johnnyzip84

The line is 20.5 to 21. NIU might start fast coming off their home upset of Miami. But it will quickly go downhill for them from there. Zips 87 Huskies 59

Thanks for the insight on Coach Milwee, NZF I've always enjoyed real life stories that have a "full circle" twist. The older Zip fans will probably remember the very 1st game Gerry Faust was head coach of the Zips. Coach Faust lead the Zips to a 35-0 win over (then NAIA) Salem College of West Virginia that Sept night in 1986. Of course, Coach Bowden was leading the Zip QBs in the Rubber Bowl that game as well. And he would later be the head coach for Salem itself. A sellout crowd of 35000 witnessed somewhat of a yawner as Salem was not providing much competition, especially after their highly touted QB was forced out of the game early in the 1st half. Salem was moving the ball pretty well up until then. And just who was Salem's starting QB for that game? Why it was none other than Jimbo Fisher.

Athlon gives the hire high marks.

Man that means I was DOUBLY wrong Oh well. Thanks for the correction GJ

You're on it! And I 2nd the notion.

I think people are putting far too much weight into Western Michigan’s poor record. They’ve been hit by more injuries and suspensions than any other team in the league, with the possible exception of Miami. Now that they’re healthy (especially Whitfield and Ward), Hawkins has a nice assortment of pieces with which to assemble a pretty decent basketball team. You might even argue that the injuries, in the long run, could very well help them com MAC tournament time by allowing Whittington, Ritchie and others to emerge as contributors. Write it down. WMU will knock off an unfortunate MAC East team in the tournament. People are complaining about KD’s coaching last night. While I’ll agree Nik and Nitro were repeatedly offensive on the offensive side, I think KD deserves credit for recognizing and exploiting the mismatches Tree and Zeke posed inside. That’s where the tide turned. I love having both of those guys on the floor together. I'll add this. At the beginning of the year it was as if the Zips didn't know how to win a close game. Now they play like they don't know how to LOSE a close game. That, in itself, is HUGE at this point in the season.

Oh man, he can't be too happy with Q right now Well the over was out of play by then anyway I suppose. We may have been fortunate to escape, but Zeke & Tree were beasts when we absolutely needed them to be. Awesome job big fellas

Glad I was wrrrrrrrrrrrrrongggggggggggg!!! Way to go Zips! ps. I don't want to play these guys again

Am I the only one who is a little uncomfortable with the timing of this discussion? Flenard Whitfield is back in the starting line-up, Skidmark is coming off the bench and the Broncos would like nothing better than to end this speculation right here and now. Factor in Saturday's 30 point blowout of EMU and tonight's game is probably KD's biggest challenge, from a motivation standpoint, all season.

I hope I'm way off, but I have a feeling WMU is going to try to rough up the Zips tomorrow and will have significant success courtesy of some typically uneven MAC officiating. This coupled with the FT woes will finally catch up with us. Zips 67 Broncs 70

Here's a local story on Zip QB coach AJ Milwee.

Another nice story on Chase, this one from CBSSports.com. No mention of Akron, though

A composite CBSSports.com ranking of newly hired head coaches for 2012 has Coach Bowden at no worse than 15 out of 26. They'll be releasing #6 through #15 from their list on Wednesday. Note UT's Matt Campbell is ranked dead last (I completely disagree, but it's interesting nonetheless).

It looks like UA benefited from the coaching turnover at Pitt, WVU, and Rutgers to land Dylan.

I caught a replay right after the KD show. It made me want to see a "point/counterpoint" TV segment with Dr Z vs. the Great GP1 Or perhaps a tag-team match: Wilbon & Dr Z vs. Kornheiser and GP1

I liked the conversation with and about Q as well. The fact that there's coaching background in Q's family provided some insight into his competitiveness. And Joe also contrasted Q's on and off court personalities. I liked Q saying "he's all business between the 4 lines". I have a better understanding of how and why he behaves the way he does during games, and I'm more willing to accept a few moments of "overdoing it" now that I see where he's coming from.

I was greatly intrigued by this Kelley the 1st time I ever read about him and his philosophy. It begs the obvious question. Do you think any D-1 head coach would ever have the cojones to implement such an extremely aggressive approach?

See prior ZNO discussion

I emailed Gregg today and he responded in a thorough and timely fashion. He mentioned that he put Marla Ridenour in contact with Chase a few weeks ago. He gave me several links to numerous pertinent articles, a few of which I had not yet seen. Most importantly for me, he showed me an underused (for me anyway) tool at GoZips.com, the “In the News” tab on the front page of the site. Today’s coverage provides numerous links related to Chase and the Super Bowl, including video of the interception and a PD story by Mary Kay Cabot that clearly connects Chase to the U of A.

I believe it's time to give the UPA its own thread, as many of the stories covering it get buried in the general "UA in the news" thread. Here is an ABJ article on increase (private) security for the southern edge of campus. I thought this was timely since SeeTeeZip had recently cited this as an area of opportunity for increased UA/City cooperation.

It's nice to see the girls exacting some revenge for men's hoops. In addition, this might help the 'Meister forget about the rifle team's most unfortunate "Morgantown Massacre".

You might say Chase took Tom Brady to school

A 2nd ring for Chase (and Hixon I think....not sure if you get one on injured reserve)!

I'm surprised there's been no comment so far on Chase's interception. Sure he got burned by Hernandez on the earlier TD, but that was one heckuva play made far downfield by a LB who is primarily a run stopper. Great job Chase! Let's finish strong!

He looks like he moves fairly well and he definitely has nice size, especially for a MAC LB