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Attendance 4,254!!! I salute the fans. Wish I had a ticket to make it 4,255. Caleb, I hope this support speaks volumes to how youre wanted here!

Hoobler to visit Indiana this weekendby Beacon Sports on December 1, 2009in Football, OrrvilleOrrville senior MLB Chase Hoobler plans to visit Indiana this weekend, according to Orrville coach Doug Davault.Hoobler, who is orally committed to Akron, is going to check out other schools since the Zips have made a coaching change.Hoobler had a close relationship with former Akron coach J.D. Brookhart and the Zips were the first to offer Hoobler.Indiana is one of at least 16 other schools that have offered Hoobler a scholarship.“He’s going to probably visit some other schools as well,” Davault said in an e-mail. “I don’t know that Akron is completely out of the picture, but he is going to explore other options.”Inevitable that these things will happen but it still frustrates us .

Fantastic 2nd half for Zips. First half not so bad either, the baskets just werent falling. Dont get too hard on Humpty- not sure how many others noticed but he threw up( in trash can by team bench and rowdies)at least once tonight. Definately under the weather but he toughed it out. Solid win but a big assist by Niagra coach . French agreed with him- ball was off C Mcknight but call went our way. Thats what home court is supposed to mean. Looking more and more like Mike Bardo is the unknown 3rd player who will be leaving after this year. Disappointing crowd once again. Where is our support.

For what its worth, if you guys are like me youre having little if any luck in finding anyone to use these extra tickets. Heres an idea- bring them along and have ticket taker scan them all. Its just padding attendance but it will look better on paper to have 12773 there than 2, 419. Heres hoping for better things in the future. someday??

Me too, but only if it's strong enough to induce enough stupidity so that I actually believe the zips won't get the number 1 seed in the NCAA's.Hell- Im ok with a 1-0 win!!! But seriously- does anyone know what ticket status is? will tix be available a gate?? Is it near sellout?

On that note, anyone else hear that K-ent starting QB Spencer Keith sustained a serious injury in the 3rd quarter? Apparently injured his throwing arm following a sack. That's unfortunate, hopefully it's not that bad. I look forward to 3 more years of Nicely vs Keith.Good effort in 2nd half. Sorry about being so critical earlier. Did anyone hear KD postgame? Howard should be a W. Attendance of 300 in 8000 seat arena?? How are flushes going to honor Dougie Martins guarantee of winning season and a bowl game now?????? GO SOCCER ZIPS> NCAA AKRON ALL THE WAY

Im sorry to be critical but how can a division 1 program not have equipment to properly broadcast games. Anyone who heard any of the NC State game and its "technical difficulties" knows what I mean. Well guess what- that was far better than todays game. A bad phone connection- barely audible. So bad 1350 pulled the plug at 1pm and replaced it with fox sports. Just disgracefull that this happens. Its bad enough how the teams play but now we cant even hear the game due to equipment problems. Not French'es fault. Bad radio coverage, inaudible content, poor play equals a bad recipe for building a major program.

Yes Rob did sign off saying goodbye to Cleaveland!!! Surprised he didnt call us Akron U. NCState is in the best league in country but theyre hardly a good team. We were favored on Vegas line by 1. What is wrong here guys?? Youre going to have off nights shooting but defense has almost always been a constant. We gave up something like 62% fg shooting. That after 51% for AP. Have the Dambrot boys been hanging out with JD's gang too much?? So much for learning a lesson last Sunday. Caleb- dont let your boys anywhere near the FB or BB teams till after Dec 10.

2-1 UA final score!! Congrats!!and Ampi played!

Attendance is probably our season ticket total (@ 7000) plus students and tickets sold this week hence the 10900 or so. I agree with Dave too that Equins didnt deserve to be dumped on. However having been to all our games including the virtual sellout with Morgan St I believe our att. figures are true and I say that with a straight face! YSU averages about 12000 per game- not bad but their tickets are quite a bit cheaper. And Stambaugh isnt such a bad facility.

