ZachTheZip

Just as you put that, he drains a three. Still though i agree. Brett McKnight is such a liability on defense that if he isn't scoring he should be at the end of the bench.He drained a three, but now BSU is tied because nobody's playing defense.

Can we not give the ball to either McKnight on offense the rest of the game? Chris is 2-9 from inside the arc, and Brett is 1-4 inside and 0-3 on three-pointers. Leaving your coldest shooters on the floor and wondering why you can't score is a great way to let the other team back in the game.

Heading there in a little bit. Maybe I'll bring my laptop to watch the end of the men's game.

The Zips play four of the next five games on the road.Ball State is 4-0 against the MAC East. Of course, they haven't played Akron or Can't yet. Akron has to do what no other East team has done so far, and they have to do it on the road. A win here helps erase the standings deficit created by the loss to EMU. My only advice to Dambrot in this game is to play the hot hand, even if they make a few mistakes.I really wish we had a +/- stat line. Most of the arguments over KD's coaching style could be solved with one.BSU message board

No top-15 butt whippings, but three bottom-30 butt whippings.If we go 1-3, it is very much the schedule's fault. Three BCS teams in the first four games has to stop. I don't care if they're the three worst BCS teams or the three best. The worst BCS teams are on par with very good non-BCS teams like CMU and Troy. Sure, you might get one win in three if you're lucky, but you're more likely to start off the MAC season demoralized and beat up.

The press release also says that we signed a transfer. Kara Cooper from YSU, their leading scorer.Seems like a pretty good class. I wonder if showing them plans for a new stadium had anything to do with it.

The women take on CMU tonight at the JAR. CMU is 5-3 in the MAC, so this is another important game for the Zips. A win puts us at 7-2 and in very good position for the MAC tournament.

If his brother's rant is any indication, I would say that ShelDon Miller is one of the more interesting recruiting stories in the MAC.

I was going to vote until I noticed the other schools they had listed. How legit is this site? I mean it is between Western Michigan, Methodist, Akron, West Georgia, and Houston.I don't know. I saw it on Facebook and just put it up. After some googling, I can't find anything nefarious about it. It's just obscure.

Vote for Akron for Campus of the Year!http://www.campusactivitiesmagazine.com/awardsAnybody with a .edu email address can vote, which means any student, staff, or faculty.

At today's press conference, the coach said Miller will be a safety for the Zips. Sounds like a good under-the-radar recruit.

D-Bobby (his idea, not mine) finally started taking shots, and it payed off.

Can you buy concessions at Browns Stadium or the Q with a credit card? I though they were cash only. The team shop is a different story, though.

Balogun doesn't fit the typical mold of a college recruit. Kind of a mystery.Guess we'll have to wait for the soccer team to release their signees list to get some info.

At the press conference, Ianello said we're not playing Bowling Green this year. that means that Miami is back on the schedule. We're also not playing CMU or Toledo. Sounds like a favorable schedule.

From the press conference today, When asked if anyone has left the program: "No."He's uninformed about his own team, then. Norman Shuford left for Grand Valley State.http://www.mlive.com/lakers/index.ssf/2010...matt_mitch.html

Aaaand it's down. Now when I try to access it, I get some voice recording of some guy in a fake british accent telling me that the URL is bad. WTF?

Small article on Anthony Ritossa from the PD

According to this story, Akron has a recruit coming in from Hickory HS by the name of El'Rico Jones. Can't find any information on him from any recruiting site.

The Zips have received a verbal from Westerville South MLB Jamar Williams

According to ESPN's rankings, this is the highest rated class we've ever had (they began keeping track in 2006).Rivals says that this is the 3rd-best, behind the 2009 and 2007 classes.Scout isn't very high on this year's class.

I blame Darryl Roberts' and Ronnie Steward's shooting one good three-pointer per game and then calling it a day on offense. It's like as soon as they make a shot they decide that's enough, no more shots so they'll just pass it from now on.

Renovating the JAR? Let's start with some cosmetic changes. The blank white walls surrounding the GA seating need to have murals painted on them or even advertisements, just don't leave them blank. Then you replace those terrible orange LED things behind the baskets with HD ones, like the ribbon board in the football stadium, and get some stat-tracking technology that actually works and can be updated in real-time. Then you go from there once you see how it affects the lighting.I loved the band singing the fight song. That's something they should bring back. The half-time entertainment is pretty boring. How many middle=school dance troops are there in Akron? We've gone through at least 20 in the past few years without ever repeating. That's the kind of stuff you go to because somebody's parents guilt you into "supporting" their child. Why not have a (root)beer pong tournament or something? This is college, so find things that appeal to college-aged people without alienating other groups.

Maybe with the addition of a FB and a TE the O-line won't look so lost out there.Anyway, Ianello seems to be hitting the sports talk show circuit tomorrow. 5:00 with Michael Reghi on ESPNRadio 850AM, and then with Tom Lemming at 5:45 on CSTV/CBS College Sports.

Signing day is tomorrow.It will get overshadowed by football, especially with the football coach hitting the sports talk show circuit.