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Sometimes NFL teams take a fourth QB into camp just to put pressure on the third team QB without intentions of cutting him. This situation would make it very difficult for 5 to make the team that selected him. What if that team's offense doesn't allow 5's talents to shine?
Any team that is going to spend one of their top 3 picks on a player will make it through his first million dollar contract.
Check around the league. PS Don't use the worst run franchise in the NFL as your example.
My last post defending Frye.
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I love #5. Not only a great athlete, but a great student of the game. Film junky (I have heard many say this).
That goes over HUGE on draft day in the NFL. I heard the same of Pennington when he was entering the draft.
He will slip on the boards at the end of the season and then rise after teams get to see him upclose.
Good NFL QB. Don't question it.
I Wonder if Jason Taylor will have any say on getting him on his team. I think #5 can play for them right now.
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I think...
Great night for football. Nice event. Good showing by Zips fans. Love those thundersticks (still think they should be french fries)
Offensive line stunk up the joint. Get it together boyz. Everybody else is improving, your turn.
#10 was all over the place, again, he is a player
Cribs was tough last night. Gotta let that guy throw and not run. Slippery good.
I watched special teams return close last night, NOBODY was hitting anybody on our returns.
Hixon needs some help. I'll even call out #10, twice I saw him back pedal to Hixon and not hit anyone.
Frye is fun to watch. Runs for his life most of the game and still looks good.
That defensive stand on 4th was AWESOME, yep I just wrote defensive stand. Wow.
I watched Can't play Iowa, even though the score was lopsided, I thought Can't played well, they are not a bad team.
1-0 in the MAC baby, I feel much better about going to the Bowl now. Not HAVING to go, wanting to go.
Keep improving guys.
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We sure do and have made great efforts to pump up the crowds
A Can't State fan making fun of an Akron crowd.
Mind you, Can't State is 1-6 in the last seven vs Akron.
The one game I went to in Can't during that period, I think
there was nine hundred people there including the band.
Only reason I'm going is because I'm running low on the cabbage
and Cribs has promised me a taste at half time.
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It's like when Shapiro gutted the Tribe and began re-building. Everyone and their brother ripped him a huge a-hole for getting rid of Colon, Alomar, Thome, Ramirez, etc. Now people can see the guy knew what he was doing. Thomas is going to endure a lot of crap over the next two years before the dividends of his decision will be visible.
Great analogy.
There are a lot of ignorant Chicken Littles out there.
PS The season starts Thursday. Let's go Zips !
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``A lot of articles were saying that we (the receivers) are the weakest part of the team,'' Montgomery said. ``It's a lot of pressure on us, but at the same time nobody was expecting us to do well.''
Not true Jason. I predicted good things from the WR's many times on this board.
Somebody needs to get J the ZipsNation address.
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Jason White
That was funny.
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My insider in VA says "heavy rain"
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...if you ask me it's going to be one hell of a matchup
The Cavs boast the top OG, Elton Brown (works for PD?) in the country (according to Kiper)
I wonder how many rushing yards the Cavs will have this week?
PSU had 352, can the Cavs beat that??? I would be lickin my chops at RB this week.
Come on Linebackers plug them holes and stay in your zone.
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31 is a ridiculous spread anytime you're playing a passing team. If you playing a team that can throw the ball downfield, they can score points, and quickly. So no lead is safe. And we haven't shown the ability to shut down a good passing game yet, so I don't see how Vegas expects this to be a 42-10 game or something like that.
I don't doubt the fact that we will be able to pass. Frye has been able to pass
against ANY defense. I watched Schwab and Frye go at last time we played and
Frye looked like the better QB to me. Now they can't quit saying good things about
Schwab in Atlanta. I watched Frye go against many NFL QB's, he has looked better
than them all. No doubt Frye will get his.
What I do doubt is this team's ability to score. It seems like the change of systems
(from coaching change) has taken a pretty big toll right now. We are making silly
mistakes when getting ready to score. I do think this will stop within time, hopefully
sooner than later.
Our D, is over pursuing like crazy, if you have anybody that can cut back, you got 6.
I also hope to see this change this week.
Our special teams have been anything but spectacular. I think I watched a block punt
happen 30 yards in front of me sitting on the hill the last time we played. I see that again.
I hope I'm wrong about that.
I hope to see a close game, but a 42-10 score is VERY likely until this team shows me something.
I thought maybe Penn State was just that good, but then they get beat by BC. I think Virginia
is better than PSU so I don't hold out a lot of hope.
Good luck, make sure you tie your tie on real good at the game so Ivan doesn't blow it away. :angry:
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Smizik: Getsy gets flak; why not Brookhart?
