Ballingirl

You can forget about Dantley Cline in there. He's on the first bus back home. From what I hear, he got himself in some trouble.

If you're gonna build a new stadium, you want it to be better then the one we have. The RB is falling apart, but it's a good design. I think along with moving it on campus, put some nice seats in it will increase attendance. With the older people that support the team, they would enjoy it more if they could, with paying a little more for the seat, sit in chaired seats with backs. Those hard benches don't do much for comfort while watching the game. The other thing is, you are paying more go watch a college team...you don't want the feel of a high school game. Grandstand style feels like Friday night at a HS game. Bowl the stadium. Just because it's a bowl doesn't mean it has to be built to seat 50k. It can be scaled down to seat what we could possibly fill in the future. I say build a bowled stadium, possibly a horseshoe design like the RB, build it to seat 25k, add some sections with comfortable seating, it will be a successful project!! What the hell was the one picture with grass seating? I am not paying money to go watch a game from the grass!!! Even for students, that sucks! Part of a good student section is cramming in the seats, shoulder to shoulder, high-fiving the person next to you after a great play. I don't want to run across the open grass to find someone to high five!!! Any stadium with open grass seating should be bulldozed.And P.S. YSUers need to stay on their own damn forums!! Work on your own POS stadium before criticizing or designing ours!!!

Well, I believe all the controversy can be thrown out the window, b/c we will have somone new in there! Word has it, Cincinnati has made JD an offer. He won't pass that up! Bye-bye JD!! After this year, I won't miss him!

Akron 20, WMU 17Defense will hold strong like they did against OU, scoring 7 of our 20 points. Special teams will contribute 2 short fieldgoals due to our inability to produce in the red zone, and our unproductive offense will contribute a measley 7 points. It will either come down to the defense holding WMU from scoring in the last seconds or our special teams kicking a winning field goal as our fans cover their eyes praying to all that is holy that it goes through the uprights! The other thing is....there are the few on the team that have had the desire, heart and discipline all season (Kasparek, Groza, Kiki, Jermaine, Cecchetti, Mackey, Alleman, Donaldson), problem is, it takes more than a few to make big things happen in a season. Hopefully JD does something to instill the MAC champion values into next year's team, or it's even more downhill from here!

Lee Adams....believe me, I am one of the biggest critics of Luke, and this season has made everyone else realize what I have been saying about him since the beginning of last year, but he has put the ball within catching range of Jabari more than enough times for Jabari to get some good catches. More times than not, Jabari has dropped it. And for the awards I forgot......Most under-utilized: Agreed....Kris KasparekMost unhealthy: Agreed....Nate Robinson (But I still haven't figured out whether they are real injuries or mostly "I'm a baby" injuries.Biggest waste of space and scholarship money: Clarence McPherson..from everything I've heard, that kid has done nothing but complain and throw an attitude at anyone and anything that comes his way. Coaches should have let him walk when he wanted to.Most missed: Igor...he couldn't have possibly been worse than what we have!!!

And this seasons awards:Most consistent: Crouch...too bad it was for consistent penalties and for being the most consistent worst player!Most disappointing: Getsy...I never liked the kid, but with all the pre-season hype, I was hoping he was going to prove me wrong this year! Unfortunately not! He needs to learn to take a hit...it may have resulted in MANY more completions this season!Biggest sissy: see aboveMost embarrassing: Entire kicking team.....any more soccer players that want a try? How bout basketball? Softball? ANYBODY?? We haven't found a good kicker yet. Most underrated: A. Walker and Lindsay...I'm looking forward to seeing more of each next year. I think with work this winter and spring, Walker can give Kennedy a run for his money...no pun intended.Most heart: Groza and the rest of the defense....proven in the OU gameMost overrated: Jabari. After his performance at the Bowl game last year, he was looked at to bring an explosion this season. Doesn't that require catching a ball first? The talent's there, but the basics need to come back. That was the problem with the whole team.Standout: Alleman. He was our OL at times when we thought we had nothing!

All last week before the game, the only thing anyone had to say is that if Akron was going to win that game, Defense was going to have to do the job. I think they more than proved that they wanted to win that game. 3 forced turnovers and our offense couldn't capitalize on a single one of them! OUR OFFENSE SUCKS!!! A.) Getsy should have been drug out after the game and shot behind the stadium. I would rather see him take a sack for a 5 yd loss than throw and interception or toss another "help me God" shovel pass when he's feelin a little pressure. Then with that stupid intentional grounding! COME ON!!! He was voted a captain this season. If that is the best leader we could find, it's no wonder this team has looked like they have. B.) Defense came out and played with some heart! They only let 10 points be scored. 3 forced turnovers. Way to play boys! It's glad to see someone wanted that game! And all I can say to them is I'm sorry you were the only ones.C.) I am tired of watching our hot-doggin receivers. Harvey should have had his ass on the bench after that "wanna be like the bears" stunt in the endzone at the beginning of the game. And if Lindsay, Harvey and especially Jabari drop one more pass, they should all be on the bench. Kasparek is the only one that didn't drop a pass that game. I know he only had one shot, but tell me why he didn't get more ball time! And this seasons awards:Most consistent: Crouch...too bad it was for consistent penalties and for being the most consistent worst player!Most disappointing: Getsy...I never liked the kid, but with all the pre-season hype, I was hoping he was going to prove me wrong this year!Most embarrassing: Entire kicking team.....any more soccer players that want a try? How bout basketball? Softball? ANYBODY?? We haven't found a good kicker yet. Most underrated: A. Walker and LindsayMost heart: Groza and the rest of the defense....proven in the OU gameSee you at the next game!!

