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The Zips have covered the first two weeks of the season (wasn't the line in the 30s last week or something?). I look for them to cover again this week in The Big Phone Booth. Could the Zips be that team that quietly covers all year and makes some Zips fans happy? It's not whether you win or lose, it's whether you cover the spread...

Just in my time at the University we have had two kickers sign contracts with NFL teams. It isn't THAT hard!?!?NFL teams bring in kickers like American Legion Posts bring in kegs of beer. As good as Derr was, he didn't make the NFL.I stand by what I said. There aren't very many good kickers out there to pick from.

Answer: A good consistent kicker.Kickers are extremely hard to come by. Watch the vast majority of high school football games and one has to wonder how colleges ever make a fieldgoal. It is also hard to judge one because in HS the goal posts are more narrow in college and HS kickers get to kick off of a tee.surely you meant that college field goals are narrower than HS field goals.... right?Yes. Thanks!

Answer: A good consistent kicker.Kickers are extremely hard to come by. Watch the vast majority of high school football games and one has to wonder how colleges ever make a fieldgoal. It is also hard to judge one because in HS the goal posts are more narrow in college and HS kickers get to kick off of a tee.

If a politician is a Republican, they get a pass from their own party on things like cheating on a wife or soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. I don't think a beer bong will hurt his career.Rasor has all he needs to be a successful politician in northern Summit County suburbs. First, I believe he goes to The Chapel. The Chapel, like many new Christian churches, is as much cult-like social club as it is a place of worship. It falls right into the Republican's playbook of "us vs. them". "Us" means those that believe what we do and belong to our little group. "Them" means....well, I'm not certain they even know what it means. These churches also serve as recruiting tools for the modern day Republican party which has become more liberal than FDR with guys like Bush 43 and follows the intellectual lead of lightweights like Sean Hannity and neo-conservatives (code word for big government liberals). There was once a time when great thinkers of small government like William F. Buckley were the intellectual leaders of the Republican party (Buckley would have vomited out his bong water on neo-conservatives). Now, high school graduates and Sunday Christians have taken over that role. I honestly don't believe many modern day Republicans believe the childishly legalistic theology they are forced to spew for political purposes, which makes the party thoughtless and pandering to the most intellectually vacant, shrill masses. In a lot of ways, it makes them dangerous. The Republican Party has turned itself into a cartoon of itself. Like a lot of good cartoons, it is both funny and uncomfortable to watch......like South Park.Secondly, he writes about sports in an area where people love sports.I think this politician is a good guy. I hope he doesn't use his chance in politics to force others to behave and act as he may believe they should based upon his religious beliefs. Instead, he should think about freedom and what that means. Freedom is for everyone all the time. Not just when it is word that helps someone get elected.Let freedom ring!Go Zips!Thanks for showing us all what a bigot you are GP1. I'm sure you have some twisted rational for your opinions, but this is a sports message board. I for one, would appreciate it if you would take your convoluted wisdom to some other teams fan site. Perhaps one of those vaunted SEC or ACC teams you talk of here on the Zips message board so often. The fine folks at the Chapel will continue to contribute and invest their time, energy and money to make the Akron community a better place. People like you who think its ok to fire some cheap shots while hiding behind a computer screen are not needed as the only thing you contribute, is a sad twisted life view. Perhaps you should not post to this message board if you have to put someone else down in order to get your jollys. You now have the honor of being the first member on my ignore list.Don't spill your punch..... You might get some on Knute's Rolex.

What is wake forrest? There is a school in Winston-Salem called Wake Forest, but no wake forrest?That school down there where people who can't get into Duke or UNC go to.Wake, Duke and UNC have some fine qualities, but they are no UofA.

Thanks for the great photos. Everyone should have a look.Having the ball parachuted into the stadium reminds me of a funny story from last year. Duke was going to do the same thing before a game last year. At the same time a few miles away, North Carolina was preparing to start their game at the same time. The out of town jumper and pilot looked out the window of the plane and saw a football field with people in the stands and the jumper jumped out and delivered the ball to the stadium. The only problem was he jumped into the North Carolina field in lieu of the Duke field. True story...

Harris was successful at Pitt before being let go. I know they didn't renew his contract....that means he was fired. In fact, they went 9-2 and to a BCS game his last year.Wasn't Monty on staff at Miami when they finished in the Top 10? A lot of coaches make it good somewhere else after getting fired at another program.I don't think Harris would be coaching right now if his home in Pittsburgh wasn't getting remodeled.

Anyone?

somebody on this site said Lefevour was 'overrated' 330+ in the air, 3TDS in e.lansing!...send us your overrated,your tired,your poorI thought the same thing. The guy wins games. He has won at least one championship and takes his team to bowl games. The word good comes to mind, not overrated.However, is there a team in college football that blows more games than Michigan State. Off sides on a last second fieldgoal gives CMU another chance to win and they do.

Did anyone go to BW3? If so, how was it?

I don't have a problem with people leaving early. The game was a blow out. It happens everywhere.

I guess you answered your own question.

What is wake forrest? There is a school in Winston-Salem called Wake Forest, but no wake forrest?

