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Did they flunk out or just leave the team?

I am sure his dad is out pimping his son to other message boards right now. He was on all kinds of boards saying how interested his son was in each of the schools.He went to Eastern or Western Kentucky.

Good catch. Well done....haha I mean no offense, but you all look pretty stupid calling it the forward.We've all looked much more stupid on other topics. See the latest posts on the scoreboard and light poles. Our Hall of Fame stupidity is resides in our parking posts.

Good catch. Well done....

Gradkowski out played him in NFL terms. Gradkowski and Frye both had a TD. Gradkowski had 18 yards/completion vs. Frye's 11.5. One of the most important statistics in the NFL is yards per attempt. Gradkowski had 10 yards/attempt vs. Frye's 6.6 yards/attempt.Completing passes down field is how you win in the NFL. Unless Frye turns this around, he will be on the outside looking in.

I could care less whether or not Tressel wrote the forward. I guess the only argument against it is Dennison being the best choice. The argument against that is a book lasts forever and 25 years from now Tressel will no longer be at tOSU and Dennison will only be remembered as the guy who once coached at Akron. Using Tressel is more forward looking.In the end, publishers publish to make money. Like it or not, the Tressel name will sell books. In fact, if I published the book, I would mention that Tressel wrote the forward or introduction or whatever he wrote on the cover. Seems we are making a mountain out of a molehill to me. The NCAA is the real enemy, not larger conferences and the teams within them.

In all seriousness, I've thought about writing a book about UofA football during the D-1A years. Maybe it's just me and my fondness of UofA, but I think it would be an extremely interesting topic in a way that goes beyond just Zips football to community support, short sighted administrators, interpersonal relationships of the players stuck in a losing program, the value of good media relations, how not to market a product, the cancer of unrealistic expectations, a team on the verge of becoming really good and then absolutly stinking within two years, excellent young coaches that went on to high level college and even the NFL, etc. I don't know if the book I would write would be interesting, but at least the topic would be. I could get players from the period of transition from I-AA to I-A to give reflective thoughts on the times and then connect those dots up until today and the new stadium.The past 22 years have been intersting for UofA football. Losing has been the norm, but the book wouldn't be negative either. There are some feel good stories over the years. How about a chapter on loyal UofA fans that have sat through some horrible games over the years and continue to come back for more? One was such a masochist that he started a web page in a period when nobody in their right mind would have gone to UofA football games (I'm not in a right mind so I was going as well). ZipsWin! has actually created a situation in the time of his kids life when all kids think their parents are strange and want nothing to do with them that they actually want to spend time with their parents at games.......this is a positive story.I believe the UofA football story over the past 22 years has been very interesting on some level. We could probably be the most interesting losing team during this time period. Seriously, think about it...we might be the most interesting losing team over the past 22 years. I don't know what word would describe it other than "interesting". I don't know of many schools that have made the transition to I-A that have had so much stacked against it and has had so many odd things happen, yet it is about to come out the other side of the worm hole in good shape.This could be a really good book. Too bad I'm too busy to write it.

On the cover of this book is a color team photo. That photo is of the 1987 Zips which was the first season in D-IA.

Today I saw a guy doing what I thought was drilling for gold. Then I realized he was just picking his nose while driving his car....

Trends define a program.....we are what we are.I'm hoping to reverse the trend this year.

That's the key...... Not only "can the coaches do something with the talent", can the talent come through in critical time of the game. This is what the Zips have been lacking for the past 20 odd years.

I agree. Someone start a thread on parking.........

I saw CK's post on another topic about the scoreboard and I had to come over here to see what tapestry of stupidity was being woven on this topic. Just when I thought the arguments about parking at the Rubber Bowl (it was a freaking grass field for Christ's sake) were about as stupid as we could get on this board, I find a two page debate about the scoreboard and the light poles. The parking debates and complaints still reign supreme, but this debate is a VERY close second.Who is complaining that the steel looks cheap on the scoreboard? What the Hell are they supposed to support it with and frame it in with? Concrete at about 50 times the cost of steel? Frame the scoreboard with anti-gravity material they use on the Enterprise? Keep in mind, the stadium had to come in within budget. The steel looks just fine. It matches the rest of the stadium that is framed with......steel.The light poles. Let's see..... a light pole consists of the two following features:1. Lights2. A poleI look at the picture and what do I see, lights...check, pole.....check. What is the freaking problem? They successfully joined the two elements in the creation of a "light pole". At about 100 times the cost of the steel pole, that matches the rest of the stadium, maybe they could have created concrete poles (they could have consulted the guy who designed Rex's Erection in Cuyahoga Falls). I love the argument, "the scoreboard doesn't look good from Exchange". Exchange doesn't look good from Exchange. It is full of college students and bums. The back of the scoreboard is the best looking thing on exchange. It's the back of a scoreboard for crying out loud, not a work of art.

