Zips Today 9-18-23

Zips Today 9-18-23

On this episode, Football Head Coach Joe Morehead discusses the origin of the "Turnover Tire." We also hear from Women's Cross Country junior, Danielle Honaker and how the team has improved.

Episode Transcript

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This is SIPs Today, A lookat University of Akron Athletics. Here's your
host, Dave scosin Akron Football goesviral and a successful weekend for the cross
country teams. More coming up onthis edition of ZIPS Today, presented by
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of Akron Athletics Goesips. For thesecond week in a row, the Acron
football team will travel to face anopponent from a Power five conference when they
visit Indiana on Saturday night. TheZips will take their turnover tire to the

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Hoosier State, as it has garnerednational notoriety over the past couple of weeks.
Head coach Joe moorehead explains its origins. I was just sitting in the
office during a fall camp and Ithink I saw something online about one of
the other teams in the country withyou know, one of the chains or
the thrones or the slot machines,and trying to figure out what as something

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that is falls in line with withwith our identity and what we want to
be us a program, and wentright to the tire. Akron Football's next
home game is September thirtieth against Buffalo. For tickets, visit Gozips dot com.
The Akron cross country teams had awinning weekend, with the women capturing
the Division one title at the AllOhio cross Country Championships in Cedarville. Junior

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Danielle Honaker says the Zips are muchimproved over last year. Progression from the
people that have been on the teamand then the newcomers and just seeing how
we're all working together and though we'vereally developed as a team. The Akron
men's cross country team placed four runnersin the top ten and won the mel

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Brought Collegiate Open and Bowling Green.Brian Massi finished first for a second consecutive
race. Both the men's and women'steams will return to action a week from
Friday at the Joe Payne Invitational hostedby Notre Dame, and it's another big
week for the Akron men's soccer team, which is ranked third in the nation.
The Zips will host tenth ranked NotreDame tomorrow night at seven. You've
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