Dr Z

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?

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?"

1-0 Zips.

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