Let me just say this.....I am one of the BIGGEST OSU fans out there!! And I have been counting the days until the game!!!! BUT......lets give BGSU and UT some respect! That was absolutely rediculous last night! I understand it wasn't a very exciting game, mostly due to the field conditions and inability to make any big plays in the mud, but COME ON! If they wanted to have a raving session about the OSU/Michigan game, why not just air a special at that time last night. To use a lesser division's game to focus on a Big Ten rivalry game is insulting to those 2 teams on the field. I also understand that it is a HUGE rivalry and THE biggest game in their history, but like I said, if you want to give them the airtime to discuss it, set up that special show and air that show instead of the game. And they should be smacked for the errorred records on the MAC record board. If you don't care enough about a conference to give it it's due, then DONT GIVE THEM ANY ATTENTION!!! I would rather have NO games aired on ESPN than to have a game aired and all the talk during the game be on 2 other teams. I find that as a bigger insult! They sure cared about the MAC last year when Akron had a major upset in the MACC didn't they? They loved the ratings they got from the MAC then didn't they!

I agree with the no-huddle attack! I will give the game a little quicker pace, maybe catch the OU D off guard some. Also, it's sure to save us from another delay of game penalty that we have seen quite a few times this year!

Three points here...1. There might be more people wearing green than red that day in Yager. And if not, well, we're louder than they are. Anyone who has seen OUr fans and their fans in the same place knows this.2. For whatever reason, Fiami is worse at home this year than on the road. Both their wins came away from Oxford. They just can't seem to get it together on their own field.3. Eastern Michigan has lost a whole bunch of close games too. Means they're a bad team. We've already taken care of the Eagles.Plus, we're looking to pay them back for eight years of misery. We're going to take it to them. EVeryone has their opinion, but point is.....THIS IS ZIPSNATION!!!! If you wanna talk about your school, go to YOUR school forum, NOT OURS!!!!!

1. We will all be in the same section. Look for the Blue and Gold!!!2. I think there's a good chance of a sellout, even though it's supposed to rain all night!3. No Idea4. As I said, look for the Blur and Gold....for a 7:30 game on a Thursday night, in Athens, in the rain, all those sporting the Blue and Gold are pretty damn faithful!!5. Can I just say that the biggest disappointment of this whole year is Tim Crouch! I was looking forward to him dominating the MAC this year! Boy, was I WAY WRONG!!!!! 6. As you said, the biggest thing that needs to change is the adjustments! During Can't and Toledo, we were sucking and there were no adjustments made to improve the situation. Then against buffalo, we looked pretty good and then they MAKE adjustments. Has our coaching staff ever heard the phrase "if it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT!!!!!". And PLEASE, if it IS broke, FIX IT!!!!7. Let's hope not!!!See you in Athens, and GO ZIPS!!!

I believe in Miami for 2 reasons......1.) they have shown incredible signs of life coming up to the end of the season here. They look like they are not going to quit just because they don't have a chance at the MACC this year. 2.) the game is in Oxford. If the game was at OU, I might think differently, but this game has always been a great rivalry! I think it may go in our favor. Miami has a poor record, but they have put up some good fights. They only lost by a TD AT Purdue, they only lost by 2 to Can't (where we got our asses beat), They only lost by 3 to NIU, and they only lost by 3 AT W. Michigan. The way I see it, if they can come close to beating Purdue, a Big Ten team, and W. Michigan, #2 in the West, both away from home, what's saying they CAN'T beat OU in their own stadium?I DO BELIEVE!!!!And with the good chance of Ball State beating Can't, and us beating OU (IF we come to play), things are looking up for the Zips!!

I also heard McPherson is transferring. He has caused some problems on the team, and I heard that when coaches suspended him for a game, he wanted to transfer right then, but he couldn't. After seeing what has happened this season, I don't see JD taking the same shit from guys next year. If McPherson can't keep his crybaby, "I'm better than everybody" ways at Akron, he'll go somewhere where he can.

Word on the street was the coach actually subtracted wrong ... are his assistants afraid to speak up or did they subtract wrong too?! Brain farts happen I was more confused on why they chose to decline the penalty that could've pushed us back from the goal line!And any idea why the ball at the goal line wasn't reviewed? Isn't that usually automatic by the refs when it is that close and there is any chance he was in?

If he doesn't make it in the NFL, Reid is going to Canada. Hamilton drafted his rights last year. They obviously think he's got what it takes. And he's from Canada, so he has played the bigger field before.