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Zips Offense 6, GW 6 Zips Special Teams 11, GW 4 (2 XP, 3 FG) Zips D 6, GW 0 Zips 23, GW 10 The Offense's TD will be set p by the D or Special Teams. We will miss XP, or FG.

Enrollment tops 29K Enrollment up ABJ "This fall, 29,291 students are studying at the University of Akron, 4.8 percent more than last year. That includes 4,796 freshman, the largest freshman class in the university's history and a 5.6 percent increase over last year's first-year class."

Wait -- OMG I finally agree with GP1 on something. Nicely does remind me of Frye---- always running for his life right from the snap.

With Team's Reaction to Defeat

I had to sit thru that and listen to my wife and two kids tell me "they're pathetic" and "what a waste of money this is" and how "it's the same every year." and "a high school team could beat the Zips." I have season tickets so UA can count us for every game for this year... however, the wife and kids will probably not be coming along after that pitiful perfromance. And I can't justify the expense next year... I was laid off two years ago and scrambled then. I was lucky and found work. This year my wife lost her job and we're scrambling again. 5 illegal formations in a row? C'mon. on a funny note.... maybe we should join the NEW MAC FAR EAST Conference? MAC - FAR EAST

Yup.. got the letter too.... sent to alumni..... the day before the game.. .brilliant --- people plan weekends in advance... not 24 hrs before....

http://www.ohio.com/sports/102089148.html

That's not fire... .that's hemerroids Doug!

well excuse me for being dyslexic... 4-3!!!

Two "Dont's" for a successful season 1. "Don't Beat Yourselves." Turnovers, penalties. dropped balls etc., missed FG XP's. 2. Don't Play Scared play to win vs not to lose I think Ianello plays to win this one and runs the ball (successful or not) to shorten the game.... it will be closer than we think. The defense will hold their own -- new scheme 4-3 will slow Cuse running game and force them to the air where they did not look comfortable in the last few years. I say Zips win a nail biter -- 27-24

I wondered that too. I've heard of Southern Methodist...Presbyterian...Texas Lutheran...but I've never heard of "Catholic University"? He may have attended The National Catholic University, in Washington, D.C.. They play football in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, whose members are Divison III, and all in Virginia or North Carolina. One of them, Roanoke defeated Akron for the NCAA College Division basketball title back in 1970 in Evansville, IN. The answer is no.... Article at the bottom of the article: • Five FBS coaches did not play college football at all. Despite watching the games from the stands, Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson, Duke's David Cutcliffe and Louisiana Tech's Sonny Dykes are considered offensive gurus, even if they have vastly different philosophies. The others are UNLV's Bobby Hauck and Akron's Rob Ianello. (Interestingly, Hauck's brother, Tim, played in the NFL for more than a decade as a defensive back.) The fraternity of coaches who never saw the field shrank this offseason with the firings of Mike Leach, Charlie Weis and Mark Mangino.

please.... less butts in seats is a false premise. There is no "choice" for average Joe Sportsfan. He's not deciding whether to go to the Info/JAR or watch on STO. He doesn't know/care UA exists. It's possible butts in seats might actually go up if the Zips put on a good show. Joe sees a game on STO and he and his buddies decide to come to a game or two..... Being on TV elevates the perception of the program... now we need to take advantage -- something with which UA constantly struggles.

How about the fact that Buffalo, WMU and Ohio will have coach's shows.... what do we have? Hear the crickets chirping????

MAC Sports .com 9/11/10 2:00pm Eastern Michigan at Miami University (produced by ONN) 10/9/10 3:30pm Akron at Can't State 10/23/10 3:30pm Western Michigan at Akron (produced by University of Akron) 10/30/10 4:00pm Toledo at Eastern Michigan 11/20/10 2:00pm Eastern Michigan at Buffalo 11/26/10 2:00pm Buffalo at Akron

sure we can emulate them... we can put blue turf in the Info....

