ZachTheZip

@FSOhioZJackson: "Akron Zips piping in crowd noise this morning to prepare for Sept. 3 opener at Ohio State. Might be the worst sound(s) I've ever heard." Shoot. They could have asked the Rowdies to bring in their vuvuzelas if they wanted to practice with horrible, loud noises in the background. But then someone might actually see them practicing and we can't have that.

Everybody on special teams sucks, according to Ianello.

Nice to see that she's rated an 86. That's pretty good. I see that our 2011 recruit was an 88 and the #50 PG in the country. Coach Kest is really bringing them in.

Check out the poll on the side of the page. Not much confidence in the Zips. Time to change that.

From the ABJ article: "With 18 days remaining to the opener, Ianello understands that he has to choose between Nicely and Moore, but doesn’t know when. 'I don’t have a date in mind,' Ianello said. 'I am still hoping that it takes care of itself, with someone showing he wants to be the quarterback and stepping up.'" :wall: Advice to the coach: That never happens. it's never happened in the history of a QB competition. Pick the guy with the best potential and start developing him NOW.

A close game is a good thing. We're learning more than we would in a blowout. We're seeing how the players respond to pressure.

This game has enough problems that it will keep the coaches busy breaking down film all the way until the regular season.

I like it. Beats the national announcers that only talk about the top 25 teams even when they're not the ones playing.

They're more knowledgeable than the NCAA tournament announcers were last March.

Harney gets T'd up, is now out of the game.

Harney follows a monster slam with a made 3-ball.

Egner drains his FTs.

One of my hopes for this game is for us to run this team out of their own building. I want the Zips to end up being their biggest loss against NCAA competition.

Log in to what?

It works in Firefox 4. I can't get it working in Chrome. The team isn't playing well.

Who are these announcers?

I'm not an expert, but I think the Canadian national anthem got butchered there.

You can watch this while you wait for it to start.

Season ticket commercial. Excited yet, marketeers?

Works for the Browns, doesn't it?

Today is apparently Akron Soccer's Media Day. Anybody able to go? The PD already has an article out, and more are likely to come.

I'm not sure I believe you. If your job was to market the football team starting tomorrow. What would you do? Please don't waste any of your budget on dumb giveaways. After you answer, I wouldn't mind hearing D.I.G's answer. I think he has a gasp on the concept. The Browns have a strong fan base because they're Cleveland's team. The Indians and Cavs don't represent the city in Clevelanders' minds like the Browns do. if I was Akron's marketing department, I would try to build a sense of identity with the people of Akron. This is the team that represents us (us being the citizens of Akron) to the rest of the world and so we should support it as best as we can. I would have ran with the RooTown thing and put it everywhere. A giant banner on the fieldhouse that only people that are well aware of the team ever see won't do anything for the city. People follow high school sports around here because they believe that it represents their neighborhood. We need to create that attitude on a larger scale.