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On a more positive note. A member of the womens volleyball ball team was chosen to putt in the Wentz Financial Group hole-in-ine contest. I think she is the first person to win the jackpot.

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QB: It wasn’t Finley’s best outing by any stretch, but he made enough plays to keep the offense in position to score. In an unusual twist, he ran for 58 yards and was far more willing to pull it and go than we’ve seen from him in the past. I’m guessing a part of that was knowing it was his last college game and deciding to leave it all on the field. I know I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating — Finley never made the jump I hoped he would this year, but we don’t get to five wins without him. RB: Gant is incredibly good at making people miss. He may not have the breakaway speed some other backs have, but his cuts, vision, and angles are almost as good as anyone I’ve seen. And congrats to him for going over 1,000 yards on the season — well deserved. WR: Drops were an issue at times, but the receiving corps still came through with some big plays. It’s a shame the season is over because Marcel Williams is playing as well as anyone in the MAC right now. He’s absolutely deserving of a First Team selection with the way he closed out the year. Polk and Mason should be in the mix for Second or Third Team All-MAC as well. TE: Newell returned but didn’t look like himself, and Cravaack didn’t have his best game either. OL: I thought the OL got better as the game went on. Ironman K. Davis finally missed some time, and Morris showed his versatility by sliding over from left tackle to fill in at right guard. Lyons logged every snap again at center and played well to close out the season. DL: This group got after it, and the starters played an insanely high number of snaps this year. Congrats to Dall on sealing the game, and I hope it’s not the last time we see him in a Zips uniform. Murphy probably played his best game to date — I noticed him blast the center into the backfield multiple times. Ideally, that’s a jumping-off point for him heading into 2026. Laventure and Hull were really good, as usual. LB: Summers played well, and Spriggs flashed his athleticism and physicality multiple times. It wasn’t an overwhelmingly great night for the linebackers, but they were solid and made the plays needed to slow down BG’s run game. DB: Reed and DeWalt played every snap at corner. I believe both Anderson and Hunter went down during the game, which left Somerville, Flowers, and Di. Johnson to handle most of the snaps at safety. I was impressed with how they came downhill and helped in the run game. The Branches — if that’s the right way to refer to them — split snaps at nickelback. ST: I was disappointed Hills never broke one for a touchdown this season. He had multiple chances throughout the year and just couldn’t shake free for that final bit. Schramm was excellent on field goals, Castle did well punting, and Wiley once again placed his kickoffs where they needed to be. Coaching: I thought the staff put together a strong gameplan and did a great job keeping the team focused and ready to play despite there not really being anything on the table anymore. Could things have gone better? Sure, but I’m not going to dwell on the negatives after wrapping up the season with a win. Now we head into an offseason full of uncertainty and a long wait until the 2026 kickoff. We’ll see what happens. QB: Finley RB: Gant Patrick WR: Ma. Williams Monteiro WR: Polk WR: Louis Mason TE: Cravaack Newell LT: Morris D. Johnson LG: Archer McManus C Lyons RG: K. Davis Morris RT: A. Jones King DE: Dall D. Frazier DE: Durham J. Frazier DT: Hull Murphy DT: Laventure Mixon LB: Summers Hocker LB: Cooper Spriggs NB: Aa. Branch Al. Branch CB: Reed CB: DeWalt S: Anderson Somerville Flowers S: Hunter D. Johnson Offense: WR - Ma. Williams RT - A. Jones RB - Gant LG - McManus C - Lyons Defense: CB - Reed DT - Murphy DE - Dall CB - DeWalt DT - Laventure

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If poor lighting bothers you, avoid the Kentucky/Saint Louis match. Billikens equalize as I am writing. 3:00 minutes left. SLU 1-1 KEN (10 men)

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This was probably the most entertaining match of the evening. And I watched at least a little bit of every match.

Starting to sound like we should have kept Ms. Jackson. Year three and the program is as bad as it’s ever been.

Michigan also hit the woodwork twice. I ain't scared of Notre Dame.

I've wondered this as well. I feel like he was pretty visible around the program for a few years and not so much anymore.

this was the final goal.......for WVA

Fill the Hill

President Nemer did a promotional instagram post for the mens soccer game on Sunday https://www.instagram.com/p/DRSpiDwkqdo/

that was a beautiful game winning goal by Marcus Caldera. Hat trick for Caldera tonight.

WVU completes the comeback in the 94th minute.

The 2023-2024 Indiana State Sycamores got snubbed by the tournament committee with a 32-7 record overall, 17-3 in the MVC. Here’s the part that will make your head spin. They had a NET ranking of 28.

Zips women had an awful, awful loss against Binghamton. They were up by five points with seconds left in regulation and let Binghamton tie it. They were up by 2 with seconds left in the first overtime and let Binghamton tie it. Then Binghamton fouled out six of their players and only had five available players at the end of the game and still Akron let them win. They are a turnover machine. They turned the ball over 25 times tonight and their average came DOWN. And missed 18! free throws.

Bring on Notre Dame! The only way that outcome could have been better was had they gone to overtime.

WVU - once down 2-0 in this game - just tied it at 3-3 with 3 minutes left in regulation. Great night of soccer.

MVC last couple years have gotten screwed with some very good teams missing

UNC beats UNF on seven rounds of penalty kicks. UNC had missed their sixth but then UNF also did. UNF definitely deserved the game had two goals called back and ended up tying the game with one second left in regulation. Both of UNF's goals were scored by a former tarheel.

UNC advances in PKs. UNC missed one in sudden death, saved the following UNF attempt, made their next attempt, then UNF put one off the crossbar.

Maybe I am overly optimistic about the A word. But I think 30-4 gets the job done

Yep, those "small" schools are having a bit of fun. 🤣

Big Ten Tournament Champ UCLA goes down to automatic conference winner.....Grand Canyon Big Ten Tournament runner up Michigan.......goes down to the highest RPI non automatic conference winner Pathetic results for the Big Ten. Yet, Indiana (5-5 in that mediocre league).....gets the overall #6 seed in the tournament...... The mighty ACC is also not shining..... Number 37 RPI Syracuse controversially got a home game against number 27 RPI Hofstra Hofstra smoked the ACC team.....2-0 Western Michigan with the biggest upset of the day.... Western Michigan came into their conferencee tournament with a 5-9-3 record.... they won 2 games in regulation and one on PK's....in conf. tourney 7-9-4......coming into the NCAA's Mighty Clemson was 29 in RPI The NCAA committee gave Clemson a super favorable draw...... play 7-9-4 Western Michigan in first round..... Winner faces the highest seeded team....Number 16 Furman by the placement in the draw....NCAA committee said that Clemson was one of the 4 best non seeded teams Western Michigan beats the over rated ACC team 1-0 Number 50 RPI North Florida is about ready to go to 2nd overtime with #28 RPI North Carolina Go, North Florida !!!!