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I've said before that Aziz's departure took Groce by surprise. He had plans to continue building his skills while giving him more minutes and responsibility if he responded to the challenge. Like the rest of us Groce did not want him to go. I'm prejudiced but I believe that Groce, the MAC, the team and the opportunity were all better for Aziz. He did not feel the same. I haven't met a person yet who doesn't regret losing the guy.

Charlie Frye gets an OC gig at FAU under Tom Herman.

The Bulls seem motivated to beat Kyle Vantrease today? Hard to believe Buffalo needed the biggest gift since the Zips 14 karat stunner handed to CMU to become bowl eligible.

Joining Tom Herman's new coaching staff as FAU moves to AAC. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35323491/charlie-frye-agrees-become-florida-atlantic-oc-sources-say

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/former-cleveland-browns-quarterback-heading-to-the-college-football-coaching-ranks/ar-AA15GzI2?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=af0c14b2364747d0aab88f8ddd45fd1e One more article. If this has already been posted, I apologize. Go Zips!!!

He also stripped a Kent running back of the ball about 3 yards from the end zone in that game. The only other Zips game I witnessed where a single Zips player had such an impact on the outcome was Jason Taylor against Virginia Tech at the Rubber Bowl. That was an atrocious Zips squad, and JT’s dominance almost got us the “W.”

The P5 offers are flying now. We're going to add some nice talent to this class before all is said and done.

Iowa State EDGE. 3 years left.

OL from Houston. 3 years of eligibility left.

Ali and Mike Dawson are huge losses simply because we don’t have any other 6’5 + tweener type wings that can make shots and defend multiple positions. Those type players really matter in D1 basketball it’s hard to beat good teams without them.

They don't need to leave the NCAA as the NCAA doesn't really receive any of the football revenue anyways. Without the G5 schools like Ole Miss, Rutgers, Boston College, etc would instantly become annual 1-3 win teams. The value the G5 has to the P5 is it allows their middle and bottom tier schools to pad their win total enough to keep fans interested. Perennially winning 1-2 games a season kills a fan base. We've witnessed that first hand at Akron. The Big 10, SEC, etc don't want that for their fans. They would rather just keep throwing peanuts at the G5 to keep their fans engaged.

If the portal we around 25 years ago, Jason Taylor would have gone to the HOF as a Panther, not a Zip. I love that kids like Jacque-Louis and Whigan get a chance to play as starters before their eligibility expires. But it’s sad to see guys like the St Francis kid bolt the program that gave him a shot when no one else did. I’m sure there are “overlooked “ D3 kids bolting for FCS that offset the FCS kids bolting for G5, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

Coach Leach has passed. Unbelievably sad day for college football. Mississippi State job is now unfortunately open.