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I really don't understand what you all are hoping for (those wanting JoeMo gone). Everyone in the country knows this is a s%#t job. Pay is not good, you won't be able to staff, no NIL, horrible attendance, school with debt and bad reputation, bad weather, empty stadium, no training table. But somehow you think we are going to do better than JoeMo.

I didn't notice this before, but Akron is the highest rated team in the state of Ohio. Below is where the traditional contenders for that title are currently ranked. Ohio State - 63 Dayton -88 Xavier - 102 Cincinnati - 154

I had to scroll to the top of the thread to make sure I had hadn't inadvertently fallen into the football forum. LOL.

So Bowling Green had to wait until Nate Johnson moved to K-State to beat him? 😉

Serious question for all the Joe haters, if joe leaves what are your expectations? for the first three to four years you can't possibly expect to win more than two or three games a season and how much time are you going to give the new coach before you start calling for his removal? The issue with Zips football is not coaching it is not being able to compete financially with other institutions. Football players at akron get 91$ a month, big 10 football freshman players 35k a year. how do u compete with that? i watched a segment on lane kiffin. supposedly LSU is giving him a 25 million dollar war chest just for football. Kansas just got a huge donation from a hedge fund guy named booth for football and they named the stadium after him so now they have a huge war chest for football. the elevators at akron don't work in the dorms, don't work in the parking garages and they get 91$ a month. there are bigger issues than coaching. but honestly, how long do u give a new coach with a new staff and most likely a huge turnover of players because it wont be "his team" for four years of his players?

The Sweet Spot.

How we fare with our Big East brethren #8 UConn #21 Butler #22 St. John's #40 Akron #49 Seton Hall #53 Villanova #114 Xavier #118 Creighton #121 Georgetown #124 Providence #168 Marquette #178 DePaul

Congratulations to Remi Agunbiade and Jack Roman for making the team of the week. The leader,,,,,the Captain....Daragh ...was honorable mention. (come on, top drawer soccer !!!....no shots on goal !!!!.....the whole Akron back 4 defensemen need to be recognized) https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-team-of-the-week:-dec-2_aid55426 F: Remi Agunbiade, Akron(m) - The Canadian sophomore saved the best performance of his career for when it mattered most, scoring both goals to defeat Duke and move on to the Elite Eight. M: Jack Roman, Akron(m) - Roman was a headache for Duke as he assisted one and played all 90 minutes in the 2-0 victory.

We'll never know but it remains a bad look that the Zips were the only one. It was also time to stand up when it came down rather than essentially concede and push it back a year.

Summers to the portal. That’s what I meant about not knowing who has eligibility anymore with all the rule changes.

Catdaddy will surely chime in but there's just no way those offers were all committable

I think those are all the schools he's played with on his xbox

Something clearly doesn’t add up here, but regardless, he’s committed to Akron at this point

Akron improves to #40 in NET. I imagine a lot of that was driven because of Iona moving from #168 yesterday to #138 today after their 23 point win over Delaware. BGSU improved dramatically and now sits at #63 after their upset against Kansas State.

Thanks @TennZip for posting the Duke student newspaper article. Refreshing to read observations about the conditions and crowd and not just AI-generated information about stats.

Too cold to remove gloves for photos. You wouldn't want to see it anyway. 🫣

Kiffin looks out for Kiffin. Always looking for the bigger, better deal. Ole Miss was willing to match the 13 million a year salary, but what they couldn’t do is match the promised 25-30 million player payroll that LSU was offering. Kiffin felt, right or wrong that winning a couple of games in the playoffs was going to be the ceiling at Ole Miss. Because he wouldn’t have the depth to compete against Georgia, Alabama or Ohio State. Also, last year Ohio State won the Championship with a running back they poached from Ole Miss, Quinshon Judkins. That had to sting. All while Kiffin is trying to piece a team together with transfers. Bottomline, if you can’t win a Championship in Oxford, Miss (SEC), then college football is in a worse place than college basketball. And that’s saying something.

Article from the Duke Student newspaper.... (I like the vivid description....of what the restless Akron fans were wearing 😁).....(ps...did anyone get a photo of Fknbuflobo in his pom-pom hat? 😁) https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-mens-soccer-ncaa-tournament-akron-zips-ncaa-quarterfinal-john-kerr-acc-mac-ulfur-bjornsson-championship-20251201 “They had a lot of great weapons,” Duke head coach John Kerr said. “They had determination. They were strong in the backfield and on our heels throughout the match.” The restless Zips fans — bundled in puffy coats and pom-pom hats to fend off the below-freezing temperatures — leapt to their feet to celebrate the score. Thick snow gloves diluted their clapping, so they took to stomping on the metal bleachers to show support.

