johnnyzip84

I'm waiting until the end of the week before I make my prediction. Here is some new information on the Syracuse depth chart heading into this weekend's game. Of note: a true freshmen is starting at LB AND ex-Zip Jose Cruz is the apparent starter at TE. Link

What I found to be of interest in one of those FCS match-ups, is that 'Gate actually has a slight edge over 'Cuse in the all-time series. For a program with as rich of a history as SU has, that was pretty surprising to me. Link

Here's a pretty interesting read on the "behind the scenes" machinations prior to the recent WAC/MWC convulsions. Link

Awesome!

Good pickup! He must have been using last year's template and forgot all about them. Of course, this year if you neglect to mention TEs, you're neglecting to mention 8-9% of the team

Maybe someone is editing the page as we type!!! If so, they're on break Richard Hall was basically running with the 1st team offense at TE during the scrimmage. What about him? They're also way behind on up-dating the profiles for each player. This could be slowing down the rest of the roster update. I am missing the media guide as much as anything. Surely they're having one made for the actual media, aren't they? Now I'll quit calling you all Shirley.

My mistake....I only caught the last 30 minutes or so on-line. Thanks for the "in person" report!

NOT REALLY HE DOES NOT DROP FOOTBALL TO BIG TO STRONG AND WHEN SECONDARY APPROCHES BIG BIG STIFF ARM Welcome aboard, moe! I like what I've seen out of Jawon on film. I was hoping he'd get the ball some in the scrimmage on the 21st. Do you think he'll be redshirted this year?

I wouldnt say that. We've come to expect a certain level of excellence and success from our soccer team that a loss is a disappointment. It doesn't mean we expect them to be perfect, but we expect them to be damn near close to it. Still, I wouldn't read much into this loss. I want to say that this was just a fine-tuning match that Coach Porter used to try a few things when the consequences weren't as large. Id also suspect he put in some of the younger guys to get them some playing time, but can anyone confirm this? Just a thought. Both sides were substituting pretty freely when I was watching. The NCAA allows more of this in the exhibition games. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think Nanchoff played either. I'm sure they'd have rather won the game regardless, but sometimes you run into a hot keeper and this was clearly one of those times. If they get a couple of results next weekend, nobody will give this exhibition game a 2nd thought. I mostly in agreement with Zach in that we shouldn't expect the same results this year. It's all about the schedule. This year's team could be improved and still wind up with some losses and/or ties. The key will be avoid the "shock loss/tie" that could put a major dent in their seeding come tourney time. If they can avoid that, I like their chances.

Here is Rasor's outlook on the 2010 season. I'm not sure if Mike realizes Odefin and Dawson are no longer with the team (unless they returned recently)

I talked to the Ohio Brewing Company folks tonight, so I have a few updates. First, the brewery on Selle St is JUST ABOUT ready to come on line. I think it has more to do with state inspections, etc. than anything else. Now here is the interesting news. The Rockne's on Hudson Drive (just off of Route 8) in Cuyahoga Falls is soon to become the "featured bar" for OBC beer. I was there tonight and had some Cardinal Ale, Steel Valley Stout and Alternative Amber. They (Rockne's) are going to change their name to "OBC at Rockne's" (presumably that location only), and they will always have 5 or 6 OBC beers available on tap. And get this! OBC beer will soon (September, I was told) be available in bottles (6 pack) at select Acmes, Giant Eagles, and Fishers around the area. Verich Gold, Cardinal Ale, and Ohio Fest will be the 1st selections available in stores.

+1 In this economy, and in his field in particular, how can we expect him to pass up an opportunity that may NEVER come along again? I'm sure Charlie had a great deal of respect for the competitive fire Nick brought to every UA-MU clash. It's a good lesson in giving your all, no matter the endeavor, because you never know who might be noticing.

No media guide for the 2010 season yet either

The folks in Athens are going to love this

The one photo we absolutely NEED in this thread, is Dreal in his Zippy costume

Here is the Beacon's story on the corrosion grant. Link

Here's a Beacon article on this subject. Link

I was only there for the 1st half, but I agree the team looked pretty sharp (Meves slip was no doubt influenced by the slick field at the beginning of the game) and the stadium looked great. The Rowdies were doing a nice job as usual (giving it to the ex-Zip keeper for VCU). I thought Kitchen was just a little tentative early on, but he seemed to settle as the game went on. On a side note, here's an article that quote's Porter as saying he think the team is ahead of last year's team at this point! Link I was thinking the same thing, Cap'n!

