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Haven't even started year two and the rats are abandoning ship. Try hiring someone good after a 1-11 season.....

I like the AAU comparison. Something always smelled funny to me about AAU basketball.

Innocent people get killed everyday. If we can kill thousands in the War on Terror and call it collateral damage (I have no sympathy for them BTW), why can't an abortion be described as collateral damage in a free country? I'm sure a construction worker unemployed for the past 12 months cares much more about getting a job than getting an abortion. Millions male/female couples sodomize each other every day. Don't be a closed minded fool like the idiots on FOX. People who are offended by gay marriage are the kind of people the Republican Party has created. It is an us againt them mentality even if what "they" are doing has nothing to do with you everyday life. We have a +50% divorce rate in this country....maybe the gays could do better.....the straight folks aren't doing that great of a job right now.

It won't happen. They are more worried about same sex marriage and abortion to worry about fiscal issues important to 99% of Americans.

How did they screw up?

I'm not. I'm a real conservative who is desperately concerned the conservative message has been hijacked by a group of complete fools who have sixteenth century ideas about science and childish religious views (Evangelicals).

Article and Video Thanks to FOX News, this idiot is one of the faces of the Republican Party. The Mount Rushmore of the Republican Party used to have Abe Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower and Teddy Roosevelt on it. Today, it is Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity. If you are a Republican and this doesn't scare you, you are as stupid as Limbaugh, et al.

There's only one reason. Tell that too Cam Newton. You guys don't know what you are talking about. There are a lot of good players playing JUCO for a lot of reasons. Not all are D1 talent, but a lot are. I beg to differ. I do know what I am talking about. I agree there are a lot of good players that play JUCO ball, but they all play JUCO ball for one reason. Before going to a JUCO, Cam Newton had a scholarship and played at Florida. Mike Johnson played at Arizona State before transfering to a JUCO and then later UofA. Yep. Both went the JUCO route for the same reason as every other JUCO player. It's OK to admit you overstated your original point...... Both didn't go because they couldn't get scholarships. They did have scholarships and were at those schools on scholarship and played on the football teams while on scholarship. Would you like to clarify your point?

I see what you are saying, but shooting is shooting whether 20 feet away or one foot away. The little orange ball needs to go through the little orange ring.

The commentator was a she. She was very clear. In fact, I jumped off the sofa and posted that post right after she said it.

Maybe it is really that easy. They are playing a basketball game, not designing a ship to fly to Mars. It's D1 college athletics and because of that the competition is good. They need to do a better job against good competition. KD is the same guy he was when they were winning 20, but now the players can't execute. Maybe it's the players and not the strategies. KD can't shot the ball for them, but he can focus on them doing a better job of shooting. While I don't get to see every game, I do get to see some. The level of difficulty in the MAC is nearly the same as it was five years ago. The players just need to execute better and I think KD focusing on defense and rebounding is not the solution.

There's only one reason. Tell that too Cam Newton. You guys don't know what you are talking about. There are a lot of good players playing JUCO for a lot of reasons. Not all are D1 talent, but a lot are. I beg to differ. I do know what I am talking about. I agree there are a lot of good players that play JUCO ball, but they all play JUCO ball for one reason. Before going to a JUCO, Cam Newton had a scholarship and played at Florida. Mike Johnson played at Arizona State before transfering to a JUCO and then later UofA.

I'm watching the CSU vs. Butler game right now. The talking head from ESPN said the Horizon League is the only league in the past six years, outside of the "Power Six" leagues to win an NCAA Tournament game. I thought the MAC has won a game in the last six years.?.?.? If this is true, what does that say about the NCAA Tournament and the idea of expanding the tournament to include every team? You guys know my opinions of the "growers" in college athletics. Most athletic administrators and the people in the NCAA are only qualified to grow weeds. Less teams in the NCAA would be better than more. Even more, if the non power six are this bad, don't let them in. "But GP1, it would leave out teams like Butler".....I know, it would also not subject the rest of America to watching Duke beat the crap out of NC A&T by 60 in the first game. "But GP1, college athletics are about building character and life lessons"......I'm not sure the kids at NC A&T are learning a very valuable life lesson by losing by 60....or, it isn't a life lesson I would find valuable.

