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Akron Zips (Official Thread)

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buckzip said:
This is only the start for Akron football.
No, they will not be in OSU league. But they will be the class of the MAC.
Laugh at me if you want, but you will see.

Last year #1 recruiting class in the MAC. Beautiful new facilities, including a new field house that Jim Tressel himself, called the nicest he has ever seen.
Others have called it the nicest in the nation.
New stadium within 5 years. Last year MAC coach of the year.

I don't feel good about tonight though.

Talk about no respect, the soccer team. They were ranked #1 in the nation.
They defeated 5 top 20 teams, including the team that was #1. They have 1 loss to a top 5 ranked team.They lost that game 1-0 on the road. When the seeding comes out for the tourney, Akron is #8. WTF is that?

Fear The Roo.
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What will happen to the Rubber Bowl?

What is the story behind the mascot and nickname again?
 
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team was named about rubber boots with zippers.. ala zippy and the zips...
not sure how they got the kangaroo...

pretty interesting sidebar... the soccer team has quite a few players from the same town in Norway... and have had so many over the years, the Norwegian town has a golf outing only for ex-Zip soccer players...
 
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BuckinMichigan said:
What will happen to the Rubber Bowl?

What is the story behind the mascot and nickname again?
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The RB sucks. I feel it will be torn down, and the land used by the airport, or blimp dock. If there is a worse stadium in America, I need to see it.

Zips is short for the Zippers which was chosen from a list of nicknames given by students way back when. I wonder what the judges were drinking, and smoking that night.:biggrin:

I guess they chose the Kangaroo because nobody wanted to see a zipper walking around. The sad part is that back in the late 80's-90's that annoying rodent actually won the nations best mascot award.
 
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BuckinMichigan said:
What is the story behind the mascot and nickname again?
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Story behind the mascot:
http://gozips.collegesports.com/trads/akoh-trads-mascot.html
Story behind the nickname:
http://gozips.collegesports.com/trads/akoh-trads-nickname.html

As for the Rubber Bowl, I always kind of liked it, how it was carved into the side of the hill, and I like the name. Although, an on-campus field would do wonders for the university. I hope they call the new place the Rubber Bowl too.
 
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buckeyeboy said:
Story behind the mascot:
http://gozips.collegesports.com/trads/akoh-trads-mascot.html
Story behind the nickname:
http://gozips.collegesports.com/trads/akoh-trads-nickname.html

As for the Rubber Bowl, I always kind of liked it, how it was carved into the side of the hill, and I like the name. Although, an on-campus field would do wonders for the university. I hope they call the new place the Rubber Bowl too.
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The placement is neat. I agree. If they would have just kept it updated through the years it would be nice. The tunnels underneath are scary. The foundation is crumbling. The light posts are ridiculous.

A new stadium is pretty much a done deal.
 
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Rubber Bowl and Derby Downs were war recovery projects (TVA?)...

I kinda like the bowl... it was remarkable the difference when they took out the lightpoles and replaced them for an ESPN televised game... it made a world of difference...

I remember when it was pre-artificial turf.. it was mud from week one thru the entire season... first high school game, field was ruined... then they put in the artificial turf which was the cats meow at the time... but it was that rock hard, extremely fast, high crowned field... fast players were blazing fast... and most wore sneakers because the traction was so intense...

The locker rooms are to die for... or rather, many may have died in... but no one can find the remains... the definition of cold, damp and dingy...
 
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NJ-Buckeye said:
Rubber Bowl and Derby Downs were war recovery projects (TVA?)...

I kinda like the bowl... it was remarkable the difference when they took out the lightpoles and replaced them for an ESPN televised game... it made a world of difference...

I remember when it was pre-artificial turf.. it was mud from week one thru the entire season... first high school game, field was ruined... then they put in the artificial turf which was the cats meow at the time... but it was that rock hard, extremely fast, high crowned field... fast players were blazing fast... and most wore sneakers because the traction was so intense...

The locker rooms are to die for... or rather, many may have died in... but no one can find the remains... the definition of cold, damp and dingy...
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War recovery projects. That makes it even worse.
The RB isn't that old, yet it looks like it's been around since the Civil War.

Like I said, if they would have updated it along the way, it would be ok.
However, either way, UA needs an on campus stadium, and it is coming.

I was in those locker rooms many times. Geez, I was only in the home locker room. I can imagine the visitors locker room. Yikes.
 
