Zipmeister

If Ali did sign Bilas as his attorney, it could be argued that that action right there speaks to Ali's mental health issues.

Odds are you are correct, but I like to keep a positive attitude and think the Zips are only about 80 tragic bus accidents away from playing in a bowl game this season.

None of my predictions are likely to make Zip fans happy. 1) Gathers draws not one but two unsportsmanlike penalties against Eastern. 2) Zips execute multiple plays that could contend for worst play of the year. 3) Numerous players, including 2 QBs and a K, instruct their people to start putting out under-the-table feelers in anticipation of the portal reopening in about two months.

The fact that no Ali Ali decision has been rendered to this point is not good and a favorable decision gets more and more unlikely as time passes.

Where have you been for the last 30+ years. The Zips have a long-standing policy of ignoring the tight end. It transcends coaching regimes. It is so constant that It can be argued that it has evolved from a policy into a tradition. In the Zip's playbook there is no mention of the words "tight end". Instead, at Akron a person holding the position other teams might call tight end are referred to as decoy. To distinguish the players in a two decoy set players are referred to as decoy1 and decoy2.

Sure wish ESPN had decided to televise last weeks game instead of this one. Against Morgan State the defense held onto the lead for the last 26 seconds of the game. Against Kent State the defense held onto the lead for the last 52 seconds of the game. Tonight's contest may require the Zips defense to hold the lead for over two minutes. Go Zips.

I finally took a look at the detailed box score and was surprised by what I saw. I can't remember the last time the Zips dominated special teams play like they did against the Flashes. I'm talking kicking, kick returning, punt returning (although punting was pretty much a wash). I believe that if the Zips performed like that in every game odds are they would win more games than they lose. Go special teams.

This incident was blown way out of proportion. The fingers in question were not even from the Club Level. I brought them into the stadium after finding them in a big container behind the KFC. However, I did get some special recognition out of the misunderstanding; kind of an honorary tittle. From now on the stadium security guy told me, I am "persona non grata" there." Pretty cool.

This isn't a half bad idea, but the public should be warned to dress lightly (shorts and t-shirts) even though it may be freezing cold outside. They always keep the air temp in the natatorium pretty darn warm for the comfort of the swimmers.

For the upcoming season, YSU preseason pick to finish 3rd in the Horizon.

This is one strange list for a 4*.

So you're the one who jinxed the defense. I checked in once at halftime and once after the game when I couldn't resist checking out the box score. It is crystal clear after today's performance that Undercufffler should be the Zips QB for every second that is left in this season. He has got to be on the verge of a team single-season record for most turnovers per minute played. Do not let even one of the young QBs play AT ALL. To do so might cost the Underman a record that will probably stand forever.

Hey, don't be surprised. I took two courses in sports schedule reading while at the U (mostly to stay eligible for intercollegiate competition), and here the info learned so long ago is still paying dividends.

Technically, the Wagon Wheel game follows the BUGS game regardless of the outcome in Flatville.

The Zips may become bowl eligible without winning the next five games in a row. Let's say, for example, the Zips only win one of the five. They could still qualify for a bowl game if four of the teams that beat them this year are forced to forfeit the game because they played an ineligible player or something else really bad. Boom, it's time to go bowling.

Even though your list is woefully short of "endless" it does include several example of programs that made a dramatic turn around. But, I was correct; your list doesn't make me feel any better about where the Zips are now or their chances of joining your list. I think you could put both Miami (OH) and Kent State on your list twice. I'm not going to belabor how badly your comment about me thinking Morgan State was a member of the SEC cut like a knife to my heart.

I'm not sure any list of other programs who’ve been where Akron is now and then turned it around is going to make me feel better about where the Zips are now or the possibility that improvement will occur, But since the list is endless let's give it a shot. Can you provide me with your top 50 examples? I'm thinking that to qualify for "where Akron is now" the teams on your list should have experienced at least a decade of utter futility.

Famous expression about MAC football. Miami, the cradle of coaches. Soon to be challenged by....... Akron, the black hole for coaches.

Well if completing passes to the opposing team will get us wins we have just the guy for the job. The year Turner Gill became locked in as the Huskers QB, he started the season on the 3rd string. Past time for the Zips to give someone new a shot.

We may have a case of AOC. That is where the Akron air sucks all of the imagination out of the Offensive Coordinator. Combine AOC and a QB with a penchant for poor decision making and an inability to fling an accurate long pass and you've got trouble.

I may have to modify my 14 point win prediction.

YES. These guys will never be able to put together a long time-eating march.............Oh wait.

When we signed Golden I thought he would make a great punt return guy. My goodness was I wrong; I couldn't have been any wronger.

I saw a Spectrum commercial on TV this morning featuring a large young man wearing a t-shirt with the new Akron logo on the breast. At one point he is entering a place with a Zipburger sign on it. I’m saying to myself “that kid must play for Akron. By the end of the commercial he identifies his hometown as Cincinnati. If his name was mentioned, I missed it. So I check the roster out and there are 3 guys with Cincy listed as their hometown. The weight for two of them was listed at 200 and the third was listed as 6’4” and 235 - Conner Cravaack. This may have been the guy in the commercial, but he looked way bigger to me. I figure this got whoever it was some NIL money. Any help out there with an ID?

Didn't the NCAA specify time periods during each year that limit when players can enter the portal? Assuming they didn't bar entry during the season any week could be the cut off week. Week 4 may be the cut off for most players, but not necessarily all of them. Week three would be the cut off for a kid who played in week 0,1,2 and 3. Week 8 would be the cutoff for anyone who played in only three games before week 8 and week 8. And so forth. If there are limits during the season, never mind.