Captain Kangaroo Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 ”Who are these guys?!” was the question I kept asking myself regarding The University of Akron’s 2018 Football Recruiting Class. The local newspapers gave Akron’s February 7th, 2018 National Signing Day virtually no print space. Northeast Ohio television stations all but ignored the event. And the various internet recruiting websites again focused their columns on the Power 5 programs. Aside from the noble efforts of a couple local AM radio sports talk personalities, the Zips signing day coverage fell well short of what a real fan wanted to learn about the class, and certainly beneath the coverage it merited. 2018 has a chance to be a great year for Zips football, and the kids bound to these 25 letters of intent have some really interesting storylines. So I thought I would head down to the Zips football offices and see if Head Coach Terry Bowden would give me a little time to discuss the class. Here’s what he had to say. Program Growth Generating a Bright Future 8 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Great job, Cap'n. Are Louis and Scippio potentially late qualifiers who will be on scholly? Edited February 28, 2018 by LZIp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 45 minutes ago, LZIp said: Great job, Cap'n. Are Louis and Scippio potentially late qualifiers who will be on scholly? You never know how things ultimately play out, but that is the goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Great work! I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to put together this quality piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Good stuff Captain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Wonderful. Very professional. More news and “up close and personal” than we ever get elsewhere. Loved it Cap’n. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Better and more informational than anything I've read on the Zips in recent memory, including people getting paid to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippypitt Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Great info, thanks for taking the time to put this together!!! I truly wish we had a Zips columnist that showed this much passion and commitment to bringing exciting news to fans. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDMac Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Out-freaking-standing!! Thanks, Cap’n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Nice Captain, i think your on to something, he seems to be open to you stopping in occasionally & getting state of the unions, i just wonder why the ABJ doesn’t have someone that is engaged, especially with more & more locals, increase the local interest. Hell, maybe a few more Akronites would go to games. Am i over simplifying it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Thanks to you all for the nice comments. I'm glad you liked the story. It was a lot of work, but certainly worth it if people thought it was informative. If always been of the mindset that I can complain about the local Zips coverage, or do it myself. I made the time to create it because I thought is was an important story to be told. I also felt if it were a professional, well-received piece that we'd get the opportunity to do other such stories in the future. Thanks to Dr. Z for handling the layout! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachZip Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Awesome.... great job.... this program is going places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroo Craig Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Thank you so. Much for putting this together. Some really. Good player s here. If most of them pan out, we could have a really good team for the next few years at least. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsoutsider Posted March 3, 2018 Report Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thanks, that was awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Excellent story Captain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cykron Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Curious as to whether you expect any of them to be major contributors right off the bat this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Cykron said: Curious as to whether you expect any of them to be major contributors right off the bat this season? Of the people mentioned in that article, I could see one of the big freshman backs being immediate contributors (White or Alce) as they are pretty highly rated and a short yardage back is a need and we do have short yardage formations. In the past we've used TEs and even a nose guard to get short yardage. Hopefully that won't be needed anymore, though it did seem to work most of the time, albeit gimmicky. MJ McGriff as he is a transfer from IL and looks talented on tape. We lost 5 WRs from last year's team. None were really of superior talent, but all were in the rotation most of the season. He reminds me a lot of poor man's JoJo Natson, who was on the team a few years ago and is now in the NFL. Bryce Peterson and/or Landon Forman as they are both JUCO guys and we don't have a lot of experienced depth at OL plus have a few holes to fill from last year due to graduation. Edited April 6, 2018 by LZIp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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