ZachTheZip

Article about Andrew Pratt and Dylan Brumbaugh Preview from the Ragin Cajuns' perspective.

Article about the Zips' "British invasion". Also talks about other newcomers and what formations we'll see.

5:00 AM on a Thursday morning. Keener parties hard.

Article from local newspaper. Longsnapper is one of those positions where, if you do your job right, nobody notices you. But if you screw up, it could gift the opponent a touchdown or result in an injury to your kicker.

Anybody know anything about a kicker named Zach Gingerich, from Bellefontaine, OH? ESPN has him as a 2014 commitment, but he graduated from high school already, and by the sound of it he is currently on campus.

The returning players have a leg up on knowing the playbook, and the coaches will put the players that execute plays properly ahead of those who don't during camp, as an example. Talent will win out when determining who will play in an actual game. Also, one thing to consider is that, with the exception of CJ James on the D Line, none of the transfers were consistent starters on their previous teams. They're either MAC level players that preferred to ride the bench at a big school early in their careers but now want a shot at playing time, or they're injury riddled and won't be able to provide major minutes all season. Still, the depth that these players provide is invaluable to a team that wore down quickly last season.

http://gozips.com/sports/xc/2012-13/releases/201308125u0u15

I think it will look just fine. The appartments behind it, leading back to Grant residence hall, however...

As long as you disable that stupid footer that gets added to the posts, I'm fine with this.

What, specifically, did someone say about his impact on the program that is overstated?

Season preview from Hustlebelt

Do you count an "interim" president as still being the president? If so, your wallet might be a little lighter next summer.

UA begins project to save $6 million annually in energy and operations costs Hopefully this includes new windows for buildings like Ayer, Crouse, and Zook halls.

Is he slow, or is the rest of the team just blazingly fast? He'll be fine. He's still getting into basketball shape. This team would run circles around the Zips teams from four or five years ago. Whether they're as mentally tough as the old teams remains to be seen, but they're certainly more athletic. We're more like an A-10 team than a MAC team in terms of athleticism and play style.

GT on the first day in pads Hard to read stuff like this and not be at least a little bit excited.

What? That's not even remotely true.

His commitment to Akron is all the more remarkable when you have average local HS sports fans like this guy in the linked thread that are completely baffled that a player would choose to play for the Zips over offers from other schools. We fight against this crap every day, and sometimes I feel like it would still be there even if we won a national championship. http://www.yappi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255501

That's him.

Maybe you missed the part where he played with a high ankle sprain all last season.

Was just about to write something up. First player from SVSM since Romeo Travis and Drew Joyce III.

We have two 5th year senior transfers from Florida State playing this year. DL Moses MCCray, and OL Henry Orelus. Those two, along with four other transfers from FBS programs along with a myrad of JUCO players have bolstered our biggest weaknesses from last season: depth on the O-Line and D-Line.

Absolutely! We can not afford to have a passive president, or one who caters to the contingent of people who want to to go back to being "Hilltop High". We need someone that shares Proenza's vision and has the same drive to completely fullfil this university's potential.

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/proenz...n-june-1.419364

Mind if I start a new topic discussing this? I feel like it's big enough news to support its own thread.