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  3. The Year In Review

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    I've always believed that who starts games is not as important as who finishes games. It's more important to have your best players on the floor in crunch time than at the beginning of the game. Starters don't always necessarily get the longest minutes, either. You could have a starter who only averages about 15 minues of PT and a sixth man who averages 25.
    My favorite offensive play KD called this year was the Q iso at the end of the half in the mac tourney game. When you are calling plays like that for Q, he won't be sitting the bench much next season IMO.

  4. The Year In Review

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    Great post, CK.
    I totally agree. I didn't want to pick on GoZips post which I mostly enjoyed. But I'm REALLY excited to watch Q next year. I hope he works hard because he has mad skilz! Hopefully when he gets comfortable with KD's system some other parts of his game come around to elevate him to a Mac elite.

  5. ESPN article on Rob Senderoff

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    Full Story Here

    So maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that the administration had such faith and trust to elevate Senderoff to head coach when Geno Ford left for Bradley last month. Except for this: Laing Kennedy retired on June 30. Joel Nielsen, only on the job for nine months, made the hire.

    Initially he tabbed Senderoff as the interim coach, but after a round of interviews, handed him over the keys permanently.

    "When I first took the job, we went through all of our personnel and when we got to Rob, of course there were questions and red flags right away,'' Nielsen said. "But then I brought in our compliance people. I talked to Laing Kennedy. I talked to Geno and it got to the point where I got really comfortable with him. If I were hiring him from somewhere else, maybe it would have been difficult, but because I've gotten to know Rob and know who he is, this wasn't hard. I didn't feel like I was sticking my neck out at all.''

    There is no doubt that it took guts for Nielsen, who in less than a year already has had to name a new football and basketball coach, to go out on a limb. Can't State is not some middling mid-major where an athletic director can afford a throwaway hire. Since 1998, the Golden Flashes have enjoyed 12 20-win seasons. Only Kansas, Duke, Syracuse and Florida have totaled more in that time frame.

    Long before George Mason, Butler and VCU owned the spotlight, it was Can't State setting college basketball on its ear, winding its way to the 2002 Elite Eight.

  6. Defensive Strategy on September 3rd

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    Thin Corps at Receiver Could Put Columbus in a Fix --By Rob Oller of The Columbus Dispatch

    Last Saturday's scrimmage did nothing to alleviate concerns that Columbus State needs someone, anyone, to hold onto the ball. The Buckeyes' four quarterbacks combined to complete 7 of 22 passes and went the first seven series without a completion. But as much as everyone wanted to pick apart the QBs, the onus was more on the receivers, who dropped at least six balls.

    Is it possible that our defense can focus on stopping the run due to the lack of a quality passing attack in Columbus? If you had to pick the strength of our defense right now, I would think this is the match up that most benefits us. Will we see eight in the box from our defense? Will Akron dare them to beat us through the air? Can we stop the run if we focus on it? I'm starting to get a little intrigued. evilgrin0039.gif

    Crisis in Columbus? --By Ken Gordon of The Columbus Dispatch

    Here are the scholarship receivers and tight ends who are eligible to play on Sept.3, with career statistics in parentheses:

    Projected starters

    Corey Brown, sophomore (8 catches, 105 yards, 1 TD)

    Chris Fields, sophomore (3 catches, 22 yards)

    Jake Stoneburner, junior tight end (23 catches, 252 yards)

    Reserve receivers

    James Louis, redshirt freshman

    Verlon Reed, redshirt freshman

    T.Y. Williams, redshirt freshman

    Incoming freshmen receivers

    Devin Smith, Massillon Washington

    Evan Spencer, Vernon Hills, Ill.

  8. iCoach Looks for Leaders

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    Full Story Found Here

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    At receiver, junior-college transfer and 2010 redshirt Marquelo Suel was the quarterbacks' preferred target all spring. Sophomores Nolan Procter, Keith Sconiers and Antoine Russell and junior Anthony Meriwether will be in the mix, as well as A.J. Price, an incoming junior-college transfer.

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    Ianello liked the improvement that Nicely showed during his second year running the Zips' pro-style offense after spending his entire career running the spread. ''I was pleased with Patrick's development. He certainly showed more comfort in the offense,'' Ianello said. ''He did a nice job this spring.'

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    If the players do their part on their own, Ianello believes that vast improvements will be made and that the 1-11 fiasco of 2010 will be a distant memory. ''The best way I can put it is that we know where we want to go right now. Everybody is on the same page with where we are headed,'' Ianello said. ''Now, the work is getting there. That's where the work comes in, that's where you have to roll up your sleeves.''

