johnnyzip84

GoZips.com has updated the roster. Hakeem Lawrence, Jamel Turner, Imani Davis, etc. have been added.

Indeed you did! I will give the Bacon/Maple a try. BTW, I'm bringing a Bell's Cherry Stout on the 30th and it has your name on it How does the 3 Floyds compare to Great Lakes "Lake Erie Monster"?

Thanks again! It's hard to imagine that Pratt hasn't played himself into the 2-deep.

Stewart Mandel with a reasonable prediction.

I believe this is HUGE!!! Go Zips!!!

nice Akron Sauerkraut Balls

Zeppelins also would further tie the rust belt cities of Akron and Buffalo together. Let me explain: Buffalo College Team = Buffalo Bulls Buffalo Pro Team = Buffalo Bills Akron College Team = Akron Zips Akron Pro Team = Akron Zeps In both rust belt cities, you would merely have to change one letter to go from the college nickname to the pro nickname. Toke on that a while, 'Meister!

That's highly illogical. How about these: Akron Knights (get it) Akron Arsenal Akron Polymers Akron Summit Akron Ack Ack Akron Zeppelins might be my favorite so far.

Reminds me of the silly joke going around when Faust was talking about putting a roof on the Rubber Bowl. They could have called the modified stadium the Con-Dome

+1 That would have been nice to see.

I wouldn't see why they'd necessarily rule out Pros. The financial hanky-panky of the Vulcans still hangs in the air a bit. But "Akron Pros" (probably) only conjures up images of the earliest pro teams in most peoples minds.

GT, I'm surprised you didn't start a thread with your article on the D-Line. There are some interesting tidbits in here. Who knew Nico (and apparently Griggs as well) was moving to tackle? This seems to fit into the "speed first" philosophy (which is one thing that might be going against Rossi getting much playing time at LB). I know I'm repeating myself, but nice job again George!

The Fire is out. Now the owners of a potential Akron USFL team are looking for other name suggestions. I always thought the name Vulcans was awesome, in spite of the fate of that Continental Football League team. But the owners have ruled it out based on perception. I can't argue with that.

This sums it up for me!

Thanks yet again! There was lots of good (and welcome!) information today. Can't wait to see Imani Davis show his stuff. BTW, you did a nice job on 1350 am this afternoon

Composite Rankings The Zips come out in dead last, just slightly behind UMass. I'm sure many people look at it the same way. But this list also has WMU as the worst MAC West team and BGSU as being the 2nd best team overall behind OU. Cliche or not, the following quote sure looks like bulletin board material.

FAU is BY FAR the worst FBS team in Florida. The Zips don't play the Owls in 2012. I do think it is important for UA to play MUCH better than last year to get some momentum going in recruiting. I'd say 4 wins, with most of the losses being reasonably competitive, will accomplish that.

Here's my favorite Dean:

Keener has a good point about DW13 and KP16 apparently having similar styles; and this is counter to the typical 2-QB systems that have success. But I also think the way the head coach handles the situation can be a deciding factor as well. Obviously DW13 is only here for one year, so I would hope that when KP16 does play and makes a few mistakes he (KP16) would be permitted to “play through” some of them. I’m confidant TB will be able to read when KP16 needs to tough it out and when he needs to sit. If you think about it, unless something pretty unusual happens, the outcomes of the 1st four games are fairly predictable. Is there really any negative to playing both of them during this stretch anyway? CK, I recall thinking at the time that LO must have decided well beforehand that he was going to play many guys at all positions, including QB, that day. Now when you start the game off reasonably competitive, you’d think a head coach might be a little flexible versus his original game plan. But I guess not!

I don't see anyone predicting greater success than your own earlier predictions, so I don't think that's going to be a major issue in 2012

+1 So what does everyone think about TB considering the idea of playing both DW13 and KP16 at QB?

How soon they forget

Now THAT'S what I call excellent service. Thanks, GT!

I believe Hakeem Lawrence is with the team, but I haven't seen/heard much else. Here is a George Thomas article on current backup RBs Hundley and Hines. Since TB is still looking for a home run hitter, I'm probably going to have to eat my words regarding the Chisholm/Lomax comparison

That’s a good question. I’d say based on TB’s statements regarding the true freshmen offensive linemen (he said he wouldn’t be surprised if at least 2 of them contributed this year) it’s likely that ANY true freshmen who can contribute will see the field. And with the hyper speed of this offense, I can see up to 7 or 8 receivers getting significant reps. So I’m willing to bet Andrew will get his shot in the regular season if he continues to get open and catch the ball during camp.