GP1

It's what many of us wish could and would happen to amateur athletes (Getting a life after college). But, I'm not sure what your point is GP-1 -- and come clean, did you marry a sweater girl? Miami BS Accounting UofA MBA finance So I guess the answer is...sort of. BTW, did you see that the Tea Party elected a woman who is against masturbation? If they outlaw jacking off, what are engineering majors going to do for fun on Friday and Saturday nights?

Be careful what you wish for. As Bull-In-Exile stated, this is most likely not a good thing for the MAC or Akron. A split like this has been coming for a long time, but the most likely scenario has the BCS conferences fractioning off from the NCAA. This would leave the MAC, C-USA, the Sunbelt, etc. somewhere in college sports purgatory between the BCS and the NAIA. You could pretty well kiss any kind of significant TV deals goodbye, the BCS schools would be taking those with them. The NCAA basketball tournament would be a shell of its former self. The soccer team would probably take the biggest hit as the College Cup would be stripped of top competition like North Carolina, Wake Forrest, Virginia, Indiana, etc. thereby dilluting the significance of future tournament runs by Zips soccer. As much as the NCAA deserves its criticism, and needs to make some changes, this kind of harm to the organization would be akin to cutting off one's own nose to spite one's face. Didn't listen to the CBS-CSTV, but I find the whole scenario quite hard to believe. It is hard to believe at first blush. If you just look at it a little though, it makes sense. There is nothing in law about the NCAA. Participation is voluntary. I'm sure there are ways to get out of it. Nobody heard about the BCS 20 years ago, but look at where we are today. I was typing about this over a year ago thinking it would be 5-6 years before anyone caught onto my brilliance. Someone has hit the fast forward button. If I remember correctly, Tim Brando is the person leading the discussion in the video. I don't know who the other two asshats are, but if Brando is talking about it, other people are talking about it. Brando is a good reporter and wouldn't bring it up unless there is something brewing. When he goes to cover SEC games for CBS, he is talking to people at those schools and this idea is coming up more than we might think it does. I have a feeling this idea is going to come up a lot more with the talking heads on TV and radio. The MAC and UofA need to think carefully about what their plans are going to be over the next few years. I'd love it if the MAC, Sunbelt, C-USA and pick two other conferences (non-bcs) got together and had their own football division. Four divisions and a playoff system like I describe for the BCS teams. I think the competition would be great and each game would be exciting and fun to watch.

Ask me after the season. I'm still holding out hope (hope isn't proof though) that the MAC is as bad as I believe it to be and if we can get past three BCS teams and the GW disaster, we might be able to turn the season around. We did in 2004. We are bad right now, but how bad will be answered at the end of the season.

I agree. Is this the video you were talking about? If you have not seen it, they talk about the new governing body close to the end. I've been telling you guys.............

If I remember correctly, Igor is a senior. You guys shouldn't have to sit at your seats scared to death a senior kicker might miss an extra point or a FG less than 40 yards. Hell, I'd say that about a Junior kicker. I'd say that about a freshman kicker on extra points. If a freshman kicker can't make an extra point, he shouldn't have a scholarship. ZipsWin! is right. The more things change, the more they stay the same. We have seen too much non-performance on the part of our Zips over the years. Sure, in the fourth quarter the pressure is on. Some players respond to pressure, others don't. Most of the time we have not. It really needs to change if we are ever going to have a winning program. We were winning Saturday 31-17 around the end of the third quarter or at the break between quarters 3 and 4. There was absolutely no excuse for letting them back in the game, let alone losing it. I know we can do better than this. It needs to get done. The players need to start playing better. They know what to do, now they need to go out there and do what they already know how to do. I don't believe the players and coaches spend two hours a day at practice looking at each other and not practicing, or that 0% of what the coaches are doing is meaningless. I'm sure the coaches are teaching the players. Maybe they aren't the best at it, but something is getting done. They all go to the same coaching clinics so the information is about the same as what they are teaching at other schools. Surely what they are doing should be enough to beat a I-AA team when you already have a 31-17 lead. They should have never needed a kick at the end of regulation to win the game. I still can't believe we lost to GW.

