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The Benghazi whistleblower whose new book details massive security failures in the run-up to the September 11, 2012 attacks denies he wrote an incident report made public this week that undermines key details in his memoir.
The debate over the Obama administration's actions before and after the attack on the U.S. mission was reignited following an Oct. 27 60 Minutes report featuring an interview with Morgan Jones, a pseudonym for a British security contractor who trained and advised the local Libyan guard force for the U.S. mission in Benghazi. Jones's book, The Embassy House, was released two days later and contains a firsthand account of his time in Benghazi and his actions during the series of attacks that resulted in the death of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
Controversy over Jones's interview and book reached a high pitch on Oct. 31 when The Washington Post published details of an incident report allegedly written by Jones that contradicts the account in his book and reveals his real name, Dylan Davies.
The four-page indicent report, obtained by The Daily Beast, has not been previously published. A State Department official confirmed it matches the version sent to the U.S. government by Davies's then-employer Blue Mountain Group, the private security company based in Britain, on Sept. 14, 2012, and subsequently provided to Congressional committees investigating the Benghazi attacks.
In an interview Saturday with The Daily Beast, Davies said he did not write the incident report, nor had he ever seen it.
"I am just a little man against some big people here," Davies said. "They can do things, make up things, anything they want, I wouldn't stand a chance." Davies said he did not know who leaked the report to the Post but said he suspected it was the State Department, an allegation that could not be independently corroborated. "It would not be difficult to do," Davies said. "I knew I was going to come in for a lot of flack and you know mud slinging, so yeah I'd say it was them, but I can't be sure."
The State Department has declined to comment on Jones's book or his 60 Minutes interview.
The Blue Mountain Group incident report is written in the first person in the voice of Davies. The version of the document obtained by The Daily Beast is not signed by anyone. It contains two stamps at the top: one of the Blue Mountain Group and one that reads "Embassy of the United States of America."
The incident report differs from the version of events told in Davies's book The Embassy Houseand by Davies in his 60 Minutes interview in several significant ways. It also differs from the accounts that Davies gave to the FBI and various other U.S. agencies in the wake of the attack, Davies said.
Both Davies's book and his 60 Minutes interview have Davies and his driver attempting to drive to the U.S. mission in Benghazi from Davies's villa about 30 minutes after the initial attack on the compound began but failing to reach the compound due to roadblocks set up by a local jihadist militia known as Ansar al-Sharia.
But the incident report states that Davies then returned to his villa, rather than traveling to the hospital as he claims in the book. In the report, Davies learned of the ambassador's death from a Blue Mountain Group guard who had gone to the hospital and taken a photo of the ambassador's body. In the book, however, Davies recounts in detail his trip to the hospital where he saw the body himself.
In the report, Davies remained at his villa until the next morning, when he visited the ruins that remained of the compound. In the book, Davies tells a harrowing tale of his late-night visit to the compound, where he claims he scaled a 12-foot-wall, killed an extremist with the butt of his rifle, saw that the compound had been totally destroyed, and then escaped and returned to his villa.
Each account has Davies visiting the compound the morning of Sept. 12, during which he took 25 photos of the burnt-out buildings. (Click here to see nine of the photos.)
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Lois Lerner put on administrative leave by IRS
(Washington, DC) -- IRS official Lois Lerner is on administrative leave. The move comes just a day after she took the Fifth while testifying on Capitol Hill in the IRS scandal. The agency has come under fire for placing conservative groups under extra scrutiny while applying for non-profit status. Lerner oversees tax exemption requests and was subpoenaed to appear before a House committee, but decided to use her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. Ken Corbin will replace Lerner on an acting basis.


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Oreooreo1. 2-6-1Over 194 ATL Hawks PHO Suns
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HOU Rockets -8.5
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Golden State has lost eight
of its last nine on the road but is catching the 76ers at the right time.
Philadelphia has dropped seven straight to fall out of the playoff picture.
The 76ers are six games behind the Milwaukee Bucks for the No. 8 seed in the Eastern
Conference and are now 12 games below .500. Their league-worst scoring average
has been the biggest reason for the skid, Warriors hanging onto their
playoff spot but possibly moving up in the standings. The Warriors got 19 rebounds from
David Lee in his return from a one-game suspension on Friday. Bogut had hoped to join the team on
the road trip but has not been in the lineup and is out indefinitely. The
Warriors did not need Bogut to take a 96-89 decision from Philadelphia at home
on Dec. 28. Lee scored 25 points and Jack added 16. The 76ers have
averaged 88.3 points in the last seven games and have lost their last three
home games by an average of 21.7 points.
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rather firm hold on the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They can
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move back to .500. Monta Ellis was the catalyst on Milwaukee's Lone Star
State sweep, scoring 22 points in the win over the Mavericks and 27 against the
Rockets, including an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer to win it. Toronto has reached the 100-point mark
just once in its last seven games. The Bucks have won eight straight
meetings, including a 107-96 win at Toronto earlier this season. Milwaukee
C Larry Sanders has scored in double digits in a career-high seven straight
BOL to all and may you MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Originally Posted by lrempel: Something telling me this game has under coming. In Phx last 20 gms at hm only 5 have surpassed this total. They are not the team that used to put up 110,120 pts/gm anymore. Phx has only surpassed 90 pts 4 times in last 10 games, and have only given up only 100+ in 4 / last 10 games. Unless one is thinking that Atl can go into Phx and whoop some behind. However, also given their history, yes Atl has done poorly in Phx over the years, and yes they have had some high scoring games together, again not the same phx team we r used to seeing score 100+ steady. Atl as a 4-4.5 pt fav are 1-6 under. Atl is not a team that can string together many wins in a row, Only putting together 4 other streaks over the last couple years of 4 + wins (3 being 4 gm and 1 6 gm streak. Phx is one house that Atl has not had great success in, I'm thinking Atl winning streak goes down the tubes tonight with a Phx win something like 90-86 , 95-89. Phx last 10 gmes have not been great, however if you look at thier opp over that span they have combined record of 333-245. Atl has been doing decent, however thier last 10 opp records are 257-319. A clear difference in strenth of sched. If we are to look for the games when teams will end a winning streak, I think this is a good spot for this too happen. Considering I think Atl is 2-7 ats @ Phx last 9 games, I like this spot to have Phx come out on top with an underdog ML :) As my first pick I will take Phx @ + 4
Grats Irempel Good call!I am humbled!
Gonna take the Nets. 4-0 last 4 meetings in Chicago. Underdog 7-3 ats last 10 meetings. Road team 4-0 last 4 meetings. Bulls a little banged up and have only won 5 out of thier last 13. Nets 14-12 on the road. Taking the over in the wolves/blazers game. 2 of the 3 refs are prone to the over and one is a push in this totals range. Over is 4-0-1 last 5 in Portland. 9-1-1 over in last 11 meetings. I think it will be more competitive than the spread indicates. BOL!
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"American Idol" is going through some major changes lately. It was just announced that Randy Jackson is leaving the talent competition show after 12 seasons, sparking rumors that the rest of the judges panel would soon get the boot. Now, Us Weekly is reporting that Nicki Minaj has made the decision to leave "American Idol" as well.
An insider tells Us Weekly, "It's safe to say she isn't coming back to Idol," adding that the "Roman Holiday" rapper will instead focus on her next album, and touring, among other ventures. The insider says, "She's okay with it. She had a great time but was only going to do one season anyway."
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Nick Foles is your NFL MVP, non-Peyton division
Peyton Manning has had the MVP award on layaway pretty much since Week 1, so much so that we ought to have a secondary MVP, non-Peyton division. And if we were going to have such an award, it would go to Philadelphia's Nick Foles.
