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I am excited to see the addition of JUCO DT's hopefully they can contribute right away. If the defense shows improvement this year like the offense did last year, I think this team could win 6 games.

these ysu fans must have been pretty pumped up about there passing scrimage experience because there on jjhuddle now talking about how they tied us today. To be honest most of my time at akron the players took the 7 on 7 like a teaching tool for the younger guys the older guys would take a few reps here and there but for the most part the youngs guys did most of the work. The other teams usually matched up their best competition against our young guys so it really never said much about where our program stood preseason.

The players already get 1000 a month for rent food bills etc... But since your on the paying the players subject why not establish some kind of legitimate pay plan for each player. There is a minor league for basketball and baseball but college football is the minor leagues for football. The NCAA should put a cap on how much the players recieve and each team only one player can be paid the maximum and the rest trickle down through the rest of the players that way each school has the oppurtunity to buy out the best high school players. College football is making a killing off the athletes and for the most part they dont see a dime of it.

I couldnt agree more about how this goes on everywhere USC was just the ones who got caught. I think that if they are going to come down on one school like this they need to go to all the major universities across the U.S. The NCAA needs to start cracking down on all of them not just one every once in awhile. I remember the whole Maurice Clarett ordeal at osu i thought they got off pretty easy because they only investigated one player instead of the entire program same with Oklahoma a few years back with the rhett bohmar deal. It goes on at all the major colleges across the U.S. and taking away trophies they have already been presented and games that have already won is not going to stop people from continuing to pay these athletes and its not going to stop athletes from taking it because it really doesnt affect them in any way once they move on to the NFL.

There are a lot of people on here talking about how Lebron is Akrons guy he has done this city right he has nothing to do with Cleveland besides the fact that he played there. Well if you look at past interviews he talks about how its been a dream since he was young to be in cleveland to take the city to new heights he loved it their he also called it his home several times. I know Cleveland is not Akron Akron is not Cleveland and Youngstown is none of the above but people always refer to this as northeast Ohio and most of us would call any guy from north east ohio their hometown boy so I think that those who argue it is is home have a valid point. And I lost all respect for Lebron back on "Lebron" day when he had enough respect for the city of Akron to show up at the end of his own ceromony I felt terrible watching these young kids walk out of the stadium decked out in Lebron gear the man is a god to them and he didnt show enough respect to show up for a couple hours or even an hour to give these kids what they came for.

Are you sure? Yes positive because I was excited to see it on a video game

Thats weird our stadium isnt going to be on the game this year because our new stadium was on the psp version of last years game.

I think whoever set up our video board and sound board for the games last year did a terrible job we had nothing to get the crowd into the game besides a stupid meter. I remember being at miami oh on third down they played a clip from the movie 300 hundred that was pretty cool a lot of stadiums play hells bells on third downs we need to spice things up a bit to get the fans into the game I know that also has to do with the team performing but its an advantage when the crowd is into the game.

David Harvey but he was also a one and done

Or it could be because he's from Westerville and his brother Transferred to OU. What does being from westerville have to do with him going to OU maybe because his brother transfred there but Hansborough didnt follow in his brothers footsteps at NC either I see your point though I just wish we had an edge in recruiting this state and could score guys like this Ive seen Kellog play a few times this year I think hes one heck of a player.

I made an account just to respond to this post. Be proud I guess. First of all..Cooper was battleing injurys most of the year, most noteably his knee. The ONLY thing that worries me about him as a player is (unfairly) his size. I'm usually pretty even keel with my fandom for Ohio, meaning I don't let myself get to high or to low with any of the athletic teams, but if you honestly think that Cooper isn't going to be a beast by his senior year - you're smokeing something, and I may want some of it. And we were a 9 seed thank you. Secondly, you can't compare NFL football to college sports. In the NFL, there are no rankings, everybody starts the season at the same spot, and everything (more or less) is settled on the field. When it comes time for the NFL play-offs, the teams with the best records go, period. In college however, everything is based on perception. A strong CMU, Buffalo, BG or whoever in football is good for OU, Akron, and the rest of the MAC. One team CAN elevate the perception of the league, provided there are MULTIPLE good teams (RE: Why the Pac-10 actually does suck). So yes, Penn State and Michigan doing well OOC, in thier bowl games, and against the weaker confrence opponents, is EXTREAMLY helpfull for Ohio State. Finally, as I'll relate this to college basketball, Gonzaga has become a virtual lock to make the NCAA's every year. If Gonzaga is in the NCAA's BEFORE thier confrence tourney, and they lose the tourney, guess what - 2 bid league. While I don't think RPI really truly matters for the MAC (see 2005, and Can't this year) - having a good YOUNG team like OU does will increase exposue not just for OU, but for the MAC as a whole. Oh and then there is that whole thing where the further OU gets into the NCAA's, the more money Akron gets, and money makes everything better. I am sitting here typing this as I recover from knee surgery I had yesterday. A bad knee is a real concern for an athlete, and I hope he can resolve those problems. While it harder for an older man to heal and he is young and fit, the fact is, if he needed to take a year off to resolve that, he should do so. Knees are a career stopper. That being said, just watch the hype this guy gets for the next Ohio game. His play last nite was unreal. Normally I would have no interest in watching any games we are not in, but I put it on because of Cooper and Basset. Then I could not turn it off! Basset is SUPER, but he is put to shame by the moves that Cooper has. Again, it's not only the points, its the assists and rebounds and passes and ball handling. Sorry to say, I think OU is going to get top ranking in the MAC at the beginning of next season, and maybe for a few years after that as well. We had top ranking at the beginning of this season and Can't had it going into the tournament, doesn't really count for much. I'm happy for OU, and this is good for the MAC and us. OU has always been tough and will be next year, they have another guard coming that will likely be huge for them. The MAC is pretty balanced, we just need to find a shooter and work with Zeke to stop the easy drive. You know deep down I am happy for Ohio because its better for the mac although I still harbor hatred from the championship game. I live in Columbus and it makes me so mad the attention they get when they are doing good in any sport. No other mac school gets that kind of attention here I remember last year there was a little tine snip it in the sports section about Akron Ohio has been all over the dispatch for the past week maybe thats why Nick Kellog is signing with them instead of us.