Nope, straight to gulag for that.

The killer is, with the exception of the weather, everything else is fixable.

I’ll do my best to keep up with all the conference movement. That said, I’m not going to be linking any names to specific sites since I’ll be pulling information from On3, 247, and whatever pops up on my social media feed. AKRON HS Signees: (8) QB - Semaj Beals WR - Jaborree Riggins OL - Lorvens Barthelemy OL - Guner Hiller OL - Elzea Rollins LB - Daunte Curtis CB - Savion Lewis CB - Henry Perrymond JUCO Signees: (5) WR - Gentz Hilburn TE - Elijah Alexander OL - Daxton Christman-Gourley OL - Jon Stephens LB - Jeremiah Jones Portal Verbals: (19) QB - Reese Poffenbarger = North Texas WR - Miles Burris = UNC Charlotte WR - Titus Myers = Old Dominion TE - Wyatt Hook = Michigan State OL - Ian Falkner = Missouri Southern State (DII) OL - Nate Hampton = St. Francis OL - Melvin Puckett = Bethune Cookman OL - Carlos Slayden = Southern Miss OL - Brandon Smith = South Dakota DE - Kurtis Waye = Clark Atlanta (DII) DT - Vaughn Highland = Arkansas Pine-Bluff LB - Dwight Nunoo = FIU CB - DaWayne Galloway = West Virginia CB - Zach Hobson = Old Dominion CB - Shamar McNeil = Missouri CB - Khory Moss = Miami (OH) CB - Caiden Newsome = Holy Cross P - Aidan Stire = West Virginia LS - Stone Dean = West Texas A&M (DII) Portal Departures: (22) WR - Israel Polk (2nd Team All-MAC) = Oklahoma State OL - Keylen Davis (3rd Team All-MAC) = Pittsburgh DE - Bruno Dall (3rd Team All-MAC) = UCF DT - Julien Laventure (2nd Team All-MAC) = Texas Tech TE - Jake Newell = Toledo TE - Max Whisner = Sam Houston OL - Maasai King = Iowa State OL - Kenneth McManus = Auburn OL - Delvin Morris = Kansas State LB - Markus Boswell = Texas LB - Melvin Spriggs = Southern Miss CB - Ben Kamara = North Dakota CB - Elijah Reed = Utah WR - Khalil Witherspoon DE - Kam Cheatom DT - Dimitri Madden DT - Kiawan Murphy DT - Nehemiah Musika DT - Eddie Vega LB - Gage Summers K - Adam Samaha K - Owen Wiley BALL STATE HS Signees: (15) QB - Mason Atkins RB - Char’rese Breveard WR - Mark Hanniford TE - Zach Becker OL - Nolan Cicero OL - Evan Downer OL - Zion Haney OL - Brady Weber DE - CJ Sanchez DT - Joshua Coleman DT - Dominic Infelise LB - Gannon Knowles DB - Zylon Hill DB - Stone Perkins DB - Gavin Yates-Lyons JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (7) QB - Keldric Luster = Texas State RB - Johnny Thompson = Kansas WR -Jabari Smith = FAU OL - Misael Sandoval = Vanderbilt DE - Maverick Gracio = Pittsburgh LB - Jovan Clark = Washington State DB - Cedric Franklin = Arkansas State Portal Departures: (19) QB - Walter Taylor = Vanderbilt WR - Ty Robinson = Illinois TE - Kam Anthony = Rutgers OL - Isaac Lucas = San Diego State DT - Darin Conley = Washington LB - DeJuan Echoles = Western Michigan DB - Jahmad Harmon = UMASS DB - Eric McClain = New Mexico DB - Roman Pearson = Kansas DB - Ashton Whitner = Liberty RB - Qua Ashley WR - Trey Firestone WR - Eric Weatherly TE - Ben Dutton LB - Sam Feeney LB - Caden Johnson LB - Micah Wing DB - Michael Gravely DB - Will Yates BOWLING GREEN HS Signees: (20) QB - Jarin Mock RB - Tristin Blackmon WR - Cade Brooks WR - Pauly Sadler WR - Joseph Saffold TE - Derron Gray TE - Maddox Hunstad TE - Trent Taylor TE - Kentrell White OL - Maddux Murphy OL - Pete Pendergest DE - Bryce Brewster DE - Samuel Dossous DE - Elijah Durham-Smith