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Nice post-game write-up. The author sums up the season pretty nicely at the end. https://www.hustlebelt.com/2022/10/18/23409737/central-michigan-chippewas-akron-zips-football-game-analysis-week-6-2022

Zips in at #22 in the Coaches Poll: https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/

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I agree Amankwaa really stood out. I hope he stays healthy the remainder of the year...we really need a capable corner. I mentioned it after the BG game, and it bears mentioning again...this Zips team reminds me of the old Kent teams that consistently made one or two bizarre mistakes that cost them a game week-in-week-out. The botched exchange between Price and Irons was definitely a tip of the cap to those bygone Kent teams. Seeing that ball laying in the turf, and Irons and Price are running towards the endzone...it's as exasperating today as it was on Saturday. Irons has had a couple chances this season to lead the Zips to 4th quarter comebacks, and each time the offense has fizzled. Somehow that's got to change. Unlike some, I don't see the rest of the season being a lost cause. Kent is 2-5, and playing poorly Miami just put up a whopping 13 points in a loss to mighty Bowling Green EMU just put up 10 points in a 29-point loss to NIU Buffalo and NIU will be tough. But those next 3 games for the Zips are winnable, if we can eliminate those bizarre, perplexing, improbable mistakes that have become the 2022 Zips calling card. I'm so incredibly grateful Joe Moorhead decided to take on the challenge of building a Zips football program. He's not some retread living off his past and milking the University for a few more nice paydays. He's not a young, unproven coach that has no clue what is needed to be successful at the G5 level. He's a proven D1 head coach, proven elite offensive coordinator, and a guy that, for some stupid reason, believes in the potential of Akron Football as much as us fans do. He's here for the long haul, and he'll get the job done. Within 2-3 years we will be at the top of the MAC, with a sustainable program that will continue at that level for years to come. Robert Irvine fixes failing restaurants in one day...it isn't so easy with a dilapidated, neglected 85 scholarship football program. Looking forward to the Kent game. Unlike last season, where the players tanked and the game was over before the halftime show began, it should be a competitive war.

Games through Oct 17 (Gaucho Dan RPI https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI Rank) 17 Akron 31 FIU 81 VCU 146 Wright State 48 Michigan St 21 Indiana 23 blOSU 20 Pitt 52 Penn St 53 Duquesne 162 NIU (A, Oct 29th) 66 BUGS 203 Chicago St (H, Nov 2nd) 46 WMU (H, Nov 6th) 64 Cleveland State (H, Oct 25th)

A look at last year's preseason coaches poll will add some insight into the critical importance of MAC basketball preseason polls. 2021-22 MAC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll Buffalo – 143 points (11 first place votes) Ohio – 126 points Toledo – 107 points (1) Kent State – 98 points Akron – 95 points Bowling Green – 93 points Miami – 92 points Ball State – 54 points Western Michigan – 44 points Central Michigan – 34 points Eastern Michigan – 29 points Northern Illinois – 21 points MAC Tournament Champions: Buffalo (8), Bowling Green (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1) Preseason All-MAC First Team Daeqwon Plowden, 5th-Sr., G/F, Bowling Green Josh Mballa, Sr., F, Buffalo Jeenathan Williams, Sr., F, Buffalo Ben Vander Plas, R-Sr., F, Ohio Ryan Rollins, So., G, Toledo Preseason All-MAC Second Team K.J. Walton, Grad., G, Akron Sincere Carry, R-Jr., G, Kent State Dae Dae Grant, Jr., G, Miami Jason Carter 5th-Sr., F, Ohio B. Artis White, So., G, Western Michigan

Think Duquesne Promotions will hold a Dae Dae Night this season?

I would say out of the 2, Johnson has the best chance for some PT.

I think everybody is going to really like Sammy Hunter. The stretch 4 we have been looking for to give Freeman some room to work around the basket. Ryan Prather is the real deal too.

Nice! That’s the type of ooc opponent I’ve been dying to schedule for years! How many beers did #51 have the night before that picture was taken?

Zips headed to Peoria to play Bradley on December 22, per Bradley schedule release:

I miss LCJ. We had a few grad classes together; he put the student in athlete.

Ksu will roll the Charmaine Zips. They're tougher, better coached and probably want it more. Another embarrassing loss for Akron and another week of excuses for Moorhead - the program is going backwards