Captain Kangaroo

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.

Groce mentions Big Dog a lot as far as Akron greats go. If I had the Sophie’s Choice I’d pick Zeke over Big Dog.

The worst thing about BG’s collapse is - they’re going to beat us to Tim Tyrrell.

If there is a subpoena involved I think it’s safe to assume Justice was served.

I believe he played for Marshall and started a game off against the Zips going 11-11 from the three point line at the JAR?! My memory is fading, but still accurate on this one.

If he inherited the sack of crap team that he did, and beat BG last week, I'd sign him up too. That's Saint-level, verified miracle work there.

I don't know that I'd want this Zips team to go to a bowl game? We've improved from last year...we're better than the dregs of 1-A and even mediocre 1-AA teams...but if we were matched up against a decent G5 team I think we'd get smoked like Bowden's 6-6 team did against Lane Kiffin's FAU squad. Something like 50-3. A 5-7 or even 6-6 season would make me happy.