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He's not only a bad coach, he is stubborn as hell. He has a game plan, he sticks to it, and REFUSES to make adjustments. First of all as bad as Nicely and Moore are, they are not Pro style offense QB's. They both flourish out of the shotgun, especially with a line that gives you one second to pass. By the time our QB's drop back they have 4-5 defenders ready to hit them and receivers draped with coverage. Second, we have a talented RB but he cannot run up the gut without a line. The defenses we face KNOW where he's running and know they stop it. Resulting in 1 yard runs. Was it any surprise that the 1 time 44 ran to the outside he picked up 30+? I guarantee that wasn't a designed run to the outside. Chances are he was supposed to run up the gut and said hell with it, gained 30 yards and probably got yelled at by Ianello on the sideline.

The prediction is pretty easy based on the first two games.Cincy +40Akron -3take a guess where I got those numbers! I mean i've really been impressed with coach's Run-Run-IncompletePass-Punt offense. I only wonder...if the Browns had used that last week maybe we would've beat the Bungels.

He got us 3 points in 2 games. If I were him I would have stayed in Juco, I'm sure the coaches are smarter there...

MODERATOR EDIT: {Unnecessary comment deleted .. other fans are welcome here.}Looking at our Schedule we're going to be 7-9 heading into MAC play. Just by the guesses as to who we play in the 2k tournament.for the rest of the OOCJohn Carroll - WHiram - WDetroit - WWVU - LMT - WCSU - LArkansas PB - WFlorida A&M - WYSU - LNC A&T - WVCU - LMarshall - L

I'm sure most have seen these already, but they have to be some of the coolest uniforms ever! C'mon Akron get with it!!!!!!

Had to bring this back up, since I found a cool graphic online. I'm in no way taking credit for this. But these are by far the best Zips uniforms I've seen designed. Glad that we have some talented Zips fans! Gotta love the 3 different helmets, 3 jerseys, and 3 pants. Really giving us a lot of combos, like Oregon and Maryland. Maybe if we had worn something sick like this we would have scared OSU off the field haha

She's better qualified to be Ak's AD than Wistrcill So Wistrcill is calling the plays for the Zips? woah that's cool

The one bright spot we can take from the game..... Our kicker is a good as OSU's kicker. lol Our punter is better! have we seen their punter yet? hahaha nope, that's my point! Ours has had some nice punts, while OSU's punter is being lazy and sitting on the bench. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in street clothes during the second half, why even suit up if you're not going to contribute!!!!

The one bright spot we can take from the game..... Our kicker is a good as OSU's kicker. lol Our punter is better!

Is it just me, or has out PUNTING been fantastic this game. I'm in awe at how amazing they have been. It's like giving me hope we can win this game. If Oregon had punts like us maybe they would have won the Championship last year. Touchdowns are overrated, punting wins championships. Fear the Punt

The two rushing zips defenders decided to tackle each other instead of going after him. We're not playing to win, we're playing to not lose by 50. Coach I does not want to win this game, and it's pretty obvious since the first series. Run Run Incomplete Pass Punt It's like watching Brian Daboll's offense for the Browns last year!!! Only we don't have a good O-line or Running back...

when's the next soccer game? Soccer is gay Why did they not go for it on 4th. This has to be the most conservative play calling I've ever seen. Run-Run-IncompletePass-Punt let OSU score, repeat. I feel like it's 50-0 already

Not sure what coach is thinking. These play calls are terrible, Oline is playing terrible, defense can't tackle or cover no chance in this game, maybe we'll be good next year...

Shock the World Zips! ...score more than 2pts this time

Right here is one (THE?) reason that when I read the threads about moving the the Big East, I generally have the "careful what you wish for," thought. I'd rather stay in the MAC and dominate this conference every year. We'd have consistent, perhaps annual, Top 25 rankings, even if no real chance at winning the national championship. But that's fine w/ me. My grand vision for Akron football is lower-eschelon Top 25. And we'd be packing the Info & everyone would know who/where Akron is (even though I guess LBJ's already accomplished this one). Become the Boise State of the MAC. Boise State translated their success into moving to a better conference. Akron needs to get to C-USA if your "grand vision" is to happen. I don't have anything against C-USA, except for greater travel time/expense. But we don't need C-USA for lower-tier Top 25 rankings. We just need to win out in the MAC. I'd be happy if we could win more than one game in the MAC honestly...