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  10. Your Very Own MAC Championship Ring

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    What does "Three More Feet" refer to? I watched that game, but the reference escapes me.
    It was the team's "moto" for the year. It had something to do with some miner that quit, but if he went three more feet, he would have hit oil/gold/coal, I can't remember which one. They gave out rubber wrist bands to the fans with that saying on it too.

  11. Patrick Nicely

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    Would you go there?
    If I was confident in my talents I would. Maybe I'm not as confident that I can win a starting job in a "bigger" conference.

    I'm sure he was told he would be able to compete for the starting job. Maybe it was his only option other than Wyoming and Louisiana-Lafayette.

  12. 2011 Spring Football Game

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    ....I've been trying to recall the last Zip RB in memory who hit the hole as fast as Chisholm. This one goes back a ways. The guy was Greg Lomax. Sure we've had better all-around backs since then, but Lomax hit the hole at full speed. Jawon does very much the same, but he looks like a more complete back IMHO (check out his HS youtube highlights...he has very good hands) who will likely play bigger than Greg by the time he's done.
    That comparison makes me excited. I have a kewl photo of Greg and I at Steeler's camp.

  13. Patrick Nicely

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    Source from PD

    Akron under the center: Last season it seemed Patrick Nicely was alone at quarterback as the Zips' backups were either hurt or departed. Now the Willoughby South High product will have competition in his junior season from freshman Zack D'Orazio and JC transfer Clayton Moore.

    Nicely, however, appears to have survived the challenge after spring drills.

    "We have a good evaluation on all three of them," Ianello said. "[but] Patrick will still run out of the huddle first when we start training camp. I was pleased with Patrick's development. I was pleased with Clayton Moore's progress. The good news is, we are better at the QB position now than we ever were last season."

  15. 2011 Spring Football Game

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    Mike's full write up on the game.

    The offense played a clean game, committing no turnovers. There were a total of 550 offensive yards in 69 plays. The Zips had 13 offensive drives, and Patrick Nicely and Clayton Moore piloted five each. Zach D’Orazio ran the offense for the other three series. “I thought all three quarterbacks were very efficient,” Ianello said. “We are heading in the right direction. No interceptions. Took care of the ball. Managed the team. Percentages are good. I thought they were very efficient.”

    You didn’t see the defense at full strength. Four potential starters sat out with injuries: defensive back Anthony Holmes, lineman Oren Wilson, and linebackers Matt Little and Troy Gilmer. Ianello also limited his blitzes and kept it to the base package, in part, because it’s an open practice where opposing coaches could watch. “I did handcuff the defense,” Ianello said. “I think the spring games are about running your base offense and base defense, because if you can’t run your base offense and base defense, you’re in trouble anyway.” Despite those limitations, Ianello told his players to focus on hitting hard in the Spring Game. “I want people in the stands to know they were at a football game today,” the coach said.

    Several players emerged as key members of the program in the past few weeks. The two freshmen running backs perhaps top the list. Also included are defensive backs Seth Cunningham and L.T. Smith, receiver Marquelo Suel, and linebackers ShelDon Miller and Jamar Williams. “We’re certainly a much-improved football team from where we were a year ago and from the Buffalo game,” Ianello said.

    Interesting poll on Razor's site: 72% of fans are encouraged by spring practices and the Spring Game

  21. The Lone Ranger

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    Quarterback Clayton Moore is a marketing campaign waiting to happen at the University of Akron. He certainly has the name for it. Time will tell if he has the game for it. Older fans or television devotees might have already figured this one out.

    Moore, 20, a sophomore transfer from Louisville, Miss., shares the same first and last name as the actor who played the lead role in The Lone Ranger, a hit TV show that ran from 1949 through 1957. Moore, the quarterback, initially heard the connection in high school and didn't understand it.

    ''Someone in the paper called me 'The Lone Ranger,' and it was the first time I had ever heard it. I had to ask my parents what it meant,'' Moore said. ''I wasn't named for him. I was named after my father, John Clayton Moore.''

    If Moore should prosper as a Zips quarterback now or in the future, the promotional possibilities are endless. It would be easy to imagine Moore wearing a mask, riding a white stallion and saying, ''Hi-ho, Zippy. Away.''

    Moore certainly has grown accustomed to the references. ''I think it is kind of cool that people call me that,'' he said. ''It doesn't bother me at all. It's kind of catchy.''......click here to continue reading

  25. ABJ Spring Football Coverage Continues

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    Yes, and if anyone ever develops a really good play that calls for a pulling center we will be light years ahead of the competition.

    I thought that counter trap play that Owens used to run (very effectively) pulled the center?

    I can't remember if Lee did it. I know you need a pretty athletic center to do it. Steelers whole running game changed this year because of that play. I also watched the Florida PSU bowl game, his brother was doing the same thing and DESTROYING people on sweep plays. Put me down for running that play if our center is fast enough to get out there.
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