Dante Taylor isn’t a post player? Are you stupid? Neither is Dejuan Blair I guess.

As for Dayton, how did they fare in the NCAA tournament? Oh wait, they didn’t make it. It’s cool that Akron fans brag about almost beating a team that beat Pitt in December. I think you conveniently forget that Levance Fields was injured in that game as well.

And women’s soccer!? Seriously!

My original post had nothing to do with Zeke Marshall. While he is a fine get for the Zips, neither he nor his family were mentioned by me. For your information, Omar, I am NOT related to Zeke. Nor have I ever had the pleasure of meeting him. Albeit, I have met and spoken to his lovely and wise mother. You’d like her.

Dante Taylor is nice recruit for PITT. I wish him well. Dante is not a post player, so do not compare him to the mighty Zeke who has been called by genuine experts as a proto-typical ACC post player.

My reason reason for my original post, which a few of the posters grasped, was that the Legends Classic and basketball scheduling is all a sham.

Pitt can lose to Akron and still make the trip to the Palisades while the Zips are shuttled off to FDU in Teaneck to play in the forgottens divison.

Originally Akron was to play Mississippi State in the first round. Alas, the Zips hammered down MSU a couple of years ago. The drain bust running the Legends needed to make damned sure that Akron did not embarrass their little get together like the Zips did in the San Juan Shootout.

So, the young, yet talented Zips will be matched up against a seasoned team (Pitt) to insure the best chance of no embarrassment. Only, it still will be a tough night for the Panthers.

Omar, remember the beat down Pitt took at Dayton last year? Well, these low life Zips took the Flyers into double overtime on the same court just three nights later.

Last point. The one road game the Panthers slink out of their lair for is against Florida State. The same Florida State that lost at home last year in the NIT to … you guessed it … the lowly Zips.

By the way … where is your men’s soccer team? Our women already crushed the Lady Panthers 6-2.
Akron polished off West Virginia Friday night.
The Zips beat Notre Dame last week. They face Cincinnati on Sunday which will give Akron a 3-0 record against the Big East. Louisville coach Ken Lolla was hired away from Akron to improve the Cardinals. He is doing well. That’s zippery for you.

Unless it’s a question of Pitt or a Pens game, there should be no contest for FSN to pick up as many of our games as possible. We should do very very well in the ratings with a good team and a local star in DeJuan Blair. It really should be a no brainer. Now I readily admit the Penguins are a better alternative, because they kick tail in the ratings. But if there is no competing Penguin game, they think that Best Damn Sports Bloopers is a better alternative?

I mean I like the team, and I want them to do well, I just don’t really like Pitt b-ball.

It is fair to say my fanship 95% football and 5% b-ball, but the one thing that truly doesn’t interest me in either sport is recruiting news. So pretty much unless a guy’s on the Pitt or Kansas roster I’m going to think to myself, “Who the hell is..”

(I DO like and follow Kansas… so figure that one out. I’ve liked them since ‘88 and they finally got their title, so maybe now I’ll try to follow Pitt more. Anyway, enough about me.)

Now… who the hell is Rosie Palmer?

Zeke has been apart of discussion on Pitt blogs and message boards for almost a year now, so it was a bit much for Chris to respond that way.

I agree with you 100%. Even though it’s counterintuitive and the opposite of football’s BCS formula, the way I understand it, we are better off playing the best team from a mid-major or lower conference like the Patriot League than by playing one of the worse teams in a BCS conference.

Anyway, another goal is to maximize revenue by having as many home games as possible. I would be happy to take the tickets off of any season ticket holder when I am back in town over the Christmas break if the quality of the opponent doesn’t suit you. For a fair price, of course.