost of books haha). Although what is now on gozips.com might be what is left of the selection there, I don't really know. But, if you can find nowhere else that has what you're looking for, it might be worth a shot. Sorry I can't help more.

Good job by the Zips today. More specifically, good job by the Zips offense today, they looked great. I think we have a good core of receivers this year and the running game was beautiful, Allen looked like a beast today. I'm not sure how much of that can be attributed to Syracuse's pathetic defense but I'll take the glass half full route and keep thinking our offense is MUCH improved from last season.On to the defense: Well... ummm... they did get a few key stops. Ugh. It looks like this unit really needs some time to gel and get used to what they are doing and what everyone's role is. I'm not a fan of the 3-3-5, but no one can blame it all on the scheme, the D didn't look this bad last year. I think it can be attributed to many factors and goes a lot deeper than the fact that we are without Bain and Lively, they may be talented players, but they are not the only answer to the D's problems. I'm hoping more game experience and some serious time watching film might help this situation out... I dunno, just my two cents. GO ZIPS!

Jaq gets cred. JD gets none. This game was ridiculous. Can we PLEASE show up against the Orange Men? The QB position is not the problem any longer, it is the D. Crap, we are a pathetic mac team. The mac is garbage. It hurts to say these things but it is completely true... WE ARE GARBAGE AND OUR CONFERENCE IS EVEN WORSE... Please get healthy Zips....

Frye is looking solid out there and so far looks to be making some good decisions. Also, the commentators have mentioned UA quite a few times. IF Frye keeps this up I think he's got a good chance to be Hasselbeck's backup. Go Seahawks, go Frye, go Zips!

I'm sure the can't fans will have no problem with that one.

Seriously? This is a weak move by the athletic department, or the MAC office, whoever is in charge of the schedule here.It just tells people that we're second-rate. Why the hell should we base our schedule around another, unrelated school's game time? I don't care who you root for, this is weak.For the most part I totally agree with you... in an ideal world. It does seem like a completely weak and lame decision if it is succumbing to that school from the south... But maybe it is a shrewd decision to get some love from the media that UA still desperately needs. Regardless, I'll be attending the game so the TV viewing stuff means nothing to me, but maybe if the osu drones equate their Saturdays w/ an earlier AKRON game and a later osu game we can gain some audience... As long as it's nothing like the Can't State v. AKRON game last year where the all so exciting ending was cut off for the suckeyes pregame show.... seriously... no excuse for that. I was at the RB only to get home and hear from family that we were robbed an ending and everyone was legitimately pissed. The media needs to give us our fair share period.

The UA v. ohio state topic: Okay, for once I'll bite. I think the point for the most part around this board is that no one cares what ohio state does or doesn't do. Do I think that Akron's own newspaper should give top billing to our own university's athletic programs? Yes I do. Do I think that the students and alumni of UA should hold UA sports in a much higher esteem than all other collegiate programs? Yes I do. Do I think that far too many people in NE Ohio who are not osu students or alumni consider osu the ONLY college worth a damn in Ohio? Yes I do. Do I think the entire state of Ohio would cave in and stop functioning if AKRON stuck it to osu? You'd better believe it. And I can only hope that happens as soon as possible. Sadly many people in NE Ohio who never attended college in the area don't even realize that UA has a division 1A or FBS program. That is what sickens me. I personally couldn't care less what osu does or doesn't do. It doesn't have so much to do with whether or not osu fails or succeeds but it has everything to do with what AKRON does. If Akron's football program starts going having 10+ win seasons consistently and the media doesn't get a clue and northeast Ohio still bleeds red and silver instead of Blue and Gold then we have a major problem and I have a total gripe. Until then, unfortunately the sad truth is that the status quo will continue to exist. Also, you have every right to root for who you want to Zipgrad01, but as I'm sure you're well aware, on this board (as it should be) it's Blue and Gold or you walk the plank buddy. Haha, no worries friend.

So that really large bird I spotted flying in the air today actually was a swine? Whoa.