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Z.I.P., I had a chance to stop in and talk with coach Pfau about our lady booters. He is the right man for the job. He will have this team at the top of the MAC this year or next. The verbals he has for next Fall could be our best class ever. We all know that the men are building something super, but don't be surprised if the women are up there too in five years. Akron is building a reputation across the state, and Midwest, as a school that has a fantastic soccer culture. If we ever get the new stadium that will only get better and make us the place to be. BTW, the issue of the stadium apparently was soft-pedalled under Mack, despite all we heard about its progress. But it recently made its way to the board of trustees. They have achnowledged something must be done. Let's hope it turns into action as soon as this season is over.Mahalo Oh, BTW In Hawaii do they know

Can't wait to see and hear you guys perform. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I can guarantee there will be one Zip and his wife on campus at least two hours before the game to follow you from Guezzeta Hall to the stadium.Go Zip band. Create your new traditions! You guys will make us proud. Hey Mr 72, I have a suggestion for a tradition you can be responsible for starting: The Seattle Sounders Emerald City Supporters fan group marches to every home game behind the club band from Occidental Park, about a quarter mile from Qwest Field. You and the Mrs. should become the pied pipers who pull in tailgaters and your fellow Zips to follow the band members to the stadium. And if you get a great Mexican torta truck to set up outside the stadium, like they have at Qwest, I might come myself! Z.I.P. you're quite the innovator, but I think some Rowdies would be better suited to be your leaders of this new tradition. I'll tell you what, though, we'll be glad to give you full credit for the idea. Wouldn't it be cool to see the Rowdies follow our pep band into a new soccer stadium on Jackson Field? And then terrorize the opposing goalie for 90:00 minutes of misery. Now that sounds superb.

There is a God.....and He's a Zip fan. Tonight, as the Captain advised, I settled in at 10:00 pm for the tour of Info. This time in Columbus the Reds vs Dodgers were running late. Then when the game ended they ran a 45 minute post game show. It was now 10:45 and no Info.... more depression. But after the God-awful post game show, the tour of Info came on in its entirety. While it was an informercial, it was still done with class and professionalism. Kudos to the team that put it on. It doesn't take much vision to understand that if we put any reasonable product on the field this facility will be a huge boost to Akron football. We should be winning the MAC every year and placing ourselves in position to take advantage of conference growth when available. It will come.Hope to see many in the nation come Sept 12. It's 11:35 pm and still.

Welcome! I'm in 208 also. second row seats 22 & 23. The folks at the ticket office told me the section had sold out and I guess we have you to thank. Well done and lets have some fun this year. Stop by and say hello.

It didn't play to the whole state, much to my chagrin. I made a point to fly home from Philadelphia last night in time to pop a cold one and settle in for Info ecstacy at 9:30. What did FSN Ohio send to Columbus? A high school game between Mason and Trotwood-Madison. Talk about being depressed. If anyone can get the program on YouTube, please let us know. I'm going to try again tonight at 10:00 pm but I'm not optimistic that the programmers down here will give the Zips any respect and show it.

Hey, he asked someone to tell him it wouldn't be cool, and I did. Personally, I think it would be Pimptastic to have the championships at the Info.It would be great to hosts the State HS Championships.A win, win for UofA and City of Akron.I don't see any negatives at all and I hope UofA outbids Canton and Massillon for the games.If we win the bid for state playoffs the Info will once again show the economic benefit of having a first class facility on campus. Local businesses will benefit and the hospitality industry will start to grow. To my friend Rifle, I saw the RB soldout and it was a great atmosphere. One I will never forget. That being said, a soldout Info will put it to shame. I get chills thinking of the band marching across campus, Exchange street closed and filled with pedestrians, and the campus alive with alumni, tailgating and students. We will see a pride in Akron we never could have imagined.Get ready. It's almost here!

