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We've had some really good conversations on here with fans of other teams who have come on to discuss their teams and ours. Those are types of discussions we could use more of around here so I am more than happy to hear from people with other allegiances or concurrent allegiances as they help lead to a more diverse discussion than the same old rah-rah go team stuff. As long as it's not trolling or reiterating the same old obsessions, I am more than happy to hear it. Go Zips!

Watching Zips weekly at noon Saturday. The tribe postgame on Friday went long and took up most of the Zips program time on Friday evening, so I caught the replay. I have tried to capture the comments by Arth and list the names that he spoke of; most were not in great detail. I know that I did not do a great job due to the discussion and my lack of typing skills, but we can use some of these comments to understand the 2 deep. OFFENSE QB - Excited about group of quarterbacks, Arth was a little elusive on on Kato and Gibson after Dunn asked about them. He said both played 10+ games. He spoke up and went on regarding Irons, Marousek, and Jankowski as excellent backups with a lot of potential. RB - Williams and Norrils were mentioned and they had great off seasons. WR - An Exciting group per Arth, Mathison, Qualls, Grimes (earned a scholarship), Andre Williams, Mumpfield (electric player), Singleton (compared to JoJo Natson) OL - Arth said they were all bigger and stronger, but they (and entire team) needed it. No names mentioned by Arth, Gray was discussed by Dunn and he stated that he is still a red shirt freshman even though this is his third year. (concept of red shirt and extra year of eligibility has been brought up in the past) TE - Arth said it is a good group. Brank has taken an incredible step forward. Yarmo has really improved. Ognenovic (transfer) is big and runs well and great leader. He will take on more responsibility as the season goes. These three guys will get the majority of the playing time. DEFENSE Bubba - defensive leader. taken on a bigger defensive leadership role. Taken ownership of entire team. ILB - Bischoff, Boateng, Corner, Snowden (started 2020 season opener and was injured), DiLauro is back and playing at a high level (I think that Dunn skipped over the OLB's and Arth did not comment) DL - McClain (listed as OLB in Gozips), Wilson, Sy, Scott (listed as OLB), Ryan Johnson, Curtis Fain, Zack Morton (Wade and Hawkins were not mentioned. This is Hawkins' 4th year I believe) DB - Cochran it starts with him, even with Bubba, he is the standard of a player, Watts is coming back, no others were mentioned. (Overall, I am disappointed at the defensive review, but I thought that Dunn did a poor job of facilitating the discussion, or maybe, the defense will be so bad that there is nothing to talk about) K - Smigel, Arth loves Corey, Also Finchen will kickoff, Romenick and Slike (super internship, beat out IVY league schools) will battle for punting To a prior post, I guess Coach Arth has excitement and enthusiasm!!! Let's all try to catch Zips weekly on TV. Go Zips!!

Zips WIN!!

3-0 Akron w/2:00 to go. Scott. Final - another nice Akron win.

He has the potential to lead the country (in number of punts).

I bought a new Bose sound system for this game. Lol. Well, for Zips sports in general. Wow, he was wide open. 😪

Our Punter looks really good.

Its game day. Go ZIPS!!!!

Read my comment. If the Suckeyes are your passion, then you are not a hall of fame poster for Akron and you should stay away. Most fans have allegiance to many teams, and that is great. Anyone can post since it is not my forum, but in my opinion, that does not matter, if the Zips are not your number one, then I do not want to hear from you. Akron will be really bad this year, but I am only a Zips fan from a college football, college basketball, and education basis. I chose to go to school at this university, and I will love it as long as I can.

So if you have an allegiance to another team you're not welcome to participate in the conversation here?

Just thinking if Terry turns things around at ULM he will have been successful at every head coaching gig he has had with one exception. Seems like he is/was getting lots of administrative support everywhere with one exception. You don't suppose that could possibly be an issue at Akron.

Let’s be real here. We are playing Auburn in a season with low expectations. My hope is to make the game competitive for at least a half, come out injury free, and see some players to get excited about when we are playing our level of competition. Go zips!

Perhaps best match in Zips B&G for Johnny Fitz.

TennZip I agree with almost everything you say - but the Nick Scott goal was a bad cross that just happened to turn into a great shot. I won’t complain though. Beautiful night to watch soccer. Hopefully a big crowd for the next game.

The amazing thing about Creighton’s win over number 1 Indiana is that Creighton came into tonight with a 1-2 record Creighton lost 2-1 to Tulsa in their last match, Creighton lost 4-0 to St. Louis

1-0 Akron about 6 minutes into 2nd half. Fitzgerald. Nice stat on broadcast ... 10 Akron goals this year, 8 different players.

Mountaineers now on top 1-0 3' 45"" left 1st half

A shout out to all of you guys who do the soccer threads. I'm too busy worrying about the "football" team instead of following the awesome "futbol" team. I didn't know they were playing MSU or that they won. I always come here to get my soccer info.

No depth chart, no updated media guide, bios not updated in Gozips roster, no spring prospectus, no... Is there an athletic department? Based on how the year goes, I may have to rethink my donations.

They did release the pregame notes, but not depth chart to be found within it. "Gamesmanship" would be my guess, but not like it would make a difference

So this dimwit screws up and puts his free education in peril with a damn gun. He's then given a get out of jail free card that requires him to merely kiss the *** of a probation officer for a year. In acknowledgement of the huge break he's been given he then goes out and gets arrested AGAIN. Make sure to grab your $h!+ on the way out and good luck with the rest of your life as just another guy who screwed away his chance telling stories nobody wants to hear in some crappy small town in Florida. Damn kids.