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Tremendous praise for him via a Google search. LSU, Wyoming, Kansas, and Pitt experience in recent years. Hardly misguided. The greatest coaches of all time had to come from somewhere, and that somewhere almost always includes being a GA at the beginning of their respective careers. I'm not saying we have the next Nick Saban or Urban Meyer on this staff, but I do believe we have the right guy at the top to identify and develop bright football minds & leaders. Coaching starts at the top, and JoeMo is about as good as it gets at the G5 level. If you look at the staff, the GAs are surrounded by quite a bit of experience. Fessler, for example, will be directly under JoeMo, and surrounded by Reno Ferri and Terry Richardson (multiple decades of experience). On defense, DeLattiboudere and Bell will be under Toth. Not to mention all of the experience on the staff includes P5. It's the perfect mixture of experience and youth in my opinion.

There's one thing I hate worse than losing to PCCC. It's a Covid policy debate in a sports forum. Maybe I am in the minority but I come to this forum to get away from a world where Covid policy and debates overwhelm the daily news narrative.

Max Banes, OL, 6-5, 310, University of Houston transfer with, I believe, 2 years of eligibility remaining. Coming out of HS he was ranked the #79 OT in the nation by ESPN.

Why can't we be excited and over hype? Let everyone have some fun and be positive

I'd just like to say the Zips are not back. To what? I don't want to Zips to be back. I want them to be better than ever and they are on track to do that. If you aren't eager to see where this goes, you are a joyless human.

LZlp, I have never knowingly met you, but at this time, I am so upset at you (in a good way). You just posted the note that I was working on and getting details. I cannot believe you beat me to the punch! 😀 Here are my brief thoughts. I will provide much more detail in the future after late signing day. My thoughts on needs for the remainder of the recruiting season are as follows: QB - 1 upperclassmen is needed as a transfer with the loss of Gibson, 1 recruit in Jennings, my guy is still Jankowski. I am not sold on Irons. RB - Norrills, Williams, both Freshman last year, I thought both backs showed promise and Norrills had some great moments this past season. Wiley adds some depth, and we get a first team D1 running back in Kellom. Watch his tape, he is fantastic OL- I agree, let's get one more transfer and 2 freshmen recruits. The young line this year of all freshmen was not good, but there is a lot of talent. One more transfer in addition to Banes gives depth, competition, and more time for the youngsters to develop. TE - with Brank and Ognenovic, we were good. Adding Banks allows Akron to run 12 or 13 packages with good talent. The coaches need to figure out how to utilize this talent. WR - I think we need one more transfer and 2 freshmen. I think the M's are gone, but I would like to get Qualls back with the listed newbies. DL - The biggest weakness of the team in 2021 and over the last few years has been the Defensive Line. Adding Robinson, Harper, and Jones should be fantastic. Rotate them with Fann, Hawkins, Proffitt, Sy, Wade, and Wilson, and we have depth and talent. Please get 2 freshmen for future growth. LB - If Bubba returns, we should be very good with him, Boateng, Behr, and Bischoff. Add in Terry, and 2022 should be fine. Need 2 freshman recruits DB - This position has been a weakness, but we have been playing youth. Add Threatt and Martin, and Akron should be competitive. Add 2 freshman. Punter - Slike, Kicker - Smigel Akron is close to being competitive in the MAC. I will be happy when we are competitive and winning in the MAC and can compete and win against P5 schools. Go Zips! LZlp - Love your posts and dedication. We need to meet in Lot 9 this year during the season. I throw great tail gate parties. In Joe We Trust!!!

Per @Blue & Gold' list on the first page, we currently have: QB: 1 Jennings (HS) RB: 2 Wiley (T), Kellom (HS) WR: 1 Jacquez-Louis (T) TE: 1 Banks (T) OL: 1 Banes (T) DL: 3 Robinson (T), Harper (T), Jones (T) LB: 1 Terry (T) DB: 2 Threatt (T), Martin (T) Note I removed Dixon and Leopold. Their twitters or 247 may show as committed, but I don't see it happening based on the other recruits no longer having offers. How many more transfers do we think we get/need? I'd thinks something like 1 upperclassman QB, 1-2 OL, 1 WR, maybe 1 LB and 1 DB? With all of that, we're at 18 scholarships. Leaves room for up to 14 additional freshman. Something like 2 WR, 2 OL, 2 DL, 2 LB, 3DB is only 11. The new rules along with where the roster currently really gives the staff a chance to significantly improve this roster in one offseason, even with them getting started late.

And?

If all that Marketing blather means "script Akron" is not on our football helmets, I'm all for it.