Interesting read. Seems to be focused on things that aren't the problem. When there is a problem, don't focus on the little issues around the problem. Focus on the problem itself. The problems as I see them are as follows: First, .421 fieldgoal percentage for the season...terrible. Second, .343 three point fieldgoal percentage for the season...not terrible, but not good either. Third, FT percentage < 70%. The primary goal of basketball is to take the little orange ball and throw it through the little orange ring hanging 10 feet above the floor. The Zips are not doing this at an acceptable level. Scoring a lot of points puts a lot of pressure on the other team. Less defensive practice...more shooting practice. The Zips are being out rebounded because they can't make shots. Missed shots turn into rebounds for the other team. Offensive rebounds are extremely difficult to get so avoid having to get them by making the first shot. Make shots, less rebounds for the other team....it's simple.

There's only one reason. Tell that too Cam Newton. You guys don't know what you are talking about. There are a lot of good players playing JUCO for a lot of reasons. Not all are D1 talent, but a lot are.

Last year wasn't a "write off", it was almost a complete disaster of epic proportions if they don't beat Buffalo the last game. The Zips had something like 16 or 17 returning starters. There was no starting from scratch. They should have done better.

Good question. 3-5 in the MAC as of today. Some believed the team would go 10-6 and have another good season. That was not an unreasonable expectation. They need to go 7-1 the rest of the season to go 10-6. I said a couple of weeks ago that 10-6 was dangerously close to 9-7 or 8-8. 5-3 the remainder of the season would land them at 8-8. I think if they go 8-8 and have an average season everyone would be happy at this point. There are no injuries on the team that would contribute to this poor performance....just poor everything. They need to string at least two wins in a row in order to get some momentum. Confidence and momentum are the keys to a getting out of a slump. It's up to them. They need to get it done. There is no excuse for this. They can do better.

An offensive lineman with "soft hands". Normally, that type of praise is only reserved for WRs.

I find myself scratching my bald head as well. I only hold out hope and try to find reasons for hope. Miami turned things around in two years, but I don't know where their classes were talent wise. Could the guy at Miami coach or did he just have underrated recruiting classes?...I don't know. What I do know is with all we have we cannot seem to get any momentum and some of our better sports teams are losing momentum. Something seems wrong in Zipsland.

What hard working team do they support that doesn't win? No one's expecting them to got 13-0 and win the MAC. They don't have to a pull a soccer team and win national titles, but like the 03-05 teams people came to see them. Yes they won more than they lost, but I wouldn't exactly call a winner, except for 05 of course. If the athletic department is willing to give away tickets to the games the way they were in those years, I'm sure you are right and people will turn out. I don't want to have to give away tickets to games. If we are back to giving away tickets, we have done absolutely nothing during our 20 year "building process". The athletic department functions on money and it needs a lot of it to just break even. Winning a lot is the only way they will be able to get people to BUY tickets. There is support for a team, and then there is meaningful support. Freeloaders are not providing meaningful support.

What hard working team do they support that doesn't win?

Article Say what you want about the off the field problems during the Faust years, but at least we waited to get on campus before being arrested. Tressel now has guys getting arrested on signing day. Well done Jim. OSU should do everyone at the Columbus Police Department a favor and fingerprint all recruits on their recruiting visit to save the CPD some time after arrests.

Let's see how they all do and may the best man win...and then let's get the program winning.

Here are my thoughts on this recruiting class......I could really give a crap. I don't care where these guys came from, how many stars they had by their name on some internet recruiting blog, what their grades were or anything else for that matter. I've suffered through almost 25 years of horrible football at UofA. We need to start winning ASAP. If this is the class that gets the winning going, then God bless them. I'm more interested in what they do on the field rather than what they look like on the internet. This program needs to start WINNING!

Interesting pieces and topic. The kid has talent and wins....that's what we need. Has he grown up?....maybe....he has had a lot of reality dumped on him the past couple of years. Reality is sobering. Here is my prediction. He came to Akron because he believes he can START next year. The QB job is open for the taking and I don't think CoachI has a favorite on the team. If he is the starter, it will be good for the Zips. We need winners on the field. 21 more winners would be even better. If he doesn't start, we will be reading stories about him at his fourth school in four years next year.