MDZip

Gotta admit I liked the karma of Iowa throwing a TD with no time remaining to beat Michigan.

#16 Louisville misses two field goals in the last 4 minutes and loses to Wake Forest 30-27.

Good riddance to Miami. What have they really accomplished in that last 30 years? One football championship and one very undeserved basketball championship. And pretty much zero in all other sports (except maybe tennis). So one lucky year in basketball and playing better football recently and suddenly they are too good for the MAC. Ask NIU how well switching conferences is working out for them so far.

Kind of nice not to see the Zips mentioned anywhere in the Bottom 10, but one of our former conference members has taken over the #1 spot. That move to the Mountain West really looks like it was a good move for NIU. 🙄 I did find this funny though. Sacramento St has been included and had this about their matchup with UMAss (who is also nowhere near the Bottom 10). The Sacks host the Artists Formerly Known as UMess, our preseason top Bottom 10 team that is now 3-0. It's a conference matchup, despite the schools being 2,940 miles apart. Imagine, a Mid-American Conference game in which the teams' only chance to see middle America is if they have a window seat on the plane.

I hope he got some NIL money. 👍

We do have CMU and Buffalo. And half the teams are MAC teams. 😔 But good news, we're not on the list. 👍

I blame Marty Whims for this.

I had no idea either so I looked it up: Net success rate in college football is an advanced analytics metric that measures a team's offensive success rate minus its defensive success rate, showing which team performed more efficiently on a play-by-down basis. What is "Success Rate"? Before calculating the net version, college football analysts define whether an individual play "succeeds" based on down and distance to keep the chains moving: 1st Down: Gains at least 50% (or 40% in some models) of the yards needed. 2nd Down: Gains at least 70% (or 60%) of the yards needed. 3rd & 4th Down: Gains 100% of the yards needed to get a first down or score a touchdown. How Net Success Rate Works Formula: Offensive Success Rate % – Defensive Success Rate % Meaning: A positive net success rate means your offense gained "success" on a higher percentage of plays than your defense allowed to the opponent. Value: It strips out the "noise" of rare, high-variance plays (like a lucky 80-yard broken tackle touchdown or a freak turnover) to reveal which team actually won the fundamental battle of consistent down-to-down execution. Now I still have no idea. 😂

When the Zips won the National Title in Santa Barbara I met Doc Nash (and sadly didn't know who he was at the time - did get a nice photo with him though). What a game to win on a night honoring him.

First ever over Cornell. 👍

Miraculous win!

Every time I hear Chad Welker say the Cornell goal keepers name it sounds like he's calling him "The Stare".

And back to level. 👍

Great PK from Jack Sullivan!

Going to be a huge call here but man that looked like a handball in the box. Certainly looked like extension away from the body.