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This will likely push Nagbe into more of an 8, or box to box MF. I prefer Kitchen's grit to Artur's speed. Biased I am. Imagine Kitchen and Morris playing the two in 4-2-3-1. Nothing would get through. Nagbe can play five or six different positions. No worries there. Kitchen is a pure 6. There are now many tactical options available to Porter, depending upon the opponent.

Good for Bandaogo. Or however you spell it. Already has better hands than Riak

Love to see the players interviewing each other. Much better than having them sit down with an announcer. Great idea!! Zips started out of the gate very slow again. No flow to their offense and then we resort to the 3 ball. I liked how Ali made a move to his left and sunk a short jump shot. Even before he got hurt, Trimble was struggling. Dailey is having a tough game and missed a breakaway layup. Dawson once again is having a great game. Got to get him more time. LCJ has been dribbling too much but the shot right before the half was amazing. Switched to the left hand when the guy jumped into his shot. Hopefully, can continue with the great defense and rebounding and blow them out in the second half.

Per Scouting Ohio, he had 4 offers: Akron, BG, Kent and UMASS, arguably 3 of the 4 worst ranked teams in FBS. Not every kid discloses all his offers but obviously he didn't have anything better prior to the early signing period, or he would have taken it then. Yes he took the best path available, which per the Lake County News-Herald is a walk-on opportunity initially. Says he got squeezed out of scholarship by Kent as they are up against limits due to this year's COVID waiver on eligibility. I am sure that is true to an extent, but if Arth was so hot on him, then he had chance to take scholarship at UA since they still have scholarships available. 1) Either UA's offer wasn't still on the table or 2) he had to decide if he wanted to compete with Akron's 4 young QB's or take his chances against very little competition after Crum leaves after next year. I think my thoughts from December (above) echo his decision. Lastly, if Kent believes he is a can't miss QB prospect, they would not have taken the risk of losing him to the hated Zips (or BG or UMASS) by asking him to walk-on (which will likely be a minimum of 2 years). They would have met the limit by pulling some lower rated OL/DL's scholarship and asked them to earn it instead. Time will tell.

Odd obsession with OU in this board.

They do have 3 wins in a row, but they are against Western, Ball State and Buffalo - all of which are currently in the bottom half of the standings. Against the 5 teams ahead of them in the standings, they are 1-4. The question is, are they playing well or is it the schedule helping them out?

Depth.

I don’t see Currie on the sideline.

After a couple years of waiting, KD gets to finally play a real home game Tuesday night as Cooper Center (the Coop) will finally open. The AD is pitching the new facility as a new generation in Duquesne sports believing that the upgraded facilities will bring a higher level of athlete. That sounds a lot like believing that a new school will improve the level of education in a school district.

losses to two one-win teams will do that.

No sir. Scholarships offered to walk-ons who have been in the program 2 or more seasons do not count against the 25 annual counter.

Congratulations to former Zip Dillon Serna

St. Bonaventure currently leading the Atlantic-10 and has one loss on the season. Not looking like such a terrible loss. EMU and NIU on the other hand, yes those were terrible losses.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2021/01/28/columbus-crew-sc-sign-veteran-midfielder-perry-kitchen Bezbatchenko's quote from MLS article “Perry is a seasoned player whose addition to our roster will help bolster our midfield,” Crew president & GM Tim Bezbatchenko said in a club statement. “Along with bringing a decade of professional experience and leadership in MLS and abroad, Perry will provide another important veteran voice to our locker room. We believe that his qualities as a player on and off the field will allow him to fit right in at our club.”

Did I say that? Or did I say that they've disappeared completely amid the success? Those two are not the same thing, as you are someone who is active on this board. There are plenty of posters, some of whom even showed up this summer when there was mild speculation that Groce may leave, to say "I TOLD YOU SO" as if it's a bad thing for a coach to be good enough to leave Akron. These people who "cheer" for Akron by only showing up to criticize coaching and poor play are not Akron fans, they would rather be proven right by Akron failing. Their ego is more important than their "team" winning. F them. There are plenty examples over in the football thread too.

We don't have much room to talk. We thought a new football stadium would elevate our football program...