Foles wouldn't look out of place wandering out of the Georgia pines on "The Walking Dead," as either survivor or zombie. Looks-wise, he's as far from the traditional Unflappably Cool Pro Quarterback as you are. But he's uncannily accurate, having thrown 19 touchdowns against zero interceptions this year. Zero. He's thrown 233 consecutive passes without a turnover. One more touchdown pass, and he matches Peyton Manning's record of consecutive TDs without an interception. It's always risky projecting out stats, but Foles' 125.2 QB rating would be the highest in NFL history, and his career rate of interceptions, only five in 461 attempts, is also a league record.
Some quarterbacks, like the Brothers Manning, Robert Griffin III, and Matt Ryan, come into the league and find their position waiting for them. Others Wally Pipp their way into a job, taking the place of the injured incumbent and then pushing said incumbent out the door. Tom Brady fits into this category, and quite possibly, Foles does too. Foles took over for an injured Michael Vick earlier this year, and now it's impossible to envision a non-catastrophic scenario where Vick starts again.
True, Foles came very close to ending his gaudy streak on Sunday afternoon, but a pass that ended up in the hands of Arizona's Patrick Peterson got overturned on a penalty. The streak lives on, and so too do the Eagles.
Philadelphia is now 7-5, tied with Dallas for the NFC East lead. There's no way two teams from the division are making the playoffs, so it's win or go home. Like New Orleans' Jimmy Graham, Foles is putting together one of the great seasons in recent memory in the shadow of Peyton. If he's able to lead the Eagles into the playoffs, though, Foles won't be under anyone's radar much longer.


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Pope Warns of Doomsday, 21 December 2012? Is there doom around the corner they are planning or something to this date afterall?
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[quote:Ohwell:MV8yMDU1ODMxXzM0NjIzNTExXzc4NjM0MDFG] [quote:Solar Guardian:MV8yMDU1ODMxXzM0NjIzMjI3X0JGNjJBMDZD] So, starting from December 21 2012, due to Earth's axis stops rotating, the dayside of Earth facing the Sun will have sunlight for 48-72 hours, and vice-versa for the night side facing away from the Sun. Then the shift to 5th dimension, accompanied by a Pole Shift by March 2013. Read linky here: http://www.examiner.com/article/expert-et-contactee-half-of-humanity-ascends-to-5th-dimension-on-march-21-2013 "George Kavassilas, a life-long extraterrestrial contactee and expert on the "ascension" process of a possible "dimensional shift" of Gaia – the living planet Earth - from her 3rd dimension of time-space to a 5th dimension of living Light, has declared in an in-depth ExopoliticsTV interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre that [b][u]approximately one-half of current humanity will accompany Earth on its dimensional shift, to occur on the equinox of March 21, 2013.[/u][/b]" Conclusion: Large earthquakes to strike next month December 2012, and pole shift by March 2013. :eq::eq::shocked::ahhh: [/quote] I feel the 3 days of darkness could come in December as well and this will be the trigger for all those who even up till now havent been paying attention, that something is up. The world wont be normal after this event occurs though. I also feel that the rapture or what I would probably say that conscious humans will probably leave this plane of existence into a new earth.....a higher vibratory earth will happen this December. [/quote]
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—Pope Benedict XVI called on Christians Sunday
not to heed doomsday warnings that the world will end on December 21.
During his weekly Angelus address from the window of his Vatican apartments on Saint Peter's Square, Benedict spoke of extracts from the bible which speak of "the sun and moon going out, the stars falling from the sky."
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I didnt know there could be much more to this date or a doomsday scenario when I made this thread.
Thread: Foretold Floodings, Ice-Age, Magnetic Reversal and more....E.T. Contactees Messages (Video Collection & Analysis).
Now the Pope is warning people not to freak out over a doomsday scenario? Is there one around the corner they have cooked up? Not that the Mayans and other Ancient cultures talk about doom but is the Pope telling his followers to ignore every other warnings or supposed myths out there but stick only to those he tells them of or published in their books? He somewhat knows enough to know that a doomsday date such as Dec 21, is not real , not important, yet no one knows the date or the hour?
Perhaps he knows something then about astrological cycles than he is saying or not published in their books if he is able to rule out a date. Perhaps he knows something might occur on this date or around this period and he is trying to allay the fears of his followers so that they ignore this event or its relevance and only stick to the jesus program of his.
After all, if no one knows the hour or the time, I would simply keep shut and not dismiss or rule out any date which could potentially make him risk his credibility. After all, for all you may know, those people shouting at the top of their longs that the world is coming to an end could possibly be right. Perhaps they were spiritually contacted by jesus or an angel (who knows?). Yet the Pope stuck his neck out, risked his reputation, to dismiss these statements? Something is up folks!
He goes on further to reference the bible and speaks of
"Sun and Moon not rising and stars falling from the sky"?
Now, why would he on one hand say people shouldnt worry about doomsday scenarios but on the other hand quote from the bible and allude to scenarios of sun and moon not giving their light widely related to Dec 21 supposedly only spoken of by ancient cultures and conspiracy theorists? It is very interesting he is talking about Darkness? Will this happen in the vey near future?
Its like telling you but not actually telling you and since they have convinced their followers not to follow dates, well, they can claim there was nothing to this event when it occurs or and that jesus is the main event they should all be concerned with. Alternatively, they could simply state in the aftermath of any event that they didn't know after all. But who looses most by not paying attention to all the possible scenarios events you know nothing of and the date it will happen and/or how things could possibly play out, could potentially happen?
The individual!
And you will be at their mercy after this happens. Enough odd events like Israel trying to start a global war, governments buying ammo and MREs, passing Executive Orders etc... have happened for us to know that something is up or isn't quite right. But we are just supposed to carry on like everything is dandy? Yeah, right!
But what if you knew about the religious agenda and the ancients' take on things relating to this planet in this particular time frame not published in the religious books, how would you perceive the pope's mention of a doomsday scenario and his comments? What would you make of it? If he is also an arm of the antichrist as most people believe, I would presume that not informing people about events or perhaps diverting their attention away from a significant date or events attached to that date or a time frame ancient cultures speak of, can only be to his own advantage, wont it?
It would have made more sense for him not to talk about it at all.
And just as a litmus test, what is his stance on 9/11? That it occurred just as exactly as we've been told? That the wars waged in the aftermath are justified? That the future ones about to be waged on the hoax War on Terror that could possibly escalate into a WW3 scenario which the religious books so much speak of is equally valid? Yeah right! Seems he's mute on all those points as it plays into his and their agenda. And we can not also rule out that his statement about sticking to the bible/jesus isn't part of their agenda, because it is. Their agenda in all this is to get you to jesus whilst you accepting the wars even though they are based on fraud and lies as building 7 collapse have taught us.
If the US is going to be involved in this current/future Israel escalation, it would also have to be provoked by another False Flag, another hoax, but the pope wants you to believe this when it occurs and also believe in the retaliatory war that it is a warranted response to the provocation of the US which will later blow out of proportion. And with all these muddled thoughts of their followers, they falling prey to deception and even being complicit in murders, innocent deaths, killings and injustice, jesus will still save you regardless and somehow accept them into his kingdom as he is the one you are keeping your eye on? I don't really think so.
You really need to start questioning who this jesus you are all waiting for is because he is appearing to be no more than a devil (and please forget all those fictional stories you've allowed your minds to be placated and programmed with). We are talking here about the real thing...about the outcome of an event if everything plays out as the pope and his minions are currently herding the world into.
People are either oblivious or wilfully ignorant as to how their minds are being enslaved? Another further litmus test on why the Pope should make the Dec 21 hit mainstream news - Did the collapse of building 7 hit MSM? Do they discuss it? After all it is all conspiratorial talk and not true, right? Going by that logic, if the Dec 21 date is nothing after all, then why even mention it?
I think there may be something to this the Dec. 21 date after all or at the very least a Global Event (possibly the 3 days of Darkness) is in our immediate future and you should all try to make sense of it, keep on asking questions and remain watchful. I think it may be a spiritual event and many people might not even know when this occurs as they have simply not been paying attention or have remained closed minded about other scenarios but following only their religious leaders and programming.
