Dr Z

Out of the three, the volleyball game interests me the most. I got a chance to play a couple games with a few of the girls at the end of last season. Disappointing to see they have a losing record. Hopefully they can put it together for the tournament. Good luck to them! Here is the preview for tonight.

Explaination of the NFL scheduling. - Six games in division (two against each opponent) - Four games against another division in conference (on a three-year rotation) - Four games against a division out of conference (on a four-year rotation) - Two games against the other teams who had the corresponding divisional finish in conference (these are the "parity" games)

Here is the explanation I recieved from the staff back in Feb 2010 on what type of offense KD likes to run Coach Dambrot runs a combination of different offenses. First he runs a fast break similar to NC which tries to get the ball inside. From there on ball reversal we screen down and the get into baseline runner, with our 4/5 men on blocks and a player running off their screens. If the backside post helps we flush hi for a hi/lo look. We can sprint into on ball screens and either pick and pop or pick and roll. We run a lot of quick hitters always looking to get the ball inside and then play out of the post. Depending on what the defense does will determine which cut we run. We have set plays to isolate individuals in the post, sets designed to shoot the 3 and sets designed to drive the ball. We can run a set that is motion offense, we can spread the floor and use the ball screen to create total defensive rotations. We run a lot of different things to utilize our personnel. Hope this gives you a quick overview of our offense. PS Why are Zip fans always debating who plays the point? Remember the great AA vs McNees debate in 2011? Zipgal killed it that year.

Wow. Glad your not marketing March Madness (one of, if not the, biggest sporting event) this year. World Series are great, but it rides on lucky bounces of the ball, and a few hot hitters. Think bigger.

Lynch was awesome. Interesting that Akron's defense played better against Jordan than BSU. Thanks for not kneeling on it Rod. Playstation-type stats

Like the NIU jerseys. Under/over finished at 73 before kickoff!?!

Staff and team goal.

Even the coach is sick of it....Dambrot said. "But I decided before the game I was going to use my older big guys. to make sure we got a win, because (in the past) we've lost so many games early in the season, and I was getting sick of it." source This will be one of the games at the end of the season we....(you know the drill by now). On top of it, Ken+ upsets Temple. Zip fans get frustrated.

Here is the Michigan thread. Most were happy that we played well, and upset about the final no hold call on D'Orazio. I don't see "everybody" predicting a feast in the MAC??? History would prove why Zips fans would predict feasting on a MAC basketball schedule. Football, not so much. Many members on ZN are realistic, there are a handful of fans that see a lot through blue and gold glasses. It's up to the reader of ZN to figure out who is who, and what you enjoy to read. Have fun.

If they had Jimmal Ball, we win by 5. If a frog had wings... PS Zeke would have fouled out (no fault of his own) in that game since he would have been left isolated on so many Gaels that broke the press.

I thought the exact same thing about Cvetinovic when they played Pitt in 08. I love the name "old school" for IJ23. Fits his game. I agree with everybody about Tree. Love his effort. I'll take 5 of him on any sports team I play on. We need to learn how to finish around the rim...still. (tired of typing that) We expel SO much energy on defense, and very little on offense...still. (tired of typing that) OC underdog giving up the points with KD is always money. Disappointing game, but a long season. We need to peak after blowing through the cupcakes again. Like KD says...I'm tired of losing early in the season. On the positive side, it was fun waking up at 6 am and watching the Zips with my coffee. And the announcers weren't annoying (comparatively speaking).

I used the same crazy logic last year with the Redhawks Bobcats game. I think the money line was 4:1. Works once in a while.

I thought this was an interesting post: Let's play a blind resume game. Team A 3-7 (2-4) Lost at NIU 27-20 Lost at Michigan 28-24 Beat a fcs school Won at Miami oh 24-17 Team B 1-8 (1-4) Lost vs NIU 63-19 Lost at home to fcs school Won vs Miami oh 17-10 You still think this is a toss up? I don't think any neutral football fan would choose team B over team A. I need a win here to erase the memory of last years game.

I tend to agree. This rarely works...BUT the Zips lost by 7 @ NIU, and Ball St beat us by 18 @ home. This seems like one of the games that the team that has the ball last wins. Can't wait.

Here is the recorded rant if anybody is interested. I hope EMU can get the program together.

The Huskies pass defense is abysmal. I'm very interested to see how Wenning carves them up. He impressed me against the Zips, more than Lynch. An interesting prop bet would be total punts in this game. I'll put the line at 6.5. For GP1, there is only one team in the nation that has punted the ball more than Wake Forest.

Seems like an obvious choice to me.

Looking forward to this game Wednesday.

From today's PD: "We need to play the young big kids,'' Dambrot said. "But I decided before the game I was going to use my older big guys. to make sure we got a win, because (in the past) we've lost so many games early in the season, and I was getting sick of it."

I figured that out from EA's Thursday article. Today EA quotes KD on the same subject.

This is troubling. PG was my biggest concern going into the season. We will make no noise in March if the staff can't figure this out. Unofficially, I'm putting Akron 0-1 ATS, even though there wasn't one (officially).

Try here

I guess the game won't count ATS. Odd.

No line on the game at all? WTF? How is it that there is a line on YSU vs Kennesaw State (whoever that is), but no Akron line??? Makes me go postal.