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For each Zips away game this season, I will provide ZipsNation with my personal review of places to go when traveling to an away city. Since some of you are already talking about what to do at the Penn State game, I'll throw in my opinion on places to go while in town. Mostly, the reviews will be for people spending the night.In terms of places to eat, I would recommend four places (one I can't remember the name of). The first is a place called The Tavern (or something). This is an old place in the downtown area of State College. Good place, good old style atmosphere. The food is good, but they don't give you a lot. They do have about eight side dishes on the menu and you can get all eight with the cost of your meal if you wish. This is my second favorite place in State College. The food can be a little bland and served in old lady portions.Another place to eat is a place called Champs (not the same as the Champs chain) west of town on the street called Atherton or Allerton or something. This is a great sports bar with outside seating. For those of you wishing to do some drinking before the game and watch football, this is a great stop. Outside seating is good also. Get the macaroni and cheese as a side dish.There is a place in town called Broadway Deli, or maybe Boardwalk Deli. This is a good place for sandwiches, etc. Good beer selection. This si the one I can't quite remember the name.The best place in town to eat is called Spats. Good food selection with prices ranging from reasonable to expensive. They do some Cajun cooking which is good. Good wine list. Not a dress down place. You will be satisfied with your meal at this place. Make reservations.If you are looking for a place to drink at night, there are a thousand places to drink in a college town. GP1 will be hanging out at a place called The Pickle Room after what will most certainly be a grotesque display of eating at Spats. It's clean, they have good beer, they have sports on TV and they play good music. That's good enough for GP1. Students come to this place, but they tend to be older and they don't come until after eleven when most of us old farts are getting ready to turn in. If you are looking to get a load on, taxi service is pretty good in State College.If you enjoy golf, the Penn State Golf Course is top notch. PSU offers a Golf Course Management Degree and the students help maintain the course. It is great to play and is a good value. I played with two other guys and we had two carts and the round cost a total of $125. There are two courses, white and blue. The White course is what most golfers should play as most golfers are not very good. The White course is comparable to playing a good public course. The Blue course is the Big Ten Championship course and is difficult. In addition, PSU is changing the Blue course in order to hold the NCAA Championships there in 2007 or 2008 so it is currently under construction, but it can still be played. The Blue course is like playing at a good country club.Let's see....eating, drinking, golfing, sports on TV........that about covers it. Enjoy your trip.

No.Who else would it be? They've been rivals with that team for decades.

In a really good sports town, fans don't think like this. In a good sports town, like Pittsburgh, people say, "I would accept losing twice to the Browns as long as they were the only two loses and we ended the season 14-2 with home field throughout the playoffs and a chance to win the Super Bowl." That's how winners think. I'd be miserable if the Steelers only won two games in a single season even if they were against the Browns. By the way, the Ravens are the Steelers #1 rival, not the Browns.

http://www.databasefootball.com/players/by...e.htm?sch=AkronI was looking something up today and I ran into this web page. I find it interesting that Akron had a few guys play professional football in the early 20th Century and then a long dry spell until more modern times.

At this point, I normally throw in a nasty point like......enjoy another 6-10 season Cleveland, but I won't. After what happened yesterday, I just can't do that. So, I'll leave all you Browns fans with this comment. Enjoy another 5-11 season Cleveland.

You can buy tickets to every away game with your season ticket form. They are all listed along with prices.

Akron WILL beat Miami at the Rubber Bowl this year after a week off to rest. The other two schools are in the MAC West and Akron will split those two games. This is going to be a good year for Akron.

The schedule is what it is. As far as I am concerned, the most important thing the Zips have to do is win the MAC East. This schedule is favorable for them running the table on the MAC East, which helps with tie breakers. It starts the heart of the MAC schedule with a a week off prior to playing Miami and then a series of home games with traditionally good teams and bad teams on the road. It's all about winning the MAC East.If we are going to have a difficult schedule, let's have one in a year when we have a lot of veterans who can rise up to the challenge of a tough schedule. Historically, veteran teams do well in the MAC and I think our experience is going to benefit us greatly.As far as Pluto, he write three types of articles: 1) The story about the little engine who could, 2) A feel good story about a crappy team/player we should all like because they are good people, and 3) A column where he babbles on and on with himself trying to talk himself into liking a team or player that falls into story 1 or 2. Since the Zips are no longer a crappy team and he was not having a fictional conversation with himself, this story falls into category 1.

It depends on how you frame your marketing pitch. If it is framed in the purpose of buying books, you would be right in saying that it will not work. If it is somehow framed in the purpose of helping students graduate from UofA, then it has a shot of producing good results.

That's the spirit zippy42! One of the diffculties UofA faced in the past was summer scholarship money for the student athletes (Frye even talked about this at the golf outing). I don't know if this is still a need or not, but don't think for a second that an inability to fund summer scholarships, or any other potential need, could not be used against Akron come recruiting time. Competition is tough out there and we need money to compete.You're exactly right! The Athletic Department runs on money and this is a great way to help raise it. Residential fundraising campaigns traditionally have done very well for charitable organizations. For years, The March of Dimes has had their number one fundraiser being the Mothers March, which is this type of campaign (assuming this is the same type of residential campaign). Some of you may have participated. It was so successful that many other non-profits successfully attempted these types of residential campaigns. I like the idea of changing the name. If people know exactly what they are giving to, they are more likely to give.Please participate if you can.Hats off to the Athletic Department for trying something new. I have a feeling this is going to work out.