Kaoru Nakamaru warns, at the beginning of this year of Dec 21, 2012, that there will be a blackout and Governments wont say anything about it.
I covered a lot of things in the thread above and it goes into the political arena and why they are making these manuevres they do with global warming and what have you. Does anyone also remember the globe sculpture in Rome and the UN that appears to have been struck by a massive earthquake? Now why would they put something like that in those places? Do they know of the aftermath of an event to occur in future?
If you havent been paying attention all this while, I think its time you do and I have to say this to religious folks......you are all under a spell and have been duped. The bible is an agenda and you can tell even at this very time how Israel trying to start a World War. You have very little time to wake up from this mind control system.
I told you guys this Pope is on a roll and that we haven't heard or seen the last of him yet. I covered this development in this thread.
First it was that the calendars are wrong.
Next is that Christians should ignore doomsday warnings but focus on jesus.
Next is him calling for a NWO and a Moral authority.
Now he joins twitter on 12/12/12? (Thanks to
for bringing the significance of this date to my attention). This alone can't be a coincidence.
link to www.cnn.com
And all these within a space of about 3 weeks? A build up to what is about to occur on the 21st or soon afterwards? He seems to be featuring in the media a lot lately and I wonder why?
In the face of what could potentially occur on the 21st of December or afterwards, and the sea of unaware masses of the world as to developments in the last 10 years or since the exposure of 9/11, and now suddenly getting a
......are these moves by the Pope to:
Poise himself ahead of time and Act as the spiritual guidance and counsel in these times when people will be absolutely lost and seeking answers as to what is truly going on? I would presume joining twitter is also a logical move to take if you knew things are cooking. Considering the fact that twitter is the fastest and possibly one of the most accessible means of communication available today with a reach of many millions, if not billions of people worldwide?
Also in light of the fact that if indeed they are cooking doom, this will be compartmentalised and experienced at different levels around the world and that there will hardly be any mainstream coverage as power and other infrastructure could potentially be down or sabotaged in many areas of the world.
In such a situation, having any kind of information from someone as the pope or anyone for that matter explaining to the masses what is going on will prove invaluable. They will easily believe or be reassured and in the process have their minds moulded.
I think something is up. What is he gonna do next? Who knows but he's certainly given himself mainstream mass coverage in the last few weeks enough to get noticed.
We all cant deny something is cooking worldwide especially from the middle east, the current senate resolution of a no fly zone over syria etc.
With all the unrest in the world, the Army taking a christmas break, Operation Blackjack in Play and the unaware masses knowing something is wrong, searching for clues but nonetheless tuned in to something happening soon, this might be an opportunity for the PTB to pull off an end of the world scenario. When you also consider the fact that if some great event is in stock on that date, diverting the attention of the world from the true significance of that date/event would be the ideal thing to do.
After all, you cant blame TPTB for not knowing a decapitating multiple False Flags can go off in major cities around the world that cripples the world economies and sends it into a spiral of what will later be known as the beginning of the end?
The impact and unprecedented response of war and economic collapse this sort of scenario will create will leave no doubt in anyone's mind that the world has actually come to an end. To an extent, it wont be the government's fault if such a thing were to happen (or so they would say, even though they are the ones playing out this agenda) and the prophecies or hype about this date will equally be true only that it would have people looking in the wrong direction of what these developments actually mean.
The Pope, NASA and more recently the government are all reassuring people not to worry about the 21st of December. Not only shouldn't people be worried about this govt. intervention but how on earth can they guarantee or promise anything? Do they have the whole world in their grasp and in control of everyone's thoughts and emotions to know that something wont happpen?
How could they be so certain? Why did they even deem it fit to respond to conspiracy theorists? On the backside of this, if indeed nothing does happen, are we expected to now make government our new religion, that we become something that can easily be moulded by their press releases and reassurances? That they now know ALL things and they can say, "see we told you not to worry". Do you honestly think the world can descend into such depths where we have that kind of relationship between the masses and government that they can now tell us when to poo, like we are in kindergarten?
I would argue that the world hasn't reached that stage yet although they are in the process of making it such. There are still people who have a mind of their own and these are the sorts of people they intend to weed out hence the very relevance of the hype of 2012 and their reassurance of the date being a non event as it now gives them an opportunity to stage something to be blamed on radicals.
If indeed something does happen, doomsday occultists with ties to terrorists will in turn be blamed for this event as depicted in operation blackjack slides below.
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If the Mayans are right and the gods (our full souls with full psychic abilities) are returning on this date, if indeed thoughts create reality and we are on the verge of experiencing the greatest revelation or realisation in the history of mankind, I would assume creating the biggest diversion. FF or chaos at this time to manifest the greatest disaster that could possibly be imagined to checkmate this awareness of ours will be to the advantage of the PTB. The ensuing chaos will overshadow the relevance of the actual event taking place on that date and the response of war and collapse of society will leave no doubt on people's mind that the world has actually come to an end.
Please do not buy into the fear if this happens to occur. This is what all this is about....to prepare your minds for what is coming and what they could do to derail mankind.
Ok, this statement is quite a contradictory one supposedly made by a NASA scientist on 2012.
link to www.business-standard.com
World won't end on December 21: NASA scientists
Quashing the 'doomsday' rumours, top NASA scientists have assured that the world won't end on December 21, 2012.
"The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide
know of no threat
associated with 2012," NASA said on its website.
Did you catch that? Now, see what he said at the ending of the publication.
On danger of Earth being hit by a meteor in 2012, scientists said that NASA astronomers are
carrying out a study called the Spaceguard Survey
to find
any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit
"The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. We have already determined that there are
no threatening asteroids as large as
the one that killed the dinosaurs," they said.
So, on one hand, he is saying that there is no threat but on the other hand he is saying that they have this committee setup to look into asteroid impacts and that there is a chance we have asteroid impacts but they wont be as large as the ones that made dinosaurs extinct? If indeed anything does occur, it will be interesting that it just so happens in the very month and year the Mayans and ancient cultures speak of? Consider also the pope's statement about "Stars falling from the sky". Make of this what you want. Just providing info.
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After the first nine Saturdays of the season, Zips fans would seriously struggle to say they are proud of anything that has happened on the field.
An optimist would say Akron hung with Temple, being down only 6-0 at halftime. Then, as most of us figured would happen, the Owls accelerated.
I think Rob Ianello's assessment of the second half was a fair one:
I will have notes from the Akron-Temple game later this afternoon.
Men's soccer
I'm sure Michael Beaven will also soon have something about the Zips' stunning 2-1 loss at Cleveland State.
Men's basketball
The liberal media is at it again!
(Sorry, I'm in campaign mode.)
But in reality, why won't the MAC media give Keith Dambrot's boys any credit? The Zips are predicted to finish third in the division, behind Ohio and Kent State.
Akron will kick off the preseason Thursday at 7 p.m. against John Carroll. I will have a season preview of sorts sometime next week.
I found out this morning I passed the Ohio bar exam, so that's a positive.
I'm working in downtown Cleveland at a law firm called Cavitch Familo & Durkin. We specialize in helping out owners of small and mid-sized businesses.
If you are thinking about law school, below is a funny (and unfortunately, mostly true) YouTube clip:
This is the first season I haven't actively followed recruiting. For instance, I can't tell you, without looking it up, whether Akron's recruiting class is racking up its fair amount of "stars" on Rivals.com.
It's because I've become jaded. Honestly, if you told me we just reeled in a four-star running back, I'd yawn. I've been hearing about stud athletes coming to campus since I came to campus.
When you're winning, it is justifiable to get excited about a high school player, because that person can be a piece of the puzzle. When you're this bad, it takes a lot more than finding a David Harvey or Nate Robinson to make a difference.
So my point is, I want to see Rob Ianello's staff coach this team up in the next few weeks. Fans will not be patient for Ianello's own recruits to come to maturity. They want improvement.
