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I think the offseason priorities are: 1.) Bring in a grad transfer QB, or some seasoned guy with a decent track record who perhaps got squeezed out by a young phenom. 2.) Need a couple seasoned OL's. Easier said than done, but we need a couple more solid guys that we've presently got. 3.) Identify an returning player to be the #2 QB. Develop him. Quickly. 4.) Find your 2024 kicker. We can't have a 3-kicker rotation again. 5.) Replace Lingard and Anderson with someone good. Maybe Kellom is one? 6.) Get Alex Adams back on the field. 7.) Keep Tibesar. 8.) Find another groomable young QB if the ones on the roster aren't going to work out. Don't hang on to a recruiting mistake...move on. 9.) Get better in short yardage situations. Much better. 10.) Make the fans happy. They've been through a brutal stretch. 7 D1 wins in 6 years is unfathomable. Our 2023 offense was unwatchable. Beg, borrow, steal...do whatever you can to post a winning record in 2024. The days of 0-, 1, or 2-win seasons are over. We had a defense good enough to win 6 or 7 games this year. And the worst offense in memory.

This game just sums up the season. Terrible play calling in short yardage situations, the obligatory Cuff interception, stupid penalty that prolongs a drive or negates a fumble recovery, defense playing well enough to win but the offense sucks so bad that give it up. And we keep wondering why Lindgard does not get the ball more.

On Sunday you can catch Wichita State playing Friends University.

Sharron signed.

Joe's stubborness to go under center bites us in the ass once again. The numbers don't like. QB sneak in that situation is nearly unstoppable.

Do we not have any plays where the quarterback can line up under center?

Looking at the slate today, the best one that I see is Norfolk State playing "Apprentice School". After further investigation, the Apprentice School Builders have a basketball roster of 16 and the most popular major on that team is Shipfitter.

No matter where I am. No matter what I'm doing. No matter which forum I'm perusing. I can't get this thought out of my head either.

Ohio just wanted it more tonight.

Pretty sure Groce's roster is set for the season

Top Drawer soccer is showing that Akron women's soccer has added a new commitment for 2025 If I go back to a post that I did on October 9th, it looks like the most recent commitment is Addison Hall, a midfielder from Connecticut FC https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-soccer-details/women/akron/clgid-128/tab-commitments#sectionblock

Would you please stop being so damn subtle and just say what you want to say? 🤣

I live in Wilmington, NC. I fully endorse this wish.

I can't imagine a situation in which I would support, root for the Kittens and their rude, obnoxious, low-rent fans. I could vomit just looking at that color green they wear. Same for PCCC @ Streetsboro. But you gotta love the guys at Over the Pylon. They are funniest forum especially compared to the mind-numbing Kitten Attack. https://overthepylon.boards.net/thread/5306/wrath-mike-cont

Players on a 2-8 team getting consistently throttled should not celebrate or talk $h!+ when they make a play that they should make. Okay, not that that's off my chest I will go back to chasing the kids off of my lawn.

Joe Dunn in a good dude and very professional. He just doesn't have much to work with in terms of on-field competence.

The defense played very well all things considered as they only gave up 236 total yards. It was a shame that our offense returned to its poor form right on cue and gave them so little help. It was a shame too because they had some good drives but came away with nothing to show for them.

This program is in good hands. The change in leadership was needed and will pay off.

F the MAC. F Kent. This conference does nothing for us and I refuse to root for it and our rivals. I want misery for their programs and fan bases. Sue me (don't actually; shaht aht Brett Favre).

Hate to say it. This is bad coaching. From the offensive play calling to the clock management. I feel sorry for our Defensive players. Completely opposite of what I expected from JoMo.

WHY WE NOT RUNNING THE BALL

Give the ball to Lingard and we move the ball. Why does the staff have to relearn this every game.

Darrien Lewis is so good.

The officials made this game about them and now it looks rigged

I don't know for sure if Thomas touched it out of bounds, but you sure couldn't tell. What bullshit.

