Blue & Gold

Even if TW4's good to go, think we might start TC5 anyway? See how he does? Even if TW4's ready to go, he's gonna be a little rusty & TC5's played so well lately maybe he deserves to start? Just trying to get a little conversation going to pass the time till kick off. Can't wait!!!!!!

The weather couldn't be any nicer!

Marquise had a tough game against Buchtel last night. He finished with 133 yards but needed 33 carries to get there. It was kinda funny to watch (the difference between high school and college ball) as Buchtel didn't use a safety all night and generally had 9 guys in the box to key on Marquise. They played Ellet's WR's 1-on-1 all night with no safety. Ellet lined up a few times with 2 TE's & on those occasions Buchtel had all 11 in the box. It was funny to see - they looked like goal line plays, though Ellet was at mid field. Lol.

Went to the Ellet -v- Buchtel game last night. Buchtel's got a nice looking senior LB named Brandon Tuck-Hayden. Tough, fast LB w/ a good frame @ 6-2, 210. And he's got the typical Buchtel mean streak. Good looking player. Buchte's also got a great freshman RB who starts for them right now in Darvon Hubbard. At 5-11, 185 he already looks like a senior out there. He moves like a senior, too - very calm & composed & confident, like he's been doing the varsity gig for years. If he continues to develop (needs to get a little faster) he's going to be an absolute beast. He stood out to me & I was shocked when I looked him up and saw he was only a freshman.

They do. IIRC (I saw the uni's on display at The Info @ last night's Ellet -v- Buchtel game) they're going with blue face masks. White face masks would look sweet.

They've got NIU picked at the top of the West 0.0

Btw, we're going with blue helmets, blue jerseys & white pants today. Very sharp combo! How cool are we that we may not wear the same combo twice at home this year?! Yeah, we're cool like that.

+1. It pains me to see. This is one of the reasons I feel we definitely need Tommy to play in order to win today. Tra'Von's turned into a great backup QB, but he's not going to be WMU.

ABJ game day story http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-no-23-western-michigan-provides-biggest-test-yet-for-zips-1.719193 This worries me: The Broncos rank first or second in the MAC in numerous offensive and defensive categories, including scoring offense (first), rushing offense (second courtesy of the work of running backs Jamauri Bogan, who averages 5.9 yards per carry, but did not play last week and Jarvion Franklin, who has 514 yards on 102 carries).

And I went crazy on that last TD. I felt so proud of the team. We weren't going to win the game, but that TD made the score much closer than anyone ever thought the game would be. You could tell VT couldn't believe it either. VT had perhaps the most hyped DE in the country that year (don't recall his name). But it was Jason Taylor who was all over the place that night.

The multi-lateral return for the 2 points is probably the most excited I've ever been at a game. After that play I remember being light-headed from shouting so much. I had to sit down because I felt like I was going to pass out! Lol. I forget, why did Willie Spencer not finish that game? I loved Willie Spencer! One of my favorite Zips! I got to see him play in high school a couple times. Always love the local guys.

Gotta be some talk about Hitman on SportsCenter this a.m.?

Same story from the ABJ: http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland-cavaliers/cleveland-cavaliers-1.275356/lebron-james-has-plans-to-go-to-college-once-his-schedule-allows-1.718926 Grad assistant LeBron? Walk-on LeBron?

Wow. Our next Jason Taylor?!

^^FIFY

GT w/ 2 strikes in one paragraph: When the Zips and Broncos kickoff their Mid-American Conference battle Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at InfoCision Stadium, UA will face a team that is ranked for the first time in its school history at No. 23 in the USA Today Amway Coaches Poll and No. 24 in the AP poll. It is the first time UA will play a ranked team at home. http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-tra-von-chapman-likely-to-make-third-consecutive-start-at-quarterback-1.718497

Here's an update from today's ABJ on the Lebron James Family Foundation's I Promise Institute at The University of Akron. http://www.ohio.com/news/education/lebron-james-family-foundation-to-set-up-a-home-base-at-ua-for-i-promise-participants-1.718886 For this thread, I thought this to be relevant: "The I Promise Institute will be located in InfoCision Stadium in an undeveloped space on the south end of level 3. ...The First class of the Lebron James Family Foundation students are in the eighth grade and will graduate from high school in 2021 and arrive on The University of Akron's campus." Concerning future athletics attendance, here's a group of future students we need to start reaching out to right now. Get them excited and proud to be from Akron. Don't be typical self-loathing Akronites.

Update on the evolution of the Lebron James Family Foundation & I Promise Institute @ The UofA. http://www.ohio.com/news/education/lebron-james-family-foundation-to-set-up-a-home-base-at-ua-for-i-promise-participants-1.718886

Nice! Kennedy Catholic PA?

That's right! Add two W's

UG5 didn't have his own thread yet?! For shame. 6'1" 225 heat seeking missile! I took a friend to a game Jatavis Brown's sophomore season & he mentioned how Jatavis really stood out to him. UG5 is really beginning to stick out on the field. I love how we can have conversations about who we think our next NFL linebacker will be! Linebacker U! Penn State is green with envy.

Thanks for the report. It's nice hearing from someone who witnessed the match. I just had to follow the score on GameTracker.

Certainly a down year... which we're quite unaccustomed to around here. Unless we win the MAC & make a deep run in the NCAA's this season's busted.

I would definitely want to alter my predictions! I'm no Nostradamus. Lol. I've done pretty well up to this point in the season, except for flip-flopping the Marshall & App State outcomes. But from here on out I'd change my prediction for 3 of the remaining 5 games: WMU - L BSU - W Buffalo - W Toledo - L BUGS - W (who would have thought they'd utterly implode as they have?) Ohio - W (OU's pretty good but our OL is playing better than I thought they would) 8-5! Prove me right, Zips!