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It is now October. As of today, Zips are #17 RPI. Year in, year out, 85% - 95% of discretionary seeding by NCAA Tournament Committee goes according to RPI.

I guess Joe and Joe came to that conclusion and canceled the show this week. ?

The line is Zips +7.5 so that tells me that we have a chance. Would I take that bet…no.

If Florida Atlantic, Syracuse, and Penn State couldn't prepare Johnson to be a starting QB, it's asking a lot for Joe to do it. 😁 Ruggow is a redshirt freshman, so one week of prep isn't going to give him a fighting change of beating a team like Toledo. We ride or die with Finley. Assuming he's healthy I expect a win this weekend. If he isn't, we'll punt a lot and lose by 24.

Just a reminder that the Zips have a game this week! Yikes, two days before homecoming and absolutely no chatter or interest.

The Big Ten is a good bet.The footprint the conference leads to money. Los Angeles has Hollywood money and West coast money. Seattle has big tech money. Oregon has Nike money. Cities like Philadelphia, New York, Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis have loads of money. Now that college football is about money, the more money you have, the better odds of success. The two biggest money schools in the SEC are Texas and TX A and M because they have oil money. The rest of the SEC only has car dealership money and that ain't that much in comparison. The Big Ten has a huge money advantage moving forward.

If Finley was still nursing an injury from the Duke game, why weren't the back ups better prepared? Toledo might have the best D in the MAC. A single dimension O was going to go no where. Our offensive genius could have come up with a back up plan to use Roggow and Johnson. Even at the same time. 👹

Mani Austmann(from Iceland) was with the zips in 2019 I believe that he is playing for Fylkir Reyjavik in an Iceland pro League. from the little that I can find, he joined Fylkir in June and averaged 1.1 shots per game. if my memory is correct (always questionable), I remember Mani as being a tall (maybe 6’5) skilled forward. - edit….just went to 2019 roster ….lists Mani as 6’0 midfielder…ah well….

Robby Dambrot with Loudoun United FC EDIT: Whoops, you had it

@Zip_ME87 thanks for all of your hard work and great memory in putting together the list. Hopefully, Jonathan Lewis (age 28) will get picked up soon by someone. He was injured for most of 2025 and Barnsley (English football league one) released him after this year.

Private equity is looking to spend $2 billion to buy a 5% share of future Big 10 distributions. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/46452188/sources-big-ten-discussing-2-billion-private-capital-deal

Added Teal Bunbury, MLS, Nashville to my list of Zips in the pros. Can’t believe I overlooked our 1st Hermann Trophy winner.

Okay, thank you. I did see him go into the blue tent after his last play against Duquesne but I didn't think it looked that serious that he'd miss the next game. But I'm no doctor!

Postgame article from the ABJ claims it was from the 'lower body injury' suffered against Duquesne.

Did we ever find out for sure if Finley was injured or if there was some other reason he didn't play last week?

I don't know how to share it here because it was an IG story not a post, but I saw Enrique has the #25 jersey for the T-Wolves!

Akron back into the coaches top 25 poll at #19 this week. Next week's opponent Cornell is essentially #27 as they're 2nd in the receiving votes section. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/

Dueling bills https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/09/29/senators-introduce-safe-act-for-college-athletes-nil-rights-womens-sports-sports-broadcasting-act/86428219007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/09/29/nil-bill-in-us-senate-allows-athletes-to-go-back-to-school-after-draft-uniform-sponsor-patches/86429347007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/07/10/college-sports-bill-ncaa-congress/84538608007/

Dropping divisions doesn't automatically make you more competitive since talent level drops accordingly.

I think the MAC payout is around $2 million per year and that includes the payout from the NCAA tournament credits. Financially this should work out for them finely.

Unsure, but likely negated with lower travel in the Horizon League.

This makes sense if football is all you care about.

What are the added costs?

Maybe not a financial disaster at all.

The football program has been futile for the better part of two decades now. It was probably a matter of adapting to a positive mindset or moving on. The job really doesn't seem fit for someone who gets moody because their team didn't perform well.