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I'm sorry K92. Now that you mention it, I do recall your post about how much you hated the gameday traffic in State College.

I tried this once. For me, it takes away all of the enjoyment of going to places like that and enjoying the atmosphere, the town, etc. Maybe for convenience purposes in some cases where you just want an easy way to go to the game and back home, it works for you. But it's such a beautiful place. You have to spend the weekend. For those who are driving out there like us, ENJOY !!

Good point. I don't necessarily understand why some Zips fans discredit this one. It would have been the greatest win, by far, in Akron program history. I was sitting in the stands at the Big House, and my phone and text message box was blowing up from friends all over the country who were watching that game, and knew I was probably there. I was so into the game, I didn't answer one of them. My hands were shaking. I though I was close to heart failure. That would have clearly been a "shock the world" moment, and it seems we get way too much of "well, they weren't good that year" comments here. By their own standards? No, they weren't that good. By the historical standard of David vs. Goliath? It would have been earth shattering. And just to point out, Michigan wasn't bottom of the barrel I-A by any stretch. They were ranked anywhere from #11 to #25 for the first 10 weeks of the season. And when they played us, they were playing well enough to beat a good percentage of the I-A teams in the country.

Exactly. One bad play against UAPB could hurt him too. And we don't need him to win that game.

Thanks for the good laugh. I don't recall ever finding anything you say to me to be personal, or outside of what should be acceptable on a sports forum. Keep em coming. I love your passion and participation. Oh, by the way.......Warning to everyone NOT to look at the Eclipse this afternoon. You'll go blind. And we can't afford to lose anyone who actively reads and responds to posts about the Zips

Perfect. So, lets apply that to the Wisconsin game last year, since plenty of people keep talking about it. It was mid-2nd Quarter, and we were only down 16-0 and moving the ball. At that point, you should still be using every resource you have to win the game. And we were.

I want to win too. I thought we'd have no chance of winning the other 3 games I cited either, before they were actually played.

K92...lets try this. Win or Lose. If you are going to make a weekend road trip.... Would you choose to be at one of those 3 exciting games? Or. One of the typical blowouts?

Every time I go to one of these big road games, I hope for a repeat of one of the following.... 1) A repeat of the first 3 Quarters of the game against the Suckeyes in 2007. 2) A repeat of the first half against Tennessee in 2012. 3) A repeat of the entire game against Michigan in 2013. I'll prepare for the worst, and hope for the best. But like you say above, I want us to PLAY TO WIN the game, more than anything else. As you see in 1,2, and 3 above, anything can happen if you play to win.

Thanks for providing that. By looking at that list, have I always been missing out by living south of Akron? State Liquor Store on South Main - Closed on Sunday State Liquor Store on Manchester - Closed on Sunday Acme Portage Lakes - No 80 Proof Liquor Sales at all. (only 1/2 proof shelf liquor) Giant Eagle Waterloo - State Liquor Store inside, but it's closed on Sunday.

I liked your post, even though you all know how much I begged for Keith to challenge so many of his Akron teams during the OOC portion of the schedule. There's certainly a time to go weak in the OOC. Limited personnel and a tough conference schedule this year makes sense. If his teams over there ever get really good and/or the conference gets softer, I will call him out again for not challenging his team. And if we get back to top form, and start rolling in a weak MAC, I'll certainly jump on our own lack of a strong OOC to challenge our own guys too.

Great find, Hilltopper. So, I get it. When LeBron used this platform to spew his latest election displeasure with the "so-called president" comment, maybe he was talking about Scarborough and not Trump??

Way to go, George. You might have the potential to be a Journalist some day.

Please share location. You might be thinking of the Half-Proof shelf "liquor" that's by the beer and wine aisles, which is indeed restricted on Sunday until after noon. All the State Liquor Stores, including the ones inside the Giant Eagle stores that sell 80 proof and higher are closed on Sunday.

One thing I can add.... If you are staying for the weekend, make sure you buy LIQUOR on Saturday. All you'll find on Sunday is the 50% reduced proof crap in the grocery and convenience stores.

In one sense, I say that's a great question. In another sense I have to ask.....what Recruiting Success does Kent State have anyway, even without bad publicity and some possible NCAA sanctions?

Yes, it is an old joke. That goes back decades to when it was first discussed that we might consider a Dome. But it still makes me laugh. Con-Dome

From a practical perspective, I'd say that having an unknown heart condition that caused someone's death during simple conditioning drills wouldn't have changed because one of the trainers had an active certification, or did not have one. But even legally, I don't know how you find some other person liable for that type of occurrence. Yet, I will repeat again that this probably will get nowhere near a courtroom, a few million dollar settlement will be paid to the family, and we'll never know everything. But, if it's proven that Kent State knowingly had a trainer who was uncertified, I wonder what the NCAA penalties would be for something like that?

If we had ever put a roof on it, we could have called it the Con-Dome

And with all of the news we've heard over the last few years about "major multi-million renovations", it should look better than ever !! What a great idea for our Iowa State fans to see the beautiful legacy of our football tradition. The "Jason Taylor Played Here" feeling would certainly be an experience that the Iowans would never forget !!

Lotsa unanswered questions. If I wanted to speculate about any of this any further right now, the scenarios would require the longest post in the history of ZipsNation

It won't matter since they will likely just pay a settlement for a much lesser amount before it even gets to that point. That takes care of the "legal" part, without any more detailed explanation needed. But any NCAA sanctions would hinge on what the penalty would be for Kent, if they should find that they knowingly had a trainer with a lapsed certification.

I'll go with that. That was my point a few posts ago, regarding Browns and Zips. The Browns could win a title. The Zips are in a group where that's impossible. Besides all of that, it is still amazing that people are "giddy" about a 1-15 football team's first preseason game. And like I said, I'm sure they are some of the same people who claim that they'd support the Zips if they won more games.

A very small percentage of the 120 who are technically all playing for that title.