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But he was the recruiting coordinator at Notre Dame!... ...a school that doesn't even need a recruiting coordinator

Typical Akron basketball. Would be nice to go a season, or even a few months without drama.

At this point I'm just tired of waiting. UA has to "strike while the iron is hot." Spend $60 million for a football team that won 3 games in 3 years, but a 20+ win basketball team can't get a decent place to play? I know plenty of people will complain about it being downtown. It isn't a big deal.

The JAR can be better. But it will never be bigger. Never have that big-time feel the Zips need to get to the next level. Unless they find a way to magically add an upper deck and 4k more seats. Most ideas people have would result in an even smaller arena.

Always felt that would be the best option. We already have very nice team meeting rooms and locker rooms located at the JAR. Unfortunately UA seems to be taking the lazy route and directing their efforts to renovating our glorified high school gymnasium. (Although most high school gyms are probably nicer) So keep putting lipstick on that pig UA.

Shooting 24% fg and 7% from 3pt land. I think someone blindfolded could shoot better than that. Lost to Toledo, Can't, and now down by almost 10 to a directional Michigan school. Embarrassing.

How many rivals/scout stars = beast mode?

Definitely looks better and is more mobile friendly. I agree it needs some Zips logos and colors, but I know it's probably not the easiest process.

It was great to see Kwan put up solid numbers tonight. The problem though is we see it very often a guy goes for 15, 20, 30 pts and think he's had a "break out" game. Then next outing scores nothing. It's a product of a balanced offense, but we need to see some consistency.

Unfortunately I think our women's team is more entertaining than the men's team. Wouldn't even be surprised to see them beat the men. Maybe that would at least give KD's team some motivation.

Didn't Pitt lose to cupcake Youngstown State a few years ago? Personally I don't think FBS schools should ever play FCS schools. I get that the money helps their football program, but is it really beneficial to the FBS school? I'd much rather them schedule an exhibition game or something as a tune-up for the season, similar to basketball.

It pulls the numbers from ticketmaster, which I believe isn't really accurate. I doubt we see more than 4,000 at the game.

Starting watching in the second quarter. Unfortunately Zeke looked a bit lost out there. He had a wide open dunk, but other than that has been pretty nonexistent.

Great play at the end of regulation. Wow...

Zips playing uninspired lazy basketball right now. Unless they can make a run, I don't see them winning...

A fan base that gets 45,000 to show up for a primetime game, and almost last in the NFL in attendance after one bad year. Embarrassing. That's about as "fair weather" as you can get.

Brandon Weeden beat Luck and RG3 (in College) Colt McCoy beat Tom Brady and Drew Brees (in the NFL) Just saying...

Down 16-5 right now. Zips came to play tonight!!

If he wins the MAC championship in 2014 or 2015 he's gone. It's very unlikely the Zips would be that good, but can't say it's a guarantee he will stay until he retires.

Not to get off track and make this a "Browns thread" but I feel that they've been in the "lose small" phase for a long time. For most of the games the past two years they have had leads in the second half, only to blow it. The defense may have talent, but they don't make stops when they need to. Specifically on 3rd down and late in the 4th quarter. I mean, they gave up a hail mary touchdown on 3rd and long against the Bears. Good defenses don't do that! I don't think the Browns try to hit a homerun by drafting a QB, because they never make the "exciting" pick. They never get the Cam Newton, RG3, Luck, Russell Wilson type QB's. They try to overthink the position and get a steal. Guys like Frye, Quinn, McCoy, and Weeden. Right now I put Bortles in that same group. He may win some games but he'll never be the reason a team wins the Superbowl.

I just think guys like Jim Tressel want to be on the sidelines. We've seen it before, even with Terry Bowden. Eventually they get that "itch" back and want to return to what they love doing. He cannot coach for 5 years. He can stay until that runs out, but then will leave for a big coaching gig. That's the main reason I don't think he'd take the president job permanently. Wouldn't make much sense to name a guy President if he'll only be around for 2-3 years. Both Tressel and Bowden know that there's better places to be than Akron. We're not going to be in any BCS bowls or polishing that crystal ball anytime soon. Best we can do is hope they make the most of their time at UA and make our school better.

I'm just sick and tired of watching awful Browns QB's year after year. I don't have much faith they will ever find a good one, but I can at least get excited about guys like Manziel and Bridgewater. They are exciting to watch and have big-play ability. More than can be said about Bortles and Carr.

I think the refs need to let these teams play. Way too many fouls being called. Neither team is going to get into rhythm that way... With style of basketball we play, I say the constant stoppages in play put us at a disadvantage.

Most mocks have Cleveland taking Bortles or Derek Carr at #7. Both would be awful and probably not even worth a high 1st round pick. So very typical Browns draft picks!

Probably an overreaction, but at 15-15 it seemed like the Zips were sleepwalking. Something happens every season. Luckily they stepped up and went on a huge run we knew they were capable of.