Zipmeister
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The next coach should
come directly from a P5 school,
have D1 head coaching experience,
have served as a successful recruiter at some point in his career,
have high expectations for his players,
have some previous association with the University of Akron,
and carry his game notes tucked in his pants – no wait.
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5 hours ago, GP1 said:
Your last sentence may in fact be correct, but that's irrelevant.
I have a relative who is well connected in Ohio high school football. The problem is no high school coaches
don'ttake Arth or anyone on his staff seriously as D1 coaches. It will never matter if he can coach or not as long as there is no talent. Recruiting is more important than coaching. He'll never be successful at Akron.I don't wish ill on Arth. He just needs to go. He'll be fine. It's shocking that Akron has missed so badly on two coaches in roughly 15 years.
Fixed it for you.
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18 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:
If they could get someone to donate a dollar for every "ya know" in that presser it would be enough to buy him out.
Incredible!!! In ya know many ya know sentences ya know ya know separates every ya know other ya know word.
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19 hours ago, dre22era said:
Folks really believed a coach that went 9-13 at Chattanooga could turn this program around #Privilege
About equally sad, if he was 9-13 since arriving in Akron, he would have already received a contract extension.
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2 hours ago, GoZips88 said:
All I can see is 'Alanon' on those blue unis but my eyes have seen better days. Gold on white is rough. White uni looks OK ... if you haven't gotten enough of script 'Akron.'
I see the AL and the ron, but between them is a little guys face looking at Al.
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5 minutes ago, dre22era said:
Put it this way
I believe Youngstown State would a drew more fans filling our stadium if that game was played.
I believe we would a lost too.
I would a thought the same thing.
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2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:
Well sure, but there's some value to climbing 97 stairs to whizz into an open trough.
I'm not sure what you were peeing in after climbing 97 stairs; as I recall the official troughs were under the seating area on the press box side of the stadium.
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On 9/28/2021 at 12:29 PM, Ham said:
I think it would be better to fill the info. Maybe AD could book a rock celebrity to be an honorary captain and link to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Left to their own devices, following your advice, the UofA marketing folks would spare no expense and book entire rock bands, including: Slightly Stoopid, Rock Bottom, Limp Bizkit, Diarrhea Planet, and The Airborne Toxic Event.
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1 hour ago, dre22era said:
A forum full of old grumpy folks who want to the regress the program down to peewee football
I'm not grumpy, but admit that my want to the regress the program cannot be denied.
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48 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said:
I actually don't mind the Script Akron on the basketball uniform, and while I don't love the font of the numbers and the huge trim stripes, I'm cool with that new navy jersey. I'm a big fan of the black jerseys we got last year, though they would look a lot better on a navy base.
However, on the football helmets, I hate it. Hard to read and doesn't look like anything. I miss the big fat Z decals or the Fear the Roo logo w/ the numbers that they wore a few times. Sexy as hell.
Couldn't agree more with your last point.
Every time I saw that Fear the Roo logo w/ the numbers I was aroused.
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4 hours ago, RowdyZip said:
Would be cool if FBS pulled off some sort of relegation system like European professional soccer, but the odds of that are probably worse than mine are for winning the Powerball jackpot tomorrow.
This would NOT be cool.
If this were to happen, it would be unsafe to walk outside because there would be no way to avoid getting hit by the crap from all the flying pigs.
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1 hour ago, Captain Kangaroo said:
Hope script Akron is on the front! 🤮
That would be way cool.
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1 hour ago, Zippy1986 said:
Looks like we’re ranked higher than Ohio U in CBS latest rankings… why are we the under dogs this week??
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/rankings/cbs-sports-ranking/
Tradition.
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19 hours ago, Football grandma said:
I don't get it! The Zips are playing teams that beat the snot out of them for the money the program gets? What about losing their fan base, chasing away top recruits that won't want to play for a losing program, demoralizing players and disillusioning ones that never get into a game not matter how badly the team is losing, risking injuries in these lopsided games... ? Please explain the logic to me.
Life is full of trade-offs.