I believe Ianello learned this lesson at Notre Dame when the roster most years had top-10 talent but probably wouldn't have won the MAC. Talent wasn't enough there. If the "master plan" is solely to load this roster with BCS-level talent, I don't buy it. Talent won't be enough here.
I take Buffalo as a great example. They couldn't recruit liberals to an Obama rally. But Turner Gill built the program through solid, hard-working kids. He was a fantastic coach who milked the most cognizance and effort out of every single player.
That leads me to this week's opponent, Temple. Not only does Al Golden get the most out of his guys, but he's also getting guys with the most talent in the first place. It's a scary combination to face for the Zips, who appear to be low on talent and effort.
But things can get better and fast. Football is weird that way. It wasn't too long ago that you looked for Temple on the schedule, because it's a winnable game. Now look at the Owls.
For those of you who want to live vicariously through another fan, here is how Dave Gerson, the blogger at The Owl's Nest, sees his football prosperity.
Firestone High School senior running back Cody Grice gave an oral commitment to play football on scholarship at the University of Akron.
Grice, 6-foot and 240 pounds, said he plans to major in sports medicine at UA.
"I basically noticed that there are not many Akron kids on the Akron roster, and I want to help change that," Grice said. "I want to contribute to Akron."
Grice has rushed for 1,194 rushing yards on 153 carries and scored 14 touchdowns for Firestone this season. Firestone (6-3, 5-0) and Buchtel (6-3, 5-0) play Friday night at 7 p.m. in the City Series Championship game on UA's campus at InfoCision Stadium.
"I think he liked the new staff and that they offered him last spring," Firestone coach Tim Flossie said. "They showed their interest right away. It is an opportunity to play right away and kids are looking for. I also think the way Akron has fixed up the campus impressed Cody. They really have good academic programs, sports teams and facilities."
The Zips are currently 0-8 this season under first-year coach Rob Ianello, but Grice is confident the team will improve soon.
"My pops and I are not really worried about them not doing too good this year because we already know it is going to take a couple of years before Ianello's recruiting classes come in and make an impact," Grice said. "I think I can come in and contribute to their success."
Flossie said Grice and senior offensive lineman Tommy Brown, an Ohio State recruit, are two main reasons the Falcons are playing the Griffins for a City Series title.
"The big thing with Cody is his leadership," Flossie said. "He and Tommy Brown have both been good leaders and captains."
Grice said he plans to graduate from Firestone in January and then attend UA.
"They recruited me as a full back, but I have a chance to be the starting tailback," Grice said. "I visited Akron and I have been to three games this year.
"I have been to some Big East schools and Akron's facilities are better than there's. I have been living in Akron all my life. I have seen the school evolve from just being mediocre to a high class school."
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The No. 1 University of Akron men's soccer team vs. No. 9 Creighton, Wednesday night at Lee R. Jackson Field.
The Zips enter the match with an 13-0-1 overall record and the Bluejays come into play with at 11-2-0.
Junior forward Darlington Nagbe scored a goal in the 63rd minute to give Akron a 1-0 lead. Senior midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong recorded the assist.
Kofi Sarkodie injured and out
UA junior defender Kofi Sarkodie leaves the match with seven minutes remaining in the first half with a hyperextended left knee. Sarkodie will not return.
UA Starting Lineup
Goalkeeper: Sophomore David Meves.
Defenders: Senior Chris Korb, junior Kofi Sarkodie, sophomore Zarek Valentin and sophomore Chad Barson.
Midfielders: Senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong, junior Michael Nanchoff, sophomore Scott Caldwell and freshman Perry Kitchen.
Forwards: Junior Darlington Nagbe and freshman Darren Mattocks.
Freshman Reinaldo Brenes, junior Michael Balogun and sophomore Ben Speas enter the Zips lineup as reserves.
InfoCision Stadium is really a house of shame.
"We must protect this house" has become a battle cry for some football teams. Not at Akron. "We must lay down and play dead for 60 minutes, until the opponent loses interest and takes the bus home" is more like it.
If Rob Ianello wants to build a winning program, the pride of playing in front of the home crowd must be first on the list of things to improve. The Zips defenders might as well have done a dizzy-bat contest before each play. The looked confused, lost and abused -- particularly the secondary -- in Akron's 56-10 loss to Western Michigan.
The play that epitomizes the season was a TAINT (touchdown after INT) thrown by Patrick Nicely, who was trying to throw the ball away and avoid a safety. I think more Akron fans laughed than booed. After a hearty chuckle myself, I leaned over to my friend and told him, "This is what rock bottom feels like."
After a game like that, Akron deserves nothing less than the status as the worst team in college football. I still maintain that the Zips' talent is at least mediocre for the MAC. But if the secondary plays with that sort of mental incompetence, the quarterback throws more TAINTs than touchdowns, and the team in general looks like it has quit, you've got a great case for all-time futility.
Below is Ianello's press conference. He keeps his composure publicly, but I assure you that in the lockerroom, he was hollering and saying some of the foulest words known to man. And this team deserves it.
This really is rock bottom. You don't get any worse than a 46-point loss at home to a fellow MAC team, especially the manner in which the game progressed. WMU's receivers inexplicably had 10-yard diameters without a defender. They averaged 21.2 yards per completion. I wish I had more time to research if that's the best in the nation all season.
Despite all this, Ianello must not be fired. Maybe some tweaking on the staff is required. From a policy perspective, I would never support the state (through the university) paying a coach four years of six-figure salary NOT to coach.
Akron's season of dreams continues Saturday at 1 p.m. against Temple, which is a team that, if running at its peak, might put up 600 yards and 70 points on the Zips. That is a great reason to tune in. Go Zips!
In journalism, we try to come up with original things to say.
Repeating how bad the team has played is not really an option for those who cherish their jobs. I have always pitied Sheldon Ocker, who is forced to choke out game stores on the Indians after the All-Star Break.
It's also a lame approach to simply use clever words to say the same thing (that Akron sucks). But since cyberspace affords unlimited keystrokes, I'll toss out some one-liners.
Akron is so bad that:
-- Team parents are wearing paper bags over their heads.
-- The Zips don't know a pass from a hole in the ground.
-- InfoCision Stadium was voted the "Beacon's Best" library to visit on fall Saturday afternoons.
Now that we've finished with that unsavory business, we can talk about the Western Michigan game.
Tom Gaffney, whom I respect, does not make flippant conclusions. He argues that Akron should start Matt Rodgers at quarterback.
I think the more prudent course is to give Rodgers more and more playing time. Patrick Nicely earned the job in camp, and he's been hunted down without protection nor receivers all season. If Rodgers' style is better under such dire circumstances, then let's phase him in. No need to ruin a sophomore's confidence in an 0-7 season, or what's left of it.
On the other sideline you have another sophomore quarterback, Alex Carder, who is second in the conference in passing yards. But he has two senior receivers in Juan Nunez and Jordan White who are in the top five in the conference in receptions per game.
Since we are discussing journalism a little, let me direct you to one of the MAC's best beat writers. Reading articles by Graham Couch of the Kalamazoo Gazette is one advantage of playing WMU. On Wednesday, he wrote about Broncos coach Bill Cubit's two years as a running backs coach at Akron under Gerry Faust.
Couch also addressed the Shockeroo at Kalamazoo (or whatever dumb nickname I tried to coin it). For those who don't remember that game in 2007, watch the video below...
But back to the game ... Aside from the passing advantage and a couple of playmakers on defense, Western Michigan is only average. Probably a little better than Kent State and a little worse than Ohio. The Broncos are 2-4 and are coming off a trip to Notre Dame. (Think they'll notice the difference between our place and the Irish's?)
Oddsmakers favor WMU by 7.5. I think it's a winnable game (but I've been wrong a lot this season).