Who thinks this way? The season hasn't started and a fan doesn't want to win the MAC championship? The MAC champion plays in the MCB and the GMAC gets a MAC or WAC team to play a CUSA team. There could be a scenario where the MAC champion plays in another bowl but has that happened? I want Akron to play in the MCB untill the league kicks us out from sheer frustration. msopher has had too much atmosphere, someone give him oxygen. ps. Why doesn't the mac champs emoticon work? It sends out errors. Are you sure the MAC Champion automatically gets the MCB? I thought they did not send a MAC team two years in a row, but I'm not certain.

Jackson, MS? Why not just rob a bank and go to jail? He would be in a better place.The only thing worth going to in Jackson is a restaurant called Schimmel's. It's a really nice place right next to the Egg Bowl. Second best red snapper I have ever eaten next to Earnest's Orleans in Shreveport, LA.I should start doing a restaurant review for the cities UofA travels to so the fans on ZipsNation know where to go to eat a good meal. I sure do like to eat a good meal.

We need more fans like you Capt.

OK, you guys are starting to sway my opinion. My biggest problem is that my wife is an accountant and it is almost impossible for her to take time off during year end. I'd still rather play in Detroit or Toronto anyhow.I don't know how much interest there will be on NFL Wild Card Weekend. The NFL seems to suck the air out of anything going on around it.

I didn't know that we had such powerful people posting on this board, but I understand with us playing 2 games in Detroit this past year. It is obvious to me that GP1 is really Bill Ford Jr. Let me extend you an invitation to the Michigan Chapter of the Akron Zips Fan Club! If I was Ford Jr., I would say something similar to "We are now going to build cars people want to drive."(I'm not sure if he said that or the GM Chair, but either could have said it.)It would go something like....."We are trying to build a football team people actually want to go see. So pack your bags and move to Cincinnati and help build the next Gremlin."I'm actually getting warmed up for my post following the next person to leave for Cincinnati. It will be particularly mean spirited.

They're after everything else we have around here. Oct. 7 we'll have something for them! My advice to anyone working in the Athletic Department that would rather be in Cincinnati than Akron is as follows. It is the same advice I give to the people who work for me.On Monday.....no, today, polish up your resume, pack up all of you sh!t in your office and get the Hell out. If you don't want to be here, we don't want you here. Those of you who want to be here, thank you for your dedication.

It would be easier, but far less gratifying. Besides, I think it is considered a mercy killing. Going to K ent is like being hooked on cocaine. It will kill you eventually. But I suppose the coke head will at least have his/her pride. Mercy killing is good.....I was thinking more in terms of anticipating the punch line of a good joke. You know, the Can't student/graduate is walking down the steps one by one slowly, thinking this may be the one time it really makes it without falling........and then BAM......it falls and cracks it's head on the steps.

http://www.al.com/sports/mobileregister/in...5760.xml&coll=3Since our conference and all of us may be impacted by this, I just wanted to post it. Is there anyone out there excited about a January 7 bowl game? I'll throw a fit about this later after I see all of your imput. It makes almost no sense on almost every level.

Does anyone have this ESPN.com article and the ability to post it on this board? For whatever reason, I can't get into it. Thanks in advance for any help.

Balki,I just noticed the Can't comment on your signature. Why shove one down the steps? Wouldn't it be easier and less incriminating to wait for them to fall on their own?

That's the spirit Z-P.If the rest of you want a good program, want coaches to make good money and you want more than one Championship you have to give to the school. You can't be cheap and have nice things.

ESPN.com says that Getsy has 17 school passing records. Does anyone know what they are or even some of them? All records are important, but are they meaningful records? For example, most times sacked in a game = bad. Most passing yards in a season = good.Let's see if we can keep things going in a slow summer.

I'm glad to see this for Luke. I never gave up on the kid even through the bad times.....and there were really some bad times last season. Yikes! It's too bad this board gets so silent when his name comes up. He has EARNED many well deserved pats on the back. 17 school records in one season is impressive. The guy won when we needed him to win and results are all that matter.

If you don't have it yet, a letter arrived yesterday correcting the price of the youth ticket to $6.00. The ticket office took a lot of heat here last week because of the letter. We should at least give them a thumbs up for responding to this quickly.. Just a quick note to the Athletic Department. Gary Taylor is a well known UofA alumnus in the area and owns InfoCision. He is one of the biggest employers in Summit County. Recently he gave a huge donation to the Business School to start a direct marketing studies curriculum and he attends alumni golf outings. Clearly the guy cares. Mr. Taylor is to direct marketing what Galileo was to Astronomy....Einstein was to Physics....Adam Smith was to Economics.........and quite frankly, what GP1 is to web posters (I couldn't resist). It wouldn't hurt to ask him to review your direct marketing pieces over lunch. I bet he would take a little time to give some advice. The guy is too smart at direct marketing not to use his knowledge if you can.Have a good day everyone.

I could care less what you and Mike say, I stand by everything I wrote.