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Lol! I'm thinking it's going to be a while until beating the Irish is considered that much of an upset...

I also remember the Wildcat package they'd run with Vince Lockett at QB and Newman and Aaron Adkins as the RBs. There was a LOT of power in that backfield!

Lol! I remember when they would snap the ball to Newman out of the punt formation. I sort of thought it was a little unfair to expect the punt return team to have to try to tackle him; especially when he got a full head of steam going!

The play that comes to mind to me was a game in Dayton when the Irish were playing a really good Thurgood Marshall team. They stopped TM at the 1-yard line (or half foot line!). The first play was a quick hitter up the middle and Parris broke through the line clean. He cut to the right...

To be fair, especially when they had Sperling, giving the ball to your RB 35 times a game may not be too imaginative, but it has been pretty effective!

To me, for this year this should make little difference to the Irish. Whether they are D2 orD3, a long playoff run (or a playoff appearance at all!) is likely not in their future this year. They have a great and challenging schedule. This year if they can get some wins and be competitive in...

He was a good poster, but a much better man. He loved the Irish and the Irish faithful loved him. RIP.

Any word on what colleges are looking at him? I'd love to see him stay in Akron!

I just got done watching a 30 for 30 documentary on ESPN about the early 80's Baltimore Dunbar high school basketball team featuring 4 future NBA players; Reggie Lewis, Reggie Williams, David Wingate and Muggsy Bogues. They went 60-0 in the 80-81 and 81-82 seasons. Anyway it reminded me of this...

Just got done watching the Akron U versus Ohio U basketball game. Good to see Seth Wilson (STVM and Lorain) back in the area and playing for the Zips. He was in the starting lineup tonight. And he still looks strong enough to be a linebacker!!!

Here is a brief article on the Irish win over a very good Hoban team last night. While I haven't gotten to see the Irish play this year, it looks like John Whorton and DeCarlo Prince have been playing stellar ball this year. STVM has a middling 6-5 record, but given their SOS that should come...

Here's a nice article on the Buchtel/ Lutheran West game. And while this one didn't go the Griffs way, it looked like a great game to watch between two very good teams. I'm not sure if they are still in the same division, but, if so, then I'd expect a rematch somewhere down the road...

If the Irish have the need for a new freshman coach, then that's a victory in and of itself!

I've sort of been out of the loop, but how is Firestone looking? With the new coach a couple of years ago, I was hoping they would be moving back to more consistency. Any comments on how that program is developing?

The Irish will play in the Queen City Hoop Fest. They will be playing Covington Catholic on December 20th and Archbishop Moeller on December 21st. The games will be streamed by STVM. The link is listed in the article below...