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How do you play defense when they call a foul every time! Glad KD is sticking up for his team!

They are Horizon refs, the outcome of the Akron vs Duq game is irrelevant to them. By they will hand Valpo this one. HAD to mute these squeaky voiced idiots "ahh we knew Valpo would keep this one close" yeah right...

and yet we're not playing too well against a bad Valpo team...it's too close for comfort

These announcers are terrible! Talk about homers... Go nuts when Valpo gets the ball and everytime Akron scores they say "oh well just a size advantage"

No loophole that I see. These are all 4th year students. Not only would they have to sit out, but they would run out of eligibility once they were done sitting. What about Russel Wilson of Wisc? Isn't there a rule you can transfer, play in your 5th year without sitting out as long as you already got your degree at the previous school? I could be completely wrong but just throwing out that example. I really doubt we'd be able to get that large of an amount of players from ND and they would all be able to play right away. Even if we did, it only serves as a 1-year Philadelphia Eagles-like fix. Stack with players that don't mesh well and backfires. I've talked to Gerry several times and he never mentions anything. Just an overall positive guy and great person that loves UA. If anything the arena and conference talks are a lot more intriguing but really don't believe them much.

Why? In the Preseason Coaches Poll, West Virginia received 13 votes, Mississippi State 11. Our win is every bit as impressive as theirs. And both wins were equally as convincing. People at Can't State say that their wrestler's national championship overshadows ours. So of course they would think that a win over WV is better than anything the Zips have every accomplished in any sport.

I was feeling good about this season until I heard about Can't winning. Pretty much makes our win over Mississippi State meaningless and will be overlooked by their win. Now I feel like we'll end up being a mediocre team, and like every year the MAC tournament is all that matters.

I'm glad they didn't get much press. I actually dislike them just as much as Can't, and I'd like to think we have a better chance of gaining the northeast ohio fanbase. Aside from a good sized arena, there's nothing about them I can like. Although I feel like we will probably lose to them...

I think we got lucky against MSU that they missed a lot of their 3's. If they started hitting them we would have lost the game.

Unless we could some how convince a big name coach to come in here, we will be losing immediately. Obviously someone who has won in the past but just let go at their school, Tressel? I'm not saying it will ever happen, but that is the only way. If anyone hears TW talk about football his first topic is grades. I understand this is the most important part, but all he says is we're winning off the field and we got a plan in place and progressing to win on the field. Could be just me but I see ZERO progress.

I like people who can apologize. But the poster was wrong thinking you should research something in his post before your respond. Sarcasm and humor are not always understood in the printed form. that is why we have icons (smiley faces and others) to let the random reader understand. Oh yea...what about "at"?? As in "where are you at??" That is the one people from the Midwest butcher the most.I've never been a fan of using smiley faces when conversing with other dudes hahaI wouldn't want another zipsnation member to think I'm winking at them

It's a quote from Blades of Glory. You can't call someone stupid just because you didn't get the reference. Actually a 2 second Google search would have helped you.I'm not sure where my other bad grammar of "they are" and "their" or "too and to" was located? I think you should watch what you say.Did I say everything correctly for you? or should I refund my UA Degree?

Akron vs. SEC? gotta go with a loss just for that reason.

Everyone, please refrain from Can't bashing for a minute. Can anyone give me a good reason why this is the case? It makes no sense to me.It's really pretty simple:Can't had a better record last season than the Zips, Can't ended last season with an RPI of #67 to the Zips' #101, and Can't lost only one starting player while the Zips lost two starters. Both teams have added a couple of good transfers.Like it or not, Can't has another strong team that will probably be even more athletic this season than last, so the Zips will have to perform at a high level to beat them.What makes no sense is...why would anyone even want to play for the freaking school? it's mind bottling

Any word on the gift this year? I know last year they gave out bobbleheads which were pretty cool. The bobbleheads from this year were football related if I remember seeing online, with zippy in a Heisman pose. So, I doubt they'd give those out for bball. Something I think that would be cool is replica jerseys. Now hear me out, the Indians did this last year and they obviously weren't high quality. But to the casual fan I doubt it will make a difference.These giveaways are genius for the simple fact that what they give away usually isn't something you can buy in stores. Such as soccer scarves and bobbleheads. Replica jerseys are something along those lines that would be in high demand and exclusive to ticket holders.

