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Laventure was all over the place. The "stats" really didn't add up, 1 solo and 3 assisted but he was constantly causing havoc and running loose. Hull had 2 assisted tackles Hall 1 solo 2 assisted 1 QBH and 2 deflections (1 led to the int that I thought was going to change the momentum) Durham 1 solo tackle (TFL) 3 assisted I could be wrong but I believe he was on the field for 70 of the 75 offensive snaps, not including special teams. Cheatom 1 assisted tackle 1 pass deflectoin Mixon 1 solo tackle 2 assisted He came up HUGE on the fourth and 1 in the tight red zone. At the time it was 3-0 and I thought was going to give Zips a surge. I thought the LBs played well and the CBs helped out a lot on the outside runs. 1 QBH and 0 sacks is not going to cut it.. I do think that Laventure could have gotten credit for at least 1 or 2 QBH's but these stats came straight from the Akron statisticians. McManus played very well I thought for a true freshman. Stepped in and played well. It seemed early the OL was doing well and by half way through the third it started to fall apart. The sack that knocked them out of field goal range was the back breaker I thought. I thought Finley looked scared and extremely timid. He seemed to be short arming a lot I saw him rotating his arm like maybe it was sore or tight. He was throwing off his backfoot a lot and ducking. His reads and timing seemed off. Patrick looked great. For what it is worth the announcers said at half that Zips had 117 total yards offense and Patrick had 75? He looks like he could take it to the house on any play. Scott ran with ease through the line. It is not going to get any better this weekend. Nebraska's RB runs hard and Raiola completed 33 times of 42 attempts 2 tds, no ints Zips better figure out how to get pressure on him. A 68 yard punt in the air was insane. There were chances for the Zips to capitalize and they just couldn't. Wyoming did not respect or fear them and it was evident. Zips did not deserve to win that game, but they certainly could have.

About halfway through the 3rd Qtr, after seeing no half-time improvement offensively, I knew it was going to either take Wyoming turning it over deep in their own territory or a broken play defensively (on Wyoming behalf) for Akron to find the end zone. Akron showed no ability to sustain a drive. Fortunately the defense showed up in a big way otherwise this game would have gotten out of hand fast.

Akron is certainly the school for a punter to be able to showcase their talent.

Random thoughts from the pillow fight that I watched last night: - Finley‘s interception in the end zone was atrocious. Those are the type of decisions that lose games. - overall, I was happy to see that it was a relatively smart game for Akron. Not that many stupid penalties, personal files, etc.. - obviously, the defense played well. More specifically, I thought they tackled really well. - as usual, I think we abandoned the run game too quickly, especially as inaccurate as Finley was last night - I don’t understand why we don’t run more two tight end sets. Especially, since we have some tight ends that have proven they can catch the ball - glad to see we are rotating punters, smart move because at this rate, their feet will get very sore

That Moorhead still has his job tells me the future isn't bright. Yes, I know the nihilism worry as noted elsewhere. But him being around is clearly going nowhere fast.

If you're digging on ESPN+ to find an Akron game you're either already a diehard fan or a degenerate gambler. Joe Akron isn't going to be put off from Reghi because frankly he isn't going to be watching the game in the first place.

I know right now it's too early. But when is the "right" time to start looking at RPI? Currently we're at 91, but it isn't based on much right now with such a small sample.

That would be one damn short line.

Are they playing their games on a day of the week and at times that would make it attractive for someone to attend? I would say no. BG had a great crowd last night, but Eddie George creates more interest than $2 beers and scholarship give aways. I'll be interested to see if they can keep it up. Is Akron a mess? Hell yes. Last night was a disaster. There is no positive spin that can be put on a 10-0 loss to a bad team that had to travel cross country. I think the entire league is a mess in terms of football. After a couple of decades, the rot created by weeknight games has taken its toll. I'm so disgusted by it all I can barely bring myself to watch it.

I watched some of the Miami Wisconsin game and by that I mean a couple of Miami series. They have a seventh year QB (yes, you read that right). He looked like he never played a game. If you plan on playing college football until you are 25, at least look like a star your last year, whenever that may be.

Organizations? No, just give them away to anyone who wants one.

The TV experience was worse. Reghi continued to call out the wrong players when doing the play by play and a few times even got the down wrong. The TV was showing the player's name on his jersey but Reghi was not watching the monitor. It was ugly. And how many times can he indicate our coach is an offensive genius when we cannot score a point. And how many times can we watch the same wrestling commerical? 50 times and counting.

Free tickets will not improve the quality of the football and that's the real issue. Also, people will not go to see bad football, even for free. They've given away tickets before and it hasn't worked.

AMEN!

Just remember, every coach looks better when their entire roster is 5 star recruits. That has a lot to do with his past success.

The in game experience wasn't special, but I would not call it "bad." Work to do, sure, but it is relatively low IMO on the problems list right now

Moorhead has been a great offensive coordinator in the past. That is where his true talent is. Right now, he is trying to be a head coach and an offensive coordinator. He can't do both well. He needs to give up on one or the other for this year. Give OC responsibilities over to someone else on staff so he can focus on the head coach responsibilities. He is not made out to be a Head Coach. He will be a coordinator somewhere else next year. Coach Tibs has proven to be an effective defensive coordinator. Really impressive scheme and performance last night. Perhaps he could be a head coach someday. Unfortunately, this season is going to be another dumpster fire. Coaches will leave. Players will leave. Recruits will decommit. A new coach will takeover and the dumpster fire will continue.

Is it basketball season yet?

I'm not going to get my hopes up

Is it basketball season yet?

The overall product is complete BS. Bad team on the field and in the classroom. Bad fan in game stadium experience No merch in the team store All around Bad

Findley is rated the fourth best QB in the MAC. God help those other 9 teams. Nebraska will be a throw away. We should treat this like a pre-season game. We should see at least 3 QB's have a shot. Just maybe; one will show something under pressure. I don't mean to put the loss on Findley, but so much more was expected. If he is going to make mistakes like a true FR, we might as well see them from the back ups.

They need to host concerts at Infocision because having 1,000 people on a good day in there is such a waste.

They have been do that for years. Last year 15,000 free tickets distributed to various organizations. Around 150 redeemed. Joe Akron just doesn't give a crap about UA football. We would draw the same if we were competing against Mount Union and other D3 programs at 1/10th the cost. Figure out how to let soccer and basketball compete at a higher level without pretending we can compete in football.

I hope you are right.