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I think it'll take a number of successful years for Zips football to be enveloped into the culture of NE Ohio. Or a Top 25 ranking could give it an immediate jolt. But that's not going to happen... at least this year.

Good game Zips ! Watched it this afternoon and it was most definitely an enjoyable game to watch from a fan standpoint. Our back up tailback had a whale of a game but our offensive line was dominant at times. You guys have a very strong passing game and your qb put the ball in some tight windows and challenged our db's all day long. Good luck the rest of your season. Will definitely be pulling for you guys in your bowl matchup (as long as it is not against us again )

App. St has a great offensive line. So while understanding games are not transitive this is the team that took Tennessee to overtime (and should have beaten them) the same Tennessee that has taken out Virginia Tech and Florida. Tough game against a good team. Zips should be fine I don't think there's a team in the East that can compare to App State

This is exactly right. I was disappointed in the loss - not expecting it like in years past. We should be expecting to win our last 8 games. That may not happen, but that is the mindset winning teams need to have.

+1. And it was a pretty solid 2-2, very close to 3-1 even with the D being banged up and lacking depth. I think we're still going to need a few key transfers on D for next year. I could see the Toledo/WMU games being similar to the ASU game. Hopefully Ball will be healthy and we can have fast starts and score more than 38 ppg.

http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2016-17/teams/akron?view=attendance The official attendance was 15,381, not terrible for the MAC but 18K would have been nice. It will just go as the quality of the team goes. We need to attain Toledo performance to get Toledo attendance. Great opportunity for us to win the East, if OU and BG let us, and get some more buzz from the MACC and another bowl game.

Not difficult to understand that in soccer , upsets are more likely than in other sports. That being said, if I am correct, there have been many top 10 rated teams who have lost matches which they should not have this year.

I agree wholeheartedly with "innocent until proven guilty", but you would think that a guy that has been wrongly accused of murder would be extra careful to not put himself in any situation that could be taken the wrong way. Either he has the worst luck in the world, or Mr. Bell did something wrong here. That being said, I believe he absolutely should play until he is found guilty, or at least until enough evidence is presented against him that Bowden feels comfortable making a decision.

How ironic. Lol.

Thanks for stopping back. It was enjoyable - more so for you Your defense gave our offense a good challenge, today and your run game man-handled our defense. I hope you guys have a great season! Positives from today: Great weather - 2 games in a row! No ridiculous personal foul penalties, under 75 yards in penalties - big improvement We were perfect in the SunChips Red Zone. (5-5) Coney (avg 13.3 yds/reception) and Edwards (avg 12.7 yds/carry) played well. We will not be in a lurch when Natson graduates. Natson and Lane, again had strong games. The offensive line continues to play well enough for us to win. How great is it that we will not lose anyone after this year from the OL? Tommy continues to make good decisions. Yes, he had two interceptions, but made 43 attempted passes (31-43, 15.8 QB rating) MTB made a couple of great plays at key times. Our PK was perfect on extra points and FGs. 486 yards of offense Time of possession was closer (33:53 AS/26:07 UA) Mental toughness - ability to come back I thought the run game was as good as we needed it to be and Edwards, Morgan, and MTB made the best of their opportunities. Edwards has speed. We were pretty even in yards/play (AS 7.3/UA 7.0) We converted their turn-over to points. No fumbles. Areas of Concern: Defense, especially the run defense. IMHO, it was not a coaching or strategy issue, we were beat by physicality and talent. That being said, some nice stops in Q4, when I was most concerned about fatigue. The defense seems to lack big plays. I don't think that any one person is terrible, we just don't have anyone standing out as spectacular. I think some of our best play is coming from Guiser, Featherstone, and Hope on D. Kyron Brown was also starting to emerge. I hope he is better, soon. 2 interceptions - both times were probably balls that should not have been thrown, although I think Lane was held on the second pick. I am not terribly concerned, considering Tommy threw 43 passes today, but something to improve upon as Tommy moves forward. No one was more frustrated than him. Kick offs have to be better, both kicking deeper and better tackling and coverage. Our defense is not strong enough to give up an extra 15-20 yards on every kick off. Disappointed to see a kid who was arrested for fighting not sitting out, at all. We were sacked four times, we made no sacks As was noted early, we had one more turnover than they and it translated to one more score than us. App State was more physical on offense than the average MAC team. I feel pretty confident that we can win the games we should and we should be able to challenge CMU and Toledo, and maybe win one of those. The MAC East is within reach.

Wow what is going on? BGSU is absolutely awful, NIU lost to Western Illinois?!? Suffice it to say that last year's MAC Championship participants will not likely be returning. And Miami hung tough with Cincinnati and Buffalo who's looked awful beat previously-undefeated Army. The directional Michigan's are now a combined 10-2. And the Zips have offense and no defense. Wrong is right, up is down, dogs and cats are living together.

I'm watching BG. Down 70-3 to Memphis with 4 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. Worst beat down ever. If the Zips don't win the MAC East, it's their own fault. KD is laughing at the cupcakes the Zips need to beat to make the MAC Championship game.

Chuck as in Chuck Amato? The defense has been the staple of this team for the last 3-years of this coaching staff...and now all of a sudden Amato sucks? Calm Down, Don't over react. There's a lot of young players on Defense; and they stepped up to give the offense a chance.

It looked like we were running our old 3-3-5 defense today! Well, the band sounded good.