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Offensive and Defensive players of the week!!! 🤩🤩

I was taught in 8th grade to not field the punt if it was inside the 10. Stand on the 10 and if the punt is over your head you simply let it go. My coach was the assistant middle school principle who was also the wrestling coach and assistant track coach. Here we are playing D-1 college ball and how many times have we fielded the punt inside the 10 the last few years? I'm so confused. It's so simple. I'm aggravated and dumbfounded. I can't wrap my head around the issue.

EMU (5-2) vs Akron (1-6) but EMU only a 3.5 point favorite. I think this may be the week that the Zips put it all together and play a complete game 🤞

Game thread and preview: QB: Buffalo transfer Cole Snyder has done an excellent job taking care of the football when passing. He has thrown for 1,468 yards, completed 61% of his passes, and has thrown 7 touchdowns compared to only 2 interceptions. Snyder completes 66% of his throws when kept clean. He has also been a threat in the run game, running for 194 yards and 4 touchdowns. Where Snyder has not been good is under pressure. He’s been sacked 23 times, completes 42% of his passes under pressure, and has fumbled 3 times. RB: NC State transfer Delbert Mimms is 4th in the MAC with 482 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. He’s a strong runner, but probably not on par with WMU’s Nixon or Ohio’s Tyus. However, Mimms has only fumbled once this season. WR: The wealth has been distributed fairly evenly between JUCO (formerly Akron) Oran Singleton, former Michigan State transfer Terry Lockett, and JUCO (formerly Wisconsin) Markus Allen. Each receiver has over 300 yards receiving and at least one touchdown. TE: Junior Max Reese and senior Jere Getzinger split time at tight end. Reese is more of a receiver with 166 yards and 2 touchdowns. OL: This is an OL that has some older guys, but does not necessarily have a tremendous amount of experience at this level. LT - Blake Bustard (Sr.) (Wayne State transfer) LG - Mickey Rewolinski (Sr.) C - Carson Lee (Sr.) RG - Broderick Roman (Sr.) RT - Joshua Anderson (Jr.) DL: Seniors Justin Jefferson and Joey Zelinski start at the end spots. Jefferson has 20 tackles and 3 sacks, while Zelinski has 14 tackles and 2 sacks. Senior Peyton Price and Indianapolis transfer Dylan Shelton start on the interior. The duo has combined for 45 tackles and 3.5 sacks. LB: The linebacker corps has gotten a little thin due to injuries. Kent State transfer Luke Murphy will likey start beside Arizona State transfer James Djonkam. Murphy leads the team in tackles with 41. Djonkam has collected 30 tackles and 2 sacks. DB: Former JUCO Dramarian McNulty and sophomore Daiquan White are the usual starters at cornerback, with sophomore Javian Norman at nickleback. McNulty has 16 tackles and a pass defended. White has 18 tackles and 3 passes defended. Norman has 11 tackles and 0.5 sack. Senior Quentavius Scandrett has been a starter all season at safety and has 30 tackles. Junior Barry Manning saw his first start last week against CMU. He has 7 tackles and a forced fumble. K: Senior Jesus Gomez has made 21 of 22 extra points and leads the MAC with 15 (out of 18) made field goals. P: Senior Mitchell Tomasek is 3rd in the MAC in punting with a 43.7 average. KR/PR: Sophomore Deion Brown averages 19 yards per return with a long of 29 yards. Oran Singleton is the PR with a long of 18 yards. Breakdown: Offense - EMU wants to run the football and will often include Snyder in the ground gameplan. Snyder doesn’t make a ton of mistakes, so if Akron can force a few turnovers, it will be important to capitalize on them. EMU has been much better than Akron at finishing off drives with points. Defense - EMU and Akron defensive numbers are similar in MAC play. The biggest difference is EMU has managed to create more turnovers. Summary: It’s another winnable game. In my opinion, the talent between the two teams is on par and it’ll come down to coaching/disciple. EMU has had a much easier road than Akron, so it’ll be interesting to see how good the 2024 EMU squad actually is.

I agree….but, I think Morehead did do that at Fordham

You know as much as last year was disappointing, it's pretty amazing that the Zips have only lost one conference game in the almost two years they have been in the conference and that team is coming in on Wednesday (or two losses if you count last year's conference tournament).

Heard Condoleezza Rice knows Football, could take a look at her for HC.

Maybe they are just stupid.

He was on a staff that won the MAC at Akron.

I actually had this thought too. I wasn't a future D-1 athlete & so never dominated like I'm sure all these guys did their respective high school teams & competition. So when the punt went over my head at the 10 it was easy to let it go because I would just breathe a sigh of relief (catching wobbly high school punts is the worst 😂), whereas these guys probably have the confidence to really think they're gonna break the big play every time.

Bump for update.

I can't wrap my head around the idea that players are coached on what to do and ignore the coaching and do what they want. Giving the benefit of the doubt to both sides, it may be an optimistic hope that someone can break free to the house on any given punt return.

I am too bummed by the Guardians losing to the New York Money bags... so, I won't type out standings I will just attach a link to standings after tonight UConn defeated Butler tonight 1-0 Marquette went to Xavier tonight and the 2 teams played to 0-0 tie with 3 games left to play, (maximum of 9 points can be earned) the zips have 15 points they have 8 point lead over Creighton 2-2-1......7 points Marquette 2-2-1 ....7 points Akron plays those 2 teams in their next 2 Big East matchups Creighton plays Marquette in the last Big East game of the year https://www.bigeast.com/standings.aspx?path=msoc Wednesday night Oct. 23 matchups Marquette at DePaul 3 pm Georgetown at Villanova 3 pm St. Johns at Seton Hall 7 pm Xavier at Butler 7 pm Providence at UConn 7 pm Creighton at Akron 7 pm Looking at RPI....Sunday morning at 12:05 am Georgetown is #3 in RPI Akron is at #35 in RPI strength of schedule is 85 opponent strength of schedule is 8 Providence is only other Big East team in top 50 Friars are #38

Emil led the nation by 2 goals as the top goal scorer going into today's match vs DePaul. Add a few more to his total. Unstoppable.

Perhaps he never finds that guy to run this particular offense? At some point you have to run a system that fits your personnel or the type of players he can get. With NIL and the portal, a coach just can't build and develope like before, especially in the lower tier of G5. At this point, whatever commitments he has for 2025 mean nothing. They can decommit in an instant. If they're worth signing, do they still sign to a team that's probably going 1-11 in year three of his tenure at UA after going 2-10 in '22 and '23?

We all know the players are coached on how to field punts. We all see the poor decisions the players are making game after game after game. Inescapable conclusion: the players are ignoring the coaches. Why? Pick one: no respect for the coaches, no discipline, no consequences for bad decisions, no hope for a better future at Akron so do whatever you want. You pick the answer.

Georgetown right now is getting tremendous national respect If the NCAA tournament draw was done today, Georgetown would be the #3 overall seed Ohio State would be the #1 overall seed https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2024-10-20/division-i-mens-soccer-committee-reveals-top-16