ZachTheZip

Dambrot once told Q that he had NBA potential, if only he could get his head on straight. Q needs to come out and just blow everyone away. Take over games. Become the team's vocal and emotional leader. Am I correct in thinking that he is the team's only senior this season?

Coach Pont has taken it upon himself to become the head coach of the Zips' club lacrosse team, and in his first year he turned a struggling team into a winner.

Question for you: How do you expect Akron to be able to recruit enough talented linemen to turn things around when we're only winning one game a year?

Nice to see that the trenches are a priority.

I noticed that you didn't mention Carmelo. Does he look like he's in better condition? Has he taken a little bit of a leadership role?

UA one of only three universities in the nation to be named a Innovation Corps Site by the National Science Foundation

Athlon rates Akron 114th overall, 11th in the MAC ahead of EMU and UMass.

http://www.collegefootballzealots.com/2013...akron-zips.html http://www.collegefootballuniverseblog.com...on-preview.html

Plans for "University Edge" revealed.

This guy got a box of the stuff in the mail and immediately called the police. Remember what I said about people mailing it to random houses to see if it's being tracked, and if it's clear they'll come ask for it later?

That they're not as good as DaZeke DeMarshall.

UA's new admission standards should prevent those at-risk kids from ever enrolling. So only kids that have a stronger chance of graduating will get this tuition discount.

#88 Akron. Things can only get better for the Zips.

They'll probably just promote pitching coach Mike Birkbeck (and former Akron Zip) to head coach. He's the real reason for their success.

Defense is mostly about being in the right place at the right time. Last year, everyone was out of position. They appear to have corrected that, for the most part, from what we saw at the spring game.

GMs and NBA Scouts don't pay too much attention to the bench press, except for when they have pre-conceived notions about a player being weak.

Moody's rates UA as A1

UA gets an AA- credit rating from Fitch Something interesting is this quote: Emphasis mine. No plans to sell bonds to pay for an new arena. Now, that could certainly change at any point, but as of today they aren't secretly putting things togetherto build an arena or any other major construction project.

Comparing the current roster on GoZips.com to the Spring Prospectus. Gone: Sr. CB Seth Cunningham (Suspended Indefinitely) RFr. LB Keionne Baines (?????) RFr. DL Rakhim Johnson (?????) RFr. DE Arlington McClinton (left football team) RFr. QB Marcus Prather (Transferring to Robert Morris [FCS]) Added: Sr. CB Alex Mack (Geneva College, PA [NCAA D-III]) - Mentioned in the ABJ Sr. LB Robert Smith-Harris (Robert Morris University [NCAA D-I FCS]) Sr. WR Rufus Walls (Bishop Hartley HS, OH) - Zips Track & Field athlete that made the football roster So. OL Brett Lee (Malvern HS, OH) So. WR Danny Seafler (Brecksville-Broadview Heights HS, OH) - Known to be a walk-on RFr. FB Sean Crandall (Herkhimer Senior HS, NY) - Known to be a walk-on RFr. QB Tyler Foster (Ohio Dominican University [NCAA D-II]) - Transferring, will sit out 2013 season RFr. S Cody Morrow (Geneva HS, OH) RFr. DL Dakota Wagner (Sebring McKinley HS, OH) If anybody has any information on the players I couldn't find anything on, it would be much appreciated.

It was pretty awful.

That's true. I don't have attendance numbers, but I doubt they've changed in any real way throughout Division I. That being said, the major game changer that might lead to the idea that WBB is gaining popularity is TV and internet broadcasts. It's much more accessible now.

Wait a second. Wouldn't that make his new position coach...

Get the USFL associated as the official NFL minor/developmental league and that's chump change.

It may not have been original when Akron did it, but at least it showed signs of being successful, unlike anything we've done since.

The question is whether he spent his year off working to improve his game.