OK, think of it this way. Lets consider a "Full House" to be 25K in the stands. 6K*6games = 36,000 and lets be conservative and add in 2000 single game tickets sold so far and we come up with about 38,000 tickets sold BEFORE students. That is just over 1.5 games that are a "Full House". Factor in the students (2K per game for a total of 12K) and we are looking at 2 games with a "Full House", or about 1/3 of the way to a season of "Full Houses". Personally, I want to see some real "SELLOUTS" with the grass endzone full of students, etc. I think we have a good shot at 3 true "Full House" events to be honest and if we start winning, we may have 6!Rifle I love your dreams, but 6 sellouts ain't gonna happen I think we will exceed 7,000 season tickets and sellout Morgan State and IU. If we get on a roll our MAC home opener against OU could be next. But they travel poorly so we have to do it ourselves. Remember, though, we have to be a hot ticket then and that means beating MSU, IU and CMU. Can't has great potential to sellout. Who doesn't want to see us beat the piss out of them in the Info? That's it there. Temple and EMU are in November. Only Temple brings mild interest if we both are doing well. Still it is November and the crowds will diminish. If we pull off four games of near capacity attendance I will be thrilled. How about you? I hope I am proven wrong. I'll buy the Roo Brew to celebrate.

NOW we're talking sports. Any possibility Jenna will graduate early? Do any of the freshman have monster hands? Do we know the start time for the MAC open. Any Zip fans interested in renting a bus and making the trip? Will the new Zip store at the Info be carrying ammo?Ammo at the new Zip store?! Way too funny!!!

Can't wait to see and hear you guys perform. Your enthusiasm is infectious. I can guarantee there will be one Zip and his wife on campus at least two hours before the game to follow you from Guezzeta Hall to the stadium.Go Zip band. Create your new traditions! You guys will make us proud.

Let me also be clear that I was thinking primarily of Nation members who live in Columbus. Kind of a local chapter of ZN.

Thanks Betch. Those are some cool and dramatic pics. I love the players reaction to seeing the stadium each day at practice as voiced by Adam Steiner. To paraphase: It's awesome and a thrill even w/o people in the stands. For those of us living outsode NE Ohio we love these updates. You and the other picture takers have been very kind to those of us thristing for Info news. That leads me to another idea. i live in Columbus and have wanted to get some of the ZN faithful together to talk Zips and have a few cold ones. If anyone on this thread is interested, drop me a line. Who knows, maybe we'll invite Zipwatcher, Catptain Kangaroo and Dr. Z to be our first guests. As long as they bring Roo Brew, of course.

As much jealousy there was in that thread, there is also ignorance. To support the poster's argument he had to resort to stereotyping and guilt by association arguments. His own fellow posters called him out and warned that Akron was about to leave the rest of the MAC in the dust. I give credit those few posters who appreciate the transformation we are bringing to our total program and the MAC. We may not agree on all things, but they seen reasonable opponents. For those who don't know, athletics at OU is in the dumper. They are running a $600,000+ budget deficit that the president and AD have publicly stated must be made up within the department. How is that going to support growth? Their revenue is below the levels they need to support their programs and they are in real trouble. Send all the crap you want our way Bobcats. We are big enough to handle it as we watch you in our rear view mirror. Bye, Bye. I can't wait for October 10

But it fits with the nation perfectly!Thanks Cap'n. I like 'em all, but I love the new bow down. Superb!

Thanks Guy! Your pics are like manna from heaven for those of us who live outside of NE Ohio. I appreciate what you did for us.

I would like to suggest the moderators close this thread. It is not serving the needs of Zipsnation and has devolved into a spiteful attack on anyone who disagrees with the protagonists. Please end this. It's way below the standards we want to project. End it!

I think it would be a combination of facilities and coaching that would have been a factor in his decision.If that bit of wisdom doesn't elicit a Zipmeister reply, I will be sorely disappointed. Now Now Capt. We all know that he was just simplifying the age old football signing model which states that signing is a function of facilities, coaching and other factors. It would have been more impressive if he had detailed components in the "other" category and specified coefficients for all terms in the model. But even if he had done that you would probably be on his case for not specifying the functional form, whether any tests had been conducted to measure the degree of multicollinearity in the model or whether the error terms were hetreoskedastic. :blink:Say what?

The project manager from Welty says that there is a platform built into the scoreboard for a camera. Don't know about the other end. Maybe that's why they re-enforced the building so much, to hold a lot of big cameras?

