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  1. From ohio bobcats website

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    Nothing earth-shattering there.  The way Akron is playing right now I would put them at the top of the mountain until proven otherwise.
    At least one of them is talking sense.You start drinking that water from the Appalachian highlands and you never know what it does to your ability to reason. :lol:

  6. What do you think of Austin Peay?

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    I remember the Peay from the the U of A OVC days.  Middle Tennessee and Austin Peay, among others (who were the OVC teams when we were in the conference?)I never thought there was much of a rivalry but certainly some hard-fought games.Looking forward to the matchup.Go Zips!!
    Hello Ziplock, The first year that Akron was in the OVC (81-82) the conference consisted of Akron, Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Morehead, Murray State, Tennessee Tech, Eastern Kentucky, and Youngstown State. It was also Youngstown State's first year in the OVC as well. Western Kentucky left the OVC the following year and joined the Sun Belt Conference even though WKU was one of the founding members of the OVC. Akron left the OVC after the 86-87 season and Youngstown State left the following year. The OVC picked up Tennessee State in the 87-88 season so they were the Zips replacement, I suppose. Middle Tennessee State left the OVC for the Sun Belt after the 99-2000 season but mainly for football reasons as they are now NCAA Div.I in football. The OVC has since picked up Southeast Missouri, Samford, Jacksonville State and Eastern Illinois and I think they did so mainly for football reasons. Austin Peay killed scholarship football several years ago but revived scholarship football this past year and will rejoin OVC play. Jax. State and Eastern Illinois are consistently at or near the bottom of the OVC in basketball virtually every year and SEMO is pretty much a middle of the pack team although they have won one OVC championship. Samford does alright but they play Bob Cousey, 1950's slowball. It's hard to prepare for the Princeton style. Still, they haven't won the OVC and are not going to win it very many times. Murray State and Austin Peay have won the lion's share of the titles over the past 20 years with Murray getting the lion's share of the NCAA bids. With the exception of perhaps Youngstown State, I do not think the OVC was geographically suitable for Akron to have any big rivalries. Even though it is called the OHIO Valley Conference, there are no teams from Ohio in it. If Akron was located in Southern Ohio then that would have brought you much closer geographically to teams such as Morehead and Eastern Kentucky.
    I was a student at Akron when we switched to the OVC.We were coming out of DII, the Mid Continent Conference.OVC was very impressive brand of basketball. Western and Eastern Kentucky and Murray St. were especially tough at the time.We were outclassed in those early years when Ken Cunningham and Bob Rupert were our coaches.But, as you mentioned, we were the Yankee school (before Youngstown joined) and really couldn't get much of a rivalry started with anyone.I think the proof of that was Youngstown pulling out the year after we did. They really didn't have a reason to stick around anymore.I remember going down to Murfeesboro for the OVC tournament...I think it was 88 or 89...I broke up a fight between this old guy from Eastern Kentucky who thought a guy from Middle said something about his wife....funny seeing these old geezers going at it.

  7. What do you think of Austin Peay?

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    How could anyone not be a Monkees fan? They were a major influence on the Beatles! Um...NO...Beatles were around waaayyyy b4 the Monkees. But their music was fun. They were the first NSync....media created boy band... :screwks: GO ZIPS!
    That's actually a quote from Dumb and Dumber. Trust me, I know my rock n' roll.
    I thought you were kidding on that one Bum....but when we're almost a generation apart...you never know for sure.I see you down there at the games....keep up the good fight! :screwks:

  24. Today's ABJ Business Section (D) front page

    in Akron Zips Football Recruiting

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    Anyone else appalled by the 2 pictures on the front of today's ABJ Business Section (section D)?  Nice article...bad choice of apparel!  :wall: I may be making more of this than I should, but here is a copy of the e-mail that I sent to the Dean of the UA College of Engineering today:Dear Dr. Haritos,First of all, let me say that I wish the UA Challenge X Team success in its latest endeavor.  However, in my opinion, the two pictures on the front page of today’s Business Section (Section D) of the Akron Beacon Journal are a slap in the face to the University of Akron.  As an Engineering Alumnus, I respectfully request that the UA College of Engineering adopt a policy whereby engineering students competing for and representing the University of Akron not be allowed to wear clothing of other universities during media interviews. Although I am an Ohio State sports fan, it is unacceptable to me that a member of a UA competitive team, Challenge X in this case, be allowed to have his picture taken for publication of a UA-related news article wearing apparel of another university. You would never see newspaper pictures of Romeo Travis, Dru Joyce, or Nick Dials wearing another university’s uniform. The University of Akron College of Engineering is an outstanding institution as has been proven time and again by the numerous competitions won by UA engineering students/teams.  FEAR THE ROO applies to more than just athletics! Obviously these students have chosen UA because of its outstanding engineering programs. They should be proud to promote and represent the university they attend and represent. Please remind your students that UA is what all of us choose to make of it and that they should be proud to represent it well. After all, their diplomas will say “University of Akron”, not “Ohio State”.
    Do you think members of the Ohio State team (if they have one) are wearing Zips gear?ME87, where you around for when the Engineers blocked up "The Rock" in front of Old Knight Hall?

  25. Charlie Frye sighting

    in Akron Zips Football

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    If anything, I'm concerned for Charlie.Unless the Browns pick up the right people, all they're going to do is ruin another good quarterback.Charlie needs some work...making better decisions, taking care of the ball and stop telegraphing his passes...I know he'll do it....if he gets an OL.He's a hard worker with the right attitude....

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