ROOCREW22: Cameron Wiley, RB, 6-2, 210 Las Vegas, NV, Minnesota transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Devon Robinson, DL, 6-5, 300, Memphis, TN, Miss. St. & Memphis transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Cam Threatt, DB, 6-0, 170, Lewisburg, MS, Mississippi State & Miss. Gulf Coast CC transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Kerry Martin Jr., DB, 6-1, 185, Charleston, WV, West Virginia transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Curtis Harper, DL, 6-2, 285, McKeesport, PA, Syracuse transfer (1 yr. eligibility) TJ Banks, TE, 6-5, 255, Duquesne, PA, West Virginia transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Dijon Jennings, QB, 6-0, 180, Reynoldsburg HS, Reynoldsburg, OH Charles Kellom, RB, 6-0, 190, St. Xavier HS, Cincinnati, OH Tim Terry, LB, 6-2, 230, Central Catholic HS, Pittsburgh, PA, Buffalo transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Shocky Jacquez-Louis, WR, 6-0, 190, Dunbar HS, Fort Myers, FL Pitt transfer (2 yrs. eligibility?) Max Banes, OL, 6-5, 310, St. Thomas HS, Houston, TX University of Houston transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Vic Jones, DE, 6-4, 245, Inderkum HS, Sacramento, CA Wyoming transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Alex Adams, WR, 6-1, 195, South Pike HS, Osyka, MS, (LSU transfer, 3 yrs. eligibility) Clayton Bone, WR, 6-1, 190, Avon Old Farms HS, Avon, CT Kiawan Murphy, DT, 6-3, 330, East Hartford HS, East Hartford, CT Noah Gettman, P/K, 6-5, 205, Mainland HS, Daytona Beach, FL, Sacred Heart transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Bobby Golden, WR, 5-9, 180, Miami Palmetto HS, Miami, FL Tyhler Williams, OL, 6-4, 305, Milton HS, Alpharetta, GA Ka'Marii Landers, OL, 6-5, 300, Fordson HS, Dearborn, MI Keylen Davis, OL, 6-4, 298, Ben Davis HS, Indianapolis, IN Niko Paxos, P/K, 6-3, 195, Jackson HS, Massillon, OH Bryan McCoy, LB, 6-0, 225, Joliet West HS, Joliet, IL Jourden Hale, OL, 6-6, 330, Sycamore HS, Cincinnati, OH Marquell Darnell, TE, 6-7, 210, Central HS, Erie, PA Anthony Stallworth, RB, 5-11, 185, Farrell HS, Farrell, PA Stefan Monahan, OL, 6-8, 320, McKinley HS, Canton, OH Nate Thompson, S, 6-3, 200, Southern Lee HS, Sanford, NC, Duke University transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Clyde Price III, RB, 6-0, 210, North Kansas City HS, Kansas City, MO, Kansas State transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Anthony Whigan, OL, 6-5, 300, Great Mills HS, Lexington Park, MD, Penn State transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Caden Clark, TE, 6-4, 255, Archbishop Hoban, Akron, OH, Alabama transfer (4 yrs. eligibility?) Daniel George, WR, 6-2, 205, Oxon Hill HS, Fort Washington, MD, Penn State transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Noah Perez, K, 5-8, 160, Desert Vista HS, Pheonix, AZ Jaharon Griffin, LB, 6-0, 225, Neshoba Central HS, Philadelphia, MS Ravontae Holt, DT, 6-4, 293, Sheldon HS, Sacramento, CA, Wyoming transfer (1 yr. eligibility) Jaden Woods, DB, 6-0, 200, South Gwinnett HS, Decatur, GA, Eastern Kentucky transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Jeff Undercuffler, QB, 6-5, 230, Holy Cross Academy, Burlington, NJ, Albany transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Devonte Golden-Nelson, CB, 6-0, 190, Memphis University School, Memphis, TN, U. of Memphis transfer (4 yrs. eligibility) Caleb Anderson, WR, 6-4, 210, Brandon HS, Brandon, MS, Northeast Mississippi C.C. transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Antavious Fish, LB, 6-0, 220, Jackson HS, Flovilla, GA, Coffeyville C.C. transfer (3 yrs. eligibility) Kyle Thomas, DL, 6-3, 295, Oscar Smith HS, Chesapeake, VA, Butler C.C. transfer (2 yrs. eligibility) Deontae Williams, ATH, 5-11, 192, Woodland Hills HS, Woodland Hills, PA CLASS BREAKDOWN: TOTAL COMMITS: 41 Offense: 22 QB: 2 (Jennings, Undercuffler) RB: 4 (Wiley, Kellom, Stallworth, Price) WR: 6 (Jacquez-Louis, Adams, Bone, Golden, George, Anderson) TE: 3 (Banks, Darnell, Clark) OL: 7 (Banes, Williams, Landers, Davis, Hale, Monahan, Whigan) Defense: 15 DT: 5 (Robinson, Harper, Murphy, Holt, Thomas) DE: 1 (Jones) LB: 3 (Terry, McCoy, Griffin, Fish) DB: 5 (Threatt, Martin, Thompson, Woods, Golden-Nelson) Athlete: 1 ATH: 1 (Williams) Special Teams: 3 P/K: 3 (Gettman, Paxos, Perez)

Except Bubba Walther.

Ben’s twitter

Always, once a zip always a zip but he has been a non factor. Someone posted his stats, he is I believe under 10 catches for the season

I tried to find more information on this young man. Looks like he was highly recruited but Im thinking a little overhyped as It doesn’t look like he lived up to his billing. Was he injured? Or just did’t fit the system.?Big young man none the less. Lets hope we thrives in our system. We gotta have some good O line play.

This would appear to be our S&C coach per his twitter. Another guy with a lot of experience. https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/ben-iannacchione/1933

Probably no more than 10 freshman total. Expect JoMo to hit the transfer portal hard again after NLI day when more players jump in after seeing the possibility of loosing PT to talented newcomers at their current school.

It's not ire (anger) and it's not directed at anyone in particular. I'm addressing the ongoing debate.

Guards' league. PCCC doesn't scare me as much as OU because I don't think they have the compliment to Carry like OU does with BVP/Carter (complimenting Sears).

Tennessee-Martin

Go Zips!

Ugh. Here we go.

You and I have a different definition of "wrong". What you call "wrong" I call "common sense". Incase you haven't heard we're in the middle of a surge that is cancelling games. It's literally a program insulating itself from further disruption. It's a slam dunk no brainer; just from a program standpoint, let alone public health standpoint. Sorry your personal enjoyment is more important than public health. Good lord man, you're an Akron Alumni, please be better and more reasonable than this.

I dunno...no mention of this veteran staff having any experience at Ahola Solutions ... just marquee P5 football programs. Meh.

Awesome to see so much positive mojo going on. Barstool Sports!!

Guthrie is so on top of things! And awesome, a spring game is scheduled!!