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
By Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If you are a member of the Pitt football program and believe you have a chance to better yourself by switching your allegiance to, say, the University of Akron, there are two paths you could follow.
If you're a coach in the Pitt program, you leave with back slaps from your superiors and best wishes and congratulations all around. And, of course, forget about any contractual obligations.
If you're a player in the Pitt program, you depart under no such happy circumstances. Instead, you leave in near disgrace, with the university doing all it can to make your transition as difficult as possible and with the media portraying you as disloyal.
Two men left Pitt for Akron in the past year. J.D. Brookhart, a former offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, left to follow his dream and become head coach. Luke Getsy, a backup quarterback, left to follow his dream of becoming a starting Division I-A quarterback.
On the surface, both moves were similar, if not the same. But the treatment received by both couldn't be more different. Brookhart, who immediately assumed his new duties, was congratulated; Getsy, who must sit out a year under NCAA rules, was criticized.
It all goes to the hypocrisy of college athletics, where coaches, the royalty of the sport, can do what they please in moving unencumbered from job to job, and athletes, the indentured servants of the sport, are tightly bound by rules that limit their movement.
Getsy decided to transfer after losing the competition for starting quarterback to Tyler Palko. He faced three years of sitting on the bench. It's true, he was an injury away from starting, but it's also true as time went by the chances were good Pitt would have groomed a younger quarterback to back up and eventually replace Palko.
Pitt coach Walt Harris, as is his custom, refused to grant Getsy his release. That didn't stop Getsy from transferring but it prevented Akron from giving him a scholarship, which means he has to pay out-of-state tuition.
This move was as petty as it gets. What did Pitt accomplish by refusing to give Getsy his release other than to make life a little harder on him and his family? Attempts to portray Akron, a small-time program, as some kind of recruiting or competitive rival are preposterous. It was nothing more than an attempt to punish Getsy for wanting to better himself.
If this is a common practice all over the country, it doesn't make Pitt's move any less reprehensible.
Shame on Harris for sinking so low and shame on athletic director Jeff Long for not overruling the coach. In fact, where was chancellor Mark Nordenberg to nullify these misguided decisions?
When students on academic scholarships transfer from Pitt, are they required to get a release? Are they ineligible for a similar scholarship at their new school?
It was suggested the Getsy owes something to Pitt. That, too, is preposterous. Scholarships are two-way streets. The college gives the scholarship and all that comes with it, and the athlete gives his body and all that comes with that.
But if Getsy did owe Pitt something, what does Brookhart owe Pitt? Harris gave Brookhart his first big-time job. His previous experience had been as a coaching assistant -- which is decidedly different than an assistant coach -- with the Denver Broncos. It would seem Brookhart owes Pitt at least as much, if not more, than Getsy.
It also has been suggested that Getsy has left Pitt in a precarious position without a backup to Palko. It's not as if Getsy was steeped in experience. He had thrown 13 passes in his college career and completed three of them for 32 yards. It's possible the new No. 2 quarterback, Joe Flacco -- who had high school credentials at least the equal of Getsy and who has a stronger arm than Getsy and Palko -- could become as good a backup.
And what about Brookhart? Where did he leave Pitt? In a bind at least as deep. Brookhart helped develop such outstanding receivers as Latef Grim, Antonio Bryant and Larry Fitzgerald. The last two are the greatest in Pitt history. Pitt is severely depleted at wide receiver this year. It could use a coach of Brookhart's experience to upgrade the position.
The truth of the matter is that Brookhart had every right to leave Pitt in an attempt to better himself. In that respect, he's no different than Getsy. Too bad Pitt didn't treat them the same.
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Watching your team get beat two weeks in a row
doesn't make for a real "pumped" Akron fan right now.
Now we have to play another top team where we don't stand a chance.
Nobody even thinks we will win with the spread which is now at 31 (started at 29)
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So this year total 42, 481, 1 compared to last year 44, 488, 2
Difference so far, 2 catches, 7 yards and 1 TD.
I would say everybody's worry that graduation would KILL our WRs was all for not.
Like I said before the season started, a good quarterback can make good WRs.
Not all the time. But in Frye's case, yes.
Keep up the good work recieving corp.
PS Thanks KentZip.
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Can anybody come up with stats from the first two games comparing these three wideouts?
Stats through first TWO games.
2003
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Cherry.............?
Sparks.............?
Irvin................?
2004
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Montgomery....14 153 1
Hixon............15 175 0
Authur...........13 153 0
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Do any Hoo fans know if there is any local coverage on the game?
It's not on the ESPN gameplan.
I checked the tv listings and the LSU / Auburn game is on 19 at 3:30.
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4) PLEASE, at some point before I die, I would like to see the Zips on the good end of a last second score to tie, or win the game. This is the one thing I was hoping that JD would change, but it seems like the same old same old.