They did this the whole tournament, as did Kool. I also saw it by several guards throughout the tourament games. It's not legal (gains a huge advantage) but it is something that the refs obviously allow to happen. Akron therefore needs to adjust to that (and incorporate it into our guards' play as well). I was thinking the same thing while watching the game last night this is two games I have seen them play like this and not get any fouls called for it I would love to see humpty incorperate this into his game anything to help get the ball inside so we stop settleing for the 3 75% of the time.

Not to get off topic and not to take anything away from ohio for that win because it was a huge upset regardless. But am I the only one who noticed the past two games Ohio's guards use their off hand to push off when taking a shot or they use it like a stiff arm while they drive to the hole. I actually watched cooper a few times grabing the other guy with his off hand and extending his arm like a stiff arm in football to get seperation while going to the hole. I know the push off is not legal but what about that stiff arm move? seems to be working for them as long as they keep not getting called for it.

What go and mes are trying to tell you zipzippy is that you are completely wrong. lol I guess I am but I learned somthing new today thanks for the info guys.

Why does everyone keep talking about KD scheduling the games last time I checked the AD did that or have things changed and I am completely wrong?

I'll give 'Zips Supporter' credit, his party is organized. the officials sucked no doubt, Ohio was in the bonus in the 2nd half with 11+ left ...however 8-30 from 3pt land won't help either....this garbage about the gonzaga of the east is laughable... this team COULD have had 4 straight ncaa appearances...JC it's hard enough to get to the MAC title game, but in classic akron fashion let's set the record for most championship game loses... i'm still pissed agreed but I swear it is always the same thing when we lose. "Well the refs sucked, but our shooting percentage was terrible." I'm starting to think, after that game last night, there is some correlation. when we took the ball strong to the hoop, we got mauled with no call, yet OU continuously drove to the hole and got calls a lot of the time. we were forced to take jumpshots. Also, when you are playing great defense, setting a perfect double team, and your opponenet drags his foot about 5 feet right in front of the ref with no call, it's got to take the wind out of your sails a bit. ref's don't win or lose the game, but very poor officiating can really affect a game. The truth is, without the clock mess up against Miami in '07 we could have won. Can't destroyed us in '08 regardless, but this year we were straight up shafted by the officials. I swore i was watching a womens game with all the no calls on the travels. Even more shocking is that this entire tournament they still were having so much trouble with starting and stopping the clock on time! It's just terrible how bad these guys are, and i think something needs to be done to at least attempt to get some decent officials out there. +1

I think Dambrot is a great coach but if I could complain about one thing from tonight I would have liked to see the zips hold on to the ball at the end of the game dish it out to the hot hand of mcneese and hope he drills it for the game winner instead of the tie to send it to over time. It was still a great season and I am happy that we have Dambrot things could be worse we could be Toledo.

That was the most homered game I have ever witnessed in my life that is a disgrace I can not believe these guys are allowed to be division one refs the ncaa needs to look into this one that was absolutely disgusting. Great job to the Mac office now you can witness Ohio getting blown out by 40 instead of sending a team who can compete at a high level.

With all what support?We'll take Howard's school...he goes to a school of 1648 students, his class is 416. 4 principles and 2 counselors. 122 faculty members. Equals 13.5 students for faculty member. These people show up, teach, go home, meet with a parent upon request. After school hours you are on your own.There are no designated people to baby anyone, you have class, and whatever help you get at home. There is far more support available at a University. People work just to support people who struggle, GA's, tutors, study sessions, study groups. Either way you look at it, success is on the individual, they have to want to succeed. But to say that because you didn't make grades in high school you won't in college is ludicrous. And to say that more help exists in High School? That is just plain wrong.I never said you wont succeed I said the chances are not good and high school teachers hold your hand and walk you along you have tons of help through college I went to a school just as big and I can tell you from personal experience college was way different than high school to me it was a wake up. Im not saying that he has people following him around telling him the answers to test but compared to college high school was a breeze just my opinion.

