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Texas lost. Also of note, Sports Illustrated has Akron playing Tulsa in the Quicklane Bowl dec. 28 at Ford field in Detroit. But first lets take care of business tomorrow with Senior day against Can't

Great performance by zips so far! Still wondering if our lack of proficiency at the line will cost us with all the fouls we're seeing in this second half.

reveiwing some of Dr Scarboughs state of the U speech today, he gave a presentation on Marketing and capital campaign plans for October, november , and december. Item 2 was JAR phase 1 Capital Project. Does anyone know specifics here? Is that simply the new paint scheme or is there more to it?

i have to throw my vote ( as if it matters) to Thomas Woodson for our starter after today. With Kyle Pohl still in the mix pending his condition. Who ever thought wed get 626 yards in a single game? It looked bad early on both in terms of execution and penalties, but it sure turned around (what changed?)and we shut down the penalties and the Tigers. Lastly did you guys catch the announced attendance? 16,763!

I know not many of you have Time Warner cable, but my schedule guide shows the Akron -Oklahoma game is on channel 320 FSCS at 7pm with a subscription price of $8.99

Steve French on his weekly chat on Joe Dunns radio show said UA dropping baseball may open the floodgates. That while no one wanted to be the first to drop any sport, others may well follow now. and we cant read much into our "avg attendance" of 251, since we dont charge admission. Even though we do in football,softball, M/W soccer, M/W basketball, and even volleyball and swimming.

While it's very regrettable to lose any sport, remember baseball has no stadium and brought in zero revenue. Even the hockey club and women's swimming and soccer bring in more than that. They faced spending money on a baseball facility or this. Perhaps it can be revived as was wrestling at Cleveland state.

Just heard joe Dunn reporting from Chicago on 1350. He said pat forsythe had to get several stitches in lip after game and did NOT practice today. Jake however did practice. Visited a chiropractor and is feeling 100% better so he's back Saturday for sure. Hopefully the big guy -Pat as well!

Do they even know it's not on? Frenchy and joe are wearing headsets and talking! How does this happen?

Another comparable arena, the gentile center at Loyola of Chicago. It was an oversized high school gym very similar to the JAR. In 2011 they renovated it into a cozy 4500 seat arena with a full concourse behind the seats and great sight lines. This may be too small for UA but it was done in 6 months for just 8.5 million. And it got Loyola invited to the Missouri valley conference- a big step up from the horizon league

I'm not ready to give up on season but the next week which looked so promising is looking like the football season. Portland state defeated USC today. Thursday would have been a nice win over a big name school. We'll see

What is tiebreaker ? Head to head result?

We obviously don't know what status is of QBs. But does anyone know what happened to Dorazio (2 catches for 10yards) or Bickley (DNP) at Ball st, and what their status is for BG game?. To me Zack Dorazio has been our most dependable and consistent receiver (until Saturday).

How do we access this monthly newsletter? Was it on line or mailed out? Also, does anyone follow BJ Gladden on twitter? Did you see his comments today? Could he be the next to leave? He showed some good potential as a raw freshman.

The nutter center comparison is a good one. Not a dedicated 200x85 hockey floor but it can be used for hockey, ice shows, indoor football, etc. also , don't forget when comparing sites, the q and wolstein are not always available when an act tours the area. That's how the JAR held some bigger acts ( nickel back, matchbox 20) just a couple years ago. They might prefer 20000 or 14000 seats but if the facilities not available they'll use a 10k arena. A side note on this issue. A public hearing was held today with city council on the proposed sales tax. All positives. 15 people spoke for it, no opponents spoke. Another hearing is scheduled for next monday

GP1 -the median household income in summit county is 47,900, not 30K. and the arena is not a "zips basketball complex" as you call it. It will hold 70- 90 events a year (20 zip games are just over a quarter of those). I may not be "clamoring " for another venue but would welcome an alternative to going to cleveland or toledo or pittsburgh for concerts. dont fool yourself, zip basketball wont always be good. Whats the sense in waiting to build an arena in 10-15 years when it will cost 130 million and the zips will be winning 8 games a year? this may well fail but i dont get why youre so negative toward the idea. I say the pluses outwigh the negatives.

Thanks John. Glad to here it. I saw the box scores in MAC tourney and he did not play against Can't or BUffalo. Perhaps he hit the wall. I still remember coach Rem recruiting Matt Gebacz out of Hoban only to quit after a month. I was afraid the same had happened with Iero.

Great year for zips baseball, with all the distractions (weather, coaching suspension, etc). Was wondering what happened to our top recruit- Dom Iero from Hoover. Great PG and QB and he chose to play baseball for UA but haven't heard mention of him since really early in the year.

Coach rembelak will be back in the dugout on Monday. And congrats to team on making MAC tournament!

Congrats HT! First banquet I've missed in a few years. Just curious.....any mention of recruits, facilities, etc. in KDs speech?

Does his commit mean Robothom is out of the picture?

I think you meant to say Cristen Wilson. How did the two of them look size wise?

I saw on twitter this morning Jake was getting his finger checked/ x-rayed. Anyone have info on his status- was it his shooting hand? Hard to believe stat- We win this game partly because we shot 75% from the free throw line vs 67% for EMU. When was last time we outshot anyone from the line in a close game.

It needs to be clarified, tonight's game vs Eastern Michigan is NOT an ESPN broadcast. It's a TWSC (time Warner sports channel) production. As a service to non TWC subscribers they make to broadcast available to espn. I understand some people don't get TWC for whatever reason. As for me I do and I never lose cable or Internet so I have never considered switching providers. But if I had this might be an incentive to switch back to TWC. We have more road games televised now than ever and I appreciate that. As for the athletic department not promoting that the games are on TV, I think they want us to get out and go to the game instead of staying home and watching on TV. I think Michael reghi does a good job, I dust don't like looking at his hairline on camera.

I was listening also and Steve's comment was basically directed toward all those supposed zip fans who have jumped off the bandwagon and/or are slamming the team. They've lost a ton of players to the draft and they've got a 1st year coach and yet they're 9-3, ranked, and just beat top 10 wake forest- yet look at the crowd! Porter is gone but the zips still are playing soccer- pretty well other than the loss to hartwick. This is like all the criticism dambrot gets even though he keeps winning 20plus games and making it to Mac championship game. I agree with French-zips nation has evolved into mostly negativity and pessimism (my apologies to the better posters). That's everyone's right but some of us don't want to hear it.