Captain Kangaroo Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 George Thomas "Weights In". No weigh George has a Journalism degree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 29 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: George Thomas "Weights In". No weigh George has a Journalism degree. Is he on the ABJ payroll? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 7/17/2017 at 1:34 PM, kreed5120 said: Bowden has been here long enough and the MAC East is one of the worst divisions in all of FBS. Anything short of 8 wins IMO should be viewed as failure. That being said there is no way in hell we're getting to 8 wins. How I see the season playing out is Akron goes 4-8 or 5-7. Bowden enters next season as a lame duck coach because the university is too poor to both pay him and another coach. Bowl game or pull the plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 37 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: Bowl game or pull the plug. As much as a fan as I am of Bowden, I agree. Bowl eligibility is the expectation this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Bowl eligibility is my minimum expectations as well. I would like to get there on a consistent basis before expecting something like 8 wins minimum. George Thomas having a professional journalism job is one of the biggest mysteries to me. He didn't even use consistency in the other over/unders. Spells out BG's and uses numbers for the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 5 hours ago, K92 said: Is he on the ABJ payroll? Same thought I had. Can't spell. Garbage journalism, like usual. But nice job finding a way to wiggle the greatness of his beloved Suckeyes into the story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, skip-zip said: Same thought I had. Can't spell. Garbage journalism, like usual. But nice job finding a way to wiggle the greatness of his beloved Suckeyes into the story. Yep. The CSU Alum Buckeye Fan Trekkie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Woah. http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/7/21/football-gilbert-named-preseason-mac-defensive-player-of-the-year.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 He should have plenty of opportunities to rack up gaudy tackle numbers since I expect our defense to be on the field a lot and he's one of the few players on our defense that has proven he can play at the D1 level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 @Penn State: We'll stay in this one for the first 15 minutes or so. Let's stay healthy (as much as I hate to say that). Loss 10-35 Arkansas-Pine Bluff: Beautiful Day, embarrassing home crowd to open the season. Fun game to watch. Win 55-6 Iowa State: Crap shoot. Fun and improving team to have in town. I'll be optimistic. Win 28-24 on a last minute TD. @Troy: Borderline Top-25 team this year. If this was at home, we'd have a puncher's chance. Loss 17-38 @Bowling Green: The MAC opener will decide how the season goes. Drop to 2-3 (or potentially 1-4) here and disaster is around the corner. Zips dropped by BG in a slugfest. 45-56 Ball State: Very winnable game. Has the first 5 taken its toll? Zips eek one out in the MAC Home opener, 35-31 @Western Michigan: Brutal. New coach, still a good team. 20-38 Loss @Toledo: Equally Brutal. Can't stop Toledo's offense. 17-45 Loss Buffalo: Glad this one is at home or things could get really ugly. Hopefully this isn't one of those "games we should win" that we don't. Win UGLY 17-9 *Bye Week @Miami: Miami's improved, but not top of the MAC like a lot think. Another game we'd have a shot at home. Still close. 21-27 Loss Ohio: The MAC East is bad. Really bad. These guys aren't good, but are probably the best of em. I'd like to say this is the year we finally beat them. Can't. 6-20 Loss. Kent: Well..its a win? Like I said, the East is bad. Kent is TERRIBLE, even for them. Closer than it looks, but thanks to a couple late TDs, we win 56-35. Another 5-7 Season. Not sure where we go from here. The schedule is brutal, getting arguably 3 of the best 4 MAC teams on the road plus a very good Troy and Penn State teams away as well. I think we have a ceiling of 7-5, a floor of 3-9. Anything outside of that would shock me. Go Browns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 RowdyZip's account is still active? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I just like lurk and read all or you fighting about why there were 8,304 fans instead of 11,215 fans at the 3rd home game 2 seasons ago. And what we can do increase that number to 15,171. Oh, and the JAR is crappy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Did you really type "crappy" or did the ZN.o morality bot change that for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skip-zip Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, RowdyZip said: Oh, and the JAR is crappy. Noooo. You saw people talking about that here?? Edited July 21, 2017 by skip-zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmexicanwoman Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 On 7/17/2017 at 2:47 PM, kreed5120 said: Why, because we had a run of incompetent coaches? We have the nicest facilities in the MAC. We play in a talent rich area. We play in arguably the worst division in all of FBS. We have the 2nd longest tenured coach in our division. Sputtering around 5-7/6/6 isn't good enough for me. We should be perennial contenders in the MAC East. Let's predict the odds of the current coaching staff still employed in 2018 if it's a 5 or less win season. How does a seasoned team, with a half dozen NFL prospects - all active during the 2016 season, not win 6 games in the MAC East? And sorry, but the lack of depth at the QB spot versus the injury roster, is not a valid excuse. That's a coaching / recruiting blunder. Look at the difference in the QB lineup this year. (Who says hindsight is not 20/20?) If TB and Company really want to stick around, a 2017 bowl bid is the price to play poker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bigmexicanwoman said: Let's predict the odds of the current coaching staff still employed in 2018 if it's a 5 or less win season. How does a seasoned team, with a half dozen NFL prospects - all active during the 2016 season, not win 6 games in the MAC East? And sorry, but the lack of depth at the QB spot versus the injury roster, is not a valid excuse. That's a coaching / recruiting blunder. Look at the difference in the QB lineup this year. (Who says hindsight is not 20/20?) If TB and Company really want to stick around, a 2017 bowl bid is the price to play poker. Your avatar and your screen name are confusing me. Edited July 21, 2017 by K92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA1987 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, LZIp said: Woah. http://www.gozips.com/news/2017/7/21/football-gilbert-named-preseason-mac-defensive-player-of-the-year.aspx Maybe we have a kicking game to look forward to based on this list. Have we become Linebacker U, or pardon, U of Linebacker, in the MAC (The Amato Effect)? Edited July 22, 2017 by UA1987 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 1 hour ago, K92 said: Your avatar and your screen name are confusing me. And in this day and age, some might even find it "offensive" And that includes being offensive towards Dorky White Guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Bigmexicanwoman said: Let's predict the odds of the current coaching staff still employed in 2018 if it's a 5 or less win season. How does a seasoned team, with a half dozen NFL prospects - all active during the 2016 season, not win 6 games in the MAC East? And sorry, but the lack of depth at the QB spot versus the injury roster, is not a valid excuse. That's a coaching / recruiting blunder. Look at the difference in the QB lineup this year. (Who says hindsight is not 20/20?) If TB and Company really want to stick around, a 2017 bowl bid is the price to play poker. I will blame Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 @BigSexyMexy I do not know what the odds would be that Bowden & Co. return for a 2018 season if they bag 5 or less wins, but I think the likelihood of that happening would be around 99 & 44/100th percent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 58 minutes ago, K92 said: @BigSexyMexy I do not know what the odds would be that Bowden & Co. return for a 2018 season if they bag 5 or less wins, but I think the likelihood of that happening would be around 99 & 44/100th percent. Hater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Zipgrad01 said: I will blame Russia CNN will be all over that. Hours of TV coverage and a call for a Special Prosecutor to "get to the bottom of it" will soon follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmexicanwoman Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 3 hours ago, K92 said: Your avatar and your screen name are confusing me. Similar in a lot of ways to the football program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 Not many were man enough to put it in writing and say what would make this season successful and why in their eyes, so I'll ask another question. What would you need to see from Bowden & Co these last 2 seasons under contract to keep them on board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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