Zips sports news, features and notes
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
- Kent State-Akron in-game updates: Kent State wins 4-3
- Kent State 5, Akron 4 in 17 innings: Diamond Classic turns into real gem
- On the record: Ohio State, UA and KSU college roundup and recruiting news
- On the Record — May 14
- College sports — May 12
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Brookhart's press conference quotes
Football
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Notable quotes from today's
press conference...
J.D. Brookhart analyzed what went wrong this season. The most amusing passage is, "Are we missing some things? Yes, two NFL receivers who didn’t find it important to go to school."
He also said it hurts your chances for success when you have to suspend two quarterbacks.
Brookhart suggested Jabari Arthur doesn't necessarily have the speed, hands or flexibility to be a great receiver, but has become one through his will power.
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Other notes...
Zippy trails Hairy Dog from Georgia by more than 200 votes as of 4 p.m. Monday. She beat Goldy Gopher last week. Vote here.
Akron reeled in a recruit whom the Michigan schools really wanted. Norman Shuford is a small, speedy and strong running back from Farmington Hills, Mich. He is the Zips' first commitment at running back. Rivals.com actually has a video of him burning his future teammate and fellow Zips recruit Nate Schuler.
The Zips also got a soft verbal commitment from Kevin Funches, a two-star cornerback from Coffeyville Community College in Kansas, which is the same junior college as another Zips cornerback: Miguel Graham.
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