If a politician is a Republican, they get a pass from their own party on things like cheating on a wife or soliciting sex in an airport bathroom. I don't think a beer bong will hurt his career.Rasor has all he needs to be a successful politician in northern Summit County suburbs. First, I believe he goes to The Chapel. The Chapel, like many new Christian churches, is as much cult-like social club as it is a place of worship. It falls right into the Republican's playbook of "us vs. them". "Us" means those that believe what we do and belong to our little group. "Them" means....well, I'm not certain they even know what it means. These churches also serve as recruiting tools for the modern day Republican party which has become more liberal than FDR with guys like Bush 43 and follows the intellectual lead of lightweights like Sean Hannity and neo-conservatives (code word for big government liberals). There was once a time when great thinkers of small government like William F. Buckley were the intellectual leaders of the Republican party (Buckley would have vomited out his bong water on neo-conservatives). Now, high school graduates and Sunday Christians have taken over that role. I honestly don't believe many modern day Republicans believe the childishly legalistic theology they are forced to spew for political purposes, which makes the party thoughtless and pandering to the most intellectually vacant, shrill masses. In a lot of ways, it makes them dangerous. The Republican Party has turned itself into a cartoon of itself. Like a lot of good cartoons, it is both funny and uncomfortable to watch......like South Park.Secondly, he writes about sports in an area where people love sports.I think this politician is a good guy. I hope he doesn't use his chance in politics to force others to behave and act as he may believe they should based upon his religious beliefs. Instead, he should think about freedom and what that means. Freedom is for everyone all the time. Not just when it is word that helps someone get elected.Let freedom ring!Go Zips!

I think everyone should enjoy the afterglow of a great day of college football and post tomorrow.

Toledo is 0-1, and was 3-9 last season. They're up against high school football on a Friday night. That's tough for a MAC program to overcome.You're missing the most important point. 9:00 start. When I go to a college football game, the only thing I want to start at 9:00 is the digestion of my halftime hot dog. I wouldn't blame some people for not going.Also, Colorado is a terrible team. They lost to Colorado State last week at home and the entire country go to see it. People aren't stupid. They will not pay to go watch crap at 9:00. The Big 12 Conference is another conference that is too big. They need to kick two or three weaklings out of the confernce and go to round robin play and eliminate their conference championship game. They should give Colorado and Iowa State the boot.

Thank you for saving me some typing.

I don't think the University will blow this. They have had too much time to get ready for it.I had the same concerns about concessions until I read this article in the ABJ. It looks as if they have moved beyond cold hot dogs and cardboard pizza.There will be some that walk away unhappy. They are those who can never be made happy.

Erin Andrews?

I'd be interested in knowing what he has around him. His first two years, they were loaded. Frankly, we gave away a game there Getsy's last season. Strange things happen to us up there.

Akron 45MS 14Halftime score will be:Akron 35MS 7

I agree with this. I did not look at the stats, but do they break out capital building from the general operating costs?

I know some are disagreeing, but I would agree with this. A lot can change in a year. As good as a high school senior may be, that person still has to improve his game in order to get on the field for a D-1A team. Maybe there are some who came in with lesser recognition, but have improved beyond him. Competition is a good thing for the program.Playing time is earned. Maybe he isn't following instruction well at this level. It starts with talent, but there is a lot more to it. We'll all find out soon enough.

Why can't we be a sub 500 team in a shitty conference?The rest isn't all that bad of a point and I am still considering working on a post discussing the importance of facilities over the long term. I'm watching, right now, Cincinnai wax Rutgers. Rutgers has new facilities. Why arent' they good? Is it facilities or a history of losing that will take them back to the dark ages.I watched, and have been watching Wake Forest, over the past three seasons continue to lose ground on their ACC Championship from three years ago. They improved their facilities over the past few years. Why are the losing more? Whey are they losing to teams like Baylor? Are they losing more or are they just what they are....a midling to poor ACC program over the past 50 years and they will be that again soon.Is a new stadium just a lifeless object or does it somehow make teams better that have traditionally lost? Does a stadium make a kid accustomed to losing a winner?When I was in school, Can't State built their indoor practice field. Why do they still suck? The suck because the have a history of sucking.Why are the Pittsburgh Pirates working on their 14th straight losing season? The public built them a stadium under the disguise it would make them more competetive. Same losers as far as I can see and I punish myself with their box score every day.Why are schools like Illinois, Minnesota, NC State, Arizona State, Georgia, Arkansas, Arizona, Virginia, Kansas State, Oregon State and various other programs always average? I know periodically they find lightning in a bottle and have a good season here or there, but they are almost always average. Most of these schools have had significant improvements in facilities over the years and they still are what they are. Facilities improvements do not happen in a vacuum. They take place within the body of the NCAA. We're not the only team building. We are just now at a point where we caught up to the others. The new stadium is as new as it is ever going to be right now. Eventually, another MAC school will build a stadium under the disguise that they will be good if they build a new stadium. Temple plays in a freaking NFL stadium. How come Temple still stinks?The movie "Field of Dreams" is on right now as well. They say in the movie, "if you build it they will come". It doesn't say, "if you build it you will win". I'm convinced that you can build and build and build, but if the same losing attitude remains in the players then the losing will continue. If you think back to our MAC Championship year, the best player on that team was Brett Biggs. Biggs did not come to Akron as a freshman so he did not have his mind corrupted by losing. The minute they stuck him in the MTSU game the year before, the team improved dramatically and rolled off a bunch of wins as the year went on. Year two with him, they win the league.Others will say new facilities attract better players. Let's look at it another way. Do they attract kids who want to win or do they attract kids who want to play in a new stadium? We have one of the worst BB arenas in the league and we won the MAC. I don't want to make it seem like I'm filating KD, I'll leave that up to Zip Watcher, but KD attracts kid who want to win. If they cared about facilities, UofA would be the last place they would look.This football program has had loser after loser after loser for the better part of it's D-1A past. Only the players can change the attitude. A new stadium isn't going to do it.If JD doesn't get seven wins this year, it isn't because he does not have the talent. The overall talent level on this team may be the best ever. The problem isn't nonsense like kids flunking out or not qualifying or whatever side reason people want to believe. The problem is we have a losing program and it is more easy to lose than win. Losing is easy to do. The question would become whether or not a new coach could turn a historical loser into a winner.