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I despise when people make judgements about the players motivation. If you are not on the team, anything you have is second-hand and you are getting it from one person's perspective and that person, has a bias, whether they are aware, or not. It does no one any good to cast aspersions of character and motivation. If you have something negative to say about a player's character, IMHO, you better be willing to name the source (and by name, I mean name - not just someone close to the team, or someone on the team.). Otherwise, it is better kept it to yourself. These kids have enough to deal with in their lives without grown adults destroying their character on a public forum.

A few closing thoughts as we move on from the Ball State game - I liked how Woodson reflected back during the post game interview on his 5 INT's in one half two seasons ago at Ball State. Allowing Kato Nelson to redshirt this year should really bode well for his development as a QB. He'll miss out on those "forced-into-duty-before-I'm-ready" lumps that Woodson endured and be ready to rock and roll in 2018. If Chapman is going to be our short yardage "wildcat" QB, he's got to protect the ball better. He doesn't secure the ball well when he runs. And he runs almost exclusively in very critical situations. Fumbles aren't an option. Another Zips comeback. We've outscored 6 of our 8 opponents in the second half this season. Conversely, we've outscored 3 of our 8 opponents in the first half. We ran outside the tackles for the first time all season. And Van showed some serious wheels once he got in open space. He makes us miss Ball less and less every week. Getting Woodson back was like getting Lane + Woodson back. Quigley did an OUTSTANDING job filling in at center. The OL didn't skip a beat. Damn is that OL gonna be goon in 2017! Bowl eligible in October? LET'S DO IT!!!

Hope for a Tribe sweep.

Couldn't agree more. I sat there going on Draft day "pick him, he's a steal..."pick him, he's a steal!". But now they've gone over to an 'analytics' way of running a football team. It's pathetically sat. I was dying for the chance to buy a Jatavis Brown (customized of course) Browns jersey.

I am sure they are happy with Joe Schobert that they took before JB....Morons.

Too bad the Browns passed on him. Then again, that's why they are the Browns. The kids in their back yard you would think they would know more about him than the other teams do.

Yes

It's tough to win by 20 on the road. Which is why I went under. It'd be nice to see us demolish a team on the road however

"Something big is going to happen, but I'm not going to tell you what it is" is not information. It's a waste of everyone's time.

I love that we potentially have our QB situation in good hands through 2020.

It's getting near the time when the question "Who's better...Frye or Woodson?" starts being bandied about? It's a good debate.

Woodson is the 6th rated QB in the nation. The MAC has three QB's in the top 6!?!?

The only problem with this is that WMU is going to lose to us in the MAC Championship game.

I'd dress Ball, but not start him assuming he is capable of playing. That way he is there if you need him, but if the game is well in hand you give him another week to recover.

College Football: Van Edwards soaring at Akron Edwards Named MAC Offensive Player of the Week

I don't know, I thought Edwards and Morgan ran it pretty well last week. If Ball is better, but the weather sloppy, hold him back for another week.

I realize B1G schools won't come play at Akron. I don't blame them; just like I wouldn't want to play @ YSU in football - too much to lose & nothing to gain against a pretty tough opponent. I get it, Coach D. But that's what you call a red herring when it comes to discussing our weak OOC home slate. No one is asking to see Michigan or Ohio State at The JAR. We're simply, and rightfully, asking for solid mid-major opponents. Here is our OOC home slate, followed by a a handful of mid-major opponents who are very likely in the same scheduling dilemma we are: American University........................ instead, how about James Madison, or Old Dominion, or Charlotte? Radford.......................................... instead, how about Illinois State, Southern Illinois, or Indiana State? Ga. Southern (I'll take that one!) Adrian.............................................okay, our annual small school game. That's cool. But why don't we just stick with the locals: Malone, Walsh & Mount Union? give them & their fans a chance to play in the JAR - maybe we'll expose some more locals to Zips athletics? If we treat them well maybe we'll end the night with 1000 more Zips fans. Additionally, it would force the Canton Repository to give us coverage (which they seem to loathe doing). Geographically, Akron's in the southern part of Summit County. Consequently, most of the suburbs south of town are in Stark County & read the Rep as opposed to the Beacon. (Compared with the self-loathing ABJ, the Rep does a far superior job of creating a sense of community amongst the southern, Stark County suburbs.) Coppin State..................................instead, how about St. Bonaventure, George Mason, George Washington, or La Salle? South Alabama? UL-Lafayette? Louisiana Tech? Marshall (I'll take that one!) Again, Zips fans aren't asking UA to bring any B1G or ACC schools to the JAR. So don't use those schools as appropriate anecdotes. They're completely irrelevant to the conversation we want to have concerning scheduling. We're not asking for the moon.

Jatavis Brown, a film buff. nice interview