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From the monthly archives:

September 2006

Article on newest recruit

September 30, 2006

Men's basketball
In an attempt to cleanse your pallets, I'll forward you to an article about Zips recruit Ronnie Steward.
As Ray Mernagh of Hoopfactor.com first reported, the best point guard in Ohio committed to Akron last week.
For those of you without Rivals.com access, I'll sum up a recent article about him for you. Steward chose Akron [...]

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Disgraceful

September 30, 2006

Football
Never did I think Kent State would blow out Akron, 37-15.
But it happened, and it was ugly…

Akron's run defense was OK. In fact, that was the team's strongest asset today.
The secondary and linebackers were atrocious at stopping the pass. (I hesitate to blame the players, because they were always out of position.) Two scenarios consistantly [...]

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Gameday news and notes

September 30, 2006

Football
It really gets me pumped up to read stories like the one in today's ABJ.
In it, several Zips talk about the importance of this game.
There is no doubt in my mind that Akron will be just as prepared for this game as the team was for the MAC Championship.

J.D. Brookhart will script the first dozen [...]

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Zips kicking game is Achilles' heel

September 29, 2006

Football
The ABJ's David Lee Morgan wrote about whether Akron's kicking game will improve.
As of now, it's clearly the worst in the conference, and I'd argue worst in the country.
Luckily, Kent State's isn't much better.
Help might be on the way. Akron activated soccer player Jon McClain for tomorrow's game. In our Podcasts, we sometimes joke about [...]

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Brookhart on CBSSportsline homepage

September 28, 2006

Football
In a story about the college football rule changes, coach J.D. Brookhart talks about how they affected the outcome of the NC State game.
He also discusses the changes he made to his two-minute drill playbook.

Copley safety David Arnold committed to Northwestern, in somewhat of a shocker since the leaders were Syracuse and Illinois. Anyhow, that [...]

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Podcast previews Akron-Kent State

September 27, 2006

Football
The Buchtelite gives its predictions on Saturday's big game…
Download podcast_7.mp3

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Sattler is MAC golfer of week

September 27, 2006

Golf
The MAC named Akron's Blake Sattler as its Golfer of the Week after the senior won medalist at the McLaughlin Tournament in New York.

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Pluto: This is now a rivalry

September 27, 2006

Football
Terry Pluto is really excited about the Zips game against Kent State.
He wrote his second preview column today.

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Pluto: Gonzales has come far

September 26, 2006

Football
Terry Pluto wrote a captivating, in-depth story about Kiki Gonzalez's career.
The story actually paints a picture of the "nonqualifier," whom Chuck Amato dreads so much. It's really inspiring what this guy has gone through.
And from what I gather, Kiki is a really nice guy. He went out of his way to say hi to Dan [...]

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Dambrot discusses scheduling problems

September 26, 2006

Men's basketball
In Andy Katz's article about scheduling, he talks a lot about the difficulties Akron has had.
As Wichita State has also found, it's a tough task, and it could end up hurting the Zips' and Wheat Shockers' chances at an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Football
The Plain Dealer's Elton Alexander praises the Zips and slows [...]

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