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It must be an event that leaves people talking about how great it was to be there. Prediction: Zips win, 27 - 7.

Zippy ... I have not seen one post that expected us to win against Penn State. I think you are taking the desire to play competitive, respectable football with a statement that we must win. It is not. Everyone knows PSU is one hell of a team this year. But we still want to compete. We didn't come close to reaching our potential and that's what is so disappointing.GT .... Adjustments should always be measured against results. Those adjustments should put us in the position where we have the opponent scared we can turn it around. That never happened. For all the adjusting we did it took us halfway into the 3rd quarter before we got our first 1st down. PSU coasted the second half and why not. They were up 31 points and only gave up 7 the entire second half. They got more minutes for additional players while never having to worry. Let's judge adjustments by production AKA points.I'm not down on you or Zippy. You guys share the passion and are the good guys. I'm just offering why I posted what I did. Come Saturday it's a new game and the past is forgotten. I hope that we are a machine against Morgan State. Let's defend our house and start a Boise State-like tradition for playing at the Info.

I promise myself that I would not post after the game as I would probably say something I would regret. So here's a lame effort to give more thoughts on the game.1) We were not prepared for this one. I know the D did good but as a team we were playing like we had no belief we could compete.2) J.D. got outcoached. His staff got outcoached. Akron is terrible at making any meaningful halftime adjustments.3) Can the offense try something new? How about the old adage that you take what they give? We never threw to the TE in the entire game. How about throwing to a back coming out of the backfield? How about after an entire half of running up the middle we try something else.4) QB is a problem. CJ can not win the game for us, but he can lose it. I'll take Rodgers footspeed over CJ's throwing any day. Rodgers can learn to throw but CJ will never get faster. If we had used Rodgers more PSU would have had to watch for the run more thereby putting some receivers one on one. Rodgers has never had the investment in playing time that CJ has had. Give him a chance. In 2010 Nicely will be the next Lefleur anyway. BTW, CJ is in his third year of starting and he still locks onto one receiver and ignores his progressions. If this is our best then we have been taken for a ride by the coaching staff.5) We have little to be proud of because we didn't play good football. We were not going to win, but we needed to earn respect. That didn't happen.6) Why did we continue to play Jake Anderson? He drew three penalties for offsides and one for delay of game when he was late reporting in on a fourth down punt. We have heard so much about the depth of the O-line. Well give someone else a chance to go in and get their butt whipped also. That's better than drawing penalties.7) 7-5 or better is the only performance that can save JD's job. That will be a challenge with CMU and BGSU looking strong; 'Cuse, NIU and Buffalo being no easy marks; and an upset somewhere along the line. Granted we will probably upset someone too. Outside CMU, there is the possibility we can run the rest of the schedule. Do you really believe we can with this kind of offensive leadership from the O-line, QB and coaching staff? I hope so, but Saturday did not inspire anyone. I don't want J.D. to be fired. I just want to see proof he can build a team that can dominate the MAC and be competitive in any game. Over this game and the last two years I have yet to see performance that says he can. He's got 10 more games to show it. 8) I feel sorry for Bain. I heard from the non-coaching staff that he was not responding to therapy for his back. W/o him and Tonga and Henderson our D-line is not the strength we thought we would have. It is much improved, but not enough to make a top team worry. Against PSU we still slipped into the 3-3-5 too much. With no pressure, Clark eventually found open receivers. To win the MAC we must bring pressure.9) Our LB's are only OK. They are still too small, especially when they blitz out of the 3-3-5. There was so much hope for this season that perhaps we lost our perspective. One game doesn't destroy the season, so let's get back on track and take 'em one at a time. I'll be screaming my head off for the boys to take it out on Morgan State. See you in the SRO Info.

Zach, you forgot one little thing. How about the money to pay for the new building for international business? We don't have it. That is why the Coleman Commons has not been finished. That is why the new college of education building is on hold. That is why the soccer stadium has yet to make it off the drawing board. The economy sucks. The board of trustees are worried about our bind rating slipping and they will not go into an aggressive building mode. They may be right. BTW, the college of business tried to build the institute for global business on its own, but could only raise $5M of a $10M price tag. The cost has since gone up again and still won't give us the space or room to grow that we need. Our business program could be so much better if we had the facilities. Yet we are still damn good and continue to grow, just not as fast as we could with the funding needs we have.So Zach, how about a loan?

Beautiful. If I had that building on my campus, I'd pop my collar too. Congratulations Redhawks.BTW, if you have ever been in our CBA building you would have a better appreciation of how remarkable it is that our college of business gets such a high ranking despite that crappy building. It is nothing short of horrible. The architecture is early Lego blocks. I teach there several times a year as a guest lecturer and I can tell you the faculty does a great job with this limited facility. The new colege of education building will not break ground until the board of trustees are more sure of the economy or the state gives us more money for the building, highly unlikely.The Info is still the best new facility, in any sport, that the MAC has seen in years.

CK, is Henderson a lost cause for this season?

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.