Zipmeister

Only 294 more and I will admit you are correct. I think the major recommendation to come out of the feasibility study was to raise the playing surface, like Vandy and Minn. To accomplish this in the JAR, I'm thinking the court-side press seats would have to be eliminated, and that way we could move the press seats farther away from the court and they might not notice.

While the Pres didn't go into detail, my guess on his plans............ Plan A = get taxpayers to pay for a new arena (and blow smoke up the bond rating services asses).. Plan B = get private citizens to pay for a new arena (and blow smoke up the bond rating services asses). Plan C = sell some bonds.

I'm sure Taxpayer appreciates your assistance. Now name another 300 or so to prove his statement is correct.

Can you name three arenas that don't have court-side media tables?

OMG; an actual D1 size corner!

3500 capacity. So that's why I've never heard of these guys or seen them on TV.

I think a defensive and offensive lineman sometimes have the same number, but this is not the case for us at the moment.

I don't recall calling you out. All I did was ask a question about a sentence you authored, and I would never call a sentence written by you a minute detail.

I must have missed something. How is UAs ability to finance a new arena on its own in the near future tied to an increase in the sales tax?

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Yes, I think one of the most interesting development is the increased use of steel frameworks.

Actually you said people sometimes change their mind in such a situation, but there was absolutely no chance LeBron would come back to Cleveland.

This can't be happening because......... Are Spin, DrZ and ZipME87 hosting the welcome back party?

I remember Al McGuire saying at the start of every game he would look up to see if the seat in the last row of each corner of the Mecca was filled. Apparently he didn't understand the objective of having an arena (which, by the way, was owned by the city and rented by Marquette for basketball games).

That's not even close! Trap game is a new craze in Asia where local youths see who can be the last one to pull their head inside the door of a public transport vehicle before it automatically closes. click on pic for abetter view of a non-winner.

You shouldn't have posted your hopes. Once the authorities learned of them they moved the game back to the originally scheduled date.

AHA, there's our new catch phrase........ Follow the Zips, we are just as fashionable as folks from West Virginy.

We look forward to seeing your alls up here for the game.

Wonder if Nyquel Alexander (6-5, 420) or Trevon Kelly (6-0, 285) would be interested in joining Donterio in Akron.

So if we take the composite of the three services mentioned so far in this thread that puts Zip's 2014 class as the 116 best. Does using a composite really help make the case that our 2014 class is underrated? So what would you use instead, astrological signs and favorite foods? Seriously, what objective factors do you recommend? Over which of the two teams in your example would you prefer a smaller class composed mostly of 2 stars? Duh, they all do that? Then how does that support the argument that our class is underrated? Sometimes life just isn't fair. I say let's coach up the players we've got and beat some of the teams that out-recruited us. We have the staff to accomplish that.

Cool.

Good Decision because.....

Biggest surprise in this piece for me - apparently the Akron/Howard game has been cancelled or moved back in the schedule.

Poetic justice would have Connor rated at #38 right on top of KK as that was their relationship the last time these two had contact.

Now, now DIG – satire does not become you. I think you may just be upset because Balsy beat you to the insightful statistical analysis contained in the edit to his post of 5:58 pm yesterday. You guys believe that our 2014 class is under-ranked because the rating services failed to factor in a couple of transfers from other schools. Do you believe Akron is the only D1 team that does this? The rating services may not be perfect, but they strongly suggest that relative to other teams our 2014 class is not nearly as good as you think.