I'd say if like Michigan gave the first offer we'd see him commit there right away...but this is Akron we are talking about. As much as I love the Zips I just don't know what would make him want to come here, instead of a BCS school...That's why we need to come out of the gate winning. Look at our offers so far. Scout list. 6 offers, and 5 of them have at least three stars, while the one that doesn't will be rocketing up the charts soon. The coaches are shooting high. We're not going after recruits that receive interest from lots of MAC schools. The only way to land them is to beat 2 of the three BCS schools on the schedule this year and to have a winning conference record. Show them that we're at least on the same level or above the BCS bottom feeders, not one of the worst teams in the country.But we are. But if I'm a recruiter in that situation, and I'm not recruiting a kid who is obviously going to play at a BCS school right away, I'd go with the angle of being able to play as a freshman (and not getting buried with a boatload of other three/four star recruits). We don't have a lot of advantages but that might be one. At least we don't have to do distance drive-bys of the Rubber Bowl any more.Another angle I would use is 'hey look, we want you, they are waiting cause YOU (the recruit) are not as high on their priority list as you are on ours. We want you, they want you if someone else better doesn't come along.'You hit the nail on the head with this one. I remember being recruited I was waiting for bigger offers and one of the mac coaches said exactly this to me it held a lot of water. Also I would take an angle at some of these kids with a few bcs offers that you can come to Akron and play right away be a stand out in the confrence or go to one of these bigger schools and possibly fade away down the roster. Take a guy like Dan Lefevour for example great player great mac player but probably would have never seen the field at many other bcs schools. If your a stand out in the mac your chances of going to the NFL are just as great as they are if your a average player in the big ten.I've always said that the way I would approach this situation is like this..."Look I'm going to be honest with you. You are BCS talent, you can play at OSU or Florida, and start. If you couldn't I really wouldn't be after you. But here is the thing, you will go, and play, and maybe you'll get to the NFL, maybe you won't. But you know what, you have to win the Heisman at the school or you are just another player that played at that school. You may get your tree, that hardcore Buckeye fans see, you may not, but if you aren't the best that ever played (which you very well are capable of doing.) You just fade away. If you play here, at Akron, you are the foundation, not a brick in the wall. The beauty of being the foundation, even in the worst storm, or earthquake, even after 1000's of years, that foundation is still there, it is still remembered it is proof that something existed. That is why I'm recruiting you, I want legends for Akron, I want a foundation of greatness. I want players that 15, 30 years from now people are comparing the incoming class to you. We have one player like that Jason Taylor. We want you to be the next."If only these guys coming out of high school didnt have everyone and their brother in their ear telling them they are great they are going to be the next big star at these schools and they have never steped foot onto a college field yet. I would love to hear a coach tell me this I could have my number up on the wall in the stadium when I leave or I could be a guy everyone forgets about after a year. I still think this is how coaches should recruit these higher profile guys, but with the way all these recruiting services are and tv shows about recruits they are becoming high profile individuals out of high school and people are expecting them to sign with the big schools so it puts a lot of pressure on you.

Hopefully we can smack cant around this friday to show that we are deserving of this ranking and so I can sleep better at night

I agree one that stands out to me the most is David Harvey he couldnt get the grades in high school and he couldnt get them here either. If you cant get the grades in high school with all that support the chances you will succeed in college are very slim.

I'd say if like Michigan gave the first offer we'd see him commit there right away...but this is Akron we are talking about. As much as I love the Zips I just don't know what would make him want to come here, instead of a BCS school...That's why we need to come out of the gate winning. Look at our offers so far. Scout list. 6 offers, and 5 of them have at least three stars, while the one that doesn't will be rocketing up the charts soon. The coaches are shooting high. We're not going after recruits that receive interest from lots of MAC schools. The only way to land them is to beat 2 of the three BCS schools on the schedule this year and to have a winning conference record. Show them that we're at least on the same level or above the BCS bottom feeders, not one of the worst teams in the country.But we are. But if I'm a recruiter in that situation, and I'm not recruiting a kid who is obviously going to play at a BCS school right away, I'd go with the angle of being able to play as a freshman (and not getting buried with a boatload of other three/four star recruits). We don't have a lot of advantages but that might be one. At least we don't have to do distance drive-bys of the Rubber Bowl any more.Another angle I would use is 'hey look, we want you, they are waiting cause YOU (the recruit) are not as high on their priority list as you are on ours. We want you, they want you if someone else better doesn't come along.'You hit the nail on the head with this one. I remember being recruited I was waiting for bigger offers and one of the mac coaches said exactly this to me it held a lot of water. Also I would take an angle at some of these kids with a few bcs offers that you can come to Akron and play right away be a stand out in the confrence or go to one of these bigger schools and possibly fade away down the roster. Take a guy like Dan Lefevour for example great player great mac player but probably would have never seen the field at many other bcs schools. If your a stand out in the mac your chances of going to the NFL are just as great as they are if your a average player in the big ten.