Zip_ME87

I resent that you would even imply I went to the game in September to root for the Buckeyes. (Sure, dressed in Akron gear and sitting in the Akron section of the south stands!) I did take my niece, who is a freshman at OSU Mansfield, to her first OSU game in October. We both cheered the Buckeyes to crush the Flushes.By the way, when has Akron defeated Ohio State such that you KNOW what I would have heard from Buckeye fans in that situation? I would really like to experience that firsthand.

First off, it takes a huge lack of courage to be rude...but I'm sure the stuffed sausage man will think twice before wearing his jacket and hat to the JAR again. Bitch all you can about nobody coming to the games, then chase away those that come. BrilliantSecond, I see no problem with wearing an Ohio State jacket anywhere in the State of Ohio...if people wish to be front runners, by all means, let them be. Akron is part of OHIO. If we want to, we can go to an OSU game in Columbus and wear our Akron gear.I totally agree that being rude like that is not the way to "win friends and influence people". I don't get why anyone thinks it's okay to be rude. Did you ever think of another approach such as talking to the man about Akron and how good the basketball team is, especially given the "show" he just witnessed; then try to convince him to get some Akron gear to show pride in the local team?And for all the Ohio State bashing I hear, I don't remember getting bashed by OSU fans when I was walking to my car after the game back in September. (I was completely dressed in Akron gear.) In fact, the people who chose to speak to me mentioned how great our punter was...they chose to say something positive to me when they easily could have told me how completely inept our offense was. So, yeah, I can see why I should bash them. (I also read a lot of positive posts from OSU fans on their boards when the Zips made it to the Motor City Bowl.)Am I a huge OSU fan...no, not like I once was. (I'm a UA alum, and UA is tops over everyone.) For me, it's the BCS that I truly hate. It has totally ruined college football, and as CK pointed out last year, it is also destroying college basketball.

Play by play on ESPN.comhttp://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/playbyplay?gameId=280052006Check it out from 4:03 to 0:55 in the 1st half. McNees was AWESOME!

How about the selected QB showing that he is worthy of being the one to "run the team"? Nether CJ showed that maturity once given the job.

I don't know anything about Jordan Miller, but I think Akron teams shouldn't be concerned with red-shirting players. In my opinion, our teams should start the players that give us the best chance of winning regardless of what year they're in. Winning should be the #1 priority every year. Our coaches should have confidence that they can recruit the players that they need for the next years to come. Only when we start winning consistently and are loaded with talent should we be concerned with red-shirting.

On WKYC...http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=80605http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=51286&bw=

Go Zippy and way to go ZipsNation...UNPRECEDENTED, undefeated Zippy!BTW - Zippy defeated Goldy Gopher of our favorite (NOT) conference in the final; not Hairy Dawg.

It does no good if the Zips cannot win these games (RE: collapse at Winthrop).

Absolutely why the JAR is NOT filled.

Wow, glad it was only an audio problem! (I tuned in late and thought that was the way they were broadcasting it.)

This MAC Championship Game broadcast sucks. Are the broadcasters even at Ford Field? Their microphones are not in the stadium; there is no crowd noise. This is the least exciting football broadcast I have ever heard. I thought it was good that the game was moved to Saturday so that more fans might be able to attend, but I definitely prefer the ESPN weeknight broadcasters to these guys. (Maybe what I am watching is due to technical difficulties. I sure hope so, and that future broadcasts aren't this pathetic.)Leave it to the MAC powers that be to have such a lame Championship Game!

Negative talk on this board? You make it sound like it is a crime for wanting more.......no expecting more, because that is what we should be doing. Sounds like you want us to sugar coat things. We both want success but you can't get there unless you acknowledge your weaknesses and mistakes. We wanna be big time you gotta act big time, expect big time, but at the very least you should minimize mistake, no holdings, dropped passes, redundant screens, etc. These are all easy fixes!!!!!I remember when Bill Snyder Kansas State's head coach at the time, came into our locker room after we just got our heads kicked in by his team, said that they were once where we are, and to stick to doing the right things,work hard, and not just believe but know you are better than your opponent, don't EVER settle for less.If you are used to a Faust 1-11 season a L.O. 2-10 season saying 7-5 is great is settling, it's settling for good when you should strive to be great. Saying stuff like *in a mopey voice* "Well we were 3-2 at half with OSU and barely lost to Temple, Buffalo, Miami, and Central. We could be 8-4!!Could be 8-4 don't sell tickets, get better recruits, or go to bowl games!!! The teams 8-4 or better like OSU, Indiana, UConn, Central ya know the teams we lost to?!! Go to bowl games, get better recruits, and don't have to fudge ticket sale numbers to keep D1 status. Teams like Louisville, Kansas St. Boise St., Hawaii, stop settling. Like we should too.Actually at many of the major schools, if a coach has too many 8-4 or 9-3 seasons he will be fired.I don't think anyone is asking for a NC or even a top 20 team. We are merely asking for a respectable and entertaining team to watch. We are aksing for a team that consistently beats the teams they should beat. Yes, there are upsets. However, there isn't usually 4-5 the same season. Once that happens, they aren't upsets.Here at Akron most of us would be happy with 8-4 and crazy about 9-3. I don't think that being negative because we aren't even a 500 team is a bad thing unless you are used to losing and accept it.We finished 2005 at 7-6 after the bowl game. Everyone called that a great year for Akron.........Talk aboiut being happy with mediocrity.If any national powers had consecutive 7-6 seasons, the coach would be gone in a heartbeat. Here at Akron we are happy about it.7-6 should be a down year/rebuilding year at UA. Not a good year. I couldn't believe early in the year when people called this a rebuilding year. What?????????????????????????????????? Did we go 8-4 or better last year? Did we win the MAC?How can you have a rebuilding year after a year that you were not very good? That is a losers mentality.We really need to change that. I am not calling for JD's head. He is a young coach that I think is learning on the job. Many great coaches took more than 5 years before they started winning. To call out posters and say they are being negative is absurd.If you want to see negative, go to other teams boards that are whining because they only beat a team by 21 points when they think it should have been more. Or they lose one game and are calling for a coordinators head. Not all negative talk is bad. Some of it is reality.THANK YOU "Ryno aka Menace" and "Buckzip". It is not negative talk to want and expect more...especially more than finishing 3rd from last in the MAC. (Where does that put us nationally?...below 100, I'm sure.)