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12/2/05


Late TD puts Zips in bowl
Friday, December 2, 2005 <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
DETROIT - The Akron Zips won the first conference title in school history, wrapped up a berth in the Motor City Bowl — and hope they earned some national attention.
Luke Getsy threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Domenik Hixon with 10 seconds left to give Akron a 31-30 victory over Northern Illinois on Thursday night in the Mid-American Conference championship game at Ford Field.
“This was the best three-hour advertisement you could ask for,” Zips Head Coach J.D. Brookhart said, “because we are still in the building phase of this program.”
The Zips (7-5) overcame a national conference championship-game record 270 yards and two touchdowns by Huskies tailback Garrett Wolfe.
Akron’s winning drive started on its own 19 with 1:41 left and no timeouts.
The Zips drove into Northern Illinois (7-5) territory, and Hixon beat Adriel Hansbro down the middle of the field grabbing Getsy’s pass deep in the end zone.
Getsy was 30-of-50 for 413 yards, and Hixon had eight catches for 144 yards.
The Zips had never won a football title in any conference, dating to their joining the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1915.
The Motor City Bowl is Dec. 26. Akron’s opponent has not yet been determined.
Wolfe’s 42 carries easily broke the previous MAC title-game record of 188 yards, set by Toledo’s Chester Taylor in 2001, and the 2-year-old national record of 235 yards, set by Kansas State’s Darren Sproles.
Akron took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Huskies rallied to go ahead 24-10 as Dan Nicholson hit Sam Hurd at the goal line with a 19-yard scoring pass with 1:43 left in the third.
The Zips cut the margin to 24-17 on a 3-yard run by Brett Biggs with 13:53 remaining.
Chris Nendick pushed Northern Illinois’ lead back to 10 points with a championship game-record 52-yard field goal. But Getsy countered with a 7-yard draw for a touchdown that pulled the Zips within 27-24.
Nendick’s third field goal, a 46-yarder, made it a six-point game with 3:28 to go.
Akron linebacker Jay Rohr, a Jackson High School graduate, shared the Zips’ lead with nine tackles.

Akron 31, N. Illinois 30
Akron 10 0 0 21 — 31
N. Illinois 0 10 14 6 — 30
First Quarter
A—Swiger 47 FG, 11:54
A—Kennedy 3 run (Swiger kick), 2:55
Second Quarter
NI—Wolfe 1 run (Nendick kick), 11:14
NI—Nendick 21 FG, 2:21
Third Quarter
NI—Wolfe 11 run (Nendick kick), 5:03
NI—Hurd 19 pass from Nickolson (Nendick kick), 1:43
Fourth Quarter
A—Biggs 3 run (Swiger kick), 13:53
NI—Nendick 52 FG, 10:49
A—Getsy 7 run (Swiger kick), 7:35
NI—Nendick 46 FG, 3:28
A—Hixon 36 pass from Getsy (Nendick kick), 0:10
Akr NI
First Downs 27 19
Rushes-yards 32-105 52-250
Passing 413 110
Comp-Att-Int 30-52-1 7-17-0
Return Yards 75 137
Punts-Avg. 5-38.0 5-46.6
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-70 3-10
Time of Possession 26:56 33:04
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Akron, Biggs 20-78, Hixon 1-20, Kennedy 3-8, Getsy 8-23. N. Illinois, Wolfe 42-282, Davis 4-10, Nicholson 1-5. PASSING—Akron, Getsy 30-50-1 413, Biggs 0-1-0 0. N. Illinois, Nicholson 7-17-0 110. RECEIVING—Akron, Hixon 8-144, Kasparek 6-81, Montgomery 6-69, Biggs 4-53, Long 3-20, Arthur 2-26, Kennedy 1-20. N. Illinois, Davis 2-41, Hurd 2-26, Nordin 2-22, Raleigh 1-21.
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i work at a company that has a very strong relationship with Akron U, (we genearly have 3-4 interns from there at a time), and we have several staff members that graduated from there, they are all very geeked today.

congrats to the Zips.

It looks like they might play Minnesota in the bowl game:

<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>Motor City Bowl</TD><TD>Big Ten No. 7
MAC No. 1 or 2</TD><TD>Detroit, Mich. </TD><TD>Dec. 26</TD><TD>4 p.m.</TD><TD>ESPN</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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iambrutus said:
i work at a company that has a very strong relationship with Akron U, (we genearly have 3-4 interns from there at a time), and we have several staff members that graduated from there, they are all very geeked today.

congrats to the Zips.

It looks like they might play Minnesota in the bowl game:

<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>Motor City Bowl</TD><TD>Big Ten No. 7
MAC No. 1 or 2
</TD><TD>Detroit, Mich. </TD><TD>Dec. 26</TD><TD>4 p.m.</TD><TD>ESPN</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Then would play Minne, or whoever the #7 pick would be, IF the Big 10 doesn't put two teams in the BCS.
  • The Big 10 has 7 bowl tie-ins
  • The Big 10 has 7 bowl eligible teams
  • The Big 10 will gain a BCS at-large berth, moving all lower teams up to better bowls
  • The Big 10 will not have enough eligible teams to fill the last bowl slot
This is the same scenario we faced in 2002, when Iowa garnered the at-large. In spite of going 5-2 in Bowls, including the Championship Game, all SEC fans could see was that we didn't fill all of our bowl slots.

Mark it down, they will crow the same thing again this year, regardless of bowl record.
 
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A great game last night. It actually reminded me a lot of our game this year at scUM -- we and Akron jumped out to early leads, only to see the opponents come back after a number of miscues (last night there was a fumble that set up a TD for NIU, a roughing the passer call on third down that kept a drive alive for NIU that led to a field goal, Akron's kicker missing a makeable field goal), but finally both we and Akron pulled the games out at the end in dramatic fashion when our backs were against the wall. As was the case with us in the scUM game, considering NIU made pretty much no mistakes the whole game but Akron still won, I think it showed just how much better Akron really is than NIU.

Congrats to the Zips. They deserve it after not making a bowl last year. And Brookhart should get back-to-back MAC coach of the year awards, considering his team only was predicted to finish 4th in the MAC East, yet won the conference.

By the way, for a short history of the Rubber Bowl, go here:
http://gozips.collegesports.com/facilities/akoh-bowl.html
 
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