Good points!! Add in zips merchandise if and when gift shop is finished and merchandise offerings are expanded and my guess is well quadruple the best revenue UA football has ever seen. My question is this........ Who canclarify status of JD's contract. I was under impression it ended this year. But Elton Alexander says he has one year left. Thats a lot to payoff if we indeed hire someone at @300K. Weve done it before ( Gerry Faust,Dan Hipscher)but can we afford to do it after nov 27th?? Can we afford to not do it??

I agree attendance for Can't game was better than some here anticipated- considering OSU on tv at same time. but did you notice- not too many Can't fans. I hate to bring up the dead horse issue but if we are serious about upping attendance 2 schools realistically come to mind: YSU and Marshall. Like it or not they both travel well. The 4 game average is still nearly 21k per game ===> 20,851 per game.Total attendance through 4 games ===> 83,404.Goal of 18k average over 6 games requires that 24,596 total fans take in the next two games. Piece of cake.I figure we'll see about 17k per game the last 2 games .. especially if the Zips can beat Temple on Friday.If that happens, the total season attendance will be ====> 117,404, for an average attendance of just shy of 20k .. 19567 per game. Not too bad for a less than stellar product on the field.If we assume a $20/ticket average .. that's $2,348,080 in gate receipts before a single dog, brat, soda or beer is purchasedJust have to clarify the issue of gate receipts. You have to factor in @ 3000 or so students did not pay and about 2000 of our season tix were family plan ( 200 bucks for 4 tickets for 6 games). I think its still a quantum leap fromRubber bowl revenues. One has to wonder- Can't is averaging 15588 a game at 5 dollars per ticket. While most MAC schools charge @ 24bucks a ticket . how deep a hole are they digging??

Yes other schools do it ( including OSU). The NCAA permits two so-called premium admission games. That doesnt make it right but most schools do take advantage of it. Still it has to seem like robbery to the Can't fans. 20BUCKS for a ticket when theyre used to getting 2 tix for 10$ at home.

Sorry to disagree but I believe Gonzaga is indeed a great program. A school of 6000 that has been in NCAAs countless times, advanced countless times, on natl tv countless times,put several players in NBA. And as for their schedule, they may not play in ACC or SEC, or Big 10 but they played and beat top 20 teams Tennessee (twice)and OK ST last year, as well as beating Maryland, Indiana, Washington St, Mt ST Marys, Tx Southern, and others. If thats not a great program what realistically is??

I just disagree Zach. It appears that it is you who obsesses over someone being "wrong". It is your problem that you can't handle dissension and no one elses. Jake- lets start over. I appreciate you being an opinionated Zip fan. I do disagree with you on the projected location but its a free country. As such lets respect that we can agree to disagree. And make no mistake, if a new arena/convocation ctr is built on campus Ill be estatic. Lets just try to get along on here. Were all zip fans with the same end result in mind.

Im not sure if anyone else noticed but about a month ago GOZIPS.COM added a new link. Click on it and supposedly any questions you had would be directed to A.D. Tom Wistrcil. Sounds like a great idea to me but either its totally bogus or the execution is failing. I sent a couple questions in to "ask the AD" about 10 days ago and have yet to receive a response. Does anyone else have any experience with this link? Either good or bad?? Certainly Mr W has a lot on his plate right now but if the link was established without his consent someone dropped the ball. If TW was aware of it and is simply overwhelmed with work or other questions certainly a "your question has been received and a reply will be coming shortly" was in order and would have been accepted. But just being blown off doesnt relect well on either TW or the Gozips.com site.

at gametime............Tuzzi out, torrence questionable, waller questionable, wagner ill. How bad can this get???