Zips to CUSA in this scenario: Article "So the six schools in C-USA's East Division, plus Tulane need a place to go. Well, this is where Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee fit in. Realistically you could stop there with a 9 school league and it would work. However, Conference USA should be a 12 team league with a conference championship game. So they add Temple, Toledo, and Northern Illinois. Temple brings the Philadelphia market, to an extent. Toledo brings the Toledo and Detroit markets, to an extent. Northern Illinois brings the Chicago market, to an extent. Sure not everyone in those cities are gonna be brought in because of those three schools, but the market is there. A division of Marshall, Memphis, Toledo, Northern Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee fits alright. Then a division of Temple, East Carolina, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB, and UCF. Now doing this drops the MAC down to 10 schools. The MAC should have a 12 team league and a conference championship game, right? Maybe. If it wants to push to be a player nationally then yes. If it just wants to be a regional conference that stays put, then it does not need the conference championship game. So let's say the MAC opts on a 12 team league, who do you add? Sure there would be rumors of Youngstown State and even Southern Illinois moving up. There would be rumors of trying to get Army and Navy to join, which is not going to happen. This becomes a big problem for the MAC. Who can you lure into your conference? The MAC has thrived for years and years, mainly due to it's smaller footprint the fact that most schools have things in common. I'm afraid their best bet in this scenario is to stay at 10 or try to bring in Youngstown State and Southern Illinois. Of course it could be worse. I could present the notion that with all the moves the Big East decides to go to 12 schools and takes the likes of UCF, Memphis, and Temple. That would mean Conference USA would need three other MAC schools and probably take Miami University, Ohio University, and Akron. That leaves the MAC in serious trouble, having lost 6 of 13 football playing schools, and needed to add one or two schools just to stay afloat. Now if Rick Chryst was still the commissioner of the MAC, I would turn it the other way and say that Conference USA would be the one in trouble if UCF, Memphis, and Temple go to the Big East. This would mean that the MAC would likely expand to 14 schools with Toledo and Northern Illinois staying. Coming in would be two schools that were to be in this new Conference USA. The schools in contention would be Marshall, Western Kentucky, and Middle Tennessee. Something tells me Marshall would be the one sitting on the outside looking in, unless a current MAC school leaves for one reason or another........decides to go Independent (very unlikely) or drops down a level in football (not likely but more likely than the other reason listed). This drops Conference USA to a 10 team league. Now they need to go after Louisiana Tech and someone else from the SBC. Wow, is your head spinning from reading all of this? Good, now go get a six pack,

Jarvis Link Didn't he commit to Akron as a grey shirt and then switch to Can't when Martin offered a scholly? Funniest line in the article: "If Jarvis can stay healthy all year, he has a chance to end his career as one of the greatest players in the history of Can't State's football program." They used the words "best" and "Can't State" all in the same sentence.

Of course, this fails to give us credit for either time UC visited Akron (assuming they're remembering the 1996 Va Tech game). Va Tech UC Indiana UConn -- were they Big East yet?

Rivals Link Syracuse at Akron, Sept. 4: MAC teams are hosting just three Big Six opponents this season and all three games are on this list (the others are Arizona-Toledo and Connecticut-Temple, which we will discuss in a minute). This will be the first game for new Zips coach Rob Ianello, who had been an assistant at Notre Dame for the past five seasons. Akron is expected to be a MAC bottom-feeder, which means a Big East team should beat the Zips. But how good is Syracuse going to be? The Orange are breaking in a new quarterback and hoping their secondary plays a lot better than it did last season. Syracuse is just the third Big Six school to play at Akron since the Zips moved to Division I-A (now known as FBS) in 1987.

me too Lot 9 again this year.

Me too... 20 yr Season Ticket Holder have choices of Lot #'s 73, 8 etc. 3 is across Exchange at Buchtel Field... 8 is behind the Rec Center.... and still had to pay 2X as much for parking as last year!

Predictions "Finally, in a shocker, the Akron Zips, led by recruiting wizard Rob Ianello, beat the Syracuse Orangemen in Akron, Ohio for one of the most thrilling upsets of the 2010 season. The headline in the Akron papers read “Zips Nip Orangemen in Thriller at Infocision!” Prediction 2 "On a more positive note, the Akron Zips pull off a stunning Week One defeat of the struggling Syracuse Orangemen in Akron, Ohio, putting the Zip squad in the national spotlight. "

I read the top portion that said "Examiner.com Atlanta." The detail/Bio Link does not say anything about location. Bio He is actually with Examiner.com Akron. Examiner.com Akron Does it matter? The coverage is good for the Zips no matter where he's from or where it's posted. Guys like you jumping down people's throats are why I rarely post.... I'm out.....

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