Good luck inding anyone here willing to drive to Indiana at this point much less pay Big 10 face value to see the crap that will undoubtedly be served by Icoach andthe Zips. OK--How about $60 for the pair? Bloomington is beautiful this time of year. People are complaining about $15-$25 to watch them at home. Good luck. Thanks for the price break though. SHHHHHHHHH!!!! Don't tell them parking isn't free either.

I certainly didn't. It doesn't make me upset, I'm downright pissed off at what is going on. I haven't been this mad at a Zips team since couldn't even get a first down against Can't State in the last seven minutes of the game 2003. We were up by 14 and lost by three. A first down would have won the game.....ten steps is a first down. Lee Owens should have been fired walking off of the field. We are in the MAC. We have enough talent to win in the MAC. We need to start to win. I blame the players most of all.....They ALL need to get going and fast. How low can we go? Ask me after the season. Everything is still a mystery.

The mismanagement of the QB should be a future post. 21 passes? Are you freaking kidding me? He is the best player on offense. Let him throw the freaking ball for crying out loud. If you weren't at a Wake game you'd realize -- Nicely has NO ONE to throw to. LaFrance would be the #4 receiver on any Owens team. None of the other active WR's would even make an Owens practice squad. Did he have anyone to throw to when the score was 31-17? From the looks of the statistics, he was 5-6 for 80 yards in the first quarter. Even if you discount the long td pass, he still had arond 8 yards per attempt. He was 2-4 in the second for 22 yards. 7-10 at half for 102 yards it looks like. 5-6 is pretty good. 2-4 is OK. I don't blame PN as much as I would like to see the ball thrown more. From the looks of the first quarter stats, he can complete passes. Guys can get open. We should have won 45-17 or at least 45-21. There is no excuse for that loss over the weekend. The same talent was on the field at the end of the game that was on the field at the end of the game. Typo or Yogism? Neither.....straight brainfart.

Kentucky is middle of the road SEC. That means conference powerhouse anywhere else. Our D gave up 31 in regulation to Gardner-Webb. Kentucky will probably score 31 in the 1st quarter if they want to. Just to add a little to this. KY also has played two games so it isn't like we can sneak up on them in week 1 when some of their new starters don't have any experience.

Many would read this and not see the sarcasm. I think it is funny. Nice work. Our offense had 31 points at the end of the 3rd quarter. What that tells me is they can score points....a big concern of mine after only putting up 3 against Syracuse. Against a I-AA team they should have had 45 at the end of the game. I could care less what happens against KY and IN. I still think this team can win. They need to get their heads out of their butts at crunch time and play well. The MAC schedule is just around the corner. Let's see how they do. They need to execute when it matters.

I am still guilty of being too optimistic at 35-0, aren't I? 55-0 Kentucky 7 X 8 = 56, not 55....unless you think they will score on the last play of the game and not try the PAT.

I say KY doesn't beat them as bad as they could. They rest their starters in the second half and call off the dogs. ESPN Radio today in Columbia had a SEC show...they made fun of KY for playing Akron. Kentucky 56 Akron 3

You summary makes no sense. Mack left because he had a better job offer. CUSA is a better conference every day of the week. It has nothing to do with the players on the football team. My summary makes complete sense to anyone with 1/2 a brain. Rhoades road the wave of Mike Thomas' work, and parlayed it into a sweet job upgrade in Houston. Rhoades "managed the game" while he was at UA. But he did nothing spectacular on his own. Thomas got the stadium off the ground (that's why it looks like UVA's), and Thomas hired Dambrot. And the search committee that nabed Caleb was formed prior to Rhoades. Mack took credit on his bio for building the Stiles Center, even though it was completed years before he stepped on campus. The Rhoades administration took credit for a big donation to complete the Stiles Center football coach offices...but that was a donation from JD's father in law. Mack saw that JD was not not the answer, and he got the hell out of Akron while he had a spotless record. He's no dummy. He's as saavy a dude as I've ever met. Learn from me, GP1. You'll be a better person for it. You knowledge of UA athletics is pretty weak anymore. Being 400 miles from campus really shows. Your bravado is as big as ever, but you really have no clue what you're talking about. Looking at a box score and ranting about "The Big Dialer" is weak. Alot like ITZ fawning over Charlie Frye's 230 yards passing...after Frye was down 37 - 0 after 15 minutes. Can't wait for your next Charlie Frye post. It'll be your 1,000th. I'm going to have a snack after I read it. You're saying it was Mack's fault we lost to a I-AA team?

