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I can understand your point and the utter frustration. It was frustrating for a rookie Zips The only question I would have is that after 6 games and a 4-2 record, it appeared that there was no reason to play these freshmen and a red shirt year was most certainly a good decision. Heck even at 4-4 and still in the hunt for the division, the decision was still a good one for the future (IMO) ..... There was no way that any of those freshmen would have saved the season As for the schedule next year, I haven't seen it so cannot really comment on the 5-7 or 4-8 scenario in your post. I just know that this miserable season is over and I actually do feel confident that we will be a better team next season. Again, I understand your comment of wanting to win and you veteran fans certainly deserve a winner.

http://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-football/2014/12/10/7364723/akron-zips-football-season-recap-what-happened "I am positive that the injury to Kyle Pohl ruined the season. He was playing his best football when he went down and he didn't look the same after the concussion. His performance all year was relatively disappointing. Another factor that may have led to a losing record was the absence of an emotional leader in Alan "Tank" Arrington. Tank was the offensive line coach for the 2012 and 2013 season. He got on the players when they didn't have a good attitude. When someone wasn't doing what they were supposed to do, Tank got on their back. Every player listened to him. Tank lost his life in a car accident in Mississippi last December. ........ Kyle Pohl will likely return, but don't be so sure that he will be the starter behind center next season. Also, nearly the entire receiving corps will return for the 2015 season. Zips fans should have confidence in that group of talented players. Finally, I want to let Akron fans know that better things lie ahead. Yes, it was another losing season, but Terry Bowden has this ship moving in the right direction. Yes, they had an easy MAC schedule, but losing is part of the growing process. Hang in there folks, things will improve."

Four of the "super six" transfers get mentioned at the 14 minute mark for those of you unaware. QB Tra'Von Chapman DB AJ Coney DB Larry Hope DE Jamal Marcus RB Donnell Alexander DT Rodney Coe "We need to do things offensively more productive, that's where we need to step in and look at it really close" --coach Bowden

I don't think it will have any effect on recruiting whatsoever. 1. Shop lifting and domestic violence should never be put in an equivocation. 2. Two instances of domestic violence are not inherently equivocal.

You're kidding right? EMU beat a team that lost to NJIT. KD has had equal or better wins THIS season!

I can confirm that multiple sources are predicting that there's either a fair chance or little chance that Tree will return to the team. I will decide which ones to believe at the end of the season.

I don't mean to direct this at you, but I really get a kick out of the number of people who come on here thinking that their link to inside information at the U of A is certainly better than someone else's. Or, that someone else can't possibly be right. For the most part, I think all of us on here fall into one or more of the following categories: Athletes, former athletes, friends of athletes, friends of staff,regular special event attendees, boosters, doing businesses with the athletic dept, sponsors, or maybe even people who actually work there. Who knows. Most people here wouldn't know anything about my connections there unless I occasionally divulge them, and I fall into most of these categories. Heck, most of us don't even know each other outside of this forum in order to be able to question someone's level of association. So, how can someone angrily insist that someone else doesn't have good information?

I guess I'll shut up, per your request, because I'm not here to engage in a source war. The end result of all of this will clear that up.