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Everyone has a different take on what is important. For me, beating BG and Ohio is more important than beating Penn State. To win the East, you've got to beat those two plus the rising Miami. To win the conference, you are probably going to have to beat a tough Toledo team in Detroit. The potential of winning those games is what makes me tick.

As a mid-major, beating the number 6 team in the country only carries weight if you win the rest of your games. If you don't it goes down in history in the category of "fluke" or "overrated team exposed".

Totally disagree. Winning a conference championship is infinitely more important.

Discussing my uninformed answers below: Zips lose by 32 or less. I think the Nits jump on the Zips quickly and put the game away early. Akron will pad stats and score a couple times in garbage time while Penn State looks ahead to avenge the 2016 loss versus Pitt. 42-10 Zips rush for 130 or more. The Nits will stuff the run when it counts but their 3rd team will give up some yards and scores. Kinda repeating what I said above. Akron will get 2 or 3 fumbles, sacks or interceptions. No justification for this pick. Shot in the dark. Looking at the votes cast so far, I would say Zips fans' are pretty much in agreement on how this game is going to go. Where are the extreme views from both fringes?

I hated the sound it made.

So, you're taking the Zips and the points?

That's pretty funny, though.

Actually, I could see a qb possessing the skills to long snap. Maybe more teams should try it.

I have been waiting for this one!

You'll like WB34's TD dance. . .

SPOILER ALERT BELOW! Kyle Ritz with the nipple tweak touchdown dance.

The unsung hero on the 2015 defense was Rodney Coe.

Another thing I cannot wait to see is how Poke has developed over the off season. Oh yeah, Mr. Ivey too.

I am expecting big things from Utomi. The slim down is just a bonus. He was approaching a real breakout last season.

A good bonus question would have been Brian Bell: On or off the sidelines for Penn State?

If that happens, I will be the happiest person in Ashland County.

Absolutely! Many times when a Zip player makes a great play I find myself sitting there wondering what phone they prefer!

My guess is that Iowa State's unis look like Southern Cal's?

Apple versus Windows. Does that mean iPhone versus Droid or Macintosh versus IBM PC? Does it really have anything to do with Microsoft at all or is it just one of the dumbest questions I've ever heard?

I think you will find there are no other kind. Very unlikely, but if you should happen to find a host who is not cordial, please point them out to us so we can ostracize them.

Consider me from Missouri on this one.

OK, OK, OK. . . Here you see the power of the pen. A well written piece on a Zips player gets the blood flowing through the body of the fan reading it. I lapped up those words like a starving Amishman at a $2.99 buffet. This is where the Beacon Journal has failed the University for years and years and countless years. There are many stories to be told every season that could potentially pique the interest of the fabled Joe Akron but they are never told. The University, the staff, the players and the local media outlets all need to come together and realize how important and integral in-depth coverage is to developing any type of fan base for our football product. Same goes for basketball. Build it and they will come has proven not to be the case. Just win baby, has not filled the JAR. You know, back when NASCAR was popular, the costs of being the title sponsor of were rising rapidly. I remember watching a segment on Inside NASCAR about these costs and that the payout to the race teams to be, for example, the Robert Yates Racing #88 UPS Ford driven by Dale Jarrett were extremely high, but UPS needed to spend an amount equal to the sponsorship activating it. United Parcel had to run an advertising campaign surrounding the sponsorship to get any mileage out of the first chunk of money spent. Kinda the old "if a tree falls in the forest but no one is there to hear it" deal. The potential for return on investment was much much larger than the NASCAR community. Millions of dollars were spent on commercials like this, run on non-NASCAR broadcasts to catch people's attention. It's an apples and oranges comparison, but who is activating the investments UA has made in their athletic program? How much should UA spend? How much coverage should the BJ provide? They should have a vested interest in the success of the local University. How much responsibility falls on us to demand it? Can't wait for the next CK Zips article. Love it. Ready to buckle my chin strap and get after it. Go Zips!