Thank you Thank you Thank you

[Captain Kangaroo]

I'll catch up on the overview later, but I wanted to quickly check in and say "Thank You!" to all the players, coaches and fans! What a God damn awesome night. I'm still hungover (and that's no joke).

[zipboy]

I think for the bottom of all of all our hearts. THANK YOU AKRON ZIPS! This game will go down as the one that changed the face of Akron football and everyone associated with the program played a part in this. This is the beginning of greatness.

I am sure that everyone will post recaps in the coming days, bu when a play needed to be made, it was made. When the ball had to bounce our way it did. Akron put itself in position to win by doing the little things. 2 minutes left, we call one of our precious timeouts because the line up for the onside kick did not look right. Swiger then goes the other way and we get it. OLine protected well all night. Biggs goes down, Ringer comes in and has some nice carries. We all know that Marshall blundered it up at the end. But how many times has Akron outplayed someone and lost? Heck, columbus state probably should have lost 6 games the year they won the national title.

Congrats to a legitimate 30K crowd and the 6K or so who stayed until the end and believed. Man if I am a high school kid, what a place to go to. State of the art facilities, a coach who in all likliehood will be here for the next 3-4 years, being part of building something big. What QB in his right mind would want to play for that anemic offense in columbus?

Charlie played big time and again and the receivers came through at the end. The D made a couple of key stops when it counted.

I heard Mike Waddell on the post game call in show where the phones were lit up by the way. One great comment, he said Sparks and Cherry told the team about winning against Marshall 2 years ago and then losing at OU. Similar situation this time although for a whole lot more on the line. Waddell said that is the difference from the past, this team has the discipline and character to not have that happen again.

Final note, I saw a few Marshall people after the game and they were very gracious. One guy even called in on the post game show to congratulate Akron. I have never been to Marshall, but everyone I met up here has been great and I wish them well in CUSA. I still think they are making a mistake. I also think the rest of the league has caught up to them and if they stayed, there would be no dominance just like the last 2 years.

Enough on them, thanks again Akron, you made all of us so proud!

[Guest RTN]

Being there was great.

Thought the old Akron-Northern Michigan game (Stagg Bowl-was it '78?) and the win against Leftwich-led Marshall were incredible. Attending one of the most amazing comebacks imaginable surpasses those memories.

This team has guts. They really could have quit after the first three games--but they are gamers. Kudos to the players, coaches and the fans!!!

Now let's get after Ohio and pummel the sweaters from Miami on the 20th--then really have something to celebrate.

Go Zips!