Dr Z

I wonder if Danny Ferry voted?

That was AWESOME!How easy is this (Q&A) for a BJ writer to do with 5 players from our current team? Run them every Friday for 5 straight weeks before the season starts. It's a great way for the reader to learn a lot about players on the team. The reader starts to care about the player, and follows the team. Rasor did something like this in video format and I enjoyed it.

Stat of the game: 0-15 for MUPlay of the game: Off the late time out, Humpty cutting to the hoop for the layup. Post game interview Steve says what a great play you drew up there coach. KD says, that's not how we drew it up, Humpty improvised.Most disappointing: Game not being on channelsurffing site. I really wanted to watch that game. I can't evaluate the game very well from listening on the radio. You can only look at the box score and make uneducated guesses while relying on what the announcers choose to tell you. Joe Dunn made it a point to say "Humpty is playing the point" when #4 was in the game. Steve ignored the comment and continued describing the play. I wonder how many minutes were played like that?Comment of the game: KD "our fans would complain about that" referring to Steve's joke of playing the Jewish center.Best chance for a graphic re-occurance: McNight-mare On Carroll StreetMost vanilla article on the game: Today's PD article. I've seen the PD cover NHL hockey games better!?!Charlie Hustle: Again, hard to judge just by listening to the game, but sounds like Cvetinovic saved multiple possessions with hard play.Result: Any win on the road in the MAC is a good one, so it looks like we are a lock for a buy in the tournamentFocus: March 5 is going to be a very important game for momentum in the tournament.

Good article.I'm not sure I understand this: Is the writer suggesting we didn't deserve to be there, or we "stole" Buffalo's chance?

Tell the pastor the good news....youtube.com. It took me over 2 and a half hours to get to the Bosley interview. Save yourself the time. Jamie tells his story to try to validate the pastor's message that you are in the "wilderness" unless you do what he says. Here is Jamie's story in a nutshell: Is the pastor really this guy?

Now your starting to get it. What you are describing is called a point guard. I don't think anybody personally dislikes McNees, most long time fans on this board feel that our team is better if Steve is not at the point. The skills you describe are mostly inherent. I think you can coach some players for 10 years and they aren't going to become the ball handler, passer, court vision, leader needed at the point. Steve is better helping our team with his spot up shooting. Why is he at the point? It's not his fault he is the best option (very debatable). It's the coaching staffs fault for not having a better option. I'll give a small pass due to Ronnie's early injury problems. If I'm defending the Zips, I pressure the ball every single time he crosses mid court with the ball.

I wish that site included the DDDJUAT ratio/percentage.

From the same site. Go-to guy, Brett McKnight 8th in the nation in percentage of shots taken?!? Role player McNeese is 498 in the nation in effective field goal percentage?!? Weird site.

15,641 saw game go down to the last minute in 200029,621 saw Frye score 17 points in the fourth quarter to beat the Herd by 3Former rivals.Leftwich being carried down the field.Their fans travel well.I always had fun at Marshall games...and love to hate them.

Great info guys (Hill & GZ), thanks for posting. Home & Home with Marshall. Recruiting a point guard. PS Steve French on his TV show "my big toe has a better chance of coaching Ohio State than Jim Tressel does"Steve is a great guy, don't take everything he says as "fact"

+1Even though we scored 20 more than them (the most important part), we struggled at the top of our offense against them in January, I would expect more of the same if nothing changes in the rotation.Interesting quote from Charlie after the last game: "I think they are well coached to get nine or ten players to play like he gets them to play. Let's face it, Chris McKnight on a lot of teams would be playing thirty minutes. If he was on my team he would never be taken out."

Are you suggesting that Steve has a future as a professional point guard on this team?

I'll never forget that play as long as I live. I'm impressed you remember X's ranking. McNeese makes me nutz at the point, only reading rationalizing stats makes me more nutz. I wish we had a point guard. Can we PLEASE get one of those next year.

I'm hoping Torrence is taught how to carry the ball so he doesn't fumble. I bet he could accomplish more by learning that because the talent is there.

Something tells me you'll get to see it again this year. I'm glad it is back at CR, I thought they did a pretty good job last year.

Good stuff. I am VERY interested where coach Ferri ends up. Like GP1, I would love to here what the final "outcome" was with his situation here at Akron.

Who thought Zeke would contribute this year and who didn't (October edition)

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I'm not sure that will fit on my sign.

It's hard to comment unless we know all the details. I hope this somehow becomes a positive for the team.

Interesting. Sounds pretty much like our site, minus blaming the loss on the refs bad calls and the rationalizing.

Look for my new sign at the JAR on Sunday, WE ARE AVERAGE. Everybody will get pumped when they see it.PS Speaking of average, KD pulled his record to even last night in games the Zips score under 70, he is now 44-44 in those type of games (according to the graphic shown on tv during the BSU game). For the guys that think stats are important.

I would bet that our offensive line plays better in the pro style offense than it did last year in the befuddled spread. If I were an offensive lineman, I would be very excited about the change of scheme. I'm hoping they will make our RB's look good. Boy would it be nice to have Tuzze in this offense.

Your team should always punt, because your lineman are pass blockers and can't get a yard when they need it. I simply lineup in the I with two TE and pound it down your throat with your one on one coverage DBs running toward my RB that just went for three yards up the middle. First down. My ball with the clock running. All your awesome wide receivers sitting on their helmets watching me milk the clock away.

Interesting post. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's okay. At the very least, we agree about Cowher. I was going to compare him to a current Zips coach in another thread, but decided against it. I'm not sure I'm ready to place full blame on Manning for his int, Reggie run a tired route and might have shown it too soon. DB did a great job of reading the play. Classy job of Manning giving credit where credit is due, unlike O'Donnell in his SB. New Orleans defense didn't play Manning the way I would have, but turns out they didn't have to. NFL is a trendy league so I would hesitate to make broad general statements about offense or defense. If your right today, you'll be wrong soon, if your wrong today, you'll be right soon. I will also shy away from comparing the Zips current situation to two Super Bowl teams. I think that's like comparing the aerodynamics of my paper airplane to that of an F16. I agree with you that it is more exciting for the typical fan to see a team chuck the ball around the field, but I think the Akron program is at a perfect place to install a pro style offense. I can't wait to see the first play action bomb for a td to GP1's favorite WR. I like the fact that we will have a lot of 3rd down and 3's this year as opposed to 3rd and 12 and give the opponents offense less chances with the ball. I have to think the offense will be conservative in early parts of RI's career, but will evolve later. Give it a chance, because you don't have any other choice.