3rd worst team in the MAC...looks like the program is headed in the right direction...NOTSorry, but my expectations are definitely higher than this.

Whose 7 players did he dismiss? Who recruited them? Part of being a good football coach is good recruiting.I'm not saying JD should be fired. But, he certainly deserves scrutiny.

I'd like to hear more. What luck? What so-so play calling brough us back from 20 points down in the fourth quarter? Please expand.I would challenge you to find any other season in the history of the MAC (prior to these stupid divisional games rules) when a team went 5-3 in the conference and won the championship. Heck JD's predecessor got fired for going 5-3 in the MAC. We had a three way tie at the top of the East and because of some third tier tie breaker got in. We depended on the failures of other teams and a few back of the books rules. In a court of law, if the Zips were charged with Championship by luck in 2005, it'd be pretty hard to acquit. JD's regime has some very scary parallels to the Faust era. Some early success with the previous coaches recruits, he goes out and recruits a bunch of thugs who can't find their way to the classroom, our graduation rate plummets, and the program sinks further than it was before. JD is actually pretty good friends with Faust and consults with him often. How ironic .I agree. Maybe that is the problem...JD relies on Faust too much. I also think it's pathetic that we are so use to losing at UA that going 5-3 in the MAC (6-5 overall) and winning the MACC is looked upon as greatness. Yes, I understand that UA never won any titles in football in 100+ years prior. But, why are schools like Miami, Ohio, Toledo able to find a way to win 8+ games from time to time, and Akron never can? Why can a school like YSU find an OHIO coach who wins them several national championships and then, when he moves on, remembers them with sizable monetary contributions? I think we need to set our standards and expectations a little higher.

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They make me shiver! I'm sure it's just gorgeous up there a day or two each year but ... NO THANKS!Thanks for passing along the pics!Actually, I was there in July a few years ago...it was 90 degrees with swarms of mosquitoes (AK state bird).Great pics, especially the Zips ice sculpture.

CK -Unfortunately, I think Hakes may have been a bust even if he were still at Akron. He was replaced as the starter at Orange Coast College several weeks ago. Numerous interceptions and a totally anemic offense. I like Sean a lot, like you like Moorehead. But not looking good as a college QB.

sgm405-You are entitled to your opinion, and I respect your opinion. But no matter how many statistics you quote, you are still only expressing an opinion. Nothing is as black and white, straightforward as you profess so many things to be. As you mature, you will see there is a lot more gray in the world than you ever realized.Charlie no longer plays for any of your teams. Let it rest.

sgm405-As someone who has never attacked you, I'm glad that you feel better. As for me, I feel worse. It's not enough to listen to Cleveland media bash Charlie/UA, now I have to listen to someone from UA do it as well. THANKS.

I like being the underdog. Makes it more fun when we win.every day, EVERY MINUTE, every picosecond...

I wholeheartedly agree. And as always...

1. The defense really misses John Mackey, his leadership is irreplaceable. 2. If a team we play has a quarterback that can run even a little bit we have problems.3. The defense can't stop the run.I am not done with this team as some are already, I am being upbeat about this season, I think we still have an outside shot we just need some help and in this conference we may very well get it. Remember college football as a whole has been turned upside down. Temple and Buffalo win and LSU and CAL lose, completly upside down. BOston College and South Florida top 3 teams in the country????? Alot can happen when u have 5 games left and they are all conference games.I blame the offense moreso than the defense. Make the first down, and the Zips could have run out the clock. (I think Temple only had 1 remaining timeout.)I agree as well the offense is the majority of our problems but obviously they aren't gonna win any games for us so the defense is gonna have to do it. If our D could of put 1 score on the board we win despite our talented nonproductive offense.It's a shame it is that way but until our QB looks at more than 1 receiver we will not win games.It's not just the QB. It's the play calling. Very first play of the game was a backward screen pass that had DISASTER written all over it. The Zips were lucky to have just lost a couple of yards on that type of bonehead play. INSANITY - doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Those screen passes do NOT work, especially when they are backward...which can easily become a fumble!

1. The defense really misses John Mackey, his leadership is irreplaceable. 2. If a team we play has a quarterback that can run even a little bit we have problems.3. The defense can't stop the run.I am not done with this team as some are already, I am being upbeat about this season, I think we still have an outside shot we just need some help and in this conference we may very well get it. Remember college football as a whole has been turned upside down. Temple and Buffalo win and LSU and CAL lose, completly upside down. BOston College and South Florida top 3 teams in the country????? Alot can happen when u have 5 games left and they are all conference games.I blame the offense moreso than the defense. Make the first down, and the Zips could have run out the clock. (I think Temple only had 1 remaining timeout.)

This is exactly how I feel. Our offensive coaches do not call a game that is suited to our players. I can understand if the first few games of the season look this way. But, by this time, they should know the strengths of this team and play to those strengths.