I think we all would love to see a new multi-purpose arena constructed but keep in mind a big difference of on campus vs off campus Jake. Alcohol! Im not advocating that beer/alcohol are a necessity but what is a necessity is feasibility of such a project. Theres a big difference between a facility used 40 dates ( mens BB, womens BB, womens VB) and a facility used 200+ days (BB, hockey, sports shows, car shows, garden shows, circus, concerts , etc.) You know what Jake- they aint going to a facility with no liquor. Check out regional sports facilities: Lucas county arena, Fifth third field,Hara arena, Canal Park,Eastwood stadium,Cavelli center, Nationwide arena, Quick loans, csu convo, Tulio arena (Erie), Wesbanco Arena ( Wheeling). All sell beer. Guess what- decision was made for better or worse at INFO to not sell alcohol and the same would go for arena on campus. Just my two cents. And one has to wonder why Jake is so adamant about this point. You werent even on this board 5 months ago. some of us have been zip fans/area residents for 40+years!!

I see on our gozips schedule link that saturdays game is being broadcast on Time warner cable. Does that mean its available in greater Buffalo only or here in northeast ohio?? Great opportunity for our marketing dept to put their money to good use. If game is being produced bt TWC in Buffalo ( as was the UB/UA basketball game last season), couldnt we pay the cost of uplinking the signal to a satelite and airing it on the local cable 23?? In a different topic, have you all seen that Nov 27 we have both a football game and a basketball game scheduled at home?? Both are down as time TBA . Lets hope the powers that be have the sense to split them up so we can attend both ( and French/Dunn can still broadcast).

Why is coaching staff so tight lipped about injuries. We were misled last year to believe Bain had an injury when in fact he had eligibility/drug issues. This year we could go on and on about our players injuries but never hear their status. Dale Martin, Bain, Torrence, Alex Allen, Almondo Sewell,Matt Rogers now, etc. It goes on and on.... We who are into the Zips want to know their status but we hear NOTHING!!!!!!!!! What is the secrecy? The coaches seem to have an agenda which exludes the fans.

Im convinced that we NEED a coaching change. That being said, JD is still the head coach and deserves repect from his players. Following the Indiana game coach Brookhart was asked about our inability to rush the ball by Joe Dunn. He said something to the effect of Joe Tuzzi gave it 100% but Devoe chose to ignore the play call and he tried to bounce it outside every time he rushed. Hes a very talented kid but he obviously has no discipline. If the play is called off tackle or up the middle thats where you go! Failure to listen to the coaching staff is not and should not be rewarded with increased playing time. We gave Devoe a 2nd chance when few schools would touch him and Im a supporter of his but the kid has to respect his coaches!

Rodgers was starting to play better. Doesn't mean he was good. Just a step above absolute crap. Nicely was a pleasant suprise and I look forward to the next 3.5 years with him.' Lets give Matt Rogers a break. Hes running a play the incredibly uncreative offensive coordinator called. Were it up to him i believe he'd have been running much more 3 games ago. Is/was he our future?- no. But the pressure on a 19yr old given little protection took its toll and gave him zero confidence. He was starting to get some late in first half but in trying to do too much he cost us a score and himself a torn ACL. That being said Nicely appears to have greater poise and reading abilities than either Jacq or Rogers. Hes still an 18yr old so a year of maturity would have been a great luxury if we could have afforded it. But at this point all we can do is be patient and hope for the best from Nicely.

I believe Reno to be a very honorable and loyal guy. But his ultimate loyalty is to his wife and kids. Isnt it possible that he sees the handwriting on the wall that a coaching change is coming ( possibly following season). And hes just removing himself from a bad situation and taking some of the heat off others. In turn he is free to pursue his next career move. In no way am I saying hes running away from situation. But NCAA would look favorably on a pro-active stance which it appears we have .

Look guys- no arguments are wanted here. I dont have a stake in where or IF a convocation center/Arena is built. Im just saying that the ties between Plusquellic and Alexander are tighter than Alexander and Proenza. And after Proenza bought Quaker square without consulting the city I think they made an agreement in principle that it would go there. If it goes on site of central hower in 5 years or so fantastic. my point is youre gong to need very creative financing to accomplish this. Neither the city nor UA can do it alone. Ohio is so much in the red that regents aint gonna give zip to zips. And the bed tax is somewhat tied to the city and JSK center so I dont see them building it on campus. If Im wrong fine. But lets stop the infighting here. Cant we agree to disagree?? Im just glad Tom is pursuing it!