Forget what I just said. You're right, Big Zip, they are silver. I just saw the link to GoZips.com. Alright, yeah, very odd. Oh, well, whatever. Still pretty cool, I guess? Idk, I want to see alternate GOLD unis. We haven't had them since Dru, Wood & Rome played.I'm surprised they went with silver, but they actually have had it in striping on the shorts since they switched to Nike. It's kind of the craze now to add another color to a school. Oregon added black, silver and "volt", OK State and Syracuse added silver, Arizona State added black, WVU added black, etc. It's something the football team should have done a long time ago! Traditionalists will have a tough time adjusting, but the younger generations will find these awesome.

Akron's new home duds!in case anyone wanted to seeCall me crazy but the numbers and letters almost look silver. Could just be the lighting? Not really happy they kept the same stripes on the shorts from last year, but the giant Z on the shorts is pretty cool. Hopefully they keep "akron" on the blues and maybe they bring back the gold alternates this year....or maybe the rumored black jerseys? would be sickthey better be selling the new Akron lebrons for this season somewhere!

Like I've said, this team is not as good as people on here like to pretend it is. They'll be playing .500 basketball at mid season and you'll be calling for KD's job. I'd like to see them succeed more than anyone, but having these unrealistically high expectations is not a good idea. Of course you'd give the "It's too early to judge" comments but oh well.Also very disappointed in the new uniformsGreat job on the MAC-Sports.com video feed

I agree building a bigger arena shows a desire to make it to a bigger stage. Unlike stadiums, an arena cannot expand. If people see a new arena being built with 5000 like BG did, it sends the message that they are getting ready to be a mediocre team in the MAC for a long time. Although we are a mediocre team, I'd like to think that someday they would like to be more.

So C-USA and the Mountain West are looking to merge together. Crap schools like SMU and Houston are getting invites to the Big East, and our great school is..........doing absolutely nothing! Really makes me proud, this is one of the most crucial times in college sports history and we're destined to drop to D2. fantastic

I love these 1 yard runs with under 5min left. Ianello is a genious!!! NO one saw that coming, catch them off guard. Might as well take a knee there, no one would expect that either ...and moore is terrible! He had a wide open wr in the endzone and overthrew it, then fumbled the next play.

I'm glad UA is so preoccupied by adding curvy sidewalks, planting bushes, and adding sitting steps...really? Good thing they don't care about building a new arena or producing a winning football team. Those new bushes will really put in the national spotlight! Hopefully the 20 fans that go to watch football games will enjoy looking at them as they walk back to the parking lots...

FIU 45 Akron 3 In front of 200 fans. I'm one of the biggest Zips fans you'll find, but I'm not stepping a foot near a football event until Ianello is fired...

Is Rob Ianello coaching this team? oh wait nevermind we got 2 pts, he can't even do that hahaha

The problem I have is, no matter how good these players are why would they want to play in Akron. I can't see a guy putting on an Akron hat in front of the press saying "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to win 4 games during my 4 year career with the Zips" I actually know a football player from western PA. Very talented and had looks from ACC and Big East schools. Said he considered Akron, but his response was something along the lines of...Stadium and facilities were awesome, but they are just too bad. Disappointing, but that right there sums up what High School athletes think of our program. I'd say what they look for in general are: Winning Tradition Stadium Uniforms Now I know the forth one may be surprising, but I doubt it's a coincidence that Oregon gets so many talented players. It's obviously something that get's a school noticed. Out of those 4 criteria, I say all we have going for us is the stadium....