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Ohio U won their big home game against West Virginia and are now motivated to play Ohio State Prime Time on NBC/Peacock getting a check and more exposure on the national stage. They ain't scared little sh!ts like us who moan and groan about playing Power 5s rather wanting to play no name cupcakes we can't even score a damn point against. Weak Team and Fanbase

Sunday September 7 16th ranked St. Louis defended their home turf with a 2-1 win over their local rival SIU-E #6 West Virginia recovered from their loss to Gardner Webb. The Mountaineers went on the road and got a 6-4 win over #22 George Mason. DePaul improved their record to 2 wins, 0 losses and 4 ties with a 2-1 win over Loyola of Chicago. Connecticut stayed undefeated (4-0-2) with a 3-0 beatdown of Cogate.

Nobody here wants them to lose. Some posters are like the you lose I win people that we all know. At times the devil is NOT in the details.

Happy Birthday Coach Groce.

Thanks for the kind words. Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere regardless of Moorhead’s status. Sure, Moorhead coming to Akron and my family’s move to Ohio may have sparked my initial interest, but now I’m in it for the long haul. My kids look forward to going to an Akron game with me every year, and I’d be thrilled if any of them ended up attending Akron someday. It’s also been a pleasure meeting some of the posters here in person. I’m going to go on a bit of a rant here with my disappointment on how things have gone since Moorhead took over. Like I’ve said before, there are certain turnarounds in college football I really enjoy following. The two other programs I’ve kept an eye on are South Carolina and Illinois. Forget for a moment that they’re P4 and Akron is G5—the similarities are still there. All three were sitting in the bottom third of their conferences when their current head coaches took over. None of them are near the top of their conferences in NIL money. And the general consensus from the media and most college football fans was that it was impossible to win at those schools. Fast forward a few years, and two of the three are sitting in the top 11 nationally, depending on which poll you look at. All three schools have also assembled excellent staffs. Just the other day I was talking with a colleague who played at Bowling Green and later coached at Syracuse. We got on the topic of MAC football, and unprompted he mentioned what a great staff Moorhead has put together at Akron with limited funds. I had to agree. The flip side is recruiting. Because without great players, it really doesn’t matter how good the coaching is—wins will always be hard to come by. I’ve coached for well over a decade and also worked on the recruiting services side of things. From my perspective, Moorhead has brought in a lot of talent, but it just hasn’t translated into wins yet. Recruiting services will disagree, but here’s some context: most analysts have little to no football background—they’re writers. They put too much stock into measurables and camp performances without pads. On top of that, programs with long track records of success almost always get the benefit of the doubt with rankings. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a kid commit to South Carolina as a two- or three-star, only to decommit, flip to Georgia or Alabama, and suddenly get bumped to four stars. Same story with Illinois versus Michigan or Ohio State. I say all this because Akron football seemingly has what it needs in place to win right now—and just isn’t. I can’t explain why the offense looked like year one with a brand-new staff when this is year four with a returning starting quarterback who has the physical tools to make just about every throw at this level. I don’t have an issue with Moorhead being open about what the program is lacking financially. What I do have an issue with is the lack of wins despite a dramatically upgraded roster compared to when he took over and a really strong staff in place. All that said, I’m still hoping this week is the spark that finally gets the long-awaited wins rolling—and that I look foolish for even posting this. It’s past time.

Both Umass and EMU can kick our ass though They score points

You're not an athletic director hoping to get a job someday at the school that kicked the crap out of you. It's all perspective.

He's not exactly adding positives to the old resume with any successes from Akron.

Well at least Wyoming won another game.

Yesterday is another example of why I hate payday games. I see little value in them.Kids get hurt, discouraged. Hold on! I know Akron and others play these games for the big paycheck. That to ostensibly operate and IMPROVE the quality of athletic programs. Since we are talking football I ask, where has been the long term IMPROVEMENT in football? Ain't happening. Hasn't happened consistently here. You can't blame one or two people for what's going now, This has been a systemic problem with the football program for years. Apparently those payday funds have not been well spent at least as far as football is concerned. When I see OU beating WVA and being consistent year in and year out. I see Toledo, Miami etc.being competitive year in and year out. They can fire another coach. Bring in another 'savior' and where do we end up? Time to look in a different direction for the program.

Bump.

I did some editing for you.

I don't think all the blame is on joemo but a lot of it is when he calls himself an offensive guru. I think FB turns the corner under the current admin but shame it couldn't be this year bc we had the schedule and possibility of an injunction. Sigh.

I was also excited about JoeMo at the time of hire. The fact is the same reason we were able to land him is probably the same reason he's not cut out for this job. JoeMo said a big reason he choose Akron over being OC elsewhere is after a health scare he wanted to prioritize other things besides just football in his life, namely family. The reality is Akron has a ton of disadvantages it needs to overcome and frankly needs someone driven to do so. Someone who is busy finding solutions to make things work and overcome obstacles. Not someone who is constantly making excuses and trying to deflect blame.

UMass is already a perfect addition to the MAC.

I didn't raise an eyebrow. I came out and said it. My example was Dave Clawson bringing in John Wolford to Wake to start as a true freshman. The same John Wolford who went 3-9 both of his first two years. The same John Wolford who had non losing records his Junior and senior seasons with a big bowl win over TX A and M. Wolford saved the Wake Forest football program. If the next coach doesn't bring in "his guy" to start as a freshman, the graveyard of coaches will get another.

Where is he going to run?

JoeMo's needed a QB who is a dual threat. DJ Irons doesn't count as he was an Arth recruit, so it's on Year 4 JoeMo he hasn't been able to land one in the TP. Four years ago I was over the moon with us landing JoeMo... but it did cause me to raise an eyebrow when he wasn't even able to lure a 5th string walk-on Oregon QB to Akron with him. This sucks. We're demoralized. I do believe that JoeMo is done - though he's got another year on his contract. I'm more upset about losing the posts of Catdaddy than I am about losing the offense of JoeMo.

It poses a threat. Its another person you have to account for. We are too easy to stop. We don’t have dominant athletes.

#1 team in the country and defending champs in our state should be untouched. They are the Golden Standard

Where is he going to run?

Johnson didn't throw much but he did enough that I'd be glad to see him start next week

We need a QB that is a running threat