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The No. 1 University of Akron men's soccer team defeated the University of Michigan 7-1 Tuesday night at Lee R. Jackson Soccer Field.
UA has a 12-0-1 overall record and UM is 8-4-3.
Junior Kofi Sarkodie scores a goal in the 10th minute to give the Zips a 1-0 lead.
Sarkodie scores his second goal of the game in the 18th minute to extend the Zips advantage 2-0.
Freshman forward Soony Saad scores a goal in the 32nd minute to cut the Wolverines deficit to 2-1.
The Zips responds quicky when junior forward Darlington Nagbe scores a goal in the 35th minute. UA leads 3-1.
Freshman Darren Mattocks nets a goal in the 55th minute to give the Zips a 4-1 lead
Senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong scores a goal in the 77th minute to make the score 5-1.
Sarkodie has a hat trick. He scored his third goal of the night in the 80th minute.
Sophomore forward Thomas Schmitt scores a goal in the 88th minute.
UA Starting Lineup
Goalkeeper: Sophomore David Meves.
Defenders: Senior Chris Korb, junior Kofi Sarkodie, sophomore Zarek Valentin and sophomore Chad Barson.
Midfielders: Senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong, junior Michael Nanchoff, sophomore Scott Caldwell and freshman Perry Kitchen.
Forwards: Junior Darlington Nagbe and freshman Darren Mattocks.
Freshman Reinaldo Brenes enters the game as a sub. Sophomores Ben Speas and Thomas Schmitt also entered the match as a reserve with freshmen Eric Stevenson and Martin Ontiveros and junior Michael Balogun.
Coach Rob Ianello said "any and all positions are up for grabs."
That's how badly Akron played Saturday in a 38-10 loss at Ohio.
Ianello said he hoped the overall lack of effort was not a "hangover" from the Kent State game. I wouldn't say it was a hangover from the rivalry loss, but rather from the realization of a larger failure. The team has talked about a MAC Championship for eight months. The Kent State game told them they would not reach their ultimate goal.
Ohio has more talent than Akron, but not 28 points worth. The Bobcats averaged almost twice the rushing yards per attempt. Unless it's MAC vs. Big Ten or FCS vs. FBS, that statistic is rare. It shows the effort differential in the trenches on both sides of the ball. If you take away a 43-yard Patrick Nicely scramble, the Zips netted just 29 rushing yards on 23 attempts.
When things get this bad, Ianello can expect the die-hard fans will take extreme positions. Athletic director Tom Wistrcill and President Luis Proenza will also catch some shrapnel.
Fans who spend their money on this product are rightfully mad. There is nothing harder to watch than a football team that is overmatched by even mediocre teams and isn't showing strides forward.
But fans should also be realistic. Hiring a college football coach is a big commitment -- one that must last at least five seasons. Every coach should have the opportunity to lead a roster full of his own recruits -- particularly a coach whose strength is recruiting.
It's no fun defending a coach who has not won a game, nor showed any signs he is more effective than his predecessor. But why belabor the obvious?
Akron won't be firing Ianello in the next three years. Being the most negative fanbase won't score any points with recruits and their parents who read ZipsNation.org.
And think of it this way: Would you trade Akron's program for any other in the long-term? I'm saying, would you swap positions with a fan from Ohio? Kent State? Northern Illinois? Temple?
The facilities Akron has will give the program a long-term advantage that will survive any given coaching defection, star player graduation or disappointing season.
The Zips' long season continues next week at home against Western Michigan.
I will be fascinated to see if Ianello follows up on his vow to reassess every position. Will that mean Matt Rodgers plays earlier in the game? Does Jalil Carter finally move back to safety?
I will break down the Broncos matchup later this week.
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The No. 1 University of Akron men's soccer teams defeated the University at Buffalo 4-0 on Saturday night at Lee R. Jackson Soccer Field in a Mid-American Conference match.
UA has an 11-0-1 overall record and a 4-0-0 league mark. UB is 5-7-1 overall and 1-2-0 in the MAC.
Junior midfielder Michael Nanchoff gave the Zips a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute when he scored off of a penalty kick. Nanchoff's shot went into the bottom right of the net past Bulls goalkeeper junior Nick Fetterman.
Freshman forward Darren Mattocks drew the foul in the box.
Mattocks extended the Zips advantage to 2-0 in the 28th minute with a goal. Junior forward Darlington Nagbe assisted on the goal.
Mattocks made the score 3-0 in the 41st minute with a goal off of a corner kick by senior midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong.
Mattocks scored his third goal of the match to make the score 4-0 in the 63rd minute.
UA Starting Lineup
Goalkeeper: Sophomore David Meves.
Defenders: Senior Chris Korb, junior Kofi Sarkodie, sophomore Zarek Valentin and sophomore Chad Barson.
Midfielders: Senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong, junior Michael Nanchoff, sophomore Scott Caldwell and freshman Perry Kitchen.
Forwards: Junior Darlington Nagbe and freshman Darren Mattocks.
Freshmen Reinaldo Brenes, McKauly Tulloch, Eric Stevenson and Martin Ontiveros entered the Zips lineup as reserves along with senior Enrique Paez, juniors Michael Balogun and Matt Dagilis, and sophomores Ben Speas and Thomas Schmitt. Sophomore goalkeeper Anthony Ponikvar also logged minutes.
Tonight is the 100th match for Caleb Porter as UA coach. Porter has compiled a 78-12-9 record during his tenure and was named the 2009 NSCAA National Coach of the Year. Porter has guided the Zips to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish in the 2009 College Cup.
Porter is 22-1-1 against MAC opponents since taking over the UA program in 2006. UA is unbeaten in its past 30 home matches (29-0-1). That is the longest active streak in the NCAA and matches the fourth-longest streak in NCAA history. Tusla holds the record, which is 39 and spans from 1988-1992.
Your 0-6 Zips are playing the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday.
Before I talk about the game, let's talk Zips in general.
I told you back in August that this season will test Rob Ianello's leadership skills. He runs an authoritarian regime. And that seems to be much more effective on a ship steaming full speed ahead. Based on my anecdotal evidence, players are quicker to "give up" when the team is getting clobbered and they have to be in bed by 8.
It's Week Seven, and things have gone as badly as possible on the field. Will the Zips keep pushing?
I'm making this point for a very good reason. Every year in the MAC, you can see that some teams quit. It's the Eastern Michigan effect. You're playing for a crappy MAC team ... in front of empty stadiums ... in miserable weather. The negative personalities on the team become loudest and it takes a mountain of character to keep pushing.
The 2010 Zips team will run into at least one of these floundering foes. Maybe Ball State. Maybe Buffalo. So I feel a hard-pushing Akron team can win some games coming down the stretch. And that's something to feel OK about.
I think the disappointing part of the end of last season was not only the current pain of losing, but the knowledge that more losing was on the way.
If the Zips can win three of their last six, this season won't be remembered so much for the loss to Gardner-Webb.
Having said all that, Ohio (3-3, 2-1 MAC) is going to be a tough opponent. The Bobcats are a well-balanced team. Akron must force turnovers to keep it close. I would say that Akron can stack the box because Ohio is more run-oriented, but Northern Illinois assaulted the Zips on that strategy.
Akron can also hope the Frank "The Tank" Solich's team will be looking forward to next week against Miami (3-3, 2-0 MAC). But I think "overlooking an opponent" is just a stupid media cliche to take up copy/airtime.
Solich says he thinks Akron has gotten better each week this year. He's in the enviable position of a coach who is being asked to say something nice about the huge underdog. Joe Paterno has patented it.
But let's test that "getting better every week" theory:
After Syracuse? No. Loss to Gardner-Webb. After Gardner-Webb? No. Although there was nowhere to go but up, it was very ugly. After Kentucky? Yes. Played a good game. After Indiana? No. After Northern Illinois? Yes.
I think the Zips will keep it close this week, but lose for the seventh time.
