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I was on campus last week and visited soccer and football friends. One guy who has seen every football practice said Taj Bullock was ahead of DJ in the QB race. He said Taj would be the starting QB if we had to play today. Taj has done a great job in grasping the offense, something they felt DJ would have an advantage in. Taj's arm and athleticism is better than DJ's. This guy also was glowing about Lingard, the OL, CB's, and kickers. He was worried about our interior DL. Joe has the team ready to win a lot! This team will give us something to get fired up about.

Game at 1PM https://m.facebook.com/prclasico?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Got to be as old as I am to remember this type of scoreboard

Thanks for sharing. That's a good sign if Bullock is looking as good as this states. To me this would mean expectations of all MAC performer for 3 years as he's only a R-Soph. May the best man win. Varying opinions on here of DJ, and I like him, but its a great thing if the transfers we are bringing in are competing and starting. Means we are upgrading talent and depth. I'm surprised to hear about OL and kickers looking good, but sure won't complain. Feel like there's question marks (but cautious optimism) about those units, but maybe transfers and development of younger players is boding well. I feel solid about CB with Hunter, Tallandier, and Thomas (even though he's a freshman) brought in + another year of growth development for Durant, Lewis, Golden-Nelson, and Threatt. A bit surprised to hear about interior DL. Feel like a mix of Lavea, Robinson, Jones, Thomas, Carter, and maybe Murphy would be formidable. Either our interior OL is going to be really good or interior DL will be an issue. I'm honestly more worried about DE outside of Johnson.

Anyone hear why the reception got cancelled for this coming weekend? Was looking forward to hearing from the coaches.

GoZips dot com says no video stream or live stats tonight. We’ll have to wait for the ABJ write up tomorrow morning.

wonder if the UA staff has considered putting Space Invaders on our video board?

Nice and-one by Tribble

The Big East must have some incredible defensive backs in the league...if Joel Sangwa is not on their pre season first team. Joel Sangwa is very , very good. So solid....Very glad that Joel Sangwa plays for the zips.

Akron crowd

The gym is sweet. Could you imagine the JAR with that layout, packed?

ha ha on the Beacon covering an exhibition game

I’ve been told Bradley makes an appearance at the JAR as well

T-1 posted on the board at the start of practice yesterday was; GT AA EF TJ SH

Darien Baker looked really good for a true Freshman. Groce is going to have a tough time getting enough minutes for for everybody to be happy.

Some more observations now looking back. There are three solid point guards in Scott, Thornton and Tavari. Baker is going to provide solid minutes as a big and Amani looks much bigger (as mentioned above). Assuming the shooting I saw from Enrique was not a fluke, we may see two bigs on the floor more often. The kids are having fun and paying attention. Even the new kids, especially Scott and Thornton are up to speed already and giving direction to others. The team communicates well and seems to enjoy each other. Lots of smiles. No obvious bad attitudes. Enrique is becoming more and more of a leader. In one instance Groce was making a relatively complex point and Enrique in a very low voice put it in very simple terms for a couple of nearby teammates. This team will be the deepest Zips team in some time. Other than Enrique there are no distinct stars, but there's the type of talent for a couple of other guys to step up and star on a given night.

Currently at the breakfast/practice. Some quick observations: Enrique is making threes from the wing off of pick and pops; Darrin Baker is a man; Shammah Scott is going to be a big contributor; Ali looks happy and healthy; Dawson looks to be back up at full speed; Groce is not mellowing with age. I can't wait for the season!

I'm going to guess PG - Thornton W - Tribble W - Dawson P - Ali P - Freeman Tavari, Scott, & Hunter 1st off the bench w/ plenty of PT.

Zips Facebook post.