DT - Kore Thomas LB - Caden Carter LB - Kingston Seals DB - Cedarius Christian DB - Julian Holt DB - Chris Newell JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (14) QB - Jay Kastantin = Assumption (DII) QB - Austin Novosad = Oregon RB - Ke’Marion Baldwin = Charleston Southern WR - Isaiah Dawson = Richmond WR - Nick Sowell = SC State OL - Gabe Funk = App State DT - Selah Brown = Louisville DT - Timothy Taylor = Jacksonville State LB - Sanders Ellis = Purdue DB - Tomondrey Braxton = NC Central DB - Armahn Hale = New Mexico State DB - Nick Sawyer = Charleston Southern DB - Mike Wright = FAU P - Ryan Kingston = Southeast Missouri Portal Departures: (34) RB - Cam Pettaway (1st Team All-MAC Return Specialist) = Iowa State OT - Nate Pabst (2nd Team All-MAC) = Florida State LB - Gideon Lampron (1st Team All-MAC) = Colorado DB - MJ Cannon (3rd Team All-MAC) = Cincinnati K - Jackson Kleather (2nd Team All-MAC) = Northwestern QB - Lucian Anderson = South Carolina RB - Mar’Kel Porter = Northwestern RB - Kaderris Roberts = Delaware WR - RJ Garcia = FAU WR - Reis Stocksdale = Temple TE - Arlis Boardingham = Auburn TE - Jacob Harris = Wisconsin DE - David Afogho = West Virginia DE - Collins Acheampong = UTSA DE - Isaiah Thomison = Illinois LB - Justin Eklund = Montana LB - Caden Marshall = SMU DB - Jahvion Jarmon = Austin Peay DB - Keyon Washington = Iowa State RB - Chris Edmonds RB - Chris McMillian WR - Caleb Goodloe WR - DeShaun Lanier WR - Allen Middleton TE - Blane Cleaver DE - Bam Booker DT - Malik Moses DT - Ashton Yeager LB - TJ Nelson DB - Jay’Quan Bostic DB - Hayes Doggan DB - Gavin Harris DB - TJ Nelson DB - Tyrone Steed BUFFALO HS Signees: (20) QB - Qur’an McNeill RB - Chase Enlow WR - Aaron Clark TE - TJ Sabatucci OL - Marco Cate OL - Cam Davis OL - Mike Whalen DE - Aiden Anderson DE - Malachi Ervin DE - Preston Lunsford DT - Will Reed DT - Royce Rogers LB - Jack Garbolino LB - Matthew Heininger LB - Na’Rod Jarvis LB - Anwar Witherspoon CB - Jamarcus Jones S - Dylan Cleary S - Bryce Williams LS - Tim Schwerha JUCO Signees: (1) WR - Anthony Johnson = Coffeyville Portal Verbals: (19) QB - Elijah Holmes = Wingate (DII) WR - Jaylen Andrews = East Stroudsburg (DII) TE - Clint Walker = Davenport (DII) TE - Trevor Wilson = Campbell OL - Joe Crocker = Baylor OL - Nino Francavilla = Miami OL - Nathan Natoli = Bucknell DE - Logan Goodwin = IUP (DII) DE - Caleb Oliver = Wofford DE - Sedrick Vessah = Cal PA (DII) DT - Mason Nickle = Saginaw Valley State (DII) DT - Stantavious Smith = Florida A&M LB - Zach Bergmann = Missouri Southern (DII) LB - Joey Cheshire = Cornell CB - Drayson Crane = Morehead State CB - Sayre Smothers = Citadel S - Zae Jennings = West Virginia P - Andrew Vanslyke = James Madison LS - Stevie Bracey = Virginia Portal Departures: (18) WR - Nik McMillan (1st Team All-MAC) = Kansas WR - Victor Snow (1st Team All-MAC) = NC State DT - Junior Poyser (3rd Team All-MAC) = Wisconsin P - Dylan Drennan (2nd Team All-MAC) = Purdue OL - Henry Tabansi = UCF DE - Demetrius Ballard = Boston College DE - Shamar Riser-Pressley = UCONN DT - Devin Morgan = Kennesaw State LB - Dion Crawford = Michigan State DB - Charles McCartherens = Marshall DB - Eddie Pleasant = Marshall RB - Lamar Sperling TE - Mitch Viviano DT - Charlton Goodell DB - Marquis Cooper DB - Ronell Davis DB - Jalen McNair DB - Jamiere Munson CENTRAL