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There's a lot of Zips football media content posted, but it's interspersed throughout multiple threads. For ease of searchability it seems like it may be a good idea to consolidate them in a single thread. Let's see how it goes.

Not sure where this would fit best, so I'll put it here. So damn cool, these clips give me chills! This era of Zips football just felt different. They were tougher, and grittier. Joe can bring that magic to Infocision!

Bought my family 4 pack of seats for this one for $40. No fees, just $40. Make this an option for EVERY game! Sell more tickets, especially to people like me that have young kids.

That's a nice little pull right there! I'm hoping that in addition to Joe sticking around for a few years, a lot of those young guys on staff get a few years in here before they inevitably move on to bigger and brighter things. I also like to think that down the line, some of these guys who will become great coaches will remember their time at Akron in a positive light and see it as a great place to take their first job as a coordinator or even the head coach. I loved this hiring strategy by Joe from the start, these guys are the real deal.

Posts hyping the DL is not what I expecting to see this morning lol. Agree Morton has been coming along well and we have a nice rotation at DE with him, Jones, and Johnson. I'd like to see more from Jones. He popped out the first game, but not a whole lot since. Thomas has seemed to play well at DT. Hopefully we'll get Holt back soon and able to play at a high level.

He talked a lot about his staff and how they’ve managed this year, despite a lot of them being on the younger side. Mentioned that it’s hard to build an experienced staff with the budget he’s got. Which kind of goes back to that Athletic article. Said BG will be a tough matchup, they’ve got a nice little pass rush. And McDonald is an experienced QB that can put points on the board in the offense. Also, on the topic of coaches being out for games (Loefler missed BG’s game last week, hope he’s doing well): he talked about his experience with diverticulitis last year. When asked who is next in line if anything like that happened at Akron, he said coach Fess (QB coach Billy Fessler). I found that very interesting, he’s very young but has an impressive resume for his age.

since I proved the other day...that I could not correctly type the name of 8 teams and I completely lost the faith of Letsgopzips, I am just going to include a link to the NIU schedule they have a record of 3-3-3 go zips.com.....shows that this game will be on ESPN Plus !!! (hallelujah ) below, the NIU schedule, I have included a link to the MAC schedule page Western Michigan hosts Chicago State Sunday at 1 pm. By the time that the zips and the huskies take the field, Western Michigan will likely be 3-0 in the MAC. of their first 4 MAC games, this game against Northern Illinois is their only MAC home game of the first 4 . After hosting NIU, the zips must travel to BGSU, Chicago State and Western Michigan. The zips must come out motivated.....and they must protect their home turf at all costs. https://niuhuskies.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule/2022 https://getsomemaction.com/calendar.aspx?path=msoc&season=2022

Zips finally figure out how to score touchdowns in the red zone and come from behind to win by a narrow margin of 31-28. Wife and I just moved back here from California. This is our first game in person in MANY years.

I lwas edumacated at THE University of Akron in dem der early '70s. They never learned me to type good. I done half to wurk with what I getted. Besides the space key on my keyboard is stuck dammit!

Like most, I'm a flawless 4-0 in picking the Zips wins/losses this season. But this game is much dicier. I am a huge fan of the Zips defensive line. They have size and speed, and depth. Against BG that should help take some pressure off our secondary. I think they carry the Zips to the "W." Although each season is mutually exclusive, Arth beat these guys twice. Did BG beat Marshall? Sure. But they beat Minnesota in 2021 too, and we still won. In BG. Zips are at home. Win by 2+ scores (is a "score" a TD?). Running game gets on-track. Via Twitter we get to watch unstable, completely amateur phone video footage of the Zips team rejoicing, and belting out "Win for Akron!" in the post game locker room. Zips 31 BG 20

https://fb.watch/fS2tH7DnRJ/

It should be on the Akron Zips Facebook page. They do a live stream of it where you can submit questions.

Which took a couple years to develop and come into its own. I like Tavari, too, but I'm looking at next year and beyond for him to really be impactful.

I don't want to make any score prediction, as I will probably jinx the Zips or something will go horribly wrong! But I do like their chances tomorrow. If sports betting was legal in Ohio, I'd drop a unit or two on the Zips against the spread. There have been nice signs of progression after the first month, but I still expect this to be a season full of growing pains and quite a few frustrating moments. To me, I expect them to play every MAC team within 3 scores at the very least, maybe with a blowout sprinkled in. As for games against similar competition (such as BG tomorrow), I no longer fear of the threat of a blowout like we saw against Ohio and Buffalo last year. A blowout loss tomorrow would be very troubling, and it would be oh-so-Akron to do, losing on homecoming to a beatable opponent in embarrassing fashion. It will take years to scrub the Akron football trauma of the last 13 years, and while Joe is indeed a superhero, he's going to need a little more time to wipe away the past and bring back the Akron football magic of the early 2000s. So, with that said, I expect there to be more growing pains tomorrow. I think the Zips will come out with some fire. I'm really hoping and quite honestly expecting Joe to start to empty the playbook a little more like he did last week as we start going for wins instead of million-dollar paychecks. Am I ready to outright say the Zips will win this game, even by a couple of touchdowns? I don't think I'm there quite yet. But I am expecting a pretty close ball game, with the winner coming out on top by no more than 10 points. BG has the edge in continuity and experience, but Akron's got the massive edge in coaching. I think it will win us some ball games in the league this year, hopefully starting tomorrow! GO ZIPS!!!

Ha! 😄 I'm bullish on these guys. Last year we were slow, small, and inexperienced. In comparison to the DL crew we fielded against Liberty, it is night and day. If we add Holt to the mix (he could be a "Warren Ball", but I remain hopeful) we should have as solid a starting D-line as there is in the MAC. We were the worst in 2021, by a large margin. Go Zips! I'll be in Lot 9 in roughly 26 hours! 🤘

I’m really looking forward to seeing what our DL can do against a less stout OL. I wouldn’t think the transfers from JSU and Coastal are that good. I hope they don’t prove me wrong.

I also like how our DL has begun to come into it's own. Victor Jones was a monster from Game 1, but now Zach Morton has emerged as just as much of a monster at the other DE position. Likewise, Curtis Harper has been solid from Game 1, but now with #55 DT Kyle Thomas lining up beside him we've been stuffing the run for 3 quarters now. Let's stuff the run & pressure the QB for all 4 quarters tomorrow! Zips win by 2 scores. Go Zips!

This was the wise and safe decision. As we found out last year, the MAC is no longer a cake walk for us to win easily. Every MAC game matters as much as the gauntlet that was the first part of our schedule. Stay focused, and we can go undefeated in MAC play. Lose focus, like we saw against OSUcks, Pitt, Penn State, etc., and we'll be putting ourselves in holes that we may not be able to get out of.

Another fun night at Zips live. The Brickhouse is a pretty cool venue! Nice comments from Joe and Jared Embick.

Just saw this post. Great evaluation. To expand some, Bubba and Hooks weren’t Arth recruits either, so even worse.

Lol https://www.dispatch.com/story/sports/mls/columbus-crew/2022/09/29/columbus-crew-cucho-hernandez-suspended-offensive-language/69528439007/