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Strong company the Zips find themselves in.

I thought we knew before the season started that they were bowl ineligible due to multi year APR.

They didn't qualify for a bowl because we were the only team in the country sanctioned due to a low multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) score.

😏 We are no longer in the MAC? Since when? They kicked us out?😏

We lost out on a bowl game because of a home loss to Kent in overtime. At the start of the season, can anyone in their right mind think that would happen. This football team is cursed. How do we remove this curse?

It was actually a very good write-up, but I have one major quibble. WE ARE NOT IN THE MAC ANYMORE! 😊

Little bro probably thought he was scheduling Dayton.

The Sweet Spot.

@ZippyRulz 8/'61 Right before my sr year in HS, couple of friends and I sat on the side line with our toes literally touching the chalk at Hiram watching the Browns scrimmage.

Joe? Is that you?

Now if only we could get accepted to the league.

I guess he's going to try it again. Lol

Summers to the portal. That’s what I meant about not knowing who has eligibility anymore with all the rule changes.

How we fare with our Big East brethren #8 UConn #21 Butler #22 St. John's #40 Akron #49 Seton Hall #53 Villanova #114 Xavier #118 Creighton #121 Georgetown #124 Providence #168 Marquette #178 DePaul

I’ll do my best to keep up with all the conference movement. That said, I’m not going to be linking any names to specific sites since I’ll be pulling information from On3, 247, and whatever pops up on my social media feed. AKRON HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: WR - Israel Polk OL - Maasai King DT - Kiawan Murphy LB - Melvin Spriggs LB - Gage Summers K - Owen Wiley BALL STATE HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: RB - Qua Ashley WR - Eric Weatherly DT - Darin Conley LB - Caden Johnson BOWLING GREEN HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: DB - Hayes Doggan BUFFALO HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: DE - Shamar Riser-Pressley DB - Marquis Cooper CENTRAL MICHIGAN HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: EASTERN MICHIGAN HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: DE - Sterling Miles KENT STATE HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: MIAMI HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: OHIO HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: TOLEDO HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: WESTERN MICHIGAN HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: UMASS HS Signees: JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: Portal Departures: DL - Malachi Madison

Absolutely. The 2025 tournament has a particularly high PK rate so far - looks like 20% of results (8/40) were decided by PKs. I counted only 5 last year (and only 4 in 2023) and one was the semi between Denver and Vermont. Let's hope that PKs have had their moment and will now hibernate for the rest of winter.

St Mary of the Woods College and Mount Marty College. And Travis faces the always tough Indiana University East this evening. Probably a short drive for IUE to Oxford.

I hope our own PK game is sharp. In Mitch I trust.

@MangoZip hit on some of the possible reasons. I’m no longer involved in the recruiting scene, but if I had to guess, it’s probably either grades or that most of those offers aren’t actually on the table anymore. He also may have had someone in his ear telling him to go somewhere he can play early and be developed. Honestly, that’s some of the best advice a high school recruit can get in today’s setup if they aren’t already in line to receive a decent NIL package. Regardless, he looks like a playmaker and could see the field with some refinement. I also suspect he’s not really 185 lbs.

In fairness to OU, they've always been more of a football school.

Some other others of note: 45 - Arkansas 50 - Seton Hall 51 - Missouri 56 - Wake Forest 57 - VCU 63 - Tosu 64 - Villanova 68 - Texas 69 - Wisconsin 208 - UMass

And in the similar obscure schools thread on the Iowa fan board someone is posting about Hiram 😄

Shout-out to VB for all the hard work and being in the thick of things down the stretch. Sounds like we have a good foundation going forward.

Undetermined period of time? I'll go with 'upper body injury'.

Agree, he had to have very limited options when he committed to Akron. Those big offers likely came very early in the recruiting process and are non existent today. Many possible reasons - poor camp performance, high school film wasn’t as good as expected, grades, getting in trouble, coaching changes, etc., all possible reasons. Bottom line is that no kid is going to Akron if they had committable offers at Penn State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Miami, Georgia etc etc. It just doesn’t happen.