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Offense wins. Houston is the one of the top defensive teams in the country and has been for several years. They have zero national championships in that span because in their final game of the season, they couldn't score more than their opponent. Akron isn't ignoring defense. Every single post game interview this season has included Groce harping that the defense needs to get better. However, if our opponent isn't shooting nearly 60%, we're winning by 20+. Akron has 3 losses, one of them to easily one of the best teams in the country. The other 2 losses, our opponent had to nearly set shooting records to outscore us; in fact, I'm not so sure they didn't. Those other 2 losses have been to some of the top mid majors in the country on neutral courts as well. I'm not so sure we lose to Yale if Barre is up to speed and playing significant minutes in that game, either. Defense is one of those things that takes longer to pull together with so many new pieces every single year in today's landscape. Shot making doesn't require chemistry and communication with rotations, help defense, etc. Maybe that's why we're seeing a shift at Akron and Kent. That being said, there aren't going to be many teams that will beat us this year without historic offensive performances because Akron's offense is legitimately that good. We've all seen Akron teams struggle to shoot 30% from 3. Didn't matter how good their defense was, they fell short plenty of times against competition that they shouldn't have because they couldn't put the ball in the hoop. The offense never came with those teams because teams can either score or they can't. Give me a team that can score at will with a coach who keeps defense a priority over a team that keeps defense a priority but struggles to score. I'm quite confident the defense will get better, but the blessing with this team is we don't have to pray for the offense to get better because history has proven that's not something that truly improves.

Starting their road trip from Hell off on the right foot. Losing to Portland before flying to UMass, then going to Purdue. Look what happens when they play a legit road game. Buffalo also lost a close one to East Carolina. WMU and Balls lost as well, but that was expected.

Scratched out serial number on a gun.

Ohio with an incredible win vs St. Bonnie.

I understand defense is going to be a point of conversation, but it's really hard to get mad when our only 2 mid major losses have statistically ridiculous box scores. Yale and Murray State could run simulated games in practice with zero defenders, take the same shots they did vs us, and not shoot nearly as well as they ended up shooting vs us. 56% from 3 on 32 attempts is unbelievably absurd. That's 54 pts from 3P alone. If Murray State shoots an above-average 40%, that's 13 3P which is 15 less points; Murray State won by 15, and they're a 36.1% 3P shooting team on the season. Murray State committed 18 turnovers; I know some of those are probably self-inflicted, but Akron was doing something right on defense as well. Yet again, a team needed to have a historic night to beat Akron and they did. Akron wasn't nearly as efficient offensively as they were vs. Yale, hence the 15 pt deficit, but they still put up 100 pts. If we start seeing MAC teams shoot ~50%+ from 3P vs us, then I'll be concerned. Until then, hats off to Murray State for an incredible shooting performance. Regroup and beat the feathers off EMU.

Back to back wins for UMass vs ACC teams. At one point, UMass was up by 18 pts late in the game.

I wasn't being serious. Boise State should be a tough job, though.

What about Akron's team O/U?

Someone who looked at a map.

Watching Xavier host Missouri State on TNT right now. Akron would run Xavier out of the gym.

What's the O/U?

Worse - Eastern Kentucky.

Embick deserves everything for his loyalty and commitment to Akron for all these years. Incredibly thankful for him.

Saturday is a very fun slate. Akron v Murray State UMass v Florida State CMU v Stony Brook (old buddy Geno Ford) Toledo v Robert Morris Ohio v St. Bonnie in Cleveland Miami OH and NIU also play but their games don't count in the "very fun" category.

Single-Year APR Scores for Football: 2024-25: 962 (pending an upward adjustment; 2nd highest in program history) 2023-24: 920 2022-23: 908 2021-22: 885 2020-21: 943 2019-20: 953 We would've been bowling this year had we won 6+ games. Guarantee it.

Gladly.

UMass made 2 free throws with 5 seconds to go to win 76-74. Nice win for the MAC.

Miami OH held on to win in OT 90-87. Impressive win (not). UMass is currently battling Boston College on ESPNU. Up by 12 with 11 min to go.

Sherrone has been detained by the police. Allegedly was threatening self harm, breaking and entering, etc.

Best thing that could've happened to Michigan football.

They were getting destroyed for their SOS in a post showcasing them as the #4 team in the Mid Major Top 25. Some Miami OH fan tried to defend the program by saying they had the 3rd toughest OOC on paper prior to the season, and they can't control what happens to other teams once the season starts. As you can imagine after looking at their OOC, the fan's defense was met with laughter. Old Dominion Trinity (IL) Air Force Mercyhurst AR-Pine Bluff UNC Greensboro IU East Maine UNC Asheville Eastern Kentucky Wright State Milligan UNC Asheville is only a Q3 opponent because it's on the road with a 200 NET ranking. Their 5 losses are to Wichita State, Georgia Southern, Western Carolina, Tennessee State, and NC State. They have wins over Lipscomb, Bryan (TN), App State, and UNC Greensboro. Decent chance this is ultimately a Q4 game for Miami (OH) come season's end. This is only the 3rd team on the Redhawks' schedule in the top 300 for NET, with one UNC Greensboro being borderline at 291. Interestingly enough, they start MAC play with Balls on the 20th, then play @ BUGS and home vs. Akron in back to back games which are currently both Q2 opportunities (you're welcome, Sweaters). We'll quickly see if the creampuff schedule has Little Brother's Squad prepared for the MAC which is seemingly much improved.

You can't expect much more than that from Ohio's #2 CBB team (14 spots behind Akron in the latest NET) and the undisputed worst fan base in the country.

Played poker with em once or twice.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfq03kiQYL/?igsh=a2xrOXprN3hwNzlq Ivory Covington Edit: Nevermind. C/o 2027