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John was inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame ❤️

I feel the expanded playoffs has more to do with it. Before each regular season game was a playoff matchup. To leave yourself any margin of error you also had to schedule tough. Now with this inclusive playoff structure teams can afford that early season unexpected loss to a Minnesota, Purdue, etc. Teams also no longer have to schedule challenging OOC opponents and have little incentive to since as long as they're in a P4 conference and have 2 or fewer losses they're in. Defending national champion Indiana is a prime example of that. Unless you're an Indiana fan who wants to watch them beat Indiana State, Old Dominion, and Kennesaw St. by a combined score of 156-46? It's only going to get worse with an expanded playoff as what's the point when 4 loss teams make the playoffs? Schools like OSU only play 3-4 "good" teams a year and if they lose each of those games they can still make the playoffs. Makes it hard to get excited for an OSU-Oregon regular season match-up when the stakes are reduced.

I was surprised by Bunch coming out also as he's rarely come out this year. I would suspect it was injury related and if so, I hope it's nothing major as he's been great this season, in my opinion.

QB: Noah Kim is playing well in what is presumably his final season. The former Michigan State and Coastal Carolina transfer started his collegiate career in 2020. Kim has thrown for 1,187 yards and 8 touchdowns against 3 interceptions while completing nearly 63% of his passes. Kim is excellent when his isn’t pressured, completing almost 69% of his passes, compared to just 38% when pressured. RB: EMU will utilize three different backs depending on the situation, with sophomore Amareon Blue and seniors Joey Mattord and Braydon Bennett all seeing significant playing time. Blue has been the main man as of late, rushing for 309 yards and 3 touchdowns on 60 attempts. WR: Senior Benson Prosper and sophomore Harold Mack have become the focal points following the injury to All-MAC receiver Nick Devereaux. The duo has combined for 47 receptions for 525 yards and 3 touchdowns. If Devereaux returns, he’ll make the passing game even more dangerous. TE: All-MAC selection Joshua Long and senior Tanner Lemaster handle most of the snaps at tight end. Unlike most tight ends, Long is a legitimate threat in the passing game, as he already has 22 receptions on the year. OL: The offensive line has been pretty good in pass protection, giving up only 8 sacks on 205 attempts. However, they have been inconsistent when it comes to run blocking. LT - Tyler Brumfield (6’6 305) (Sr.) LG - Guzzy Kayed (6’3 316) (Jr.) - Transfer from St. Francis C - Nicholas Gallegos (6’3 294) (Gr.) RG - Dennis Strey (6’7 312) (Gr.) RT - Elijha Payne (6’6 315) (Sr.) - Transfer from Delaware State DL: Sophomore Quincey Byas and seniors Carter Evans and Ronn Hardin are the main edge threats. The trio has combined for 4.5 sacks. Seniors Peyton Christian, Makhi Gilbert, Joseph Oluwayemi handle the majority of snaps on the interior. LB: Junior Elgin McDuffey and senior Zach Mowchan are the starters at linebacker. Mowchan leads the team with 50 total tackles, while McDuffey has amassed 23 total tackles. DB: Junior Caleb Dobbs starts at one corner with JUCO transfer Rayquan Adkins on the opposite side. All-MAC defensive back Bryce Llewellyn is the starting nickleback. Seniors Juan Salas and Davion Williams fill out the safety spots. ST: Junior Rudy Kessinger has made 5 of 8 field goals and 16 of 17 extra points. Junior Daniel Hull is averaging 43 yards a punt with a long of 60 yards. Keys on Offense: Stay on the field and ride Gant and Patrick as much as possible. Limiting EMU’s opportunities will be important. Their offense can be inconsistent, but they did enough to put away a seemingly improved UMASS squad, and no Zip fan wants to see our secondary on the field against a pass heavy offense any longer than necessary. Keys on Defense: Find a way to get off the field. The “bend but don’t break” philosophy has been completely broken the past two games and needs to be corrected. Things can’t get worse from here, so the only two ways to go are to either improve or continue to make the same mistakes. Final Thoughts: Nothing about this matchup screams win for this Akron squad. However, I’m sticking with my preseason prediction of an Akron win. EMU is on their second consecutive road game and coming off a high of beating a UMASS squad that seemed to be pretty good. This is a prime let down spot for EMU, and the Zips are due for a rebound game.

This is just anecdotal from my years of following college soccer, but to me, it seems like the usually view a tie against a top-25 team as better than a win against an unranked team. Of course, it depends on the circumstances (who was at home, how good is the unranked team, etc). I don't think they take into account stats such as shots, possession, etc much; it usually just seems to be based on results. I've seen Akron dominate matches and end in a draw and drop down significantly in the rankings.

Brain fart. Thank you!

Yes, Georgetown lost on the road 3-2 to Maryland. Great crowd for that game. I watched on TV. Maryland is VERY good!

Can we also acknowledge the Syracuse goalie? Dude has some of the most unconventional play style I've ever seen

Catching up with how Chris is doing… https://www.camdenchat.com/baltimore-orioles-analysis/71248/orioles-player-review-chris-bassitt

Let's be honest as well - Lunardi isn't exactly doing deep dives into the MAC in September/October. "Who won the MAC last year? Akron? 14 seed it is."

Something else that is drastically missing with the player's is the lack of intensity, enthusiasm, determination, grit, intestinal fortitude and whatever other words you can think of. I attribute most, if not, all of that to JoeMo's lack of it.

There are two trains of thought when it comes to the football program. #1 is that we don't have much NIL, we don't have other resources, we're a historically bad program, and there's not much anyone can do to change that. #2 acknowledges we don't have much NIL or other resources, that we're a historically bad program, and that it's going to be really freaking hard to change that...but that with the right coach, it can be done. In everything I've seen and heard from Andrew Goodrich, I'd bet he falls in group #2. What that means for Moorhead, I do not know. But I don't think Goodrich thinks this is hopeless. Just not how ge seems to be built, and I love that about him as our AD.

I'm pretty certain they didn't look externally. The ink wasn't dry on the resignation letter and they hired him. I don't know if he is a good coach or not. I do know it is good for organizations to look outside of the organization for talent even if the hire ends up being internal.

Akron is already operating it's program at an FCS budget, but are getting FBS revenue doing it. What costs would actually be saved by dropping? 22 scholarships? Those are mainly just intercompany transfer dollars anyway. The marginal cost of educating and housing 22 additional students is much less than what the University charges the athletic department. Dropping down to FCS isn't going to magically fill the stands. YSU isn't filling their stadium and their stadium is smaller than Infocision.

Not that we know anything about a boondoggle athletic facility.