The ULM football team is 0-6 in the Sun Belt. The basketball team is projected to be dead-last. Not a party being their Marketing or Athletic Director at this time.

Tonight begins the Battle for the Belt. The new challenge put in place by the Sun belt and MAC. We need to root for all the MAC teams (even the thunder bolts) to help boost the MAC in the March Madness and CBI rankings. Troy vs Ohio tonight and KSU tomorrow. We have a thread for us and the rest are Saturday. Fly the flag🏴‍☠️

After games were completed...as of October 29th, the zips were #30 in RPI. With the results of games played from October 30 to Nov. 3, the zips had dropped to #35 in RPI (before they took the field at Xavier).. The zips RPI percentage as of Saturday morning Nov. 4...was .5582 After losing to Xavier on Saturday night, the zips dropped to #38 in RPI RPI percentage dropped almost a full point down to .5488. Yesterday was not a good day for teams that played the zips during the season. The zips 3 strongest non league opponents were Notre Dame, FIU and Vermont. All 3 went belly up in their conference tournament quarterfinals. The zips really needed all 3 to win their leagues. Notre Dame was the top seed in the ACC tournament and they lost last night to #9 seed in ACC...Louisville. FIU lost in the American Athletic conference quarters to 5-7-3 Florida Atlantic Vermont lost in the American East conference quarterfinals to 6-7-4 NJIT as a result of those 3 tough non conference teams losing early, the ZIPS strength of schedule went down as of this morning, the RPI for the zips is #43 Zips RPI % is .5453 Davidson RPI is 44...they are still playing in their conference tourney...they would probably pass the zips with a semifinal win Yale is 47...they are still playing in their conference..they would probably pass the zips with a semifinal win From looking at the numbers, it looks like an RPI of 38 will be the last team in..... if there are 3 or 4 upsets in conference tourney, the last team could be an RPI of 34 or 35 23 conferences get automatic bids 25 at large selections. Pac-12 and West Conference are only 2 that don't do a tournament.... I will go alphabetically by conference....and then list the top remaining RPI teams....if the favorite wins the tourney numbers shown are RPI as of Monday moning American Athletic - semis on Nov. 9 28 Memphis vs. #4 SMU #101 Florida Atlantic vs #30 Charlotte 10-3-1 FIU is #27 and has 9-4-4 record conference will probably get 4 teams into tourney.... IF Florida Atlantic pulls off 2 more upsets, conference will get 5 teams American East - Semis on Nov. 8 #42 NJIT 7-7-4 vs #5 New Hampshire 124 Binghamton vs. #21 Bryant 14-1-2 Vermont is #24 and has 11-5-2 record if NJIT gets a non PK win over New Hampshire in the semis, I think that NJIT will get into tourney even if they lose in final to Bryant ACC - Semis on Nov. 8 14 Louisville vs. 26 Clemson 9 North Carolina vs. 22 Syracuse others certainly in tourney from ACC 2 Notre Dame 6 Virginia 12 Wake Forest 16 Duke 29 Pitt aCC will have 9 teams in tourney Atlantic 10 Semis on Nov. 8 85 Dayton vs. #44 Davidson 93 UMass vs #33 VCU 6-5-5 St. Louis is #35 ....lost on PK's to U Mass in quarters...St. Louis should make tourney unless there are 3-4 major upsets in the WAC, Colonial or Summit Fordham is probably on outside looking in for NCAA tourney...they are #45...lost 1-0 to VCU in quarters Atlantic Sun - semis tonight...1 bid league 141 Stetson vs 156 Bellarmine 129 Central Arkansas vs. 58 Lipscomb Big East - Semis November 9 55 UConn vs. #3 Georgetown #50 Xavier vs. #53 Providence Akron is #43 winner of Xavier vs. Providence could possibly pass zips in RPI with a semis win winner of Xavier -Providence game will have won 6 league games as opposed to 2 for Akron., if Georgetown wins the league, the Big east could only have 1 team in tourney Big South - Final Nov. 11 - 1 bid league 119 UNC Asheville vs. 88 High Point Big Ten Semis Nov. 8 56 Ohio State 6-6-5 vs. #39 Penn State 61 Michigan 5-5-7 vs. #32 Indiana on outside looking in...Northwestern led the league for most of year...they are 48 and won't make tourney Michigan State has very similar record to Akron 7-2-7....Michigan State also has win over Notre Dame Spartans are 59 in RPI If Indiana and Penn State win semis, they will both improve RPI Big West final Nov. 11 one bid league 67 UC Davis vs 70 UC Irvine Colonial final on Nov. 11 63 Monmoth vs. #8 Hofstra 12-3-4 Drexel is 49 with 9-2-5 record if Hofstra is upset in the final....that will lower the rPI for last team in ..as Hofstra will be in tourney Horizon semis on Nov. 9 - one bid league 157 IUPUI vs 127 Green Bay 161 Purdue Ft. Wayne vs 77 Oakland Ivy League - semis on Nov. 9 47 Yale vs 80 Harvard 105 Brown vs 41 Penn Penn and Yale should both rise in RPI with a win in semis Metro Atlantic - semis Nov. 9 - one bid league 52 Iona vs, 176 Manhattan 118 Siena vs 92 Rider Missouri Valley Conference - semis on Nov. 8 this is the league that W. Michigan, NIU and BGSU went to.....it will get more teams in tourney this year than the big east 98 N. Illinois vs. #20 Western Michigan 13-1-3 #34 UIC 11-4-3 vs. #23 Missouri State 10-2-3 if Northern Illinois were to win tourney, this