Oh yea, that was the first time I've every seen the WAVE at the Rubber Bowl. AWESOME!!!!
I'm not sure when you started attending the Rubber Bowl,
but how could you forget the Eastern game for a come back?
That was AWESOME :blink:
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Damn the graduation rate!!!! This winter, the Zips need to find some JUCO players that can immediately step in to make an impact. The JUCO players will force the LO recruits to either become better players, or leave the team. Also, the JUCO players will allow some of the young recruits to mature before they are thrown into the fire. Either way, the fans win.
Don't get too gung ho on your JUCO fix there.
I've heard JD (with my own ears) say he doesn't believe in them.
He said one or two, maybe, but that is NOT the way to "fix" a team.
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What I think...
the "event" before the game was done well by UA Marketing. Great job!
it hurts to watch the Zips right now, I hope and think it will get better.
the Cavs are favored by 29 and I'm putting some bling on them to cover.
we haven't lost one Mac game yet.
#41 pancaked an end Saturday. I want to see more of that.
I will leave the Rubber Bowl earlier next game. Sunday morning was a killa.
I want to beat Can't as bad as ever and hope the players feel the same.
#10 is going to be a player.
I got to see a couple of series of defense played by the Zips. That's a start. Now step it up.
#34 is my starting RB this week.
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I'll be there. For some tailgating.
Watchin Frye
Watching the D
And hopefully getting our first victory
Stop by to say "hey"
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Dr. Z,
Did #44 play?
According to the stats Chase had two tackles, you had one?
It is very hard to get a feel for how a particular player did watching the game on tv like I did.
I saw you on tv 3 times. First time Frye looked you off to his right and gunned one to an open Hixon on a
skinny post. Second time I saw you jump on a pile when the play was over. Thrid time I saw you line up in punt coverage.
That was pretty much it, so I can't say that you played a good or bad game.
If this is you (which I doubt) do you have any other insight on the game that a fan at the game or
watching on tv would not know or see ?
PS I watched the Penn State preview on Fox Pittsburgh before the game, they did a small piece on #31.
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Early line, MTSU +10.
Zips favored by 7.
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Thanks for your concern. I'm doing just fine. 28 hours left, I can't wait.
Good luck. I'll keep an eye on you and give you my evaluation on the board Monday.
Check back on Monday with some insight. Should be interesting to hear your opinion.
PS Keep on eye on #44 when your on the sideline. :blink:
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Top NCAA tailgates? Chew on one version
UNION-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICES
September 3, 2004
Just in time, The Associated Press has thoughtfully released its "completely subjective and totally unscientific Top 10 of college football tailgating, in no particular order:"
LSU: Huge kettles of jambalaya and crawfish dominate the raucous pregame scene in Death Valley. Oh yeah, there's plenty of drinking, too.
Michigan: Fans can tailgate on the college golf course. Just be sure to park off the fairway. (Astute fans know San Diego State plays in Ann Arbor on Sept. 18.)
Georgia: A huge number of RVs crowd around Sanford Stadium on game days. Some fans even do their tailgating in a nearby cemetery.
Ole Miss: The Grove, a shaded 10-acre patch of grass in the center of campus, is the center of action. The men wear ties, the women dresses and everyone eschews decadence for decorum.
Purdue: Some of the most clever tailgaters, such as the fan who converted a coffin into a grill and ice chest – and brings his contraption to the game in a hearse.
Notre Dame: One of the most storied settings in college football also is home to some truly lavish pregame parties. Tables are decorated with elaborate flower arrangements and formal place settings.
Penn State: One of the most spacious areas for tailgating, and some 40,000 people usually take advantage. Good ice cream, too, including "Peachy Paterno."
Tennessee: The "Volunteer Navy" is comprised of hundreds of ships that dock on the nearby Tennessee River on game days, doing their partying on the water.
Washington: An even more expansive body of water, Lake Washington, is not far from Husky Stadium. Plenty of boats for "sterngating," and a seaplane drops in from time to time, too.
Texas: Everything's big in the Lone Star State, including the pregame party. Huge smokers cooking up whole sides of beef, tended by cowboy hat-wearing fa
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Zemaitis may be the best corner in the Big 10.
The best DB in the big ten is from PA....
Best DB in big ten (click here)
Too bad he doesn't play for Penn State though
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Just out of pure curiosity ZIPMAN, do you wear a "new" logo Akron shirt or
do you wear one of those old athletic gold shirts with the "action A" on it?
Time to upgrade either way. Best Zips shirt available for the money.
Zips jersey with ZIPMAN on the back for $65.
http://www.athlete-tech.com/
Then you'll be representin' in the bay!!
ZIPMAN jersey (click here)