Recruits for the Kan't Game

[zipproud]

Are the coaches bringing in any recruits for the Kan't State game!!!

A win would do great things if we have kids visiting.

Go Zips

[Captain Kangaroo]

Are the coaches bringing in any recruits for the Kan't State game!!!

A win would do great things if we have kids visiting.

Go Zips

I have to believe it is a big "recruiting" game. It will be as electric a crowd as we'll have all season at home, and a win will be a blast to celebrate.

[Zip4Life]

Hey Zipsnation, I'm an alumni that's a long time reader, first time poster.

I called to sign my son up for the recruiting event and I was told that the recruiting event before hand is sold out and we could only get game only tickets. Their secretary said that they have about 70 kids signed up for the recruiting event and more have called to get game only tickets.

I hope this helps some and that there is a good crowd cheering on the Zips for when we beat Can't!

[Balsy]

Hey Zipsnation, I'm an alumni that's a long time reader, first time poster.

I called to sign my son up for the recruiting event and I was told that the recruiting event before hand is sold out and we could only get game only tickets. Their secretary said that they have about 70 kids signed up for the recruiting event and more have called to get game only tickets.

I hope this helps some and that there is a good crowd cheering on the Zips for when we beat Can't!

Welcome!

And that's fantastic to hear!!

[Blue & Gold]

Hey Zipsnation, I'm an alumni that's a long time reader, first time poster.

I called to sign my son up for the recruiting event and I was told that the recruiting event before hand is sold out and we could only get game only tickets. Their secretary said that they have about 70 kids signed up for the recruiting event and more have called to get game only tickets.

I hope this helps some and that there is a good crowd cheering on the Zips for when we beat Can't!

Excellent!

Welcome to ZipsNation and thank you for the insight.

Go Zips!

[Zipgrad01]

Has anyone heard if we got any verbals over the Can't weekend? There hasnt been much news lately on the recruiting front and that always worries me.

[K92]

I got pretty verbal while we were burning through our time outs.

[zipproud]

Has anyone heard if we got any verbals over the Can't weekend? There hasnt been much news lately on the recruiting front and that always worries me.

I saw a lot of attention around a tall kid and was told it was Chandler Kincaid the QB commit that is coming in Jan. There was also a kid with the name Swanson on his sweatshirt seemed to be with Kincaid, I looked him up on Rivals and he is a running back/D back from Aliquippa that was offered. It appeared the coaches had a lot of Love for these two kids before the game.

GO ZIPS!!!

[a-zip]

I saw a lot of attention around a tall kid and was told it was Chandler Kincaid the QB commit that is coming in Jan. There was also a kid with the name Swanson on his sweatshirt seemed to be with Kincaid, I looked him up on Rivals and he is a running back/D back from Aliquippa that was offered. It appeared the coaches had a lot of Love for these two kids before the game.

GO ZIPS!!!

I would be pretty bummed if I was TB around the crowd/support this weekend. It is a rivalry game, Wagon Wheel trophy, good chance of victory, weather wasn't horrible, we win the game and the crowd was lethargic. I almost felt sorry for the PA announcer and the players trying to get the crowd going in the 4th quarter. If I were a recruit, I would not have been impressed. Picture of players getting Wagon Wheel below - look at stands on BOTH sides.

[a-zip]

I would be pretty bummed if I was TB around the crowd/support this weekend. It is a rivalry game, Wagon Wheel trophy, good chance of victory, weather wasn't horrible, we win the game and the crowd was lethargic. I almost felt sorry for the PA announcer and the players trying to get the crowd going in the 4th quarter. If I were a recruit, I would not have been impressed. Picture of players getting Wagon Wheel below - look at stands on BOTH sides.

Picture too big to upload.....sry

[Zipgrad01]

I would be pretty bummed if I was TB around the crowd/support this weekend. It is a rivalry game, Wagon Wheel trophy, good chance of victory, weather wasn't horrible, we win the game and the crowd was lethargic. I almost felt sorry for the PA announcer and the players trying to get the crowd going in the 4th quarter. If I were a recruit, I would not have been impressed. Picture of players getting Wagon Wheel below - look at stands on BOTH sides.

