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  1. Ken+ State Practices are Tough

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    SourceNews from Can't State basketball was not good Tuesday evening as word began to spread that 6-3 senior Chris Singletary's injured ankle from Sunday's scrimmage will likely sideline him at least until the start of the regular season, Nov. 13. Now, he might not be alone. Returning 6-2 junior guard Rodriguez Sherman suffered a dislocated elbow during Tuesday's practice that could keep him out as few as three or four days or up to two or more weeks. Head coach Geno Ford said he will not know Sherman's status for sure until some point Wednesday when X-rays have been seen by the doctors. "I do know he and Chris being out is not good,'' Ford said. Singletary and Sherman are key players at the two positions where the Golden flushes are thinnest. Sherman has been making the transition to point guard this season, after missing all of 2008-2009 due to knee surgery.

  3. 10 Thoughts on the Zips

    in Akron Zips Football

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    2.) I am still awaiting the results of the UA investigation that forced Coach Ferri to resign.
    I hope Rasor gets us some info on this.
    7.) Stec's crappy rugby punts at Buffalo still bother me.
    Especially when Zack Campbell boomed a 76-yard punt Saturday (3rd longest in school history) I blame this on coaching, not the kids.
    6.) Andre Jones may end up the most under-appreciated Zip ever.
    I might go with JT, but I agree, I hope he gets a shot with an NFL team. He should hire DH's agent.
    8.) I wonder how a coaching change would affect the minds of a lot of the recruits
    IMO the pros outweigh the cons. The most important thing to me in a season is wins.
    9.) I'm guessing we'll be a 6-...maybe 7-point underdog to K.e.n.t.
    I'll say 4 point underdogs. If that was a Topic headline on ZN in early August, there would have been some angry posts.
    10.) I wonder about Nicely in 2010. Since he played as a true freshman
    It's up to Nicely how much work he puts in, but we are already seeing improvement each week.I think the one good thing that may come out of this season is the invaluable experience he is getting this year.He'll be here next year, because he is guaranteed the job of starting QB.

  4. Akron@Cuse Recap

    in Akron Zips Football

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    I expect to check out your new stadium next fall.
    Run the ball, and stop the run. It's one of the oldest clichés, yet I'm not sure this staff understands it. 234 yards rushing to ZERO.Which is worse, giving up 234 yards on the ground with this bs defensive scheme or producing no yards on the ground on offense?Maybe next year when you stop by we'll have a staff that can even those stats out. It's embarrassing. :unsure:

  6. Steve French sportstalk

    in Akron Zips Football

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    Dr Z, he gave his 10 minute monologue at the beginning and gave his thoughts. But in getting 8-10 callers over the night, 2-3 want to talk about the Zips.
    Glad to hear that. That has to be small proof that the on campus stadium is making some difference. Does he still talk about the shirt he is wearing that night? :D

  7. Steve French sportstalk

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    I used to really enjoy watching his show, I'm just far enough away from Akron now that I can't pick it up anymore.Steve isn't afraid to say anything, and sometimes pays for it with a totally wrong comment. I can understand hiscomments about JD, but I just can't see him keeping his job. It would be the biggest surprise in Akron football to meif JD is the head coach of the Akron Zips next year. I hope Steve speaks about Akron more on his show, sometimes Iwas the only caller to ask about Akron and that would be the only time he would mention them. BTW It's the only radio/tv show that I have ever called into in my life. I always felt like Steve knew the Akron info, but had to be prodded/calledfor the viewer to get it. At some point and time in his life, Steve should get some kind of award from the U.

