Leaderboard

We’ll find out in roughly 28 hours if the Zips have truly “arrived”, or if Lucy yanks the ball away yet again. I think the win over Buffalo on Saturday will be looked back on as the day Zips football turned the corner. Now that we have our sea legs under us, and the cadre of portal mercenaries is settling in, I expect us to go on a nice run. I thought the same thing where went to Huntington and smoked Marshall. And when we beat Northwestern. And when we beat Pitt. Famous last words…but it feels different this time. I think we’re constructed more for the long haul, and not just a flash-in-the-pan. See you in lot 9 at 10am! 🥓🍳 🍺 🥃 🦘 🏈

I'm encouraged by DJ's play at Indiana. He finally looked like his old, pre-injury self again (even though, to me, it still appears his arm is not quite as strong as it was pre-injury). If this is the DJ we get for the rest of the season we're going to be tough to beat. Our D is legit. Love it when a team's identity is led by the defense. We're some hard-nosed sons of b*tches! ✊💪💪

I very much want to say I expect Akron to come out tomorrow and put together their first 60-minute game of the season, but I have been so beat down by the close losses and flashes of greatness along with the crushing mistakes and missed opportunities. If Akron can put together a solid 60 minutes, they will win easily. But Buffalo is no slouch, even at 0-4. They've got some nice individual skill players all over the field. And I hate that I have to say that, since this is a game Akron pretty much has to win. But at this point, I've seen Akron lose this game way too many times to get my hopes too high. The weather is going to be awesome tomorrow, we have a beatable opponent, some momentum from a shoulda been win over a B1G team, and the homecoming game next week. It's time to WIN, damn it!!! Go Zips!

Guessing that means Zips are pretty close to getting Young ... gotta luv those PGs.

Been there, done that. Not convinced about the Zips until I see them win a game like Saturday. Still haven't seen the offense establish an 'identity' and ride it week in and week out. Two things that CAN'T happen Saturday, turnovers and undisciplined penalties. That happens UB wins. Otherwise Zip's defense should be able to control field position and give the offense shorter fields.

Fun read: Ye Old Roundtable from Hustle Belt (MAC blog) https://www.hustlebelt.com/2023/9/29/23887762/ye-olde-roundtable-mid-american-conference-maction-football-mailbag-q-and-a-week-5-2023 Indiana blog submitted the DJ question, which was funny. Showing some love to the big Akron-UB matchup too.

Take away the home opener games and the homecoming games, this is the most excited I've been for the actual football game in a while. We are due for a conference win at home in front of fans (something we haven't had since October 27, 2018) 😅

Seems like buffalos biggest strength is there offense. Which I hope gives the zips a challenge but we match up well with. If the buffalos defense loses them games then the zips need to capitalize!!

Jonas Nichols of Hoban has committed to Pinky