I think I saw you post this on ESPN.com. Love how you called them "red & silver" it REALLY pisses off OSU fans, which is hilarious. I've noticed something about the comments about the game over there. If you post something like "Go zips!" or "fear the roo" they will respond with a paragraph trashing akron and everything about our university and city. Just shows how low class they all are.

I love being on National TV! But.....this means the whole nation will see us get embarrassed, not good publicity.

A "radio host" on WKNR this morning smashed the Zips pretty hard. Said they had no chance in hell and would probably lost by over 70 pts. I think his name was Aaron? Not to mention he went on repeatedly bashing our program as the "worst" in the country. Apparently he thought that every D1, D2, and D3 team is better as well. Thankfully Tony Rizzo was quick to stand up for Akron and at least someone in the Cleveland media has our back. I rarely don't listen to WKNR but I found it interesting that the Aaron guy that was bashing Akron into the ground, is actually facing a suspension from the station due to an incident with a HS football coach. Classy Guy! Now I know most of the media would say that Akron has no chance. But I really don't care! We won't win, I know that but I just hope we show up to play!

That's about right

It's going to be 31-9 with OSU taking the win....you can take those numbers to Vegas. I hate the Suckeyes more than any team on earth, but I really don't see how a 1 win team has a chance. Well technically OSU is a 0 win team, but you know what I mean haha. Has anyone else noticed how OSU fans are jumping all over "the U" because of the scandal going down. I just find it ironic they were the FIRST ones to make fun of Miami. Just shows how classy they are!!

Any idea where it is located? Hopefully it didn't take the place of the Sizzling Zone or Market. Those where two of my favorite places. Best scenario is if they moved into the vacant Planet Underground space near the commuter lounge.

If you'd rather be realistic, why don't you start by forming some realistic opinions about the basketball team. I said we'd finish 2-3rd in the MAC east, probably behind Can't and OU. After I see the schedule I will be able to predictions of the season record. Just remember last year I predicted our ooc record and got it EXACTLY right. It's just common sense that you can't be saying "sweet 16" before you have even seen this team play against a legitimate opponent. I'm just as big of Zips fan as anyone else, but it's just not realistic I'm sorry.

We're going to be a 2-3 place MAC east team this year, I'm sorry. Like I said everyone is being way too optimistic. You've watch them practice and scrimmage. Against who? THEMSELVES! That's means nothing sorry to say. I heard on WKNR that the Browns had a great training camp today. Should I get my superbowl tickets now??? Wouldn't you think that if a team was this "good" they might be getting some media attention? I don't hear anything about them. Aside from one camera guy at a Zips practice and a handful of fans. Wouldn't we be in some sort of preseason poll? and no the midmajor poll does not count. YOu can't use the excuse "people don't know about them", because if they were really that good they would know. I'm sorry to be negative, but it's the truth. You guys will enter the season expecting them to dominate, they'll lose to some lowly midmajor and everyone will be blaming KD. We MIGHT have a chance to beat one big school and that's all. You can't compare this to soccer for a lot of reasons. Our soccer program has been strong since the 80s if not earlier. They have had years of success and we knew they would be good based on the previous year. Basketball is different because we we're pretty bad last year. We almost lost to freaking YSU, and lost to every single big school we played. We needed 2OVERTIMES to get to the 3rd freakin' round of the MAC tournament. That's right the MAC! One of the worst conferences in the country. Say what you want about my opinions, but I'd rather be realistic as opposed to many people that are just going to end up disappointed because they are so overly optimistic.

They uploaded some photos on the UA Men's basketball facebook page. Looks pretty cool if you ask me! If only the rest of the JAR looked this cool...Can't even imagine this is in the same building

I don't want to be a buzzkill, but remember how that season turned out? the Indians finished dead last sadly. Also, we were all overhyped for the Zips 2009 football season too, and that ended with a terrible record and JD getting fired. Also what happened the last time we made the tourney? We were supposed to be amazing the next year after adding Zeke and didn't even get in. No offense but there's only so much faith you can put into the opinions of people on message boards. We are all Zips fans and tend to be overly optimistic about our teams, but really we don't work for ESPN or are pro scouts. We can't really judge talent by watching a few practices and reading analysis on here. I love that people are excited, but be realistic. We'll be lucky to make the tournament, and even if we did I can't see us going past the first round.