Dr Z

Only 25% of the NFL wore the Revolution helmet last year. Creepy-Ben is going to wear it this year after rejecting it upon team request for three years. It's probably too late for Ben, but the more kids seeing superstars wearing it, the more they will want to wear it.

Easy. I concluded the exact same thing about most of the teams on our schedule. So you didn't look at the schedule last month?

Unless that QB sees more playing time elsewhere because he suspects the position could be locked down for 3 years.

Less talent. No history. Dumb rules. Up against the most popular league in the US. etc..

I agree. NHL used to be boring/less exciting. They fixed this by making it more offensive, which in turn makes the game entertaining. They stopped all the clutching and grabbing, stopped the two line pass, increased the ice behind the net. I look for them to reduce the size of the goalies equipment this off season also. I like Eric Winston's thoughts: Hockey does a similar thing. When a game is tied at the end of regulation, it goes into a 4-on-4 overtime. Taking one man off each team creates open skating with more shots on net.

I'll stick with my predictions from last month (May). Zach, this month you predict 5 wins, last month 2, what's next month gonna be? What changed since you thought "we're crap, the coach is crap, the talent is crap"?

I was going through some archives and run across this classic. Sorry about the quality. One of the most entertaining Zips players in my time. Worth the price of admission. I hope Josh Egner's 37-inch vertical can live up to this style of play.

Damn Lies!

I'll take a wild stab in the dark, I don't religiously watch Sports Center like a lot of people, but maybe "sports center guy", doesn't particularly care much about soccer and would see less World Cup coverage on SC if the US lost. Then SC can get back to the Farve, TO and LBJ free agent stories that this guy craves. Just a guess though. Want to make any sport more interesting? Be a man, bet on it. BoDog.com odds on winning the World Cup Argentina 4/1 Brazil 9/2 Spain 5/1 Netherlands 13/2 Germany 10/1 England 12/1 Uruguay 14/1 Portugal 18/1 USA 33/1 Paraguay 33/1 Chile 40/1 Ghana 40/1 Mexico 50/1 Japan 66/1 South Korea 125/1 Slovakia 150/1 Switzerland 150/1 Ivory Coast 750/1 Honduras 5000/1

I Hope he has the seats that you can get beer. I watched PN7 go toe to toe with #5 on the list, then he beat him.

Yes. I would rank Patrick between 7 and 4.

I don't think that is their idea. It says TOP (QB, RB, TE, WR, K), not all. They ranked a BG running back, but did not list a BG wide receiver because they feel BG does not have a top wr in the conference. If they listed all, some teams may have two kickers on the list before one of ours. So maybe they feel we don't have a top anything. If I were an Akron skill player, I would use this as motivation and place the list in my locker.

I think they missed Nicely & Allen, but that's probably it. You know their story better than the writer does, so are you really missing anything? Then again, maybe the writer doesn't feel Akron has a top QB, RB, WR, TE or K!?!? Hopefully the team changes his mind by the end of the season.

I like the Ole Ole Ole cheer much better than the horns. I hate air horns, thundersticks or any other prop. I even liked when the Hab's fans sing it in the NHL. It sure made a lot of hockey fans (including me) find out the origin. The sports singing tradition that I despise most is when Boston fans sing Sweet Caroline in the middle of the 8th at every home game.

Santana is a player. Good job Dodgers minor league system. The ball jumps off his bat, he is almost good enough to start paying attention again. Then I start to think about it, four years and he is a free agent if he refuses to sign a contract extension like Choo. Depressing league. Photo Gallery from LeBron Day

Nice article. The way that he handled himself in this situation, I will predict he is going to be a successful air traffic controller. Good luck to him.

Conspiracy to draw attention away from the World Cup.

Analysts told Crain's New York Business that James, who becomes a free agent July 1, would have a huge impact on the company's stock price and revenues. A Knicks team featuring James would boost MSG Network's ratings, along with bringing an immediate $10 million to $20 million increase in revenue, Patrick Rishe, a professor of economics at Webster University, told Crain's. If the Knicks start making the playoffs, the annual spike could skyrocket by as much as $50 million. At the same time, Rishe said the value of the franchise, which Forbes put at $586 million last year, to increase by as much as $150 million with James, according to Crain's. LeBron can be cash cow for MSG LBJ impact on Chicago....2.7 BILLION with a B!

I filtered them out when I watched Akron soccer on tv last year with this. I may have accidentally put on some kind of goal filter also, I'm not sure.

Larry projected to be picked 13th in Ian's mock draft for Sports Illustrated. (click here)

If the analogy is that the World Cup ref wasn't very good at his job, this might be PK's best analogy ever. I watched a MAC ref give the Bulls about 40 yards of field position twice in one football game against the Zips last year over nothing. That was a game changer. I don't look at that analogy as disrespect, I think PK might actually know MAC refs. In a way, that is respect, because he knows. The MAC disrespects itself. PS The Zips still could have won that game against the Bulls and blew it. I hope this years offense is able to convert those chances.

Agreed. I wish I could change my Steelers #7 jersey into a Giants #57 jersey. Chase is the kind of guy I want to root for. http://www.nflshop.com/product/index.jsp?p...rentPage=family You can get what you want from the golf money saved. :-) Thanks for the advice. But... ...I can justify spending money at the football golf outing. I believe I got value. Day off of work, golfed with friends, got to talk Zips football with coaches, ask questions, good food, good drink, zips football golf shirt, photo of your group, raffle at dinner, and the football team makes a small profit. I don't think I could EVER get value out of any shirt/jersey that I wore that costs $275 !?!? Coincidentally, I have a photo of me and Chase at the Zips Football golf outing. My comment after looking at the photo the day after..."I'm not sure how this guy doesn't play in the NFL" Nice guy, I'm glad he is doing well and representing the U by being a role model (like the article above suggests).

Agreed. I wish I could change my Steelers #7 jersey into a Giants #57 jersey. Chase is the kind of guy I want to root for.

Thanks, I have voted multiple times by blocking the eventful.com cookie. I wish I knew how to write a program to give them a few hundred votes. Wasn't somebody able to do that for Zippy during Capital One mascot voting?