clarkwgriswold

Nice story from the Beacon Journal about Xavior Gray- https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190129/jackson-star-ol-xavior-gray-commits-to-akron/1

Bob and the Beacon can't seem to figure out just what he is. Is he a columnist? A humorist? An investigative reporter? In the end, whatever he's trying to be is being done poorly (yet arrogantly). Hopefully, Gatehouse will get their fill quickly.

My post was directed at GT's repeated insistence that Riak is being underutilized.

You should have waited for the end of the scroll. It actually read "Akron- 67 Northern Illinois 65.......Riak virtually forgotten....

OK, on the venting theme, could someone please explain to me why "Fat Bottomed Girls" is a staple in the pep band repertoire? It's even more questionable with the dance team and cheerleaders on the floor.

Uh oh, now NWAkron is going to have flashbacks!

I didn't mean to imply they would overlook OU, rather that I think OU may play way over their heads with the big crowd, etc.

The Zips get week off before heading into Athens to face the kittens next week. As I recall, the game is part of a doubleheader at Athens with the OU women's team to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Convocation Center with $5 tickets to fill the place. The Kittens are 11-8 overall and 3-4 in the MAC. In the MAC, they have beaten Ball State twice and Western with losses to BG, Northern, PCCC and Toledo. After a tough start, they are on a two game win streak. Redshirt freshman forward Jason Carter leads their scoring at 16/7 ppg while senior forward Doug Taylor leads rebounding at 7.7 rpg. This feels like a trap game to me.

Sorry Let'sGo, but I can't agree with you on this one. Riak had a rough game, especially a rough start with a couple of ugly early turnovers that led to easy points at the other end and he just seemed tentative all day. To his credit, he stuck with it and was in at crunch time. To his credit, I think his defense gets overlooked. I heard one of the players in an interview a couple of weeks ago talk about how much of a leader he is on the defensive end.

I would at some point like a win that wasn't characterized as "gutty." "Comfortable" would be nice.

Why call a time out there and give them a chance to set up a play?

Okay, let's accomplish something out of the time out.

Well....sh!+...…

Huge 3 by LCJ.

Have to hold off the run here.

Just keep E-man in from here. At least he's not killing me.

Big men having a stellar day.

Dizzy spin. Here comes a concussion.

Nice run.

...on the run ...with bad hands...

Riak sitting to start the second half.

Well sure they make them now!

Need to hold them to 28 in the second half (and score more than 32).

Quick and athletic with Mr. Scurvy leading the way.

Up 6-0 to start then give up an 11 point run. Two awful passes for turnovers by Riak.