Indiana is definitely the game to sell the program. But don't overlook the MAC opener with Ohio U. If we are doing well that also could be a big crowd. Before we get all excited about Indiana, let's remember we have a lot of question marks to work out such as:- Will good Jacq or bad Jacq surface?- Will Bowser stop his imitation of Braylon Edwards and catch a few?- Will the defensive secondary rebuild itself?- Will Bain ever see the field?- Will run stopping LB's emerge?- Will the OC discover we have a TE?- Will Alex return to form as a RB?We have our share of questions going into this season. I like our chances to solve them, but we are far from a lock to blast our opponents. Much to consider, but hopes are sky high!

Johnny,Nice try. Far better than I could ever do. I'd sure as hell play it, especially to Devo's music. Well done buddy. Remember it's never too late to remind all that But here's something to consider: our future lies beyond K.E.N.T. and the MAC. They will become, sooner or later, a fun team to play early in the season while we get ready for the games that really count. K.E.N.T. won't be one of them. Take it to the bank. WE are moving up. Maybe not soon, but it will happen.

Rifle, I agree. The Bain situation is sad. Last week I talked with a few of the non-coaching staff in the football program. They said Bain has yet to return to his old form and is limited to rehab lifting and exercises. Not much strength building. They said it's going very slow and he has a tough road ahead. Read that to mean he may not make it back to contribute like he was once able. I hope that is proven wrong. The guy, while huge, still is a young man who deserves to enjoy his playing career. If he were healthy and returned to form, there is no doubt in my mind that he could single-handedly improve our defense.Keep a good thought for the guy.

Put me down as someone who would love to put it on the Central Hower property. But it ain't gonna' happen. The university is committed to something with the city. I have talked to several senior administrators, VP level, and they say that a partnership with the city is a done deal. First Energy has said they will pay for the naming rights. The bond rating for the university is lower than the board of trustees is comfortable and a partnership is the only way it will get build. That also is why the new education building hasn't been started or the Coleman commons completed. They are worried about finances.Many on this thread have said APS would not give up C-H for quite a while and they are right on. APS needs that building for another 10 years at least. What we should be most concerned with is that the city wants to build a facility with 8,000 seats. KD is opposeed to that and wants a minimum of 10,000. The city wants to keep costs down and have a venue that presents well for high school basketball, ECHL hockey, graduations, small concerts and also UA BBall. My biggest concern is not over location, although I'd love to see it on campus at C-H and would be willing to wait to get it, but rather the small size of the building. We would have the JAR, part II.BTW . Haven't said that in a while.

All I've been told is that you won't be permitted to cook anything in any of the parking decks.Skip, Got to echo your point about cooking in the decks. This week i met with the UA chief of police. He said absolutely no cooking or use of anything flammable in the parking decks. He said there were no defined areas for tailgating as of now and that they were looking to see what they could accomodate. My impression was that tailgating is a new situation for the campus (Duh) and they don't really know how to accomodate all with the limited space they have. I think they should set up one lot as a tailgate city and charge for permits to get in. It would compensate for the loss of car parking spaces that will not need to set up tents, etc. and need more square feet. I would think the athletic administration would welcome the atmosphere created by tailgaters. They should bend over backwards to make that happen and to grow the excitement tailgaters bring.

So, what does everyone think of putting A K R O N on the brick down the South (Right) side of the glass tower? There are 7 kinda blank looking brick sections there and if done correctly, I think it would look good.I noticed that too and thought it looked like it was missing something..I'm assuming this is what you meant? The spacing would be a little funny, but I think it looks better than the asymmetry I'm seeing now with the windows opposite the brick.I'd have no problem having AKRON spelled out the way you show. It would looked really cool, especially if they brightly lit each block letter all night long. There is a wave of pride that is flowing over the campus and proudly displaying our name is another way to show that pride to all.Thanks for the doctored picture. I'd love it if they did it. And to our new poster welcome! You got your first post perfect.

Nice post captain. I'm pretty much in agreement. For what my opinion is worth, I see JD going 8-4. Anything less and you have got to question his job security. I was thinking of buying two more season tickets for football, but now I think I'm going to go with the rifle package. It seems cheap for a national championship caliber team. When does the band do its pre-game show? I don't want to miss it.

Kid,I bet I dislike K.E.N.T. more than anyone and that goes back to the 70's. But your heading is a bit inflamatory. The article said there were no serious confrontations with police. The officer's fitness probably had more to due with his passing than the assignment he was serving in K.E.N.T.You are dead right that it is sad. Unfortunately, this type of thing has also happened on our campus, just not with the sad result.