Nico Caponi (ILB)

[OldZipFan]

According to Ohio Varsity.Rivals, the Zips have another verbal from Sandusky.He is 6-1/227 inside linebacker, with a GPA 3.87

[ZachTheZip]

He got offers from Columbia and Harvard. Very smart kid.

[ksu sucks]

He got offers from Columbia and Harvard. Very smart kid.

psh..Harvard. Akron...the Harvard of the Midwest. Although he did pass up a pretty nice library at Columbia. That thing makes Bierce look like...Can't.Awesome news.

[Zipsrifle]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

[Zipgrad01]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

[UADavid]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

[liljc]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

Mark Groza is the answer. Game saving tackle at BG and 3.92 in the classroom and a class act, too!

[UADavid]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

Mark Groza is the answer. Game saving tackle at BG and 3.92 in the classroom and a class act, too!

Give that man a cigar or a cold beverage of his choice!!

[Captain Kangaroo]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

Mark Groza is the answer. Game saving tackle at BG and 3.92 in the classroom and a class act, too!

Give that man a cigar or a cold beverage of his choice!!

I would have guessed Rich Reliford. Reliford's Goal Line Tackles Beat BGReliford's 3.03 GPA in Mechanical and Polymer EngineeringThe Quintessential Student Athlete

[Still-a-zip]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

Mark Groza is the answer. Game saving tackle at BG and 3.92 in the classroom and a class act, too!

Give that man a cigar or a cold beverage of his choice!!

I would have guessed Rich Reliford. Reliford's Goal Line Tackles Beat BGReliford's 3.03 GPA in Mechanical and Polymer EngineeringThe Quintessential Student Athlete

It was Rich Reliford. Oct. 2000 Akron won 27-21.

[Zips Win!]

I drove out to that game. Cloudy, cold and very windy.Ah the good ol days. A dead-ball foul after we score... a missed extra point and field goal. The awful punt after getting stopped and then giving up a first down on 4th and 11.The goal line stands were great and very nice to get out of BG with a win.

[Zipgrad01]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

[UADavid]

Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.What is it about this recruit that makes him so unworthy in your eyes? Is it that he's 6'1", weighs 227 pounds or that he's from Sandusky??? Do you have other stats? Maybe a 10.8 forty, benches 95 lbs??

[Zipsrifle]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

Well excuse me for being excited for someone going to Akron near my hometown way out in hicksville. I mean, what was I thinking, anyone from out there (Sandusky, Willard, etc) can't be DI caliber and surely can't contribute for the Zips...cough (Charlie Frye) cough. At least we got someone who will be putting their scholarship money to use and not someone who will be throwing paper airplanes around in study table while they flunk out.

[PB1719]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

it is possible our scouts saw something in him few others did. Naybe he's a diamond in the rough..

[Captain Kangaroo]

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

Wow...I'm starting to like our chances against this D-3 team!

[g-mann17]

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

Wow...I'm starting to like our chances against this D-3 team!

Well I think he's saying he'd rather us get athletes like these...

[Buckzip]

I grew up near Sandusky so I am excited about this news. BGSU has a branch campus just East of Sandusky (in Huron) and Akron is never mentioned for anything....pretty much just OSU, BG, Cinci, Miami. In fact, I didn't even know that Akron had a University until someone from UofA came to my High School as I was starting to look for colleges. Anyone in this area going to a D-I school is a big deal, so I thought for sure there would be a write up in the Sandusky Register.....but I was wrong. As a fellow Zip and Engineer, I think Nico made an excellent choice!

I can't be too thrilled about a kid with those 2 offers. Unless we are having an academic challenge team we need to recruit higher level athletes.

I guess we should drop the student in student athlete. We've had athletes that were smart and able to contribute within the team concept. I remember a great play by one such football player that saved a big win for the Zips at BG at the goal line. I'm not suggesting this was his only contribution but may have been his biggest. Awesome play! He wasn't the most gifted athlete but stepped up and contributed. Anyone know who this was???? Smart and athletic aren't mutually exclusive.

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

it is possible our scouts saw something in him few others did. Naybe he's a diamond in the rough..

Maybe JD is more worried about the team GPA.

[zippy5]

No, we shouldn't drop the student from Student athlete, but we should also be D-3 if these are the types of guys we are excited at signing.Can you imagine a BCS conference school being excited over this? I want to play in bowl games ever year, not win the GPA cup. If that happens along with it great.

Wow...I'm starting to like our chances against this D-3 team!

Penn State has more convicts than Can't State these days. Although, once they clean the stadium, they're off the hook apparently.

[OldZipFan]

According to Ohio Varsity.Rivals, the Zips have another verbal from Sandusky.He is 6-1/227 inside linebacker, with a GPA 3.87

Rivals.com now has Nico Caponi listed at 6-3/258