That is what happens when you are 3-33 in 3 years. People lose interest quickly, especially the casual fans in the MAC rivalry or not. These recruits arent stupid. They know that Bowden will have this team on top of the standings shortly.

[Balsy]

I would be pretty bummed if I was TB around the crowd/support this weekend. It is a rivalry game, Wagon Wheel trophy, good chance of victory, weather wasn't horrible, we win the game and the crowd was lethargic. I almost felt sorry for the PA announcer and the players trying to get the crowd going in the 4th quarter. If I were a recruit, I would not have been impressed. Picture of players getting Wagon Wheel below - look at stands on BOTH sides.

IDK that was actually a pretty good drawing for us, considering the attendance we did have over the past couple of years. And IDK what game you were at, but it was much colder than I anticipated, and I anticipated it being a cold game...wearing under armor and everything. Sorry, but weather does take it out of the crowd...especially when your a 2-7 team.

[Hilltopper]

I was told they got to meet Bobby Bowden and the Sweater before the game.

[K92]

That is what happens when you are 3-33 in 3 years. People lose interest quickly, especially the casual fans in the MAC rivalry or not. These recruits arent stupid. They know that Bowden will have this team on top of the standings shortly.

+1.

The crowd was what I expected. Akron's turnout was nothing to write home about, but I thought Can't's was especially weak, but I guess that should have been expected also. The one-year Can't anomaly is over and now all they have to look forward to is 40 more years of bad football. I would imagine a lot of their fans are depressed by the cold reality. Most important thing to recruits should be winning, not crowd size and Iit looks like Bowden is turning the corner. If crowd size meant anything to recruits, Eastern Michigan would have been forced to drop football by now.

[a-zip]

+1.

Most important thing to recruits should be winning, not crowd size and Iit looks like Bowden is turning the corner. If crowd size meant anything to recruits, Eastern Michigan would have been forced to drop football by now.

Crowd size does not mean anything to recruits? Are you serious? Maybe to the recruits nobody wants but to the top recruits that would help us start getting the wins we all want - support and attendance does matter. This is the whole chicken and egg story all over again with regards to UoA support.

[Big Zip]

This is why this game should be at the beginning of the year before anyone sees how terrible these teams are and the weather is nice. There is not enough interest in either program (die hard) to actually sell this game at the end of the season. If either of these teams are good at the end of the season it won't matter who they are playing the stands will be filled. Even in a 1-11 year if this game was early in the season it would have significantly more people in attendance. Hell I have season tickets and the moment I got sick last week I knew I wasn't going sit in the cold and risk getting sicker watching these two teams...as much as I love the Zips. If the Zips were and 8 or 9 win team though I would have been there.

[LZIp]

I was told they got to meet Bobby Bowden and the Sweater before the game.

I heard halftime.

Anyways, I agree with a-zip. I thought the turnout was alright, about what I expected considering records and weather. But I thought they severely lacked enthusiasm, especially the student section. Crowd did make some noise in the 4th, though.

[K92]

Crowd size does not mean anything to recruits? Are you serious? Maybe to the recruits nobody wants but to the top recruits that would help us start getting the wins we all want - support and attendance does matter. This is the whole chicken and egg story all over again with regards to UoA support.

I'm not saying that attendance doesn't matter at all, but I don't think it means nearly as much as we all want it to. Having the new stadium was supposed to really help recruiting. Has it?

[a-zip]

I'm not saying that attendance doesn't matter at all, but I don't think it means nearly as much as we all want it to. Having the new stadium was supposed to really help recruiting. Has it?

I think you are supporting my point ;-) A big beautiful EMPTY stadium does not help recruiting.

[K92]

I think you are supporting my point ;-) A big beautiful EMPTY stadium does not help recruiting.

