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I hear he isn't aggressive enough at the line of scrimmage.... Makes too many plays too far behind the line.

Or, he is just a smart young kid who isn't mature enough to understand the business side of college athletics.

Are any of them in writing with a line to sign that would make it a contract to provide a scholarship? There are offers and there are offers...

How much would you be willing to bet that Monteroso ends up at a bigger school than Ferns? The best thing to happen to this Monteroso kid is the BC coach getting fired. It is his first lesson in understanding the business side of college athletics and can open up doors for him he may have shut by his own doing. Lots of kids get offers from big time programs during their junior seasons only to not have a piece of paper land in front of them on signing day from a BCS school. Young kids these days make a big mistake in committing to a school entirely too early in their high school years. Most fans don't realize that a verbal commitment to a school holds a much weight as marrying your high school girlfriend by giving her your varsity jacket. It's easy for both parties to walk away from that commitment.

I am. It's just going to be by way of Direct TV. I made a vow to go to Ohio in the winter under four conditions: 1. Death in the family. 2. Christmas every other year (doesn't even take me to Akron). 3. Zips playing in MAC Championship 4. Zips playing in Motor City Bowl or whatever they call it now. The Great GP1 has a 3:00 appointment on Friday with the television, a 6:30 appointment with the luckiest woman in the world, Mrs. GP1, at Ruth's Chris in downtown Charlotte and a 7:30 appointment at the Charlotte Symphony for a Christmas concert. Followed on Saturday with an appointment with the ACC Championship game at BOA.

I'll be watching the game this Friday on Direct TV.

Good post JZ84. Let's throw in Kentucky and Tennessee. I think Tennessee will play a key part in what happens to Hazell. There will also be BCS level coaches who leave to take one of these jobs. I could easily see the guy at Louisville take the job at Tennessee. The Auburn job is a dead end with NCAA sanctions coming down the pike. Hazell would be best served to take the L'Ville job IF it comes open. It is close enough to Ohio to take advantage of his recruiting base. It also provides a ready made good team with a QB who will be a junior season with two years starting under his belt. L'Ville can be a springboard to a better job as evidenced by the existing coach. Purdue is a career killer for coaches and Hazell should stay away from it. I have a brother who is close with staff members at OSU. The word is the kid from St. Clairsville will play at the BCS level and it is only a matter of where. The more coaches see him play, they more they like what they see. Tons of athletic talent, good hands, good intellect, an air of confidence that is needed in the big time and lots of potential. Probably not high level BCS like the SEC or PacWhatever or Big Whatever, but the Big Ten, ACC or Big East wouldn't be out of the question. I don't see him going to a MAC school. JD will land wherever he wants to coach and with who will have him. JD doesn't really need to work so he takes time off and lands in places he wants to work. Colorado was one of those draws for him since he grew up there. I don't see a gloomy midwestern city as a stop for JD.

I don't think the question of guarding McDermott centers around the head to head match up, but how, when and who to use on double teams.

The Blue Jays will be the best team with the best player the Zips play all season. I hope people around Akron realize what a big game this is.

Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, it doesn't appear as if their stadium renovations or playing this game in Columbus was really worth it. The wrong message was sent all around. More athletic director stupidity.

How many people were there?

I wouldn't care. Stupid idea for Miami, but they have a right to be stupid.

What's your point?

We just spent $64 million on a new stadium. Akron should never have a home game anywhere other than The Big Dialer. BG just spent millions on stadium renovations....why?

The back breaking seats remove any value the product on the court provides.

We've had players like archer in the past and will get them again. Brett Biggs comes to mind.

I don't have a problem with programs like this. They are trying to sell the most uncomfortable seats in the world for about all they are really worth. Probably not too many season ticket holders in GA so there aren't many people to upset.

I was very young, but I remember they had Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin, on eight track. The casing was pink and I remember thinking it was "dirty" because there were naked people on it.

Defense is a product of line play. Better defenses can control the line and passing pocket with a minimum of four players. Until we can do that, we have problems on the line. Existing players need to improve or be replaced. Miami was a problem because we couldn't keep the QB from running at will.

I had three older brothers and I remember one of them had this album on 8 track.

Totally agree with you totally disagreeing. Need better run defense. Secondary will improve when opponent is one dimensional.

I'm all for stability at the top. A couple of ways to look at it are... First, we could get stability by bringing in an AD(s) committed to UofA and generating success in some areas (football) and maintaining success in others (soccer, MBB). In order to do this, there has to be vision from the top that provides a vision for what the Athletic Department should be. Second, we could keep a complete failure around because we don't want change at the top. The worst thing that could happen would be for TW to still be at UofA five years from now because they wanted stability. The proof of how bad TW has been will be revealed after he leaves UofA, one way or another, and no other D1A school hires him as AD. We should strive to find young ADs like Mike Thomas. Mike was a really smart guy and one of the few ADs I wouldn't describe as an ass bag. There are people out there like him, we just need to do a better job of finding them. Don't pluck one off the "AD Tree"...find one with unique abilities and ideas that will generate success based upon the vision at the top of the chain. If Dr. Proenza keeps TW around after his contract is up or doesn't fire him sooner, there should be a movement to remove Dr. Proenza from his position. As far as the radio discussion ZipsWin! documented, the caller was an example of the vision we do not need in a leadership position. He is an example of what reading Terry Pluto for decades has turned the average NE Ohio sports fan into.... small minded and short sighted.

I would bet the talent in western Pennsylvania is neither better or worse than it used to be. My guess is the game is different than it used to be and doesn't lend itself to slow footed players, with the exception of a few great players (there are great players everywhere). If western Pennsylvania talent was as good as they tell us it is, Pitt and PSU wouldn't be as unbelievably average, at best, as they have been the past 20 years. Yinzers like to say things like, "Look at all the NFL players we produce." That's great, but what about the rest?

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