CNN-SI has the Zips finishing in 5th place also at 2-6 in the MAC and 3-9 overall. More motivation. Link

The Beacon has an article on Dylan Brumbaugh in today's high school football preview. His HC at Green is, of course, former Zip QB coach Tom Stacy. Link

I had wondered about who was playing center. Rasor answered this in his latest blog. Link

ESPN conversation has begun. Link

Johnny, thank you so much for bringing this column to my attention. Steve Rushin used to be my very favorite sports writer -- and now I better understand why (it just figures we would both be Gunners fans!)-- when he had a weekly column INSIDE Sports Illustrated. He was dropped unceremoniously about three years ago, and I hadn't heard from him since. Here is the "personal" section about Rushin, and his wife - the former UConn great, from his Wikipedia website: Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In S.I., Rushin had written how he had slept with 10,000 women one night. He was referring, of course, to a WNBA game he watched and subsequently fell asleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. "She asked if I was the scribe who once mocked, in Sports Illustrated, women's professional basketball," he wrote. "Reluctantly, I said that I was. She asked how many games I'd actually attended. I hung my head and said, "None." And so Rebecca Lobo invited me to watch her team, the New York Liberty, play at Madison Square Garden. We both reeked of secondhand Camels. (And, quite possibly, of secondhand camels: It was that kind of a dive.) But my insult had been forgiven. It was—for me, anyway—love at first slight." He added: "She had the longest legs, the whitest teeth, the best-sown cornrows I had ever seen, and I imagined us to have much in common. I ate Frosted Flakes right out of the box, and she was on boxes of Frosted Flakes. I am ludicrous, and she was name-dropped in a rap by Ludacris. We were, I thought, made for each other."[30] Rushin and Lobo live with their three children in Western Connecticut.[31][32] In May, 2007, he was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for "his unique gift of documenting the human condition through his writing."[33] "Nineteen years ago, my commencement speaker was the honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." he said. "And while I don't remember what he said that day, I do vividly recall being inspired by his example, and I vowed then and there that I too would pursue a career that allowed me to spend all day in a robe. And so I became a writer." Wow, what a great story! I had no previous knowledge of him, but I really liked his writing style in the article. One funny coincidence was that I was just watching the EPL round-up on FSC the other night and they were showing the highlights from the Fulham/Man U game when I turned to my wife and said something like "isn't that the greatest name for a sports venue?". I hate 'em, but here's an e-trip to the Ol' Traff: http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=...BA953BCC1600%7D I don't like Man U either, but that is pretty cool. I was actually referring to this paragraph from Rushin's article:

Johnny, thank you so much for bringing this column to my attention. Steve Rushin used to be my very favorite sports writer -- and now I better understand why (it just figures we would both be Gunners fans!)-- when he had a weekly column INSIDE Sports Illustrated. He was dropped unceremoniously about three years ago, and I hadn't heard from him since. Here is the "personal" section about Rushin, and his wife - the former UConn great, from his Wikipedia website: Rushin is married to college basketball analyst and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. In S.I., Rushin had written how he had slept with 10,000 women one night. He was referring, of course, to a WNBA game he watched and subsequently fell asleep. Rushin later recalled how Lobo confronted him in a Manhattan bar after reading that story. "She asked if I was the scribe who once mocked, in Sports Illustrated, women's professional basketball," he wrote. "Reluctantly, I said that I was. She asked how many games I'd actually attended. I hung my head and said, "None." And so Rebecca Lobo invited me to watch her team, the New York Liberty, play at Madison Square Garden. We both reeked of secondhand Camels. (And, quite possibly, of secondhand camels: It was that kind of a dive.) But my insult had been forgiven. It was—for me, anyway—love at first slight." He added: "She had the longest legs, the whitest teeth, the best-sown cornrows I had ever seen, and I imagined us to have much in common. I ate Frosted Flakes right out of the box, and she was on boxes of Frosted Flakes. I am ludicrous, and she was name-dropped in a rap by Ludacris. We were, I thought, made for each other."[30] Rushin and Lobo live with their three children in Western Connecticut.[31][32] In May, 2007, he was the Commencement Day speaker at Marquette, where he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for "his unique gift of documenting the human condition through his writing."[33] "Nineteen years ago, my commencement speaker was the honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." he said. "And while I don't remember what he said that day, I do vividly recall being inspired by his example, and I vowed then and there that I too would pursue a career that allowed me to spend all day in a robe. And so I became a writer." Wow, what a great story! I had no previous knowledge of him, but I really liked his writing style in the article. One funny coincidence was that I was just watching the EPL round-up on FSC the other night and they were showing the highlights from the Fulham/Man U game when I turned to my wife and said something like "isn't that the greatest name for a sports venue?".

ESPN story on the same subject. Link