Captain Kangaroo

More than the Zips. Kent Coaches and Support staff 22 coaches. including 4 grad assistants 12 support staff Akron Coaches and Support Staff 12 coaches, zero grad assistants 6 support staff Beyond that, Kent practiced 25% more than Akron was allowed, and most of that is on Arth. And...I'm note re-re-re-typing all the other stuff. Kent beat Akron in OT because they have a really good QB. They probably even have some NIL money to keep him.

If an AD is good at his job, this is an easy call.

I'd like to see a Marketing plan that even approaches mediocre and see what happens. Obviously you need to win. Lather, rinse and repeat. And to do that, you need to invest. You can't save your way to #1. If you want to fill a stadium, play Kent the first game of the year. Only morons schedule the Kent game in November. You'll get 20k+. Boom - The stadium is filled for 1 game every other season. That's 10% of the home games at capacity every 2 seasons. I have more. But that's all I give without a stipend.

I'll disagree on these points. Multiple administrations have said "I wouldn't have built that stadium" and subsequently been let off the hook. Their lack of Athletics Marketing acumen is as boarder line criminal as their ability to run a D1 Athletics program. If Joe would have been told he'd have the smallest staff in D1, lowest budget, can't travel to recruit, no player meal plan, 25% fewer practices than the competition, and in 4 years other programs will be buying his best players and he'll need to completely rebuild annually...I don't think he'd have agreed to be the man.

Nailed it. 😁

The University has never once publicly mentioned any of the crippling limits placed on the football program in the name of budget cuts. They’ve hung Joe out to dry with a historic lack of support, whistling through the graveyard, and by their silence painting Zips football as having the same resources as every other MAC program. It isn’t fair to Joe, and I expect that grates on him. And it should. Bobby Knight once famously said - "If you're getting raped, you might as well lay back and enjoy it." Joe has bit his tongue 95% of the time, but who can blame him if, when pressed, he vents on his lack of recruiting budget, training tables, staff, and on and on? UA isn’t holding any pressers stating “You gotta understand the situation we’ve placed Joe Moorhead in. I can’t believe the guy won 3 games, let alone 5.” It's Zips Football against the world. Maybe the same geniuses at UA who’ve blundered every football-related decision since Jim Dennison’s firing will identify a "unicorn" coach that only wants a $300,000/year salary, that flits about Summit and Stark counties with a wicker basket collecting NIL money from scores of donors happily willing to fill it up, while also coaching Akron to MAC Championships and bowl victories. Wish in one wicker basket and poop in the other...see which fills up first. I have no clue what Goodrich will do regarding football. Maybe he spends a year crafting a new logo, quits his job and moves on to the next rung on his AD ladder? Maybe he’s empowered, independent of thought, and implements a plan to elevate Zips football to respectability? That would be awesome. Historically new AD’s "check their box" and hire “their guy” to run either the football or basketball program. On paper, Joe is on the hot seat. It it were me, I would fix the budget BS, show Joe a little love, and see what transpires in 2026. Joe took over a 1-11 Fordham team and went 38-13 during his tenure, winning 11 and 12 games in successive seasons. The guy can win big at the FCS/G5 level. It’s proven. But not when he’s hamstrung and unsupported. No one can.

The guy that’s the 7th highest paid coach in the MAC?

Sometimes you just gotta be the tallest midget. Clutch play by Bruno! 🇩🇪💪🏽 5-wins despite the smallest staff, smallest budget, no NIL, can’t even afford grad assistants, no travel allowed for recruiting, going stretches without a meal plan, limited to 25% fewer practices than his competition…the Zips should have been UMass this season but instead won 5. As much as my eyes burn from watching the game tonight I give the staff and players mad props for going .500 in the MAC and winning 5 games for the first time in 8 years while being blindfolded, with two cinder blocks tied to each coach’s legs. We’ll see what the future holds for the 2026 Zips. The ball is in Goodrich's hands to objectively determine how much the restrictions placed on this staff contributed to the close losses to Wyoming, UAB, Kent etc. And to figure out a plan to break free from the crippling financial shackles imposed on this year’s team. UA needs to invest in football within reasonable and responsible limits. Completely handcuffed, the Zips were within an eyelash of bowl eligibility. By providing the team with just the basics…the ability to travel to recruit talent, practices like everyone else, a couple grad assistants, a few bucks to keep some key players…it is the difference between winning 5 games and winning 8.

The shittiest, chippiest game I’ve ever had the misfortune of watching.

He might get down to 900 the way we’re moving the ball…

Like The Beatles once said…we took our lucky break, and we broke it in two…

That wasn't a recipe for success last week. 5 wins would be a big step forward for Zips football. Hope we achieve it.

Those incessant f-ing drums and chants...please tell me they won't ever be used again.

The ceiling is very high for the 2025-26 Zips...if they quit biting on every pump fake and fouling 3-point shooters.

I think I made the right choice attending the Midget Mania Wrestling event at the Barley House tonight.

Up to three!! 🦅💩🚽💪🏽

I didn’t rag on them. I offered them kudos?

Bird Droppings There are apparently still two remaining Kent football fans? Good for them.

The Kent QB is a NE Ohio kid. Our QB is from Phoenix...NC State...California. It will be interesting to see how they handles the elements tomorrow. Joe Akron might have ventured out if we'd have caught a break in the weather. But it looks like he and Flo will watch on TV, and it will be Family & Friends Only to watch the Zips and Flashes.

Joe would kill for only one hand to be tied behind his back.

Give @Hilltopper and @clarkwgriswold a 2 million dollar accordion and tell me how melodic the tunes are when they squeeze it. Getting 2 million dollars in NIL money can be easy. Finding players that are worth a damn is a different story. The Mets had a massive payroll and stink this year. The Browns threw a bajillon dollars at a QB who couldn’t possibly have had more red flags. The Zips have gone 0-11 when they were playing with the same budget as the other MAC programs. Today we’re actually better than some teams that are outspending us. Joe is looking at a very realistic 6-6 season, where he’s had an on/off trading table to feed his Division 1 athletes, he was not allowed to travel and recruit this spring, he lost his on-line recruiting subscriptions, has the smallest staff and budget in D-1, allowed 25% fewer practices than his competition…one could argue this season is as miraculous as any in Zips history. This staff is here because they believe in Akron. Brookhart’s kids were born here. Moorhead is from less than 2 hours away and really values being close to family over a fat contract. Ferri is a local guy who loves being back in NE Ohio. Tibesar is a wizard when in comes to scheming to outwit opposing offenses with a random assortment of mercenary talent. Hope the AD doesn’t blow this and tell Joe he needs to win 7 games or he’s out next year. Support this staff who’s worked miracles in 2025 and see how it plays out. If we lose to Kent this week I have no problems accepting ridicule. But we won’t. Football is interesting and fun again. Go Zips! 🦘💪🏽

Akron 27 Kent 15

Toccoa already off to a rough start this year at 0-7. Not looking good to break the streak tonight against 0-1 Charleston Southern. On the plus side, they only lost to the UMass football team 10-9.

Chapter 2 of the prophecy is fulfilled.

That stuff won’t happen under Tim Tyrrell’s watch.