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Pluto article on Moorhead and the Zips- https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2023/08/why-does-joe-moorhead-want-to-coach-the-akron-zips-can-it-work-terry-pluto.html

JD was a great guy. Never gets the credit he deserved from people around the University. He achieved actual greatness by actually winning something meaningful.

Can't wait till Saturday. I want to believe this will be a breakout year. Finish.

Pretty sure Joe interviewed John Heisman when he coached the Zips.🤣

Beyond sending his son to UA, I know JD made a sizeable donation to the Zips football program as well.

I liked JD. I would have liked him to continue here at UA. He does deserve a lot of credit for lifting the program up. I was there for all those magical moments all the way to Detroit. Great tragedy for him and UA. GOZIPS

FanDuel is still at 3.5.

Alright, since we’re not getting an official depth chart here’s my final guess: OFFENSE QB: Irons Bullock RB: Lingard D. Anderson WR: Adams Golden WR: George P. Wilson WR: Gathings C. Anderson TE: Banks Newell LT: Chambers Frank LG: Kilbane Robarge C T. Williams Georges RG: K Davis Blanchard RT: N Williams Kindred DEFENSE DE: R Johnson L. Jackson DT: Lavea Robinson DT: T. Jones K. Thomas DE: Nunnally A. Smith LB: Fish Behm LB: McCoy Cooper Nickel: Lewis T. Thomas CB: Tallandier Durant SS: Thompson Woods FS: Martin C. Thomas CB: Hunter Golden-Nelson SPECIAL TEAMS K: Perez Wiley P: D. Jackson Castle KR: Hester Golden PR: Hester Golden

That's not surprising. The EJ / Kurt relationship hardly ever gets mentioned.

Great read, great questions from Beaven What has that been like to coach freshman walk-on Johnny Brookhart, the son of former UA head coach J.D. Brookhart? "It's been great. Coach [Brookhart] is the reason this building [the field house] got built and the stadium got built. He won the only [MAC] championship in school history and we have stayed in touch. It is pretty neat, considering the circumstances by which his tenure ended here, which was ridiculous, that he thinks enough off our program and myself to want his son to come here." Love the honesty from coach. I hope JD is around for a couple games, I'd love to run into him. He deserves a proper thank you for doing what he did at Akron--2005 was magical and who knew we'd have to endure what we have in the 18 years following.

So on last night's Coach's show Coach Moorhead mentioned the only special teams player on scholarship is Dante Jackson. So I removed the LS and PK scholarship holds from the chart, this puts us right at 85... Zips Football Scholarship Chart.xlsx

The schedule has been finalized. The staff did a great job. Added a well known opponent for what could be a fun road trip. Expect an official announcement soon.

Most of these teams have a lot in common this week. EMU, Ohio and WMU are playing non FBS opponents so let's focus on the others. Your tier 1 team is a 9.5 underdog Your remaining 1 tier 2 team is a 16.5 underdog. Your 6 tier 3 teams are an average 16 underdog. Your remaining tier 4 team is a 35.5 underdog. Not a lot of respect from the books in week one. They say the MAC finishes week 1 with an 0-9 (5 of which fall into the money game category) record against FBS teams. Ouch.