MICHIGAN HS Signees: (24) RB - Trav Moore WR - Da’Shon Febres WR - Avin Robinson WR - Geno Seets TE - Lucas Hoffmeyer TE - Zack Wagner OL - Wyatt Graffin OL - Landon Harper OL - Isaac Hutchinson OL - Charlie Mandabach OL - Jack Nolan OL - Jacob Timmer DE - Matthew Plumb DE - Matt Sexton DE - Collin Stare DE - Evan Walker LB - Drew Esper LB -Leon Howard LB - Elijah Reynolds DB - Colton Benaitis DB - Laaren Cornwall DB - Kameran Hayward DB - Jajuan Jones DB - David Williams JUCO Signees: (8) RB - John Stowers TE - Myles Peters OL - John Williams DE - Jaxon Cherry LB - Donovan Brown LB - Antonio Cherry CB - Ty Williams DB - Coen Ali Portal Verbals: (16) RB - Vaughn Blue = Liberty RB - Jayden Clerveaux = Holy Cross WR - Shawn Foster = Michigan State WR - Dontae Robinson = Sacramento State TE - Jaden Allen = Fordham TE - Gavin Spillers = Mars Hill (DII) OL - Nic Disanto = Eastern Illinois OL - Losini Maka = Georgetown OL - Trevor Swan = Georgetown DT - Max Van Fleet = Cornell LB - Charlie Smith = Colorado Mesa (DII) LB - Hunter Zirkle = Cumberlands (NAIA) CB - Matthew McKenzie = Bethune Cookman CB - Donavan Philord = Campbell S - Darrell Bryant = Northern Colorado S - Justin Taylor = Wyoming Portal Departures: (23) RB - Trey Cornist = UCONN WR - Tyson Davis = Virginia TE - DC Temple = Oregon State OL - Ryan Blum = Fordham OL - Apisa Poumele = Coastal Carolina OL - Jacob Saurbeck = Tiffin DE - Keshawn Hayden = Eastern Kentucky DE - Adam Kaminski = Eastern Illinois DB - Kalen Carroll = TCU DB - Brenden Deasfernandes = Northwestern RB - Mekhi Jenkins RB - Germanuel Tanelus WR - Jordan Kelly WR - Langston Lewis OL - Jacob Booth OL - Bronson Burton OL - Dane Sickler DE - Oumar Conde DE - Kade Kostus DE - Daniel Viramontes LB - Cairo Rhodes LB - Andre Thomas DB - Bryce Rowe EASTERN MICHIGAN HS Signees: (28) QB - Nick Kinsey RB - Decorie Johnson RB - Nazier Jones-Davis WR - Shawn Fishwick WR - Carl Jean-Bart WR - CJ Miller WR - Bacori Minner TE - Nathan Piggott TE - Armaad Sharp TE - Brady Shelton OL - Samuel Adjin OL - Carter Miculka OL - Nily Taylor OL - Andrew Trahin DE - RJ Alphonse DT - Elijah Berman DT - Jahbarri Frost DT - CJ McCoy DT - Brandon Simmons LB - Kijon Braxton LB - Zach Brown LB - Aaron Kearse DB - Fa’Rel Carter DB - Marty Collins DB - Horace Glenn DB - Jabari Monds DB - Davontey Oliver DB - Antonio Solares-Vitti K - Van Krisiloff JUCO Signees: (9) WR - JT Beasley WR - Cayden Burger TE - Adon Turner DE - Colby Archie DE - Mark Debiak DE - Alijah Lacey LB - Jonah Flowers LB - Elgin McDuffie DB - Rayquan Adkins Portal Verbals: (10) RB - Braydon Bennett = Virginia Tech RB - Malachi James = Syracuse OL - Tyler Brumfield = Oklahoma State OL - Cole Dellinger = Michigan State OL - Guzzy Kayed = Saint Francis OL - Tyler McMillan = Illinois OL - Elijha Payne = Delaware State DT - Peyton Christian = Lamar DT - Joseph Oluwayemi = Harding (DII) LS - Luke Grant = Memphis Portal Departures: (30) QB - Cam Edge = Morgan State OL - Mack Indestad = UCLA OL - Everett Small = Rutgers OL - Owen Snively = Boston College OL - Andrew Steger = Eastern Kentucky DE - Messiah Blair = Jackson State LB - Andrew Marshall = Minnesota LS - Mitchell Dietzel = James Madison QB - Jeremiah Salem RB - JT Bronaugh RB - James Jointer RB - Jayvin Norman WR - Eli Holmes-Holt WR - Terry Lockett TE - Braden Laux TE - Caden Vanderbush OL - Terrance Saunders