ZachTheZip

The official box score. now we can finally break down the stats.

Article from McGill U What kind of uniforms are we wearing?

Rebounding suffers when you hit all your shots.

Final: Zips win 85-57. Top scorers were Gilliam (17) and Egner (14).

Monday is the deadline for ACC schools to leave their conference without a penalty. If the SEC wants FSU or UNC or someone like that, they have to announce tomorrow. And if they're announcing that, they would also likely announce the addition of A&M at the same time.

New offer: WR Danny Anthrop

Up 65-36 after the 3rd quarter. I like the set-up of the schedule. Four easier games leading into a game that can simulate a MAC-level team. You take the first four to see what kind of team you have, and then put them to the test against an opponent that is about the level you'll see from your conference opponents.

Any idea where it is located? Hopefully it didn't take the place of the Sizzling Zone or Market. Those where two of my favorite places. Best scenario is if they moved into the vacant Planet Underground space near the commuter lounge. Yeah Sizzlin' Zone is gone. Please tell me Italian Zone is still there. I loved being able to get a Stromboli or a Rigatoni-and-Salad combo in under a minute while half the student population stood in line for 30 minutes at Subway. I figured this new burger place would be going in at Planet Underground, which is already set up like a diner.

The SEC just rejected A&M. No expansion for the moment. This still severely hurts the Big 12's stability, but doesn't cause it to collapse.

Up 14-11 after the 1st quarter at McGill. I think they're playing FIBA rules again. Apparently there's no air conditioning so the gym is very hot. A good test for the team's conditioning. Starters were Green, Justice, Deji, Gilliam, and Marshall. There's also a new interview up, this time with Tree. I'm having technical difficulties, so someone else will have to put that in this thread.

Maybe if they let you watch some practices Of course, that would mean not having angry old groundskeepers patrolling the fences and yelling at you if you so much as walk downt he sidewalk next to the stadium. And come November, we'll be discussing how much money the contract with Paul Winters should be worth when we hire him in December.

Ianello calls out the team for a lack of focus, and praises a Defensive walk-on.

Highlights for the Quebec game.

We have only one chance to catch some attention before everything goes down. This sports year is critical to the future of the entire athletics department. Football needs to make a splash, Soccer needs to repeat, Basketball needs to make a tournament run, and the other sports need to be at the top of the MAC or better. I'm not talking about the Big East, but C-USA or a new FBS conference consisting of schools who actually care about athletics that want to leave the dead weight schools (EMU, various Sun Belt teams, etc.) behind.

I would love to see who is getting most of the playing time in these games.

Final score was 2-2.

Looks like the FIBA rules threw them off a bit early in the game. 24-second shot clock.

The women's soccer team is playing their last tune-up scrimmage today before they open the season at Michigan in a few days. The game started at 2:00 and the Zips are already up 1-0 on a goal scored in the 12th minute.

I just received word that a new burger place is opening up in the Student Union. The Ohio Burger Company will serve burgers, shakes, and hand-cut fries. Sounds good to me. More dining options on campus is never a bad thing. it sounds like a perfect place to go after a soccer game.

So you know what our schedule is now? Would you please share it with us? Akron had the #4 non-conference SOS in the MAC last season, and a top-50% non-conference SOS overall. This year our schedule is tougher than that. We should be top-4 in the MAC once again and move up to around the 60th percentile nationally. It should be the toughest schedule Dambrot has ever coached against. First, I appreciate your enthusiasm as a Zips fan. Never lose that. Now, we're pretty sure of most of this season's schedule, aren't we? Maybe we're going to add Duke and Kentucky. That would change things a little. Last year's SOS was #170 out of 345 DI schools, so the Zips were just slightly above the 50th percentile for all DI schools, and only about 20% make the NCAA tournament. What would your definition be of a "very tough schedule?" My definition would be somewhere in the top 25%, which would be an SOS of about #85 or better. I don't think the Zips are going to make that cut, which is why I said their schedule is not that tough. Of course, it's a relative term. The final Zips schedule could be fairly tough by Zips or MAC standards but not very tough by NCAA tournament standards. I don't say this to downgrade the Zips. I believe that KD is trying to elevate the program at a realistic and sustainable pace, and I totally support that. It's just that we aren't suddenly going to be there from one season to the next. It's a process that takes time to do right, as opposed to taking the cheater shortcuts. What do you think our SOS would have been last year if Michigan State didn't back out on us, which forced us to schedule Millikin at the last second?

Interview with Deji.

There was one option I thought of putting in and didn't. Get an at large bid. Hasn't happened for the mac in a long time, but early occ wins are a must in order for this to happen. Is there a 5 percent chance of that happening for them? The Canada trip should help tremendously to avoid the slow start that has plagued the Zips the past few seasons. We always took time to gel as a team before putting things together late. Dambrot always tinkers with the depth chart early and that instability makes it hard to beat the toughest teams on the schedule. Now he can do that with no consequences.

So you know what our schedule is now? Would you please share it with us? Akron had the #4 non-conference SOS in the MAC last season, and a top-50% non-conference SOS overall. This year our schedule is tougher than that. We should be top-4 in the MAC once again and move up to around the 60th percentile nationally. It should be the toughest schedule Dambrot has ever coached against.

Article The hearing is a required event by the committee who hands down punishment. No act of desperation. Tressel must attend if he ever wants to coach again in college. The hearing is required, but changing the self-punishment terms in front of the committee is a desperate last-second act.

Works great on my Blackberry.