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I see the MAC brought the best officials...

I haven't heard yet.

AKRON BASEBALL SIGNS 13 STUDENT-ATHLETES AKRON, Ohio —University of Akron first-year head baseball coach Chris Sabo signed 13 student-athletes to his first class. "I am pleased to announce our first commitments to the University of Akron baseball program," Sabo said. "The 13 players represent a solid variety of junior college transfers and high school seniors, position players and pitchers. In addition, I'm excited that we have signed a number of strong players from the state of Ohio, a state which we will always have a strong focus on." The class features homegrown talent. Five student-athletes list their hometowns within the state of Ohio, four within a 30-mile radius of campus. Additionally, three incoming Zips hail from Indiana, two from New York, and one each from Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. One signee— junior LHP Austin Gussman (Thornton, Colo.)— is currently enrolled in classes at Akron. Additionally, four are high school seniors, while nine are junior college transfers. Six are listed as pitchers, four as outfielders, and three as infielders. Eleven of the signees played at least one other sport in high school. Nine earned academic honors for sporting a 3.5+ grade-point average. "As we create a new baseball program at Akron, I'm delighted that we have generated interest in student-athletes who share the same vision and passion for The University of Akron as myself and my assistant coaches. These student-athletes will have a lasting legacy at Akron," Sabo added. "I look forward in working with these young men when Akron baseball takes the field in the fall of 2019." Akron baseball returns to competitive play in the spring of 2020 as a member of the Mid-American Conference. 2019 Akron Baseball Commitments Name Pos. B/T Elig. Ht. Wt. Hometown | High School | Previous School Chandler Cannon # RHP R/R R-Jr. 6-0 185 Oregon, Ohio | Clay | McLennan CC Jacob Clark LHP L/L Fr. 6-3 215 Muncie, Ind. | Cowan Austin Domer # OF S/L Jr. 5-9 180 Orrville, Ohio | Orrville | McHenry County CC Colin Doyle RHP/IF R/R Fr. 6-1 220 Westerville, Ohio | St. Francis de Sales Greyson Droste 1B R/R Fr. 6-2 215 Fishers, Ind. | Hamilton Southeastern Zac Granger # OF R/R Jr. 6-2 205 Elmira, N.Y. | Horseheads | Lackawanna College Austin Gussman $ LHP L/L R-Jr. 6-0 190 Thornton, Colo. | Horizon | Iowa Western CC Kaito Hara IF R/R Fr. 5-5 145 Houston, Texas | IMG Academy Jackson Hickert # RHP R/R R-Jr. 6-3 220 Hudson, Ohio | Hudson | Ventura College Jerry Reinhart # IF R/R Jr. 6-0 215 Batavia, N.Y. | Batavia | Lackawanna College Bryant Shellenbarger # OF/1B L/R R-Jr. 6-2 225 Mount Vernon, Ohio | Mount Vernon | Lincoln Trail Conor Steinbaugh # RHP R/R Jr. 6-0 195 Georgetown, Ill. | Georgetown Ridge Farm | Lincoln Trail Roy Thurman # OF R/R Jr. 6-0 200 Indianapolis, Ind. | North Central | Lincoln Trail Bios on each student-athlete is available using the link above

Are football practices open to the public?

ESPN+ is infatuated with Buttfalo. But then again this is the same network that shows Steven Ahole Smith down our throats several times a day.

Gotta learn how to finish

Stupid turnover. And foul

Just found out I'll be working the MAC tournament Saturday, flipped on the TV and the Zips are up on Buffalo. Not a bad night so far...

Former Zip pitcher Daulton Mosbarger is the pitching coach of the Urbana Golden Knights. After the Zips were disbanded Daulton finished his college career with tOSU with a 2-0 record in 5 starts. "He was tabbed a top-50 prospect in Ohio by Prep Baseball Report, after hitting .470 for his career and recorded 16 wins on the mound with 204 career strikeouts. He set the school record with eight triples as a sophomore and set another record with 30 career doubles. https://uublueknights.com/coaches.aspx?rc=134

Nice lead

Lots of empty seats in the lower bowl. And ESPNU is in love with Kent.

He's not even the best now. Baker Mayfield had better numbers this year. Looking at another Browns QB, what could Otto Graham have accomplished if he had today's training and nutrition, could play 16 regular season games a year, and made enough money to stay in the league more than 10 years? Championship games played in prestine conditions? Would he be better suited to today's game than the 40's and 50's? What about Johnny Unitas had those conditions? So many "what ifs", so many changes in the game, it all comes down to opinion. And opinion is often formed by what was seen most recently (or at all).

Is Eric going to see the floor this season?

If I passed him on campus or in town my first impression is that he is a basketball coach. You know what they say about first impressions. LOL

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A club sport is started, coached, operated, and played by students. It's not a sanctioned sport. That doesn't mean that they can't be a whole lot of fun. I went to a lot of club hockey games when the team was well organized and played a regular schedule. Attendance at those games rivaled a lot of the official sports at the university. It was a great time. But there are limits on what the university can do to support them.

Seriously? This is the coach who's better than Terry Bowden? I don't get it. These guys seem underwhelmed as well

A couple of bad calls... Disappointed but still proud of our Zips.

These TV hacks are so far us MSU's ass they can't barely mention there's another team out there. Even up 4-0...

Kind of strange watching "Zips Football with Terry Bowden" Same opening that they used all season. Once the show started, David Skoczen and Joe Dunn referred to the show as "Zips Football Weekly". Then they just mentioned the team looking for a new coach, never mentioned his name.

I'll be there. If there's any seats left, I get out of work at 7:30ish in Canton.

Texas is another hotspot for high school football. Most places in the country draw less fans and students to varsity football games than some of the JV games in the hot spots. We might not get a lot of recruits from Texas (although we were getting quite a few from Florida another hot spot), getting good players from Ohio gets their family and friends to the games. They have support. They can go home on holidays and on weekends in the off season.

We need another experienced college head coach. It was the experienced Bowden who rescued the program from the disaster the inexperienced iCoach left us with. We need anopther experienced college head coach to take it from here. How many rookie head coaches have we lived through between the Zips and the Browns over the decades?

We can talk about population all week, but the simple fact is football is THE sport in Ohio high schools, especially northeast Ohio. It's a northeast Ohio hotbed. The best athletes play football in high school. In other parts of the country, that isn't true.

Mike McCarthy is unemployed now.