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Zips by 20. Let’s go!

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Very good analysis. A couple of comments: 1. Bubba had 16 tackles per the stats. I thought he had more. 2. If not Gibson, who is our future QB? is it the Marousek or the guy from Florida who starts in January? 3/4 - Offensively, BGSU outgained the Zips. Akron won the ground game, and BG won the air game. 5. I agree. With 5 minutes remaining, I wanted to see some of the frosh who see little to no time. It will not count as a season due to the rules this year. Defense - I said this in another post, but look at the transfer portal. It is full of players from P5 schools. Let's get a DL, Lb, and DB for next year while we continue to grow the young players. Freshman - Also, Akron has a similar number of FR and R-FR as BGSU. Many are walk on, so I am not sure they will have an impact. But, many position groups are very young. Look at the scholarship chart.

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Watts looked good at CB. I liked him at S because he's such a playmaker I don't like to limit him to one side of the field. But we needed him at CB and he showed out. Randy Cochran Jr. also had a really good game at DB. He was always around the ball and is a sure tackler. He played at CB and was our nickleback while Charles Amankwaa manned the corner opposite Watts. (I think. It's difficult to watch DB's on tv) I like Corey Thomas and Jaylen Kelly-Powell at the safety positions. Thomas moves so smoothly for a 6-4 athlete and Kelly-Powell brings some veteran savvy to the field - something of which we are in short supply. Our punting left a lot to be desired. Line drives just begging to be returned.

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With the victory, we're all winners this week!!!

Looking at the stats you'd never guess we had won by 28 BUGS ... Akron First Downs: 13 ...15 Rushes-yards: 38-160 ... 39-195 Passing yards: 135 ... 87 Return yards: 134 ... 49 Punts-average: 4-19.8 ... 5-37.0 Fumbles-lost: 2-2 ... 2-0 Penalties-yards: 3-35 ... 3-12 TOP: 29.55 ... 30:05

1. Really happy for these kids to finally get a W 2. Liked what I saw out of Watts at corner. Needed much less 6 on the field. 3. Teon is a stud and should only get better as this young line gets stronger. 4. Speaking of the line, there's still too many jailbreaks. A combination of slow footwork and not recognizing assignments. I think it's fixable as I've seen some great seal blocks, especially from Grey. 5. Need to figure out the QB immediately. An average MAC QB gets you 4-5 wins next year. 6. It's a treat to watch Bubba play. Reminds me a lot of Jay Roher. If I am Arth I'm taking the entire team to any Covid hot spot I can think of so they don't have to travel to Buffalo next week. I kid I kid

If you ain't proud of those boys, please see yourself out. That was everything they needed to do. They made plays in all three phases and it was fun, and the celebrations put the biggest smile on my face!!! As for the game. Our youth > their youth. That's awesome. At the same time, they beat us by what 30 last year? WTF happened to them?? I think the 2019 Zips would've given them a run for their money. That was Loeffler's QB he brought with him from Boston College. I don't think he could start for the Firestone Falcons. Gibson won't be any good here. Bad mechanics and horrid decision making. I like his attitude but he's not the future. I like the LCJ analogy made above, I'd love to see a bounce-back like that. Cheers, friends! Akron football won a game today!

You can tell Arth sincerely loves these kids from the bottom of his heart and that they can tell it. They obviously like playing for Arth & Co. & like playing hard for these guys.

Regarding the QB competition, I would remove Deshields from the group. I do not know anything about the JUCO qb. If spring practice were to go on like it normally did, then I would add Jankowski to the group. This would allow him to learn the offense and compete in the fall. His stats and tape were excellent. What everyone has to realize is that there will be 1-2 transfers after the winner is declared. I do remember Goodman playing QB. I may be wrong, but if I remember correctly, Kato Nelson was a freshman and Bowden was red shirting him. Nelson would have been a better option at the time, but we lost games to save Nelson, and now he is not playing.

Nice win for everyone. Agree with you about leaving Teon in the game that long. Give Boogie the reps. Also, I hate saying this but Gibson is not the future. I think he lacks a lot of mental intangibles.We need to go out and get some more QBs. OL still a little shaky but getting better. D had a much better day .

Nice to finally win one, but all this tells me is we aren't the worst team in DI. It's a start. A competitive game against Buffalo would mean a lot more.

That was about the best thing I have seen in 2020. It should not have been that much fun streaming it on my phone, but it was. The kids came to play and definitely have not quit on Arth. I am so happy that they don't have to spend the off season hearing about the L streak.

I prefer they be on the team, but the truth is, while all hyped upon arrival, none of them ever did much on the field, save for a few plays from Morris a few years ago. Morris and Wolfey were injured more than they were available. Meeks was OKAY. Hayes-Patrick had walk-ons getting carries before him last year. I'll concede they may be leaving to experience winning - i don't know the answer, but these transfers aren't something that only happens at Akron. Kent State also has 4 players in the portal..I assume none of them are transferring for the chance to win.

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This game will yield so much confidence for the future of the program. Great team effort