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Bingo!!!!!!!! Dave provides us with one of the best comments on this board in a long time. Good analysis.

It is the smart decision and that's what they intend to do if he goes to osu. They don't have any confidence in their current LB group. Nothing to do with red shirting or saving anyone for the future. OSU can't have another 6-6 season next year or Les Wexner will string the rest of their Athletic Department up by their privates.

If he decides to go to OSU, it will be on a full scholarship that will be offered to him in the near future if not already.

If I could ask Brian Wagner any question, it would be the following. "Given the current make-up of the Zips coaching staff, where do you think you will learn more about football that will make you better prepared for a possible NFL career....OSU or Akron?" His talents are his talents and that won't change at either school. What he knows will help him be more presentable to an NFL team. The answer to the question is Akron.

No news. I'm confident he is going to get an offer. My post made an assumption I shouldn't have.

I believe you are right. The current players will do well. However, they are going to need some help. If there was a way to measure average talent level on a team, the Zips wouldn't score well right now (I guess how badly we were beaten in the MAC would be a good measurement, but I'm looking for something different). That doesn't mean what they have can't be worked with. They need some stars around what they have. A team on the rise needs six good players. Heck, a good MAC team only needs six good players...look at OU. We have Wagner so that is one of six. Maybe there are two more on the roster and we'll find that out this spring (Diamonds in the rough might be a good topic fellow board members). Three more need to be brough in. I don't expect all three next year, but the following year I expect us to be very good if we can round out what I will refer to as the "key 6" from this point forward. The key 6 are, in any order, RB, QB, WR, DE, LB and CB. This is how Jim Grobe has winning records at a school where winning hasn't happened all that often. It's simple. Find six good players and be creative about how they are used. We can be good, and quickly. I'll go as far as to say we will be good, and quickly.

Everyone dreaded getting selected for an interview because the team made fun of you for a week until the next victim went on air the following week. I wonder if Ch. 23 programing is any better these days.?.?

Hemp diapers...

Doesn't scare me. I have spent my career working in the construction industry. The mob is much more powerful than the good old boy network and that is something that isn't to be feared as long as you don't participate. Too many northerners in the south now to keep the good old boy network relevant.

On another note NewZipsFan (you seem to be in the know), will Greg Williams be coming with our new DC to be on the staff? Our DB coaching spots seem to be filled up, but room in other areas is available. Someone I know wants to know.

I totally get it as I live in the south. This is a complete non issue. What I think a lot of people in Akron won't understand is how things like this actually go down in the south. He was protected by the good old boy network as long as he coached at UNA. Could have probably gone forever without paying the fine as long as he was coach. The media is actually part of it in small towns. The best thing to do is to stay out of the good old boy network. All the good old boy network is, is a group of about 5-6 guys who decide to do business with only one another....Then they spend the rest of their lives trying to screw each other over. The key to doing business in the south is staying out of the good old boy network and do business with the other 60 people.

KD should interview his own players on this show. Does anyone remember the old Faust TV show on Ch. 23? It was a half hour show around 5:00 right before videos. I had friends who were on it with him and it was the most funny thing to watch. He would interview players and the interviews were funny in that Faust would both ask the questions and answer the questions before the player could get a word out. It went like this...really, it was this bad: Faust: "So, what position do you play?" Player: "I...." Faust: "You play safety don't you?" Player: "Yes." Faust: "What town are you from?" Player: "I..." Faust: "You're from Cincinnati aren't you?" Player: "Yes." Faust: "What's your major?" Player: "I'm..." Faust: "It's business isn't it?" Player: "Yes." It would go on like this for about five minutes. Am I the only one who remembers this?

This is awesome!

Cornell Brown? John Engelberger was also on that team...During his NFL career in Denver, he dated a former Zips WBB player.

Maybe it's neither. Maybe through some odd cosmic twist of fate, the ball has finally bounced our direction after years of it always bouncing up and breaking our nose.

Instant credibility. Less than a month ago, we couldn't get anyone to look at us for the head coach position. Today, we have a former BCS head coach as a coordinator. Amazing how quickly things have turned. Welcome Coach Amato. Well done TB.