OL - Tamarley Smith OL - Spencer Webb DE - Duke Clayton DE - Christian Kiptoo DE - Sterling Miles DT - Alijah Alexander LB - Terrelle Elmore LB - Carter Herriman DB - Zavian Dilworth DB - Dramarion McNulty DB - James Monds DB - Jaylyn Monds DB - Joshua Scott KENT STATE HS Signees: (18) RB - Jackson Farley RB - Brandon White WR - Zymir Reed WR - Brendyn Smith OL - Liam Dalton OL - Will Johnson OL - Gavin Kanar OL - Colin Prichard DL - Eckley Bridges DL - Jacob Broach DL - Carlos Shird DL - Daiveon Taylor DL - Kale Webb LB - Kendall McNutt DB - TeJuan Barbour DB - Lennox Lemon ATH - Gavin Peeps LS - Chase Mantooth JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (9) QB - Ethan Thanthanavong = Defiance (NAIA) RB - Mason King = Illinois State LB - Nate Gregory = Coastal Carolina LB - Rocco Nicholl = South Florida LB - Quan Rhodes McKee = Duquesne DB - Lionel Burns = NC Central DB = Norey Johnson = UCONN DB - Davion Pritchard = Pittsburgh K - Eli Tucker = Saint Francis Portal Departures: (22) WR - Cade Wolford (3rd Team All-MAC) = Cincinnati DE - Jamond Mathis (2nd Team All-MAC) = Texas Tech LB - CJ Young (2nd Team All-MAC) = Miami(OH) OL - Ashton Rivera = California OL - Garrett Masterson = Tennessee Tech LB - Nylan Brown = Washington State CB - Jaire Rawlison = West Virginia P - Charlie Durkin = Rice QB - Devin Kargman QB - CJ Montes QB - JD Sherrod RB - Gavin Garcia RB - TaRyan Martin WR - Dash Dorsey WR - Jahzae Kimbrough WR - Da’Shawn Martin OL - Junior Diallo OL - Jamarcus Hill DT - Thomas Aden LB - Canaan Williams CB - Joel Boamah S - Joel Cordoba MIAMI HS Signees: (18) QB - Andrew Bellisari RB - Chancellor Sparks RB - Ike Steward WR - Justen Hodge WR - William Pressley WR - Tristan Reed WR - Scoop Smith OL - Zach Holtgren OL - Dominik Kosznicki DL - Mohamed Bangoura DL - Isaiah Harris DL - London Shackleford-Vickroy LB - Brody Sink LB - Ryan Stolarski DB - Easton Jointer DB - Amir Morelan DB - Tommy Theis K - Brady Stidham JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (16) QB - David McComb = Kansas RB - Rodney Nelson = Monmouth RB - Cade Yacamelli = Wisconsin WR - Maleek Huggins = Bethune-Cookman WR - Devin Hyatt = Arizona WR - Damarion Witten = Ohio State OL - Devontae Armstrong = Ohio State OL - Brain Beidastch = Duquesne OL - Evan Malcore = Northern Illinois OL - Shaun Shahu = Saginaw Valley State (DII) DT - Marcus Moore = Purdue LB - Blayne Myrick = South Alabama LB - CJ Young = Kent State CB - Mason Ellens = Iowa State S - Ben Minich = Notre Dame S - Dillon Tatum = Northwestern Portal Departures: (12) WR - Kam Perry (1st Team All-MAC) = Colorado OL - Drew Terrill (2nd Team All-MAC) = Houston DE - Adam Trick (1st Team All-MAC) = Texas Tech WR - Cole Weaver = Syracuse DE - Josh Lukusa = Missouri State DB - Koy Beasley = Kansas State DB - Khory Moss = Akron LS - Hudson Powell = Auburn RB - Tito Glass DE - Jayden Fuller DE - Jameil Hamm DB - Luke Evans OHIO HS Signees: (17) RB - James Kelly WR - Zach Hackleman WR - Marcus Hughbanks WR - Kaden Page OL - Colton Crosley OL - Danny Fortson OL - Mike Montgomery OL - Job Maverick OL - Drayden Pavey DE - Troy Stiggers DT - Austin Adkins DT - Nate Hunt-Heller CB - James Brewer CB - Kindall Brown S - Brandon Jenkins S - Ryan Miller S - Malachi Taylor JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (17) QB - Matt Vezza = New Hampshire RB - Victor Rosa = UCONN WR - Preston Bowman = Kentucky WR - Ian Ver Steeg = Wake Forest TE - Jake Furtney = Illinois TE - Andrew Metzger = Kansas State OL - CJ Dawson = Gardner-Webb OL - Cassius Hulbert = Tiffin (DII) OL - Trumain Lawson = Long Island OL - Sandro Malicevic = Eastern Illinois DE - Tyler Gillison = Michigan State DE - Isaiah Street = Marian (NAIA) LB - Cody Raymond = Wisconsin DB - Barry Dillon = Incarnate Word DB - Darren James-Hamilton = Elon DB - KJ Sejour = Chattanooga DB - Eli Thompson = Holy Cross Portal Departures: (18) WR - Chase Hendricks (2nd Team All-MAC) = California TE - Mason Williams (3rd Team All-MAC) = Ohio State OL - Davion Weatherspoon (1st Team All-MAC) = Arkansas DE - Jay Crable (2nd Team All-MAC) = FAU WR - Rodney Harris = Oklahoma State TE - Nick Segarra = Furman OL - Ibrahim Kebe = UTSA DE - Anas Luqman = UCONN S - Jalen Thomeson = San Diego State QB - Parker Navarro (2nd Team All-MAC) OL - Jordan Jones (2nd Team All-MAC) QB - Tim Carpenter RB - Duncan Brune WR - Alfred Jordan OL - Aidan Johnson DE - Danny Novickas DT - Nehemiah Dukes K - David Dellenbach TOLEDO HS Signees: (12) WR - Seth Elchert OL - Preston Dazey OL - Jake Palucki OL - Vincenzo Pizzo DE - Mateo Kipke LB - Jah’keevi Garnett LB - Nathan Gersh LB - Brian Stovall LB - Sharard Vaughn CB - Martece Smith S - Ziiyahn Blair P - Hunter Probst JUCO Signees: Portal Verbals: (33) QB - Khamoni Robinson = Lenoir-Rhyne (DII) RB - Autavius Ison = Mercer RB - CJ Miller = Mercer RB - Corey Smith = Penn State WR - Rico Bond = Lindenwood WR - Adjatay Dabbs = Mercer WR - Kalvin Gilbert = Southeast Missouri State WR - Trenton Jones = Mercer WR - Anthony Simpson = Michigan TE - Ethan Malafa = Butler TE - Jake Newell = Akron TE - Peyton Strickland = New Hampshire OL - Ahmad Carwise = Gardner-Webb OL - Dominic Johnson = Georgia State OL - Luke Rector = Gardner-Webb OL - Dylan Senda = Auburn OL - Nick Thomas = Rhode Island DE - Zach Johnson = UAB DE - Ezra Odinjor = UAB DE - Ben Sahakian = Cornell DE - Andrew Zock = Mercer DT - Caden Camese = Mercer LB - Julian Fox = Mercer LB - Kari Jackson = Penn State LB - Isaac Prince = Mercer CB - Cam Jones = Holy Cross CB - Israel Petite = Robert Morris CB - KJ Thomas = Mercer S - Mo Conteh = Ohio Dominican (DII) S - Kaleb Hutchinson = Mercer S - Armorion Smith = Michigan State S - Donovan Watkins = Mercer K - Reice Griffith = Mercer LS - Max Allen = Mercer Portal Departures: (37) DE - Malachi Davis (3rd Team All-Conference) = Rutgers DT - Esean Carter (3rd Team All-MAC) = UCONN LB - Chris D’Appolonia (3rd Team All-Conference) = Syracuse LB - K’Von Sherman (1st Team All-MAC) = UCONN S - Braden Awls (1st Team All-MAC) = Iowa State QB - Kalieb Osborne = UCONN RB - Kenji Christian = UCONN RB - Shawn Simeon = UCONN WR - Julian Allen = UCONN WR - Javon Brown = UCONN WR - Kamren Flowers = UCONN WR - Zy’Marion Lang = UCONN WR - Ryder Treadway = UCONN WR - Jediyah Willoughby = UCONN TE - Sean Persson = UAB OL - Anthony Boswell = Houston OL - Raphael Greene = UCONN OL - Terrence Moore = UCONN OL - Cole Rhett = Baylor OL - Dominic Rivera = UCONN OL - Isiah Switzer = UCONN DE - Chamberlain Campbell = UCONN DE - Avery Dunn = UCONN DT - Carlos Hazelwood = Michigan State LB - Hudson Miller = Purdue LB - Rickey Williams = UCONN CB - DJ Kelly = James Madison CB - Tyler McKinstry = UCONN CB - Amare Snowden = Syracuse S - Braedyn