league get 4 teams in Northeast Semis on Nov. 9 - one bid league 116 St. Francis vs. 160 Sacred Heart 112 LIU vs 91 Fairleigh Dickinson Ohio Valley Conference 183 Lindenwood vs. #46 SIU-E 14-0-3 197 Eastern Illinois vs 168 UIW SIU-E should win the tourney. If they did lose the finals on PK's , would the NCAA not give them a bid even though SIU-E would have no losses? if they lost finals on PK's , their record would be 15-0-4 Pac 12 - this is a league with no tourney 13 UCLA has 19 points with 5-0-4 record....one last game against San Diego State 25 Oregon State has 16 points with 4-1-4...they host Washington in last game 38 Cal plays at Stanford....if they win...Cal will jump in RPI 18 Stanford 40 Washington Washington is 5-6-6 and plays at Oregon State... if Washington ties or loses, they are sub .500 and won't make tourney if they get a straight out win, they will rise from #40 in RPI Patriot League - Semis Nov. 7 - one bid league 138 Colgate vs 79 Boston U 128 Lafayette vs. 62 Loyola MD So Conference - finals nov. 11 - one bid league 153 Mercer vs. 83 Furman Summit - Semis Nov. 9 #19 Denver 11-2-4 vs 134 Kansas City 60 Oral Roberts vs 151 Omaha Denver will be in tourney ...win or lose....an upset of Denver....would lower the last team in RPI Sun Belt - Semis Nov. 8 - super strong soccer league South Carolina was 5-8-3 before they upset top ranked Central Florida last night semis 101 South Carolina 6-8-3 vs. #7 West Virginia 13-1-4 #37 Kentucky 7-6-4 vs #1 Marshall 15-2-0 Kentucky has defeated West Virginia and Marshall in the latter part of the season other teams that could be in tourney Central Florida is now #10 in RPI after losing in conference quarters James Madison lost in conference quarters...they are #36 WAC - semis on Nov. 8 17 Seattle 12-2-3 vs 136 UNLV 114 Utah Tech vs 73 Cal Baptist similar to Summit league, Seattle is in tourney...if they are upset, the #38 and #37 teams in RPI are in trouble West Conference - no league tourney this is an interesting one...one league game left to play if San Diego stumbles in last game with loss or tie, Santa Clara could win league and 4 teams from WCC could get in 81 Santa Clara has 4-1-1 record in league 6-7-3 overall...plays Pacific 5-7-4 #31 San Diego is tied for league lead with 4-1-1 record 10-4-3 overall they play Gonzaga 3-8-6 San Diego beat Santa Clara 2-1...wins TB but if Santa Clara wins their game and San Diego ties.......Santa Clara gets NCAA tournament automatic berth #11 Portland is 4-2-0 and 11-4-0 ...they are in NCAA tourney our old friend Ryan Kingsford and Loyola Marymount are #15 in RPI...2-2-2 in league...at #15...LMU will get one of 25 at leage OK....what you want to see.......who will get 25 at large.... for all conferences....I assume that current Highest RPI teams wins tourney...I have UCLA and San Diego winning their leagues Atlantic coast conference - North Carolina is highest RPI team in semis 8 teams will get at large bids 1. Notre Dame - rpi of 2 2. Virginia 6 3. Wake Forest 12 4. Louisville 14 5. Duke 16 6. Syracuse 22 7. Clemson 26 8. Pitt 29 Pac 12 - assume that UCLA gets automatic berth 9. Oregon State - rpi of 25 10. Cal 38 - they could drop with loss to Stanford or go up with win 11. Stanford 18 Big 10 - assume that 32 Indiana and 39 Penn State play in finals...Indiana wins 12. Penn State - current rpi of 39...should improve if they beat Ohio State in semis if Ohio State and Michigan pull upsets in semis...Penn State is probably out of NCAA Sun Belt - super strong league...#1 Marshall is assumed to win tourney 13. West Virginia rpi of 7 14. Central Florida 10 15. James Madison 36 16. Kentucky 37 American East - a surprisingly strong conference...assume that #5 New Hampshire wins tourney 17. Bryant rpi of 21 18. Vermont 24 if #42 New Jersey Institute of Technology gets a clean win over #5 New Hampshire in semis (after NJIT upset Vermont in quarters), NJIT might get an at large bid even if they lose to Bryant in final West coast conference - I have San Diego getting automatic berth 19. Portland rpi of 11 20. Loyola MaryM 15 American Athletic - I have #4 SMU winning league 21. FIU rpi of 27 22. Memphis 28 23. Charlotte 30 Missouri Valley - I have #20 Western Michigan winning tourney 24. Missouri State rpi of 23 25. UIC 34 Atlantic 10 - I have #33 VCU winning league 26. St. Louis rpi of 35 Davidosn is currently 44...if they beat Dayton in semis and lose to VCU in league finals, Davidson should end the year higher than 44 I have listed 26 teams for 25 spots...as I do not know how #37 Kentucky, #38 Cal, #39 Penn State and #40 Washignton will do this week as I mentioned.....if these teams don't win their conference tourney, the last team in RPI will drop #3 Georgetown #8 Hofstra #17 Seattle #19 Denver what will committee do if #46 and undefeated SIU-E loses on tourney on penalties there will probably be upsets teams not shown in the 26 above......(could be on outside looking in) #40 Washington loser of #41 Penn vs. #47 Yale (if both win semis) #42 New Jersey Institute of Technology #43 Akron #44 Davidson (should improve with a win in A10 semis) #45 Fordham winner of #50 Xavier vs. #53 Providence (if winner loses to Georgetown in tourney final)

