Dr Z

Wow, good for Tom. I wish him well. Hopefully the Chargers can sign AB and OBJ this offseason.

Sorry, but @Zipmeister answered your question pretty well right away. Nice overview though. I'll know more once I watch a few practices. I can't conclude much from looking at stars, reading rankings, and watching highlights. I have to see how these kids work together as a team. I know I would rank coaching higher than last year, that should figure into the quality of the team. Good coached teams typically get better as the year progresses. I would expect that this year.

It sure pays to be ZN member. Nice offering @Hilltopper, safe travels.

A new February maintenance release was run today. Any issues, please report here.

Here is the link from Crain's Cleveland Business University of Akron plans $4.7 million in upgrades to athletic facilities (300 words) by Joe Scalzo From the article, I like this: "Our primary goal with these capital projects, and in all that we do, is to live by our motto 'Blue Collar. Gold Standard,' " Guthrie said. From George's article, I like this: Guthrie prefers to keep an arena on campus so the athletics department can maintain control of scheduling and not have to deal with potential conflicts among other things. He also said he believes the JAR can be upgraded. “My focus is really going to be on how we really enhance the JAR and make it a really upgraded facility and match today’s expectations from fans,” Guthrie said.

Jourden Hale-Frater Charles Kellom

A good marketing plan.

News5—Joe Moorhead aims to create winning culture in Akron By: Camryn Justice I think it's going to take more than winning to fill 30k at Akron. From the little I know about Guthrie, I would guess he has a multi-phased plan. I think it will take success at each phase to fill the Info. Looking forward to seeing the plan unfold.

I wouldn’t think any transfer from Pittsburgh would be off the table with coach Moorhead.

"In one regard there are reasons to be optimistic. Trimble will be available against the Cardinals Tuesday night." Source: George M. Thomas Akron Beacon Journal

Someone should make a poll.

How coach Bowden talked all the south Florida kids to come to Akron, I'll never get. He's explained it to me, and I still don't know how he did it. Simply amazing.

Coach Moorhead OC, coach Toth DC.

I'm all for getting more talent into the MAC, and it seems like Charlie is a nice guy, but should he be trusted with financials?

Looks like Go Zips Dot Com updated their information.

Ben’s twitter

Dijon Jennings lists a 3.6 GPA on his Twitter account. I like that. http://www.hudl.com/v/2GNkVR

Aaron Rodgers mentions Luke Getsy during MNF.

I wouldn't categorize myself as a "stars don't matter" fan, more like "as an Akron fan, I don't care about stars." I remember attending a Lee Owens presser, where he was telling us how highly rated Thomas Plummer was. I can't remember how many stars he had, more than Chase Blackburn that same year. After this happened over, and over, and over again in Akron classes, I stopped paying attention to stars. I'll trust that coach Moorhead knows the best type of player that can win at Akron, regardless of stars.

Where is that old poll about how many NCAA tournament games KD would win after he left Akron? Where are they now? Jawanza continued to ascend after that senior season.

Arth held a clipboard for Manning. Pretty sure Arth and McDaniels played at John Carroll.

I added your info to the first post in the thread.

Oregon head coach Bryan McClendon and Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops preview Alamo Bowl Oregon will rock a new color combination for the first time this season in the Alamo Bowl