Moore = UCONN S - Jayden Price = UCONN K - Robert Hammond = Kansas State LS - James Roe = Wisconsin TE - CC Ezirim OL - Stephen Gales OL - Maddox Marcotte DE - John Baker CB - Andrew Wilson-Lamp WESTERN MICHIGAN HS Signees: (16) QB - Jaxson Dosh RB - Donovan Triplett WR - Angelo Chapman WR - Harper Hughes WR - Elijah Lucas TE - Ryan Rocheleau OL - Ezra Newman-Nwodika OL - Ryan Westrich DE - Max Baker DE - Chris Stewart DT - Angelo Pugliano LB - Breck Mallory CB - Philip Johnson S - Trevon Collard S - Camari Patterson K - Zak Zeman JUCO Signees: (6) WR - Kordell Gouldsby TE - Enese Tonga OL - Gavin Beachner LB - Justyce Betts LB - Teegan Haines LB - Jermar McCarter Portal Verbals: (16) QB - Trey Petty = Illinois RB - AJ Green = Arkansas WR - Emazon Littlejohn = South Carolina TE - Nate Levicki = Presbyterian TE - Adam Parks = New Mexico State OL - Jacob Bailey = James Madison OL - Ben Roebuck = Michigan OL - Brandon Smith = Illinois State DE - Kedrick Burley = Keiser (NAIA) DT - Joshua Donald = Houston DT - Scoop Gardner = Long Island DT - Zavian Tibbs = Houston LB - Brenden Anes = Tennessee LB - DeJuan Echoles = Ball State DB - Camron Barber = Presbyterian S - Kouri Crump = VMI Portal Departures: (15) QB - Brady Jones = Oregon State DE - Joshua Lloyd = Austin Peay LS - RJ Todd = Oregon RB - Tre Hartwell RB - Devin Miles WR - Don-Ray Hall WR - Earnest McDaniel-Mitchell DE - Jordan Buckley DE - Popeye Williams DT - Marcel Tyler LB - Derek Pennington DB - Fitzroy Ledgister DB - Jason Mitchell DB - Isaiah Paul DB - Versie Walker UMASS HS Signees: (21) QB - Aedan McCarthy RB - TK Davis RB - Justin Lewis WR - Drew Alsup WR - Tavian Dashiell WR - David Moore WR - Kai Owens TE - Matthew Tybor OL - Will McNamara OL - Ben Noome DE - CJ Amobi DE - Donovan Murphy DL - Robert Ekins DL - Samuel Mulbah LB - Moritz Strempel DB - David Chiavegato DB - Terron Johnson DB - Ted Mondesir DB - Kareem Pruitt DB - Corey Warner K - Seamus McIntyre JUCO Signees: (1) CB - Chris Stanley Portal Verbals: (24) QB - RJ Johnson = Florida A&M QB - Pop Watson = Virginia Tech RB - Jordan Washington = Murray State RB - Justin Williams-Thomas = Marshall WR - Joe Griffin = Wisconsin WR - Randall King = Campbell WR - Devin Matthews = East Texas A&M OL - Greg Klingensmith = William & Mary OL - Greg Knox = McNeese State OL - Aitor Urionabarrenechea = Colorado State DE - Zachary Betts = St. Francis DE - Andrew DePaepe = Indiana DE - William DePaepe = Indiana DE - Justin Krueger = William & Mary DT - Aubrey Melvin = UCONN DT - Zakar Morris = Albany DT - Kamarion Thomas = North Carolina LB - Khari Bendolph = Jacksonville State LB - Kendric Council = Saint Francis LB - Josh Iseah = NC A&T DB - Jahmad Harmon = Ball State DB - Isaiah Reed = UCF DB - Michael Robinson = Rutgers LS - Grant Mills = North Carolina Portal Departures: (21) QB - AJ Hairston = Merrimack QB - Grant Jordan = Oklahoma State RB - Cookie Desiderio = Temple WR - Jacquon Gibson (3rd Team All-MAC) = Virginia DE - Marques White (2nd Team All-MAC) = SMU RB - Brandon Hood = Southern Miss DL - David Onuoha = North Texas LB - Rashad Henry = UCF DB - Brennen Bailey = Lamar QB - Brandon Rose WR - Tyree Kelly WR - Kenyon Massey OL - Paul Tchio DL - Erik Hehl DL - Shambre Jackson DL - Malachi Madison DL - Jermaine Wiggins LB - Donovan Dyson LB - Nick Hawthorne DB - Kendall Bournes DB - Jeremiah McGill

