clarkwgriswold

Players on a 2-8 team getting consistently throttled should not celebrate or talk $h!+ when they make a play that they should make. Okay, not that that's off my chest I will go back to chasing the kids off of my lawn.

Pretty clear that the offense we saw all year up until the second half last week is back.

As a point of reference, here are the results of the Sun Belt Preseason Poll- 1. James Madison (7) - 176 2. App State (2) – 159 3. Old Dominion (1) - 154 4. Southern Miss - 148 5. Louisiana (2) - 136 6. South Alabama (2) - 129 7. Marshall - 119 8. Troy - 91 9. Arkansas State - 84 10. Texas State - 72 11. Georgia State - 69 12. Coastal Carolina - 59 13. Georgia Southern - 42 14. ULM – 32

It was quite a game. I spend my evenings watching mid-major women's basketball games. Naaahh.... I saw it on Sportscenter.

BG pulled out a win over Cleveland State. They were down 4 with under a minute left and made a three to go one down. CSU then missed two free throws and with under 10 seconds BG guard went the length of the floor and was fouled with a second or so left. She made the first free throw to tie it. She missed the second and CSU rebounded and immediately called timeout. However, they didn't have a timeout so they were assessed a technical foul. BG made the tech free throw to win the game.

They really came to play. They brought their A game.

Yes they are and I am a d!p$h!+!

The Golden Eagles (not Rebels) of South Miss come to the JAR Friday night to open the Zips' 2023-2024 home schedule. They are 1-0 after an opening win over William Carey University. The Eagles really turned it around last season winning 25 games in their first year in the Sun Belt Conference after three consecutive seasons with single-digit wins. They are led by Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year 6'4" senior guard Austin Crowley who averaged 16 ppg last season. They were predicted to finish fourth in the Sun Belt and are ranked 82 in the KenPom rankings.

I just wanted to point out that at 1 for 2 Greg Tribble now leads the Zips in 3-point field goal percentage!

Good call. Those guys are a reflection of their coach.

At the practice I attended before they left for Puerto Rico he was shooting and making quite a few jumpers.

Muscle memory can be an awful thing. One need look no further than Tribble's jump shot and my golf swing for proof.

GAME DAY! GO ZIPS!

I just pulled up my DraftKings account and realized I had Undercuffler at +550 to score a TD in the game. As usual, I had big money on it, a whole $5! Made $32.50, and no I am not buying!

Deion must not have thought Lewis was not giving his baby boy QB the best chance to excel!

PCCC's loss was so disconcerting that it bled over to Colorado where Deion has yanked play calling duties from Sean Lewis! https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/colorados-pat-shurmur-to-take-over-play-calling-duties-as-deion-sanders-buffs-look-for-spark-per-report/

Beacon Journal article about the Zips- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2023/11/03/university-of-akron-basketball-mid-american-conference-enrique-freeman-ali-ali-tribble-hunter-dawson/71411469007/

Those people over at the PCCC website are now starting to refer to our fine institution as Summit County Community College/SCCC. I should have copyrighted/trademarked PCCC and all derivatives and "Mr. Pinky" years ago!

640 AM- WHLO

Much of the team talks too much, even in the midst of taking an ass-kicking. You can talk when you accomplish something. Until then shut the ____ up and play. Tallandier was talking all night in the midst of giving up triple digit receiving yards. Both lines improved as the night went on. Whether they wore down the PCCC lines or just finally started to find their feet, it was apparent in crunch time.

I have to admit that based upon the extensive scarring on my Zips football psyche from years of bad football that every time Undercuffler dropped back in that 4th quarter I was expecting that rally killing ugly interception. I haven't seen a momentum swing like that in a very long time. I was sitting above the PCCC bench and you could just see the wind coming out of the sails of everyone on that bench after it went to 27-17. Kudos to the Zips staff for not letting the kids quit and keeping them engaged. That was a comeback for the ages. My $10 was well spent.

WOW. Maybe something to build on (at long last).

We can dream.

Amen. John Groce wouldn't waste all this money.

Well, at least they're no longer the worst team in the country.