Gone were the max protect and 2 TE sets we ran last week. Back to the regular 11 and 10 personnel. In turn, the run game was an afterthought and the QBs were often pressured. Miami was credited with 20 total pressures, including 6 sacks. Whale of a game by the defense. Over and over they were asked to stand tall with poor field position and answered the call. Amos is a tough RB to keep contained and the defense did a great job with the exception of a few plays. They were also able to consistently put pressure on Smith and limit him in both rushing and passing. Not a game I expected to win at this point in the season, but there were opportunities that we couldn’t capitalize on. The two overturned turnover calls also hurt. We’ve underutilized Lingard almost all season and now we await his status after leaving the game with an injury. Definitely saw some frustration boiling over with the offense last night. That was first time I’ve seen multiple players display it throughout the game. One positive is that a few players have a shot at making an All-MAC team by season’s end - Nunnally, T. Jones, McCoy, Fish, Lewis. Maybe Gathings can sneak in on the offensive side depending on his final performances. QB - Undercuffler (Bullock) RB - Lingard (Anderson) (Kellom) WR - Gathings (Anderson) WR - George (Norton) WR - Walker (Golden) TE - Banks (Newell) LT - Chambers (Blanchard) LG - Frank C - T. Williams (Georges) RG - Lyons RT - N. Williams (Kindred) DE - Nunnally (L. Jackson) DT - Lavea (Moore) DT - T. Jones (Robinson) DE - Adler (A. Smith) LB - Fish (Griffin) LB - Cooper (McCoy) NB - Lewis CB - Tallandier (Golden-Nelson) CB - Durant S - N. Thompson S - C. Thomas (D. Johnson)