I agree. I also agree about your chicken/egg dilemma. For the Info to ever fill up, the Zips need to beat everyone they should beat. No blowing winnable games. They need to pull off a couple of noteworthy upsets of relevant teams. They need to have an exciting balls-out offense that moves the ball up and down the field at will against MAC competition. Fair weather fans want to be entertained through offense. The University has to promote the shit out of football to the students. Hook 'em on the experience when they are young and they will come back later. Lastly, everyone needs to comprehend just how important tailgating is. People will come to games just because they don't want to miss the party.

I think we are in the same boat as most all the other MAC schools. Nobody in the MAC draws huge crowds. Everyone is in the same relative ball park other than Eastern. They are an absolute trainwreck.

[Zipgrad01]

Crowd size does not mean anything to recruits? Are you serious? Maybe to the recruits nobody wants but to the top recruits that would help us start getting the wins we all want - support and attendance does matter. This is the whole chicken and egg story all over again with regards to UoA support.

I seem to remember the JAR being pretty damn empty just a few years ago. Dambrot brought "winning" basketball to the JAR. Winning basketball has equaled better players and more wins. Guess what? The JAR is almost full at all the home games. The same thing will happen in football. Just look at Northern Illinois. They are in the middle of nowhere and they are packing their stadium. They didnt 5 or so years ago.

[a-zip]

I seem to remember the JAR being pretty damn empty just a few years ago. Dambrot brought "winning" basketball to the JAR. Winning basketball has equaled better players and more wins. Guess what? The JAR is almost full at all the home games. The same thing will happen in football. Just look at Northern Illinois. They are in the middle of nowhere and they are packing their stadium. They didnt 5 or so years ago.

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Our basketball team has won as many games as any program in the NCAA in the last couple of years and the JAR (which is not that hard to fill) is NOT full......it should be. I am sure Coach Dambrot is disappointed too.

[zippy5]

Surely you'd agree that if we had the info equivalent of the JAR, it would be full.

[ZachTheZip]

No new commitments. At least none that have made it public.

[a-zip]

Surely you'd agree that if we had the info equivalent of the JAR, it would be full.

Actually, I am not sure I would agree with that. Where in our history has there ever been consistent sellouts regardless of the winning streaks or quality of the facility?

As we all recognized, this past weekend had a lot to offer - Wagon Wheel, Can't State (10 miles away), a likely win, former players there and last but not least the honoring of Jim Dennison. Hell, the place should have been filled just to honor Coach D.

It WAS the best weekend to bring recruits in. The expectation here was that this game at Infocision would be electric as it gets and the celebration after the win was going to be fun (since it has been a while). I am just saying I was disappointed, did not find it to be electric, and nobody outside of the players/coaches seemed that overjoyed about a win we have wanted for a looooong time. If I was a recruit - I would not have been wowed (outside of meeting Tressel and the Bowdens) and left my recruiting trip scratching my head a bit.

The school is pulling out all the stops - building beautiful facilities, bringing in great coaches, using Bobby Bowdens and Jim Tressels, Lebron James, Terry Bowdens for their experience and name recognition. Seriously, these are extremely popular/influential people at UoA and I have to imagine 90% of the schools out there would KILL to have one of these guys let alone all of them in one place. In my mind, I think the administration are doing everything they can and doing it in a smart fashion. They are playing the cards they are dealt. All the players and coaches work just as hard as any other program in the country (if not harder). Why can't a population like Akron fill Infocision (29K) for ATLEAST one friggin day to at least make it look good to the recruits we all want. If the place was 3/4 full, loud and electric, choosing to play football at UoA is a pretty easy decision, especially compared to ANY MAC school.

I am not trying to argue. My fear is this............when do the fickle Akron fans run out of excuses to not support the teams? When does the University say "we tried, it’s time to cut our losses". When do the Bowdens, Dambrots Tressels say.........I am out of here, this place is a graveyard. Then we are left with these state of the art facilities rotting in the middle of this beautiful campus that is being built. And, people want a new basketball arena ?