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The Plain Dealer featured Akron's initiative to increase student attendance. It's worth reading for those who think the university is doing nothing to get students involved.
Akron plays at Ohio on Saturday. The Zips are a 16.5-point underdog. I'll have more on the game later this week.
Freshman Darren Mattocks continued his scoring surge Saturday with a goal to lead No. 1 ranked University of Akron to a 1-0 victory over host Northern Illinois.
''Our No. 1 priority was to get out of DeKalb with a result,'' UA coach Caleb Porter said. ''We knew it was going to be a tough game. There style is extremely different to play against. The game was in the air a lot more than it was on the ground. That is not the style we want to play.
''If you want to win, you have to deal with it and we dealt with it. It wasn't pretty, but there are games you have to win ugly.''
Mattocks scored in the 16th minute for the Zips (9-0-1, 3-0-0 MAC) when he left-footed the ball past goalkeeper Jordan Godsey of the Huskies (5-4-2, 0-2-0 MAC). Mattocks, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, has scored a team-leading seven goals this season.
''As a freshman, I knew it was going to be difficult to come in and play, but hard work and dedication make everything possible,'' Mattocks said. ''That was our most difficult challenge so far because they are so physical. I have to give our guys credit. Our players and coaches stayed focused and got a 1-0 win.''
Mattocks has five goals in his last five matches.
''He is just a striker,'' Porter said. ''For him to have seven goals as a freshman in the first 10 games is impressive. Steve Zakuani and Teal Bunbury each had six goals as freshmen for there entire seasons. For him to be at seven is a credit to where he is at. He still has a lot to learn, but he is getting better everyday.''
The Zips shutout their third consecutive opponent and ninth opponent this season. Senior Chris Korb and junior Kofi Sarkodie played all 90 minutes defensively with sophomores Zarek Valentin and Chad Barson.
Meves and Ampaipitakwong are day-to-day
For the second match in a row, reserve sophomore goalkeeper Anthony Ponikvar played in a reserve role to sophomore David Meves. Meves left the game after 50 minutes with what Porter called ''a deep muscle contusion.''
Senior midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong missed the match due to a concussion suffered in the 5-0 win Wednesday at Oakland (Mich.). Porter said Meves and Ampaipitakwong are day-to-day.
UA plays Wednesday at Penn State at 7 p.m.
In case you missed it, here is the writeup from Wednesday night too.
The undefeated and No. 1 ranked University of Akron Zips (8-0-1) scored on four of their first nine shots against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies in the first half for an easy win in front of 1,188 fans at the Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac, Mich.
Freshman striker Darren Mattocks scored the first two goals in the third and 14th minutes. Junior striker Darlington Nagbe assisted on each goal, and sophomore midfielder Ben Speas assisted on the second goal.
''We really talked about starting the game strong,'' UA coach Caleb Porter said. ''I was very pleased with the fact that we got an early goal and then after 15 minutes we were up 2-0.''
The other two goals in the first half came on a header by sophomore defender Chad Barson off a free kick by senior midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong in the 23rd minute and an unassisted goal in the 25th minute by junior midfielder Michael Nanchoff, a free kick from 25 yards off that deflected off a Grizzlies' defender.
The final goal came in the 75th minute by freshman striker McKauly Tulloch with an assist from junior Michael Balogun.
UA held an advantage in shots (27-5), shots on goal (13-0) and corner kicks (9-1).
The Zips are 56-0-1 when scoring two or more goals under fifth-year coach Porter.
UA plays at Northern Illinois at 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Just before kickoff, a paraglider of sorts flew across the field at about sixty feet overhead. Not expecting it, I thought the guy was going to plow through the new Dix Stadium scoreboard. The Kent State personnel didn't blink so it must have been part of the Homecoming festivities.
The teams traded three-and-outs to start the game. Akron faced a third-and-long because Kent State stuffed Alex Allen twice for losses. On the next series, Allen hit a hole for 17 yards.
Akron is running the Wildcat offense. With it, Jalil Carter busted for a 34-yard run to the goal line. Obviously, Akron has been practicing that. I watched enough practices in August to see a good deal of Wildcat. I was in a tough position, where the coach asked me not to report it. Now that you've seen the formation, the secret is out.
Allen finished off the drive with a touchdown run. No one touched him.
After that first drive, I thought this would be a low-scoring game. Kent State was getting into the Zips' backfield simultaneously with the handoff. The difference might be running through the tackles, which Akron did on its scoring drive.
Spencer Keith had Dri Archer wide-the-heck open along the left sideline, and Archer dropped it.
Kent State backed Akron up with a beautiful punt to the 2-yard line. After a couple failed running plays, the Zips are wedged up against the goal line. They committed two false starts in a row, and I think they were wise to do so. The ball literally is not moving back because of the penalty. "Half the distance" is de minimus. So Rob Ianello is trying to draw Kent State offsides -- or so it seems.
Nicely threw a TAINT (touchdown after INT). In traditional football terms, Nicely sat in the pocket for about six seconds, not really having an option. He threw an interception to Dan Hartman, who returned it for six points.
More Wildcat from Akron. This time, it's Antoine Russell in the shotgun, who gained eight yards. It shows how much Ianello values a win against the rival that he waited this long to reveal the Wildcat package.
END OF FIRST QUARTER -- Akron 7, Kent 7
This game is going very slowly. I can't stand media timeouts. If I am running a football program, I wouldn't mind if none of the home games are televised. The long breaks take the crowd out of the game, and the fact it's on TV gives fans the option to stay at home to watch it. This game is on SportsTime Ohio.
Shawn Lemon has done a nice job rushing at Keith.
Keith threw a beautiful fade pass to Tyshon Goode as Goode sprinted to the right corner of the endzone. The touchdown gives Kent State its first lead.
It appears to be close to a sellout today. There aren't many open seats that I can see. Kent State set a meager goal of 90,000 fans, and it appears as if they're going to hit it. It definitely helps when the Kent-Akron game is at your place.
Zack Campbell is booming his punts today. From the Zips' 40-yard line, he flew it into the opposite endzone.
Back to the 90KSU campaign ... Maybe Akron can learn a lesson from this. Ianello and Tom Wistrcill have primarily big-college experience. At those schools, you would never set a goal so pathetic as saying, "Let's just satisfy the NCAA minimum requirement." And if you did set such a goal, you'd keep it internal. What Kent State did was broadcast the issue -- literally. If nothing else, it gave the community an idea of how attendance is critical to maintaining Kent State at football's highest level. KSU's athletic director Joel Nielsen is from the University of South Dakota.
Jacquise Terry ripped through the line for a rushing touchdown. That puts KSU up by 14 with two minutes left in the half.
The referee got jumbled up in a Cobrani Mixon tackle, which earned a gasp from the crowd. The ref got up OK.
The Zips just showed off some LSU-esque clock management. At the 30-yard line with one timeout left and 30 seconds on the clock, Allen carries the ball for a minimal gain. Twenty seconds tick off the clock. Nicely gets sacked on the next play and Ianello called timeout. Igor Iveljic made a 41-yard field goal, but the coaches eliminated any opportunity for a touchdown with the running play. I think most people would agree that Ianello has been too conservative at times this season.
HALFTIME -- Akron 10, Kent State 21
I can't remember ever liveblogging a football game. The reason is, if I'm going to be at a game, I want to tailgate. That's the best part about football in this part of Ohio. You can't count on winning, or even being competitive, but it's bearable with some delicious meats and beverages. I'm liveblogging this game because I was in Cleveland today.
Josh Cribbs is tweeting about the game. A lot of people think Twitter is silly, but it is probably the most useful thing I have on my phone. I can get my all of my news in one convenient place. You should try it. And follow me.