It's a 4 year rolling average. I read up on it awhile ago and shared links to the website that lists all the APR scores when the news first broke. One of the years was laughably low and would make it near impossible to be compliant next season. I think that's the score that disappears at the end of next year.

S/o Vandy!! They deserve to be in the playoffs. My wife's alma mater and our cities home team.

Thought he showed potential, but it seemed clear he was on the staff’s bad side for reasons I am sure were legitimate. Think he’ll end up transferring down.

I thought he was done, but maybe not. Either way it's time to let him go with no chance of return. We need players who want to be here.

I’m pretty sure that was my takeaway when the news/numbers first came out. I believe they use some sort of rolling average and my thought at the time was we could get it up for next season, but we’d need close to a miracle. Understand we have money concerns, but I agree with Clark the time to fight it would be been when it was first announced. One less practice a week is a big deal, especially when we might be looking at dealing with it for 3 years (last year, this year, and next year). That’s a lot of lost development.

Strong company the Zips find themselves in.

They didn't qualify for a bowl because we were the only team in the country sanctioned due to a low multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) score.

😏 We are no longer in the MAC? Since when? They kicked us out?😏

Absolutely. The 2025 tournament has a particularly high PK rate so far - looks like 20% of results (8/40) were decided by PKs. I counted only 5 last year (and only 4 in 2023) and one was the semi between Denver and Vermont. Let's hope that PKs have had their moment and will now hibernate for the rest of winter.

St Mary of the Woods College and Mount Marty College. And Travis faces the always tough Indiana University East this evening. Probably a short drive for IUE to Oxford.

@MangoZip hit on some of the possible reasons. I’m no longer involved in the recruiting scene, but if I had to guess, it’s probably either grades or that most of those offers aren’t actually on the table anymore. He also may have had someone in his ear telling him to go somewhere he can play early and be developed. Honestly, that’s some of the best advice a high school recruit can get in today’s setup if they aren’t already in line to receive a decent NIL package. Regardless, he looks like a playmaker and could see the field with some refinement. I also suspect he’s not really 185 lbs.

Shout-out to VB for all the hard work and being in the thick of things down the stretch. Sounds like we have a good foundation going forward.

Agree, he had to have very limited options when he committed to Akron. Those big offers likely came very early in the recruiting process and are non existent today. Many possible reasons - poor camp performance, high school film wasn’t as good as expected, grades, getting in trouble, coaching changes, etc., all possible reasons. Bottom line is that no kid is going to Akron if they had committable offers at Penn State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Miami, Georgia etc etc. It just doesn’t happen.

Troy lost to West Georgia last night, dropping Kent's NET down to 165. Bowling Green is up to 63 in NET, putting them one spot behind Ohio State for the 2nd highest ranked school in Ohio.

I have to believe that's the MO for a lot of sub 4- or 5-star HS seniors. P5 programs are loading up on established transfers and stealing seasoned guys from G5's, so 3-star incoming Fr.'s need to go to the minor leagues for a year or two if they want to see the field (rather than redshirt, or see spot duty). Then they can ditch us.

Marv Levy is one of Coe's famous alumni. A few years ago, Fred Jackson played in the NFL. That would be like someone from Hiram making the jump!

Apprentice lost to Howard by 36 tonight. Coe College came within 2 points of hitting the magical 36 point plateau against Northern Iowa,

Now Nate knows what it feels like to lose to Bowling Green. 4 big points for ole Nate.

Strikes me as something where the guy is a boozer or was banging a student. I'd say he may have accidentally misgendered a student, but his firing would have been immediate.

On ESPN+ Bowling Green is leading Kansas State 31-24 at the under 8. I never saw until now but playing with Nate at KSU is “the fat man” Marcus Johnson

NET rankings have been released. Akron currently sits at #42. Others of note. UB - #87 Miami - #108 BGSU - #111 Toledo - #150 Kent State - #157 https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/47272

The MAC is HQ’d in Cleveland. Hope they do it.

Congratulations to these excellent student athletes

Come on I was waiting for someone else to praise Bassitt. Another scoreless inning (has given up one hit in the postseason) with two strikeouts. Would have been the winning pitcher had Toronto been able to complete their comeback (runners on 2nd and 3rd with none out and score no runs is pretty rough) to be the pitcher that got the win in the clinching World series game. Darn it.