  12. Monster Mash

    in Akron Zips Football

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    There are five characters in this scene. That number would seem to match up well (not nicely ;)) with another sports team on campus?
    I thought of that too, but decided to go with football since the Zips football fan could use a small smile right about now.Look for a Xmas or Thanksgiving dance latter. :lol:

  19. Nicely

    in Akron Zips Football

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    It occurred at practice.And as for CK's misgivings, I heard the thing about the endzone grass from a UA tour guide during one of the open houses.
    Simply fix would be to give your source of information. Example 1: The 22 year old girl that was our tour guide suggested that you will not be able to sit on the hill. Example 2: A student (or whomever) told me that PN16 broke his ankle today at practice today. :wave: PS If the info about PN16 is true, get ready for the wa wa wa wild....I can't even type it.

  23. Watching '09, thinking '10....

    in Akron Zips Football

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    We need to bring in a coach that knows how to teach, knows how to coach (on gameday) and knows and how to WIN.
    I am with you 100 percent. Have you ever noticed the team coming out in a second half of a game and changing something up? We consistently get out coached at halftime. Have our players progressed over four years of being with our program that they wouldn't have on their own? I would like to see more coaching and less gimmicks. If we took away all our gimmicks, lined up under center in a pro form offense, played a base 4-3 defense, lined up and punted the ball with hang time, I am confident a COACH can come in and change the win/loss record around (4-8 to 8-4). I just want to win games. The more I watch this years team, the more I understand why Jim Tressel is a successful COACH with his philosophies. (and yes, that pains me to type, but I am desperate)

  24. (more gimmicks) Andre Jones is Wild Cat....

    in Akron Zips Football

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    Obviously it was a very disappointing loss. We thought the kids played extremely hard and they rallied. The young freshman, Patrick Nicely, for a freshman played well, for a veteran, he played okay. We had two turnovers inside the five-yard line against a team that we're fairly similar to and didn't get the victory. On the last drive, I thought we had it and our defense needed one more stop, which we didn't get. The last drive we threw a ball in front and had two balls tipped and it's very disappointing. We've got to make some more plays, we've got to be more consistent. I think the defensive is playing pretty good football right now.We did lose two other players to season-ending injuries, Deryn Bowser with a broken fibula and Aaron Williams with a broken arm. Williams, is an amazing story. He came out in the second quarter, hurt his arm and played 50-some snaps after that. We found out it had multiple breaks. He's tough, we didn't know until Sunday. He's having surgery today but I can't imagine that it felt good. I think it says a lot about him and about our team, I think that's a lot of what we're doing right now, we're fighting.On Andre Jones...He's helping out where he can help out. He's fantastic, a smart kid and he came in and did a heck of a job. Position-wise, he's a reserve at corner and nickel, he's moved to receiver fulltime, he's returning, he's on coverage units so he's doing a little bit of everything. He's also our wildcat package, should we need to go to it. As Dr Z wondered last TuesdayOn Aaron Williams...We had our staff meeting yesterday at three o' clock and Bill Droddy our trainer goes over the injuries. We went over the offense, we went over the defense list and Aaron is at the very bottom of the list and he told us about him. It's really amazing that a kid could do that. We're talking multiple breaks, which explains some things later in the game as you watched it.On the Wide Receivers...It would be a rare case to see Bowser back for the last game of the season. Right now, I think there are three young kids that could play but I don't think that's fair to them. Burning Patrick's redshirt was a real necessity. I think Andre (Jones) is in very good shape for one, he's also a talented player and he we have to use him both ways we will. Randy Greenwood, Dee Frieson and Jerrod Dillard are the three receivers that could help but I don't think we're there right now.On Syracuse...They are a very, very improved football team. I think that these guys play really hard defensively and it's a very confusing package defensively. They bring a four-man line, three-man line, four defensive backs, five defensive backs or six defensive backs. It's going to be a difficult game mentally. They are playing hard, their nose guard we'll play against is a lot like the guy from Penn State. Offensively, their running back is playing really well, they've got a stud-type NFL receiver that they get it to so it's a good, tough combination to deal with. They've got their run game, the play action and then the big play with the receiver, Mike Williams who was All-Big East two years ago as a sophomore. They play a very difficult schedule and they are a much better team than their record is right now and Coach Marrone has got them playing really hard right now.

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