As a writer, I also enjoy this rivalry. It spikes my readership through the fan-to-fan debate. As you can tell, I do my best to throw gas on the flames, too. As much as the fans try to distinguish Kent from Akron, and vice versa, these schools are very similar. Both have historical significance for some reason or another and fields of strength academically. Both have problems (hippies for Kent, crime near campus for Akron). The athletic departments have even more in common -- great basketball teams, below average football teams, and at least one team in a "secondary" sport that is nationally prominent.
Speaking of basketball, Keith Dambrot suspended Brett McKnight for 30 days for breaking team rules.
Today's attendance of 24,221 is the third-highest in Dix Stadium history. The weather is flawless, and that must have helped attract a larger walk-up crowd than anticipated.
The refs called another personal foul for a late hit by Kent State. They have been quite liberal making that call today.
On consecutive plays, Akron was flagged for holding and intentional grounding. The Zips were looking at third-and-37. One of the Kent State pass rushers gave Akron a TARP-like bailout by tugging on Nicely's facemask. First down. If the Zips score here, that penalty will have been harmful for Kent.
The Zips faked a field goal and scored six instead of three. Jeremy LaFrance was the holder. He kept the ball and trudged 10 yards, through the line and into the endzone. Campbell, the punter, is listed as the usual holder. Doug Martin should have been alerted to one of Akron's playmakers taking that role. That facemask penalty could end up changing the outcome of this game.
It's becoming clear that Akron's secondary is really bad. At least three times, a Kent State receiver has been wide open -- no one within spitting distance -- and Keith has thrown to him.
The Zips stopped Kent State on a fourth-and-one try on Akron's 30-yard line. The momentum belongs to the Zips. This will be an important possession, where Akron has a chance to retake the lead. ... The Zips went three-and-out.
END OF THIRD QUARTER - Akron 17, Kent State 21
This is becoming a field-position battle. I get the feeling the game will swing on one big play.
And there it was. Nicely fumbled while scrambling. Kent State has the ball on Akron's 29.
Akron's defense really impressed me by minimizing the damage from the fumble. Kent State went nowhere, and its drive ended with a sack by Lemon, who is having an impactful game. The Zips did still lose some field position, as they'll now start on the 8.
The Zips almost gave the ball away again. It was a gimmick play where the ball was handed off twice and wound up with Nicely. The ball slipped out of his hand as he attempted to throw. A Zip fell on it, but Akron lost 12 yards on the play. Nicely was sacked again on third down, so the Zips will punt it back with 8:20 left.
This is a close game, but I have to admit I'm losing interest because of these long breaks. Rather, I'm reading which candidates the ABJ endorsed. I'm glad to see they picked my buddy Frank LaRose for Ohio Senate.
Kent State has a difficult choice on fourth-and-1. Martin called timeout to think it over. I would punt. You only go for it if the clock is low enough that a conversion means the game's over. Here, you're giving the Zips better field position, and they aren't moving the ball. Also, Akron already stuffed Kent State once. ... Martin's not punting. Kent got the first down, proving me wrong.
Akron forced a punt on the next set of downs. The Zips will start on the 5. With only 4:06 left, this might be a score-or-lose situation.
Nicely fumbled in the endzone. Kent State fell on it. Touchdown Flashes.
Carter returned the kickoff to the 45. Another personal foul on KSU moved Akron to the Flashes' 40.
Nicely threw a lob into the endzone into double coverage, and it was intercepted. Not a good game for Number 7.
Nicely has faced a lot of defensive pressure today, so some of the blame must go on the line. Still, the quarterback neglected to protect the ball.
The good news for you gamblers (in Vegas) is that Akron will probably cover the astronomical spread of 17 points.
They are playing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." That makes two of my most hated teams that play one of my favorite songs by my favorite band (Chicago White Sox is the other team).
Akron will be 0-6. The team looked better in many ways today, but we also were playing a one-win MAC team. Kent State is back in the MAC East race, but the defense did not impress me much. As we thought at the beginning of the season, this division will likely be Temple's to lose.
After a punt, Akron had another chance. And Nicely pitched it right back to them. That's the third interception to go with three fumbles (two lost). He was 16-for-33 with 133 yards. He was sacked seven times. Clearly the worst game of his short career.
After the buzzer sounded, a swarm of Kent State players and fans huddled around the Wagon Wheel. What a vomit-inducing sight.
You're going to hear a lot of people calling for Matt Rodgers to start. Don't join that crowd. Ianello and the staff did not have a tough choice in August. Nicely was far better than Rodgers in camp. It would be short-sighted to make that change and ruin a sophomore's confidence in a season where the team has almost no chance to play in a bowl.
Other stats of note: Akron rushed 35 times for 62 yards, compared to Kent's 75 on 32 carries. Keith was 17-for-34 for 186 yards, with a touchdown and no picks. Sam Kirkland caught five passes for 109 yards. LaFrance led Akron with six catches for 75 yards. Brian Wagner had 11 tackles. Mixon had nine. Kent State committed 13 penalties for 125 yards (Akron, 10 for 65).
I applaud Akron's coaches for their work today, aside from wasting a touchdown opportunity at the end of the first half. Kent State was unprepared for the fake field goal and Wildcat offense.
Next week, Akron plays at Temple. That will be a very difficult game, especially since Bernard Pierce will likely be healthy.
Rob Ianello quotes:
"I thought they just made a few more plays than we did. It's a great rivalry. I'm looking forward to us improving in the next six games."
"They had constant pressure. We knew they were quick. We went to a different protection where we slid it. We kept guys in, and they allowed us to have only three receivers running routes. We felt like we had to throw it because they put so many people in the box."
"I think it's a tough game for our whole team. We poured a lot into it this week. They understand how important it is to our university, our alumni and our fans."
"I would have to check the record books to see if there was ever a game with that many penalties."
"They presented us with a good look to run that (the Wildcat)."
"I'm proud of the way Jalil is playing. He's doing a nice job for us. I thought Jeremy did a nice job in the passing game for us also. When you coach offensive football, you have to get your playmakers the ball."
"We ended up running the ball not like I hoped to. Some of the sacks take away what we rushed for. It was a team loss."
Regarding not going for the touchdown before the half: "When you get in your two-minute offense before the half, you try to get a field goal for sure. When you get close enough to be greedy, you go for the touchdown. I wanted to at least get ourselves in position to get a field goal."
Final Score - Akron 17, Kent State 28
What's at stake Saturday, you may ask.
Chiefly, the right to chant "Just like football" at opportune points during the basketball games. (At least someone gets bragging rights.)
Considering the teams are a combined 1-8 and 0-2 in the MAC, the above statement is a fair assessment of limited value of this week's rivalry game.
But I think there is more to this game. The winner becomes 1-1 in the MAC and has as much momentum as any other team in the division.
Suddenly, with a win against the rival and a win at Ohio (2-3, 1-1 MAC), Akron fans have a reason to -- you know -- show up at InfoCision Stadium.
Unfortunately, oddsmakers say Akron will lose by 17 points. In other words, if Kent doesn't rearrange Akron's incisors, experts will be surprised.
The Flashes' 2010 resume is better than Akron's, but it's still poor. The main difference is that Kent State took care of its task of beating a Division I-AA school (Murray State), while the Zips played patty cake with their friend Pedro and got their comeuppance for it. The Flashes were also more competitive in their road BCS games (losing by a combined 37 at Boston College and Penn State, while Akron lost by a combined 52 at Kentucky and Indiana).
Like Patrick Nicely, KSU quarterback Spencer Keith has struggled this season, aside from a strong opener against Murray State. Last week, Keith was 11-of-26 for 152 yards and two interceptions.
At running back, we might not see Eugene Jarvis. It appears that the sixth-year supersenior might not play because of a strained groin. He was cleared to play several weeks ago and decided to stay out. It probably won't matter, because Jarvis at 80 percent is equally effective as his backup Jacquise Terry at full strength.
Remember how coach Doug Martin threatened to "burn down" the NCAA if Jarvis wasn't allowed to return? You would think Jarvis would at least give it a go in the rivalry game for the man who threatened to commit a felony in his name. (Rob Ianello said he expects all of the "maybes" to play in a game like this.)
