October 2006

Football
I'll admit, I only saw the first half because ESPN 360 was driving everyone nuts with its constant buffering from our hotel room in St. Louis.
Here are my impressions regardless…

Just when Kent State opened the door for the Zips re-entering the conference race, the Zips slammed it. That is disappointing. Still, as Mike Waddell used [...]

Football
As we all know, the Zips offense depends on its running attack. The ABJ's David Lee Morgan says that's the key to beating Toledo today.
Toledo, too, has seen a surge in rushing production. Three Rocket running backs share the job.

The Zips are a 3.5-point favorite.
Danny Sheridan says 4.5 points is a better spread.
Here is the [...]

Football
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote an interesting story about how 17 MAC starters are from that area.
That list includes Luke Getsy, David Harvey and Kris Kasperek.
Men's basketball
Ray Mernagh of Hoopwise.com wrote about each MAC team following media day.
Like many of his fellow members of the media, he believes the Zips are a huge favorite to win [...]

Football
If only Toledo could play in the Big 12…
The Rockets beat Kansas and took Iowa State to triple overtime.
Of course, Toledo can't beat anyone else. In fact, It hasn't played many teams close. The Rockets suffered blow-out losses to Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Pittsburgh and Kent State.
Statistically, Toledo …

gives up the second-most points in the [...]