Time will tell. He might get his chance sooner than you think. Jets are considering cutting him. Plus, he has better things to do. The Jets aren't going to cut him. Let them. See what they come up with...it would end up being a huge joke. I'll take Chad Pennington's opinion of him over Florio's all day long. What free agent QB would want to go to a team coached by the offspring of Buddy Ryan and his stupid ideas about offense? An offense coached by a Schottenheimer? As the old saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I don't know how anyone could look at those two names and not be able to figure out what is wrong with the Jets offense. Firing Ryan is the only way the Jets can save their team. He'll just hire another Schottenheimerlike coach if he is allowed to get rid of Schottenheimer and hire another OC. If not, the best thing Sanchez could ever do is leave NY.

Coming into this season, Sanchez had four playoff wins in two years. Lots of starting NFL QBs stink, he isn't one of them. He plays for a defensive oriented coach who doesn't value offense so he suffers. If the Jets would can their coach and hire someone who was willing to play football in the 21st Century, Sanchez could shine. Who cares if his head coach if defensive oriented. The philosophy of a coach dictates how he will use his players. Defensive coaches keep a tight hold on offense, which is why few should be allowed to be a head coach in 2012. Tomlin and the Steelers....This is coming from a huge Steelers fan....Their offense isn't worth much. Lots of yards....not many points (see NFL team scoring stats). The Steelers, and their entire division, played a lot of easy teams this year and it helped their records....How do I know this?...The Bengals made the playoffs in a season when both Baltimore and Pittsburgh made the playoffs. Only the Browns are pathetic enough not to win at least six against the schedule the AFC North had to play.

Oregon and OCan't State are good examples of how the modern spread offense raises a team a notch if executed properly. Both are good teams elevated to BCS status because of the offense. Neither team is dripping with offensive talent, but they do have talent in all the right places. They then take that talent and are CREATIVE about getting the ball to the key players. It doesn't take 22 great players. Only about 6 in the right places and a team can turn around quickly. That can be us. The Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl were two of the best college football games I saw all season. Very exciting and fun to watch. Zips fans sure do need some fun at the games next season and I think it will happen.

2012 Modern Era HOF Nominees When the time comes for JT to get voted into the HOF, many of these same players will be on the list. Other than Tomlinson, I can't think of anyone other player who might retire this year to add to the list five years from now. There are also some players who have retired in the last four years who cannot be on the list yet. Given the list and then high number of player the NFL puts in the HOF every year, I think there is a VERY good chance JT is a first ballot HOFer. Maybe interesting to talk about.

Bingo! Mack did take a better job.

Can someone clear up exactly who is on the staff? I read a lot on this board, but after a few days, I'm still unsure as to what is true and what is rumor.

Mack was a solid AD at Akron. I'm glad things are going well for him.

Coming into this season, Sanchez had four playoff wins in two years. Lots of starting NFL QBs stink, he isn't one of them. He plays for a defensive oriented coach who doesn't value offense so he suffers. If the Jets would can their coach and hire someone who was willing to play football in the 21st Century, Sanchez could shine.

There are lots of reasons why the SEC is good and the article points them out. It's a disservice only if the player is at the school for the education that particular school has to offer. Most aren't. We can question whether or not the players and their families understand the contract they sign with the school when they sign (I think most aren't capable of understanding a complex legal document and it wouldn't matter if they did because you can't negotiate the deal.), but it is in writing that the scholarships are not for four or five years and only one year deals. How the player gets cut is where the question of ethics comes into play. Lots of assistant coaches at SEC schools know coaches at lower level schools and will notify them they are about the cut a player. I would bet our new coach got lots of calls like that during his time in DII. Once the word is out, the player can have a soft landing somewhere his talents can get him on the field. I happen to think that most kids just want to play in games. Keeping a kid on scholarship who isn't going to do anything on the field is just as unethical as keeping an employee employed who isn't helping the company. Letting the kid go is the best thing they can do for most if the goal is to play in games. Oversigning is exactly the type of foresightful move that has put the SEC at the top. Instead of limiting it, the other conferences should embrace it. In the long run, it is better for everyone involved.