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Give @Hilltopper and @clarkwgriswold a 2 million dollar accordion and tell me how melodic the tunes are when they squeeze it. Getting 2 million dollars in NIL money can be easy. Finding players that are worth a damn is a different story. The Mets had a massive payroll and stink this year. The Browns threw a bajillon dollars at a QB who couldn’t possibly have had more red flags. The Zips have gone 0-11 when they were playing with the same budget as the other MAC programs. Today we’re actually better than some teams that are outspending us. Joe is looking at a very realistic 6-6 season, where he’s had an on/off trading table to feed his Division 1 athletes, he was not allowed to travel and recruit this spring, he lost his on-line recruiting subscriptions, has the smallest staff and budget in D-1, allowed 25% fewer practices than his competition…one could argue this season is as miraculous as any in Zips history. This staff is here because they believe in Akron. Brookhart’s kids were born here. Moorhead is from less than 2 hours away and really values being close to family over a fat contract. Ferri is a local guy who loves being back in NE Ohio. Tibesar is a wizard when in comes to scheming to outwit opposing offenses with a random assortment of mercenary talent. Hope the AD doesn’t blow this and tell Joe he needs to win 7 games or he’s out next year. Support this staff who’s worked miracles in 2025 and see how it plays out. If we lose to Kent this week I have no problems accepting ridicule. But we won’t. Football is interesting and fun again. Go Zips! 🦘💪🏽

Awesome crowd of Zips fans celebrating with our team in Omaha!!!

There was some absolute dirty play by Creighton during this game that wasn't called. Now I'd like to see them out of the Big East tournament entirely.

So many players had big games....... Captain Daragh Reilly might have had his best game in a zips uniform. Matthew Paiva was also awesome in back. Credit to the zips coaching staff. They changed the momentum of the game in the first half when they substituted Jack Sullivan for Remi. Stefan is so versatile. Stefan was able to move to the forward position and that allowed Thomas O'Rourke and Jack Roman to excel as the outside wingers. Phenomenal improvement this year for both Thomas and Jack. The coaching staff made a great decision at half time to stick with Stefan up top and the 2 youngsters at wingers. Jack Sullivan and Tyler Morck both made some excellent passes during the game. I liked the coaching staff decision late in the game to bring in another strong defender (Jamai Royer). Great game by the players and the coaching staff. Stefan Dobrijevic has to be selected to the Big East first team all conference. Stefan has had a great senior season. 11 shutouts this year for Mitch. Best keeper in the Big East. Finally, while I thought that several Creighton players (esp. #7 and #11) were thuggish and cry babies.....I do have to give Creighton broadcasters credit for interviewing Thomas O'Rourke and Coach Embick after the game.

Heck of a time for it!

Nice stadium with crap turf. I'll take our immaculate grass field.

Akron would lose out in a 3 way tie with UConn and Providence.... Under the scenario, you mention.........Akron needs St. John's to win as well as Seton Hall and Georgetown Akron would claim the 4th spot in a 4 team tie Let's make all of this moot !!!!! Beat Creighton !!!!

Meh. Sit on the sideline with the team & heaters.

Time for some UConn payback (maddening we have not beaten them in conference yet) and then returning the favor on Georgetown when we were the #1 seed and 7-0-1 in confidence last year. Let's go Zips!

Also - John Groce is a freaking legend. We are lucky to have him.

Is that the year we got ran off the field by Toledo in Detroit? Going to the MAC championship with some college buddies was a fun experience regardless of result. We haven’t had much to enjoy being a Zips football fan, so I’ll take what I can get. If either Wyoming or UAB can pull off an upset, they are bowling. Even if not, im not sure they’re that much worse than other middling conference teams, and I think we’re better now. If we lose to the top teams (Miami, Toledo), have a winning record against decent teams (CMU, Buffalo, Ball State), and sweep the floor with the teams we’re supposed to beat, I’d say we’re a good team that deserves to play in a bowl.

Best Zips’ overall performance this season.

Creighton is a good team, no doubt. They have one of the best stadiums in the country, but not surfaces. They are also riddled with thugs and cry babies. They are not as quality of a program as I once thought. How sweet it was to win the division at their place, in front of their fans and end their season. Go Zips! on to the BE tournament and a high seeding in the NCAA's.

What a team what a game!

Payback for basketball 2 seasons ago. Such a dirty team. Enjoy staying home, Creighton! Go Zips!

Congrats Zips! You just ended Creighton's season. The Big East tournament will be Georgetown, Akron, Connecticut and Providence.

DIVISION CHAMPS WHAT A GAME

Thomas O'Rourke's 1st goal for the Zips!!!

On my part, I don't remember attending any noon games in person. Maybe watched a few on TV from home.

I could really play a $2,000,000 kazoo or vuvuzela.

And a lot of our guys seem to be "falling". Lot of contact being allowed.

We have a nice stadium compared to many schools but this Creighton stadium is next level. My goodness.

nice to see Remi back in the starting lineup full season Starter Jose Pedro is not in lineup

UMass also just hired the AD from Rhode Island to be their 2nd AD for them. They're pretty much paying him ~$380k to just oversee football operations. Their current AD will oversee the other sports. They're very much stepping up financially to try to compete on the field. Hopefully the UMass football coach is as inefficient at spending his war chest of money as Frank Martin has been with his.

Monster game from Lyles. Super impressed by his development. If he can play like this all season we're going to be a problem.

Evan is incredibly athletic

And yet there team work/chemistry does not at all seem to be an issue. The post-NIL skillset that is most important for a coach arguably entails being able to bring a completely new roster into a cohesive team in a matter of months. I already miss the days of four-year players.

Evan Mahaffey looking really good so far.