Dr Z

I don't know...We got two guys (Hixon and Blackburn) who got Super Bowl rings and STARTED for the Super Bowl Champs the following year.Hard to beat that at Akron.The Steelers had 3 MAC players win a ring with them, Harrison, Batch, and Leftwich. One of those being the Defensive player of the year, Now thats hard to beat. How do you leave Ben off your list?

CF's throws looked crisp and on target yesterday. He'll be in the league on a team next season. Jamarcus Russell sucks. I wonder if they bash him on tigernation.org?

...per Rasor.Former Zips linebacker coach Vince Okruch.....Vs.....Current Illini defensive backs coach and co defensive coordinator Curt Mallory. . . . .. . . . .

Getsy & Hixon. For bringing me my all time favorite Zips sports moment...by far!

What offensive and defensive schemes will coach Ianello be implementing? That is the most interesting off season topic to me.

Since Shuford was already on the team, what does this have to do with the price of eggs? I hope he doesn't run into any adversities with his new team. Life is full of them. Good luck to him.

Looking at it from a positive, if Rob is supposed to be a "recruiting guru", it sure is nice to have more scholarships on hand.Good luck Norman.

3-3-5 was JD's decision. His thought was that the MAC played a lot of spread offense, and the 3-3-5 was the best way to stop it.Sticking with that decision throughout his entire time with Akron was his worst decision IMO, and one of the reasons he is no longer here.I'm sure JD will land on his feet somewhere, he is a hard worker. I wish him and his family nothing but the best.

The U has South Beach, easy choice. This is a GREAT time of year to be there.

If there is a problem, it will take care of itself with high school kids playing at Info & seeing the facilities in person. We can spend $ much wiser than making this someones job!?! Now back to the topic, who's going to be my DC?

I'm pleasantly shocked they're updating it in practically real time. 5 GA's(?)...that will help keep the costs down. Is it good to hire unit coaches before the coordinator? I guess RI is being very selective about a DC.Its possible that some of the hires won't be announced until the bowl season is over.Is it possible that we have an offer to a DC that also may be in the running for a HC job?

Seems like we are getting some experience on our staff. I like that. I wonder how PN16 feels about Powlus being his QB coach, I bet he is excited about that. Another good interview for a BJ guy looking for a story to educate the football fans of Akron.

I absolutely realize that Florida runs the 3-3-5. And that is where you have to be to run such a gimmicky D. You need LOTS of speed. That's why it works there. You are not going to be able to recruit kids that can make that defense work at Akron. THAT is why I'm opposed to running that D at Akron. Learn to walk before you run. My new years resolution is going to not mention the stack D in another post throughout 2010.

Since your a Columbus State fan, is it possible that you just don't like ND and since your second tier team is hiring all their former coaches it just irritates you? I would also point out that a lot of assistant coaches can get "set up" to fail. Example: Akron's DC. JD's first week on the job he announced on Zips Live, "I'm going to run a defense in the MAC like they have never seen" Whatever DC we got at Akron was destine to fail. This DC could go somewhere else and succeed. I'm not sure how somebody can speak bad about coaches that are hired until we actually see them coach a few MAC games. How can you evaluate someone that has not actually preformed in the environment that they were hired in? I wish Rasor could do a closing interview with JD. I wish he could ask, do you think you were stubborn when it come to your defensive scheme, do you wish you changed your scheme at any point and time here at Akron? Do you think having more than one offensive coordinator imputing plays confused your offense? How would have you have handled the CJ situation any different going back a year or two? Is head coaching different than you had envisioned? If you got to hire any two coordinators that work in college football, who would they be? It's too bad I'm not Oprah, I would offer JD a million to sit on my couch for an interview.Maybe ND is just a stepping stone for Akron like this poster suggests?

Some NDSU fan (so take it for what it's worth) is posting (at 1 am this morning) that a local tv station is reporting that this is false. 2nd post from the bottom (RedRiver) I checked WDAY's web site, but can't find anything------------------------------------Same/but different news: Former ND defensive co-coordinator Corwin Brown interviews for UB head coachCould coach Ianello and Corwin be waiting before they see if Corwin lands a head coaching job before being offered or accepting a job at Akron (purely speculation by me)? Only because I'm dying to know who will end up as DC.

The one thing that may make me interested in at least one little eleven game...Pitt vs PSU

The last four years we had all year to sign JUCOs.....we won TEN division I games (Ken+ & EMU don't count) in those four years. I still think I'll sleep pretty good tonight.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

Does anybody know if coach Okruch got an interview for DC?

Don't do that! I know a guy that once said:

Charles Barkley is not the best guy to quote when trying to make an arguementCareful, Charlie just may end up on your team next year.

According to ESPN "There will be no press conference to make the announcement"Are they going to change the name of conference so it represents what it is? That should be the story. If they do maybe the MAC should take their old name. At least we would have our own network then.

Cable says he'll decide on WednesdayRaider's fans are smart

Did you get to see Brian Kelly berate his QB after an INT during the Big East Championship game?