Are there doors on the bathroom stalls?

WOW! I didn't realize people at ESPN were reading my posts.

For years, people around NE Ohio got free everything at UofA events and all they did was complain and expect more for free. There should be nothing amazing about the original post on this board. It's really a sad statement about freeloaders who think the University is dripping in money. I expect more of the same from many after the first season when people realize they actually have to pay for a D-1A football experience in a fantistic stadium.Besides, what's wrong with free chicken wings. I'd be happy to eat some free chicken wings right.Hats off to everyone who went last night and appreciated a nice evening at the University without a steak dinner and free Stoli to wash it down.

The year after the football team won the MAC and went to a bowl, which is the same as winning the BB tournament and going to the NCAA, they were not impressive early the following season with the exception of beating a bad NC State team. When the CMU disaster happened the following week, interest was gone. Joe Akron picks up the paper after the first four football games and sees 1-3 and is not interested. The same thing could happen in basketball. The MAC isn't a very good product right now so illusions are important. Starting out the season, even if it is beating cupcakes like Malone, is important to public perception. It generates interesting discussions like Akron becoming the Gonzaga of the East, which is complete nonsense because we all know we only want to be the best UofA we can be and screw everything else.On the negative, I don't think this schedule results in any type of "growing" or proof that KD's "master plan" is working. The program is what it is and will only get slightly better than it is right now with Zeke and the higher levels of college basketball "growing" at a stronger clip. There is no Gonzaga of the East in our future. This whole idea of a master plan is like conspiracy theories. When evidence shows the conspiracy theory to be correct, the defenders are made to feel vindicated. When evidence shows the conspiracy theory is incorrect, the defenders feel vindicated because is shows just how broad reaching the conspiracy. KD's master plan is the same way. When we beat superior teams to win the MAC it shows the team is growing and the master plan is working. When we are the superior team, as we have been in years past, and we lose championship games it shows how great the master plan is and we should just be patient. The Zips should be hands down favorites to win the MAC next year (As bad as the MAC is, we could get 8 guys off of this board and come in second). If they don't, I'm sure we will still have the "growers" on this board just like Republicans now have the "birthers".

Only partly. If you classified it as, "If you have a falling down, unsafe disaster of a stadium in Ellet and you build it, they will come."I think the Zips are going to have great crowds this coming season and through next season. A lot needs to happen for that trend to continue after the first two seasons IMHO.

I like the way the Zips schedule. The Zips are in a perfect situation. They are about to become the best team in a bad conference. Winning lots of games, winning the conference and going to the NCAAs with a win every now and then spells a fantastic program and enjoyment for the fans. I don't know how getting smashed a couple of times a season will make the program better. In fact, it could prove the program is done growing and maybe not the stud many like to believe it is. It is a stud for a MAC program, but it ends about there. I think we worry to much about this scheduling issue. Just enjoy the winning.

Like a steak at The Palm?

He'll be the first guy in college athletics without a padded resume. Maybe an honest person.....hire him...

I'm not exactly certain, I just don't like small players at the D-1A level. Normally a scouting report makes a player slightly faster and taller than he may actually be. I'd rather have a kid show as 6' 5" and show up as 6' 4" than 6' 1" and show up at 6' even or worse yet 5' 11".Size matters. Just ask your wife/girlfriend.That's the second time you recommended that, so I went ahead and asked your wife/girlfriend and she said that tall QBs are overrated and the only size that counts is girth.She's just trying to make you feel better......It worked. I felt gooood! just messin' w/ya. The good thing about sex is that it is much like pizza.....when it's good, it's great....when it's bad, it's still good.....

I'm not exactly certain, I just don't like small players at the D-1A level. Normally a scouting report makes a player slightly faster and taller than he may actually be. I'd rather have a kid show as 6' 5" and show up as 6' 4" than 6' 1" and show up at 6' even or worse yet 5' 11".Size matters. Just ask your wife/girlfriend.That's the second time you recommended that, so I went ahead and asked your wife/girlfriend and she said that tall QBs are overrated and the only size that counts is girth.She's just trying to make you feel better......

They will be using oval shaped balls called "footballs".

I'm not exactly certain, I just don't like small players at the D-1A level. Normally a scouting report makes a player slightly faster and taller than he may actually be. I'd rather have a kid show as 6' 5" and show up as 6' 4" than 6' 1" and show up at 6' even or worse yet 5' 11".Size matters. Just ask your wife/girlfriend.