Zipmeister

Well, I guess I have to chime in, seeing as how I'm the scarfmeister of Zipsnation. It's pretty basic -- first time I've actually seen the design, but it will have to suffice for a future national championship program. I'd say, if you can buy one of these -- get 'em early, cause they may not last long. Go Soccazips! Oh! They appointed a guy who lives in Hawaii as the scarfmeister! Who's in charge here? Is there a big scarf-wearing community there? At least it helps explain how I got appointed the Leimeister.

Ah, the age old question, how do a tunnel cost 3,000,000?To this I can only respond, It be what it be.

Ya see dcred, when the schedule says "away," that means your team is not playing at home. If the schedule just says "A," that's the same as away. Or if it says the game is scheduled in Akron, same thing. By the way, even if your team is playing Akron, A does not stand for Akron - it still stands for away.

Based on salary, I can guarantee you that a move to Marshall would not be a lateral move, unless by lateral you mean a salary reduction.

As I said before, it will be a short list. If you would like to see a GAO report on this subject see:http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custo...;accno=ED452747

We used to have wall-to-wall turf in our basement my first year on campus. There were giant piles of it when they redid the practice field so we took a few rolls. It ended up on our front porch for a couple of years after that.Nice...I wonder what they have planned for the Bowl?Wonder if the turf could be donated to the Akron Public Schools for installation at one of its football fields?Really not a bad idea, get the write off for the books for the value of the donation and positive press for helping out the area highschool.Ellet being the main stage for Friday night games, I say we donate it to them.Yes, a REALLY good idea. A tax exempt entity making a charitable contribution to capture a tax deduction. It's so big, it is almost impossible to calculate the tax benefit.Yep because I said "take a tax write off". No in the view of bond raters the stadium and turf are liabilities that we have on the books, a possession that has a value and a maintanence cost and therefore counts against what the University holds, whether we use the turf or keep it up or not it remains a liability on the books until we can dump it on someone else. I never mentioned anything about a tax benefit.Sorry for the misunderstanding. I have never heard the unique phrase "write off for the books" before, so I thought you were talking tax write off. As you point out, the Rubber Bowl is something the University owns, not owes, and is therefore on the books as an asset, not a liability. Maintenance costs are an expense and reduce revenue; expenses do not "count "against what the University holds" (i.e., assets). Gee, this accounting talk is fun.

We used to have wall-to-wall turf in our basement my first year on campus. There were giant piles of it when they redid the practice field so we took a few rolls. It ended up on our front porch for a couple of years after that.Nice...I wonder what they have planned for the Bowl?Wonder if the turf could be donated to the Akron Public Schools for installation at one of its football fields?Really not a bad idea, get the write off for the books for the value of the donation and positive press for helping out the area highschool.Ellet being the main stage for Friday night games, I say we donate it to them.Yes, a REALLY good idea. A tax exempt entity making a charitable contribution to capture a tax deduction. It's so big, it is almost impossible to calculate the tax benefit.

That's it then, The Brick House wins with two votes. Please forward all royalties to the Zipmeister.

I also like the "Wood Shed," but the "Brick House" is a better fit.

"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"If you're going to quote a 16th century bisexual adulterer, you might as well do it right.Did Tony Laterza write that?

I SEE GOAL POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ERA of 297.0 for one outing will not do ones' stats any good. Couldn't happen to a more deserving team.

Any school with a lot of transient and part-time students is going to get hammered by most graduation rate calculations.

I think the ideal nickname should sound dangerous. Death Valley is great, but taken. How about "the Crematorium" (cause visiting teams are going to get burned)? Plus we might get the National Funeral Directors Association to sponsor some portion of the facility.

Yeah I would say it has been won of the quickest visuals of the process. But I'll be happy to see the remainder of the west upper deck going in.I for won am to excited two mention the too neatest things about the knew stadium, so I won't.

Not that I was dropping any hints to the Zekemeister when I made the original comment.

I don't believe there is any prohibition concerning one recruit recruiting another. Just a thought.

im not entirely sure how you want us to interpret that...the way I understood it is, in Indiana's view, our game against them isn't a sure-thing win.In my estimation, you have honed your perceptive skills in this regard to a razor's edge.

Of course that is Buchtel Hall in the background of this photo snapped last year. In the foreground are a bunch of education majors holding signs with their prediction of the 2008 Akron-Can't State football game.

University of West Virgina - RifleGood one

To review, so far the schools you can list as having cut a sport and then brought it back (let's limit the discussion to the last 50 years) are:

Given the following pimptastic quotes:Vander Blue is -- as he put it -- "somebody who don't got their license yet." andBlue told the Milwaukee paper. "I just felt like it was so unnecessary. I don't think I'm that worse of a guy."I think the young man may have made a good decision. Wisconsin has slightly higher standards for their athletes than does Marquette.

Kid, these guys need you.http://www.optimist.org/default.cfm?Page=home

We are not arguing and come to think of it maybe I'm overreacting. Yes, Mom would have been thrilled to have been told I looked like a pimp for my senior prom.

Good news for you young whippersnappers. Poor taste has always been around and will remain so.