Akron Blogger Q&A

by BSD on Sep 3, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Roundtables

As further evidence that there is no niche too small for a blog, the prosecution submits Exhibit A: an Akron Zips Blogger. Mike Rasor from Rasor on the Zips was kind enough to answer a few questions about the Zips in preview of the game this weekend.

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BSD: What strengths do the Zips have on offense? What do you think they need to do on offense to be successful?

The offensive line is a definite strength, and it has been for a couple years. They keep a great mix of underclassmen and seniors in order to retain stability. It really did wonder for the running game last season. The receivers are a great bunch, too. For the offense to be successful, quarterback Chris Jacquemain must be error-free in crunch time. That is what kept Akron from a winning season last year. Also, Akron has a lot of talent in the backfield, but one running back must emerge.

BSD: The last time these teams played the Akron defensive line did a good job of disrupting Penn State's offense. What can we look for from this defense?

The Zips installed a new defense, dispensing with the 3-3-5 that J.D. Brookhart has used since he arrived. It will look more like a 3-4. Akron's front seven is pretty good and quite deep. The starting secondary is talented, but there isn't much depth behind them. It's hard to say what the defense's theme will be.

BSD: Where do you look for Akron to finish in the MAC? What would be considered a successful season for the Zips?

I think it would be a successful season if attendance at the new InfoCision Stadium booms AND either Akron makes it to a bowl game OR the Zips win the division.

BSD: Thanks, Mike. Good luck on your season.

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I thought it was interesting, while looking over their past seasons, that the Zips covered the game lines for Penn St., Ohio St., and Wisconsin the last 3 or 4 years. They’re a fiesty team.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Sep 3, 2009 8:23 AM EDT reply actions

Also fiesty

Famous Akronite Jeffrey Dahmer.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Is that even true?

If so, this post has metric assloads of irony in it. I always thought it was spelled feisty (I was correct), but fiesty is so much better. It sounds like feasty. Which, when applied to Dahmer, well….

Rambler, if you had all that intended with your dahmer post And it’s true he’s an Akronite, mucho kudos to you fine sir.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Sep 3, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions

I thought he was from Akron

He moved to Bath Township, Oh, when he was eight. Bath Township is right next to Akron.

Dahmer attended THE Ohio State University for one semester. He was drunk most of the time. So, basically, he lived the life of an Ohio State football player, minus the football playing.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Did he frequent the libraries while he was there?

I can’t say I’m surprised to here he went to tOSU for a time.

by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

And it's no wonder he went nuts and started drilling into people's skulls

and pouring acid into the holes and keeping the bodies of his victims in his freezer.

Good Zug, he creeps me out just thinking about him. No more Dahmer posts.

by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Fine

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions

he lived the life of an Ohio State football player, minus the football playing

but with the killing asian prostitutes

"far less knowledgeable than the average poster here"

by jesse. on Sep 4, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

This game will be...annoying

The offense will do well, but Akron will “throw the ball around” because they’ve got “different people who can do some things”, so it’ll be one of those games where you’re just annoyed that the defense is seemingly giving up yardage at will. I predict Akron will make it to the PSU 40 on their first drive due to passing against the BBDS before punting.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 8:41 AM EDT up reply actions

InfoCision

That sounds like a product offered by Tim Tebow.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 8:38 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs

+1

You’re on a roll, brother!

by jtothep on Sep 3, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions

You mean you haven't heard of it?

It’s the patented Tebow missionary program for converting “heathens” to Christianity. You listen to his “Info”, and he gives you a free “Cision” afterwards if you convert.

by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I have always enjoyed Akron in that

they have a very unique mascot history.

by cpm126 on Sep 3, 2009 8:42 AM EDT reply actions

The name is cool

But the mascot (a stuffed kangaroo) never made any sense to me. What does a kangaroo have to do with a product once manufactured in Akron by B.F. Goodrich?

meh

Now if they had a live kangaroo, then I’d be impressed.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions

Their logo is awesome though

“I’m not just a kangaroo. I’m a former Delta Force operator, stranded in the Aussie outbreak and stealthily hunting down and eliminating crime with the silenced pistol I hide in my pouch.”

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Wait a minute...

Why is the mascot rocking a pair of adidas? Shouldn’t he be sporting some old school KangaROOS? Nothing says awesome like velcro straps and a zipper pocket.

by The Mess on Sep 3, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions

and I can't imagine why it wouldn't be wearing

the Walter Payton Roos headband

by cpm126 on Sep 3, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, I meant the zipper portion

and the kangaroo to a lesser extent. It reminds me of something that would show up in a children’s show and teach you not to play hide and seek in an old refrigerator or take candy from strangers.

by cpm126 on Sep 3, 2009 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Hide and seek in an old refigerator?

by Spats on Sep 3, 2009 9:58 AM EDT up reply actions

No Doubt

That would be seriously impressive if they traveled with and brought to the field a live Big Red as a mascot:

They can be as big as 6ft tall, will punch the sh*t out of you with their little punching arms, and if you’re lucky enough to catch them leaning back on that tail to give you a proper kangaroo kick, your chest will collapse and your internal organs will resemble (I said resemble) the dust of a Zug vaporization.

by jtothep on Sep 3, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions