Dr Z

Aren't you the guy that told us that Stoops was negotiating salary for his staff

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Do they have penalty kicks in the pros? If so, he better hire someone to teach that aspect of the game. Nothing seems more important.

Seems ridiculous to me to decide a national title TEAM game with a one on one contest in the end.I watched soccer for hours this weekend and never saw a goal. I think I just exhausted my soccer energy for my life.

I don't know much about soccer, but I watched some of the Virginia/Wake game. Virginia seems like a physically bigger team than Akron. For all of our soccer experts, is that going to be an advantage or disadvantage for our guys?USA Today Article $35 tickets on Craig's List1-0 Zips

Does our team get better playing a team like this at this time of the season? Does playing Malone make you want to drive to the JAR on a Saturday night?

What were the final numbers of the salaries that Stoops negotiated for they YSU assistants? Will those negotiated prices remain for DJ Durkin if he gets the job?

So I try to watch my first soccer game on tv. I figure I'll DVR it and watch it this morning. I recorded an extra half hour just in case.I watch two and a half hours of 0-0 kicking of the soccer ball and only get to about 2 minutes left in the game before my recording ends.I guess I'll blame this on my ignorance, but that was a waste of about an hour of my life that I'll never get back.

That's why he is just a newspaper writer.

Our sources tell us new head coach Rob Ianello will try to lure Ron Powlus (Notre Dame - QB coach) and John Latina (former Notre Dame OL / Ole Miss offensive coordinator) to join the staff at Akron. Source (footballscoop)

Just got a chance to watch the press conference. Best Tom comment "I got a lot of emails, I even got a youtube video I made a youtube video"Most interesting Rob comment "This is Ohio, we are going to run the ball, we will run a multiple set offense similar to what ND ran"Oddest question...Steve French "Have you ever been to the Rubber Bowl?"

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I'll go with one (plus or minus one).

At this time, a little over a handful "disagree".

The Press Conference is now in the ON DEMAND section if you didn't get to see it live.

I would hope the press conference will be on the YouTube Zips Athletic Channel soon. I would guess a lot of ZN didn't get to see the live version.

Hilltopper, Da Zipman just emailed me and asked to post his comment. He said this applies to all football related threads, not just this one:DA COACHES SUCK, DA PLAYERS ARE DA BOMBDA ZIPMAN

It's always some old dude booster to ask that question every time (Lee & JD) at those press conferences. I wanna be there when the answer is something different. How else would a new coach answer...."Yeah I've recruited all over this country and to tell you guys the truth, the talent in this area really isn't that good."

He seems like a middle linebacker to me, but I bet he can be successful at both.

It is sad that I'm happy about that comment, but I am. Choosing the proper scheme is step ONE of ten that Rob has to do to have a dominating defense at Akron. Good luck, I like his start.PS He looks good in that cap.

Good luck to coach Flemming getting hired quickly by another team. Go South or West, the weather is nice.

For those of you not able to attend, you can click hereSomething tells me it might end up on YouTube.

We hired ROB, not Ron, does that help?

If I am remembering right, I think Notre Dame decided not to go to a bowl game, so that shouldn't hold him back from starting right away.You are correct.Nebulous?

I never heard of Rob before yesterday, but like I predicted back in September if you followed Tom's past you would find our next head coach in there somewhere. I was really hoping for a defensive minded coach, but we will see who Rob brings in as defensive coordinator. Rob is supposed to be a great recruiter. While he had the luxury of using the ND money and name to recruit against the big schools, now he just has to recruit against MAC schools? Hopefully his success will transfer. While I see the title is the same as JD had when he was hired, I think the similarities end there. I'm pretty sure that I was not going to attend as many games next year as I did this year if JD was still running the same mess I watched this year. I am now excited about the first game next year. I'm anxious to see who Rob is able to recruit here, and I can't wait to see his coordinators and what kind of offense he runs and what kind of defense he runs. Welcome aboard Rob, and good luck....your gunna need it. You can follow Rob on Twitter....Urban, Lane, Charlie, Pete and Tim do. He already knows Stams.ND fans not happy losing RobWill he bring any ND coaches with him to Akron?2010 ND Commit List (for reference)