As I understood it, the second leg would match-up teams based off of NET rankings. I don't know if they would permit a rematch or not if the cards played out that way.

I assume their mascot is something like this?

They left it all on the floor.

Can’t be a Can’t alum. None would have a million dollars.

Thanks Z-Claws. I'm glad the sky is not falling. 😁 I would go with my best against OSU too. Competing against OU a day later is a good opportunity to build depth. I am very proud of how good our lady S & D team has been over the years. They are the best women's program on campus year in year out.

Is there ANY gut feel left in coaching or is it really necessary to spend a good chunk of a play clock reading off the entire left side of a Denny's menu ... only to call a play to a TE running laterally who would have been stopped for no gain? Come on, Joe! 3rd and 1, 4th and 1, 2nd and 3rd and goal ... never expected this.

This is by far the most boring/forgettable game of the Moorhead era. Never really feels like we’ve had a chance to win, haven’t necessarily done anything well, save for some good defense. Almost a carbon copy of last year’s Miami game. How much is ESPN wasting on this game? Throw in, Miami has one of their best teams of the last decade and the place looks and sounds like a ghost town.

So we had one quarter of joy last week…now back to your regularly scheduled programming…

army in 1991, ysu in 1993

As bad as Bullock is, he does look more confident so far. I like the throws down field too, but gotta give it to Lingard on first down there after a few positive carries.

Followed up with a nice pass. Maybe this will open up the offense a bit.

Get used to this ... Bobcats are really small w/no real size or presence inside. Loads of guards/wings however which points to a lot of press and trap, at least early in the season. Let's see how long into the season it holds up.

Tallandier and Thompson I believe. Martin is listed as a SR but i recall coach saying he has another year if he wants it.

Dante Jackson’s strong. He doesn’t raise his leg very high when he kicks & it still rockets off his foot.

Yeah, bad read on that one. But with Miami selling out against the run so far, I don’t hate the playcalling. Still sucks big time.

Lingard's reaction after the interception sure made it seem like it was.

We throw TOO much. They dropped their LB’s back. Need more rushes. Cuff should have handed that one off (if it was an option, and it probably was.)

Cuffy should've gave that to Lingard....

Thank the heavens we could last week

As a point of reference, here are the results of the Sun Belt Preseason Poll- 1. James Madison (7) - 176 2. App State (2) – 159 3. Old Dominion (1) - 154 4. Southern Miss - 148 5. Louisiana (2) - 136 6. South Alabama (2) - 129 7. Marshall - 119 8. Troy - 91 9. Arkansas State - 84 10. Texas State - 72 11. Georgia State - 69 12. Coastal Carolina - 59 13. Georgia Southern - 42 14. ULM – 32