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My observations through the game. • One of the best halves of quarterbacking I have seen in a Zips uniform. 12 completions for 198 yards, 4TDs with 42 yards rushing. 355 yards of offense, and one of the most telling stats; 7 of 8 on third down conversions. Tommy is thriving in this offense, and taking Jerome and Imani along for the ride. I wished that first half would never end. • To see TW13 high fiving the special teams players (multiple times) as they come off the field showed me a lot about his leadership skills. • Loved the play calling. Of course effeicient quarterback play can make all your plays look good, but I thought AJ did a nice job mixing run in, and taking advantage when EMU packed it in. I thought Cribbs made a good point when he said he liked his offensive coordinator on the field so he can look it to his eyes. He would know. • I read many complaining about Cribbs, I don't know how many games he has done before, I would guess not many. I didn't mind him. He gave you a few insights about the game that were unique. I found it interesting in how he pointed out as a returner, the first thing he was looking at was the gunner. I also liked his point about how important special teams were, and he didn't realize that until he got to the NFL. Too bad you can't turn the sound down on the other guy. How does anybody enjoy that? He repeats everything, and talks just to fill. He must have said "zone read" forty or fifty times. • I hope the next time we get 15 yards on a kickoff following an extra point, we consider onside kicking, or at least pooching it to someone not used to handling the ball. Kicking it out of the end zone in that situation is not taking advantage of the given opportunity. • Congratulations to the offensive line, nice day. Connor continues to run hard and get the most out of every time he touches the ball. I almost take him for granted now. • I couldn't help but notice EMU's DB Anthony Brown. What a great effort he showed with that club on his hand. I think he had five tackles with that thing, and broke on one of TW13's mistakes where he would have had a pick six if it weren't for that "cast." I'm not sure what his issue was, I'm assuming some sort of break. Fair or unfair, it made me think of Joe Hadden not playing last week. • Did that EMU QB not remind you of Johnny from Karate Kid??? • Nice game by Josh McNeil. • The D did not listen to JRship35 by committing two inexcusable penalties to give automatic first downs in critical situations. I'm not going to get on them too much, they have played their butts off all season, and are facing a HUGE challenge next week. I'm really looking forward to see how coach Amato plans on defending Matt Johnson. • Sure was nice to have a victory sealed at half time. Nice job guys, good luck next week.

I like what I see from Woodson and he is getting better. Great game yesterday from the offense while the defense made more mistakes that really didn't matter in the context of the game. BGSU is going to be a big deal to see if we can play on both sides for a complete game.

Agree about Lane - he is really improving. Nice to see Woodson be able to throw less than perfect passes and for Lane and others to make solid plays. Davis made some very nice catches and hat's off to Wolf for taking what could have turned into an interception away from the defender and making it a catch. We should see the Lane mismatch more often as we finish off the MAC schedule. eventually, this will open up opportunities for the other receivers, too. I am very concerned about the defense. They gave up 413 yards from EMU. They seem unable to stop short passes and the rush does seem absent, as of late. Mindless penalties are really unacceptable from upper classmen at this point in the season. Time for the Offense, Defense, and Special Teams to all show up during the same game.

Finally got home from the wedding. Thanks for the updates. Just got done watching the game. Akron trounced Eastern on the scoreboard, but it was more a result of capitalizing on some big plays than it was dominating the game. That being said, the foot was definitely off the gas in the 2ND half. I wish we could have scored a couple more times to achieve the complete ass whooping, but oh well. Offense has definitely evolved with Woody at the controls. You can see he is gaining confidence which is huge. First time this year I have actually seen real read option. Earlier games looked like designed QB runs all the way with a half hearted fake handoff. Jerome Lane is a stud and needs more touches per game. Total size mismatch for MAC corners. Encouraged by Davis' play and Hundley is a bull. Offensive line played well today and there was a Donnell Alexander sighting as well. I'm a bit perplexed with the defense today. The d-line was handled well today by Eastern although there did seem to be a at least a handful of missed holding calls on their offensive line. Where's the pass rush? Not a lot of pressure today by the front 4. The dumb penalties continued. I don't know which is worse. Personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conducts, or lining up offsides? I like that we finally have someone to return kicks that isn't scared shitless. Long time coming there. Keep it up Van! I wonder if I should go to BG next week. I have planned to all year, but the Zips played well today while I wasn't watching. I hope I'm not the jinx.