Speaking of felonies, Kent State features two convicted felons on defense. Cobrani Mixon and Brian Lainhart, who are Nos. 1 and 2 on the team in tackles, were accused of entering a dwelling that was not theirs without permission and beating the snot out of its inhabitants. They are a big reason that KSU leads the nation in rushing yards allowed per game (59).
(What's a fourth-degree felony in today's college football, really? They still know how to tackle, right? A Plain Dealer article this week praises Mixon's great physical attributes, so he's still got street cred.)
And in contrast to Jarvis, defensive end Monte Simmons returns on Saturday four weeks after breaking his fibula. Yeah, one of those two bones that connects your knee to your ankle. He tackles the player who throws the football, and probably does it as well as any player ever to put on the Kent jersey.
I don't know what kind of game to expect from the Zips. If they are awful on Saturday, it tells me that either the talent cupboard is bare or Ianello's staff has not maximized the value that is present.
Regardless, this game comes at a great time for both teams. It will be a springboard for one team -- and probably worth a little more than just bragging rights.
For instance, the results will be documented on Wikipedia.
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Browns kick returner (and Kent State alum) Josh Cribbs posted this picture on his Twitter account:
Sources say that locker currently is being cleaned out by a Hazmat team and anyone who touched the shirt is being deloused.
I'll have a word or two about our friends to the northeast later this week.
Men's basketball
Keith Dambrot hired the replacement for Wisconsin-bound Lamont Paris.
He is Charles Thomas, a former Detroit Piston with ties to the MAC.
Here is his bio from GoZips.com:
Giorgio Bowers has left the Zips for personal reasons, coach Rob Ianello announced Tuesday. Bowers, a freshman from Olympian Fields, Ill., played in all five UA games and was used at running back and on special teams. He had eight rushes for 27 yards, and had one tackle on special teams.To read more or comment...
University of Akron sophomore volleyball player Chelsea Harvey earned the the Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week.
Harvey, a Stow High School graduate, plays libero and helped the Zips (12-4, 4-0 MAC) extend their winning streak to nine consecutive games with wins against Ohio and Kent State this past week under coach Ron Arenz.
Junior Courtney Jarvis won MAC Player of the Week honors the previous two weeks after UA defeated Colgate, Cornell, Connecticut, Bowling Green and Miami (Ohio) during that span.
Senior Jackie Goleman and junior Tina Dimitrijevs are also key contributors with sophomores Morgan Kuhn and Paiton Twitty, and freshmen Alex Cocklin, Alex Wiederholt and Jill Paluch.
UA's first two wins to start the streak were against Indiana State and St. Francis (Pa.).
UA plays at Buffalo on Thursday and hosts Toledo on Saturday.
In the past 12 months, I have left InfoCision Stadium six times thinking, "What a waste of my Saturday."
If you were trying out the Akron Zips for the first time, it would be equivalent of a first date that talks nonstop about ex's, doesn't even pretend to pay attention when you're talking, intentionally orders the most expensive meal on the menu, and caps the night off with an "I love you."
You ain't calling that person back.
Similarly, Akron is continuing to push away fans. The crowds are getting smaller and smaller. They don't offer entertainment, just a metal seat for three hours.
Last night, 12,333 fans came to the "Homecoming Game" -- a night where multiple alumni groups strive to bring their members back to campus.
Those people have every right to check the "No thanks" box on next year's invitation. The product that Akron offered its fans was awful.
Akron competed for a little while. Mid-way through the second quarter, though, Northern Illinois scored three touchdowns within four minutes, capped by a TAINT (Touchdown After INT).
I have seen enough of this team to know the TAINT would finish off the Zips. And it did. Final score: NIU 50, Your Akron Zips 14.
But enough about TAINTs. NIU is a really, really good team. In the seven years I have followed the Zips, I haven't seen a single Akron team that could beat those Huskies, whom you will see playing for the MAC Championship in Detroit.
Last night reminded me a lot of the 2004 matchup between the Zips and Huskies in DeKalb, Ill. Charlie Frye's team looked way overmatched, and the Zips lost 49-19. Garrett Wolfe averaged 10 yards per carry.
That loss sent the Zips to a seemingly hopeless 1-4. It wasn't hopeless for the seniors on that team, though. They refused to let their teammates play lackluster football like that. The Zips won five games in a row after the loss to NIU. By the end of the season, Akron was bowl-eligible.
This season is not over, either. But leadership must improve, and the coaches must adjust. Some suggestions:
1) Can anyone seriously contend that Akron is a better team with Jalil Carter at receiver? He has caught eight passes in five games. Seventy-four yards. I like coaches keeping an open mind about position changes, but they must be equally open to aborting the mission at a certain point. The secondary made a running quarterback look like Dan Marino on Saturday (Chandler Harnish: 16-for-20, 3 TD, 0 INT, 281 yards). Carter is an All-MAC safety, and he will make a difference. Come on.
2) In college, I think coaches should pick the system they believe to be best, not worrying so much about current personnel, because personnel rotates so rapidly. So if Rob Ianello likes the pro-style offense, fans should give it a fair chance. But we need to start calling plays within that offense that suit our players.
3) Tell the seniors one simple message: Either you start leading, or you sit. If the seniors do not orchestrate a season turn-around like in 2004, they are not adding any value to the system by being on the field. Motivate your teammates, or move aside and we will play the underclassmen.
Next week is Kent State. If you are one of the fans who sees nothing but doom and gloom, envision this: Akron beats the Flashes on Saturday. Of the six remaining games, only Temple is a game Akron cannot win. The Zips win five of those games and become bowl-eligible. Or maybe they win three or four, which would be a nice stride toward next season.
It's not time to give up as fans. I think this team can make something of the season. The attendance issue is a more serious problem. With those six home performances (Indiana, Ohio, Temple, Syracuse, Gardner Webb, and Northern Illinois), I think the team has done irreparable damage to its hopes of expanding the fanbase.
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Florida Atlantic University Owls vs. No. 1 University of Akron Zips
at Lee Jackson Field
Sophomore defender Kofi Sarkodie scored a goal in the ninth minute to give the Zips a 1-0 lead. Junior midfielder Michael Nanchoff assisted on the goal by starting the play with a free kick.
Freshman midfielder Perry Kitchen netted a goal in the 11th minute to extend the Zips lead to 2-0. Nanchoff assisted on the goal following a corner kick.
Sarkodie scored his second goal of the game in the 53rd minute to make the score 3-0. Nanchoff recorded his third assist of the match.
UA's starting lineup is:
– Forwards: Junior Darlington Nagbe and freshman Darren Mattocks.
– Midfielders: Senior Anthony Ampaipitakwong, junior Michael Nanchoff, sophomore Scott Caldwell and freshman Perry Kitchen.
– Defenders: Senior Chris Korb, junior Kofi Sarkodie and sophomores Zarek Valentin and Chad Barson.
- Goalkeeper: sophomore David Meves.
Zips coach Caleb Porter was able to get several reserves playing time.
Sophomores Ben Speas, Thomas Schmitt, and freshmen McKauly Tulloch, Martin Ontiveros, Eric Stevenson, Reinaldo Brenes each entered the Zips lineup as reserves along with juniors Michael Balogun and Matt Dagilis and senior Enrique Paez.


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Blake Shelton has his adviser on "The Voice." He'll be working with pop legend Cher on the NBC reality show this fall.
But Blake isn't the only one who has an adviser. Coach Christina Aguilera has been paired with Taylor Swift's opening act, Ed Sheeran. Coach Cee Lo Green will get assistance from Miguel, and coach Adam Levine will team with OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder.
The upcoming season also marks a return of the show's four original coaches, after Aguilera and Green took season four off. The fifth season of "The Voice" will launch on NBC on September 23rd.
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