The mismanagement of the QB should be a future post. 21 passes? Are you freaking kidding me? He is the best player on offense. Let him throw the freaking ball for crying out loud. If you weren't at a Wake game you'd realize -- Nicely has NO ONE to throw to. LaFrance would be the #4 receiver on any Owens team. None of the other active WR's would even make an Owens practice squad. Did he have anyone to throw to when the score was 31-17? From the looks of the statistics, he was 5-6 for 80 yards in the first quarter. Even if you discount the long td pass, he still had arond 8 yards per attempt. He was 2-4 in the second for 22 yards. 7-10 at half for 102 yards it looks like. 5-6 is pretty good. 2-4 is OK. I don't blame PN as much as I would like to see the ball thrown more. From the looks of the first quarter stats, he can complete passes. Guys can get open. We should have won 45-17 or at least 45-21. There is no excuse for that loss over the weekend. The same talent was on the field at the end of the game that was on the field at the end of the game.

For the 1,000,000th time, because it doesn't create long term fans. It creates fans who think it should cost $2 to go to a Zips game. True, that does make sense. I guess I am just trying to think of anything that can get some people in here. I'd just rather create an atmostphere, and maybe make something happen on the fans end, then watch us lose around 1,000 people that leave after halftime anyways. The one marketing strategy we have deployed is winning. People have better things to do with their time than watch bad football. Make the football more valuable than what they would do with their time otherwise.

For the 1,000,000th time, because it doesn't create long term fans. It creates fans who think it should cost $2 to go to a Zips game.

Please demonstrate this to the board. What is his pedigree? Why is it important? Why is it GREAT? When will we see the success based upon his great pedigree?

What if they can tripple their ticket costs when they play each other and strike bigger TV deals? IMNHO, there is more money to be had getting rid of the small schools. Let's get back to the topic. Someone prove to me we are a D-1A conference in reality.

14 of 21 is a good day.

First, there are a lot of very good FCS schools with teams that qualify for the NCAA BB Tournament. Why would other conferences drop down? That's a good question and I hate to answer it with another question, but I will. What if the BCS schools start there own division or even more, leave the NCAA and have their own Super Conference? There is already an NAIA, why can't there be another organization. The MAC is in big trouble and they need to figure it out soon. That is why this discussion is on this board. It is an important question.

Actually, I wasn't surfing. My wife pointed me to it. It is the kind of thing we all wish would happen to college athletes. Former NFL/MAC player starts MBA program the right way.

We've gone from the proverbial frying pan into the fire. We ditched a defensive scheme that lead to certain failure to an offensive scheme that leads to certain failure. We just can't seem to get it right.

The mismanagement of the QB should be a future post. 21 passes? Are you freaking kidding me? He is the best player on offense. Let him throw the freaking ball for crying out loud. \\ This is what you get when you run a pro style offense in college. Pro offense work because the players playing in the pros are great. They don't work at UofA because there aren't enough good players to run it. I like that Coach I changed the defense. Unfortunately, as I said months ago, he runs a pro offense during a time in college football when the spread offense makes poor teams average, average teams good and good teams great. You have to have Alabama type talent to make a pro offense work in college. You know who has Alabama type talent?.....Alabama, not UofA. Smash mouth football does not work unless you have the players to smash someone in the mouth. We don't have those players. We do have a group that would do well with a spread offense.

Thank you for your reinforcement of what I have been saying for a while. Great research. We just need to admit to what we are so we can move forward. ITZ provides no evidence in contradiction to my theory. Next..............

I'm sorry Captain Kangaroo, but this is complete bullshit. How many returning starters are there who won at least three games last year?...they won't win more than two this year. Were we talentless when we were up 31-17? The game should have been a blow out to the tune of 45-17. It isn't about talent...it's about a fear of winning. It's about a program that never experiences winning so they enjoy losing. There is absolutely no excuse for what happened yesterday.