clarkwgriswold

Dre, I don't remember anybody banging the drum for Arth. I remember people hoping to hell it would work out. Do I not recall you also telling us Groce was a crap hire? I'm going to call every hire henceforth a crap hire and be right 50% of the time. That will give me license to come back in 3 years and tell everyone how right I was. I will give you credit for admitting you were wrong on Groce. Not everyone mans up and does that.

If they could get someone to donate a dollar for every "ya know" in that presser it would be enough to buy him out.

They use it but just as an exit.

Nor did I in that comment. That was just a comment on the level of talent they have on the field. I would though say that the talent on the field is substandard and that comes back to the staff as it reflects on their assessment of talent and ability to recruit.

That looked like one coaching staff that diligently worked at half to make adjustments and one staff that went to the concession stand. So who wants to start the Go Fund Me page for the buyout? No way that a school with the financial issues of UA is buying him out. As I have said before, it is possible to be both anti-Bowden and anti-Arth.

Yes, our D1 FBS program's running back is a 180 pound walk-on freshman.

I learned a new word from the ESPN commentary- elusivement. This is just like the day my Word Power cassettes arrived!

He was the Zips top 3 point shooter at 39%.

Trimble obviously. Ali can shoot it but I wouldn't say he's a three point shooter. Same for Dawson. Castaneda shot almost 39% on three pointers last year, which would have been second only to Trimble on the Zips.

I saw an amusing post on our opponent's forum to the effect of questioning whether the 9.5 spread was the line or the under/over.

Just an update. Kostelac vs. U of A in the Ohio Court of Claims concluded in July with the University being awarded summary judgment on Kostelac's claims. Essentially, the Court found that the University did not breach its duty of reasonable care to protect Kostelac from an unreasonable risk of physical harm of which it knew or had reason to know, because Gueye's criminal act of assaulting Kostelac was unforeseeable.

Good question, so who is a complete and utter disappointment and who's just a regular disappointment. Everyone this year is a little more of a known entity. I guess Castaneda is coming to the Zips in a similar situation to Dailey but I think we're so deep at that position that even if he slips it won't hurt as much and he doesn't come with the expectations we had for Dailey. I don't see us having either this year.

Hmmmm, Clarke holding the ball...

Assuming players maintain their starting spots, Ali, Freeman and Trimble would appear to have starting spots locked up. That leaves point guard (Castaneda, Clarke, Tribble) and wing (Dawson, Wynn, Walton) to vie for spots. Hilltopper's take with Castaneda and Walton makes sense. We have however seen that Groce will go with the 5 he thinks play the best together as a unit as opposed to the most talented 5, so we'll see. It's going to be a lot of fun seeing who has the hot hand(s) on any given night. I think the role of the freshmen this year will be to take over the seats at the end of the bench previously occupied by guys like Scotty Walter and Marquelle McIntyre.

There some of those lovely accommodations at the top of the bowl also.

Well sure, but there's some value to climbing 97 stairs to whizz into an open trough.

Do you think a nationally competitive FCS team would draw more than a bad or average FBS team? I'm not sure the "Joe Akron" fans we're seeking would know the difference.

...and tell him to put the tickets on Hilltopper's tab! 😁

No question, but a kid's idea of opportunity may be different than the staff's. Fortunately, Groce has been very good at managing that kind of thing.

That's pretty solid. It leaves a bench that includes Clarke, Tribble, Wynn and Dawson who could all be solid MAC starters. One of Groce's biggest challenges could be keeping kids who think they're not getting enough time out of the transfer portal.

OK people, the season starts in less than a month in Morgantown! Woohoo! Not only will it bring back to our beloved Zips cagers but it will give us something to focus on other than awful football. So what do we think we will see as a starting lineup and rotation? I expected Currie to be a starter last year so I need a little direction! Looking at the roster this is the deepest the Zips have been in a while but I am not sure they have a standout star.

Never ever.

I propose that whenever the Zips are to play at PCCC that the games be held at Benson! 😁 I should be a mediator.