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18 hours ago, Football grandma said:
All 3 of you have me pegged wrong and have assumed I have a grandson on the team. Yes, I'm a grandma and have bleacher butt from all the football games I watched. I'm new here because I just recently found this chat. Things aren't always as they seem.
So, what is the name of the lineman whose performance you found to be inadequate?
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7 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:
As I sit here, a beleaguered, defeated Zips fan, once again feeling aggravated and deeply embarrassed, I present a common-sense list of schools we should NOT be scheduling at our program's present state. There will, naturally, be year-to-year exceptions to the schools heretofore listed, but this list can function as a simple rule-of-thumb that any normally-functioning adult will understand without explanation.
To our adult decision makers, this comprises only 20 (less than 30% of P5) schools we have no business scheduling right now. Not difficult.
This leaves over 70% of P5 schools from which to choose:
FIXED IT FOR YOU.
7 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:11 ACC schools:
Boston CollegeDukeGeorgia Tech
LouisvilleNorth CarolinaNC State
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
VirginiaVirginia Tech (borderline)Wake Forest10 B1G schools:
Illinois
IndianaIowa (borderline)Maryland
Michigan StateMinnesotaNebraskaNorthwesternPurdue
Rutgers
10 Big 12 schools:
BYUCincinnatiHoustonIowa StateKansas
Kansas StateTCUTexas TechUCFWest Virginia10 Pac-12 schools:
ArizonaArizona StateCaliforniaUCLAColoradoOregon StateStanfordUtahWashington
Washington State
8 SEC schools:
ArkansasKentucky
Ole MissMississippi StateMissouriSouth CarolinaTennessee (borderline)
Vanderbilt
Idiots.
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On 9/22/2021 at 8:38 PM, bigjim said:
Please explain the similarities. I do not see it so I need an explanation so that I can understand your point. Akron does not have near the number of 4 star players. The only similarity that I see is that both teams have a former NFL player as a head coach.
All of their newcomers have two legs; all of the Zip's newcomers have two legs.
All of their newcomers are male; all of the Zip's newcomers are male.
All of their newcomers have cell phones; all of the Zip's newcomers have cell phones.
etc.
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Who did Akron drop in order to add Tennessee to their schedule?
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2 hours ago, Zippy1986 said:
I don’t think Akron could compete with Jackson State. They have G5 talent at the FCS level. Thankfully they don’t have them scheduled.
Article on Coach Prime and the talent he has at Jackson State.. His defense is made up of power 5 transfers. Within the next year or two they’ll be competing with power 5shttps://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.clarionledger.com/amp/8127200002
The similarities of the newcomers to Jackson State and the Zips is uncanny.
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21 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:
The Zips moved up a spot to 124/130 on the USAToday rankings.
At this rate, in less than 13 years we will be #1.
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15 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:
All things considered, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the size of out last 2 home crowds.
Are you saying the attendees tended to be large people, or that there were lots of people in attendance?
What were both the official paid attendance and butts-in-seats number for the Zip's s home games so far?
I realize way too many teams (including the Zips) routinely achieve the 15,000 average attendance required to maintain D1status with smoke and mirrors, but I worry Akron doesn't have anyone with the magical skills needed to continue this charade much longer.
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2 hours ago, GP1 said:
They had an entire InfoCision Stadium worth of empty seat Saturday. Might be a good opportunity to get some good tickets at a cheap price on the secondary market.
Yes, but that was against lowly Tulsa.
Now you're talking the Zips coming to town.
The scalpers are going to have a hay day as folks scramble to get their hands on tickets to watch the Battle of Ohio in person.
Zips by 14.
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On 9/17/2021 at 12:18 PM, Captain Kangaroo said:
Difficult game to handicap.
Zips are terrible. Bryant is a bad FCS program.
Zips pull away late and win 31-16.
I don't care how bad the rest of the MAC appears to be, I still don't see a second win on the horizon. Mathison is the only Arth recruit that is proven to be worth the price of admission. Offense or defense. That's not enough. Hope I'm wrong.
Are you a Warlock or what?
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What are you looking for in a Head coach?
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Would love to hear your explanation for the critical nature of football for other sports at D1 programs.
Seems like a lot of ADs spend time creating obscure women's sports like rowing in order to comply with title 9 because they have football.