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  2. Zips @ BGSU — Feb 9 at 7 pm

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    42 minutes ago, RowdyZip said:

    Going into the season, I figured BG and Buffalo would battle for the basement in the East.  Both having new coaches and SIGNIFICANT turnover, I didn't see either competing.  In fact, I thought BG was easily headed for a 20 loss season. They've surprised a lot of folks after a quick start (4-1 in the MAC, I believe), but have faded since (1-5, last 6). These guys are the definition of "middle of the pack" and there's no gimmes, especially on the road in a parity-ridden MAC.

     

    BGSU took advantage of an easy early MAC schedule to start 3-1 and have gone 1-5 since. They perhaps have the most brutal MAC schedule remaining as their final 8 games Akron 2x, UB 2X, NIU, Can't, OU, and their only MAC bottom feeder left WMU. I see them finishing MAC play going 6-12 and being 1 of the bottom 3-4 teams.

  3. 2016 National Signing Day

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    Posted · Edited by kreed5120

    42 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

    Woodson needs pushed, so maybe Bowden brings in a 5th year transfer to compete. It's either that, or we cross our fingers that Woodson stays healthy.

     

    I don't see a 5th year transfer QB going to a school that has an established starter. I'm expecting Kato to be redshirted. If Woodson goes down and none of the other QBs on the roster can perform, it's not like they can't burn his redshirt.

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  5. Top 50 Ranking

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    11 hours ago, zipnetter55 said:

    Iona is currently 12-9 and 2nd in the Metro Atlantic,with wins over Drexel,Marist, Manhattan and St.Peters,so our 14 pt win over them on a neutral court helps. UCSB is currently 9-11 and tied for 5th in the Big West and they have wins over Washington and Iona-don't know how much our 14 pt win over them helps.

     

    Don't forget Marshall is sitting at #3 in C-USA with a 8-3 conference record. We just need to keep winning to boost our potential March Madness seed. Right now Lunardi has us slotted as a 14th seed and facing MSU in round one. With a strong finish I feel a 10th or 11th seed is attainable, which would put us in a much better position to get our 1st March Madness win.

     

    It's fun to speculate about an at-large bid, but I don't want to put our tournaments hope in the hands of the selection committee. Odds are even if we did manage to pull off an at-large bid, we would get placed in one of those play-in games. Our goal should be to win the MAC tournament.

  9. 2016 National Signing Day

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    Posted · Edited by kreed5120

    I feel recruiting rankings carry more weight at the top and become more meaningless the further down you go. It's kind of easy to pick out those blue chip studs that everyone is salivating over. It's much harder separating the 150th corner from the 200th corner. Half of Akron's recruits weren't even scouted enough to be given grades. Whose to say some of those guys aren't 2* or 3* players that just happened to be overlooked?

     

    Edit: Let's hold off judging this class until we actually see some of these guys take the field.

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  10. CMU @ Zips — Feb 5 at 8 pm

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    39 minutes ago, tpsjugglerdude said:

     

    We should never look past Can't, especially on the road. Rivalry games always bring the best out of certain players. Do I think we will lose? No, but I think that should be one of our most challenging games remaining. 

     

    It very well could be. I'm not ready to mark down any of these games as a guaranteed "W" besides Miami, who I admit I'm already looking past. Ken+ looks a little lost since they lost Pollard. The game @Ken+ is still 2+ weeks away so they have a chance at righting the ship beforehand. Getting Jaylin Walker back healthy would be a good start for them.

  11. 2016 National Signing Day

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    20 minutes ago, zipsoutsider said:

    Bell and Gilbert are likely to be big impact players. I am not at all worried about LB.

     

    I'm looking at the Zips 2015 roster and I'm counting 9-11 linebackers listed (2 are listed at multiple positions and I subtracted Lane who is still listed as a LB). 3 of those were seniors and 2 of them will be seniors this year. For depth alone it would make sense to add a couple. I don't want to go into next offseason with potentially only 4 LBs on the entire roster.

  13. CMU @ Zips — Feb 5 at 8 pm

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    I don't want to count the chickens before they hatch, but the Zips final stretch run doesn't look as challenging as it did 1-2 weeks ago. 4 of the Zips final games are against BG, who isn't good, and Ken+, who just lost their 3rd leading scorer, best 3 point shooter, and team leader in assists. A big blow for a team that has struggled from long distance even with Pollard. From there we have CMU, NIU, UB, and OU, and MIA. I'm ready to mark MIA down as a win and NIU has looked very exposed after a hot start. Our 3 most challenging games remaining are CMU, UB, and OU. All of which are at home.

     

    I don't expect Akron to run the table, but I feel we are set up nicely for a strong finish.

  18. Zips @ Ball State — Jan 30th

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    Yeah, I agree with skip-zip on bracketology. I like to follow it more for seeding purposes. There won't be any discretion in picking the MAC team that makes the tournament. Either you win the MAC tournament and you're in or you lose and are forced to settle for a lesser tournament. Now if MAC teams, in particular Akron, began entering the conversation as an at-large team, I would be more interested.

  20. 2016 Recruiting

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    24 minutes ago, LZIp said:

    when looking at the size of the recruiting class, we need to keep in mind that it seems Bowden has greyshirted approximately 5 or so in every class. So at one point, Bowden should theoretically have a small class to "catch up" instead of greyshirting recruits every year. A recruit really would only want to greyshirt if they have nowhere else to go.

    As a counter point you also have to remember that the Zips target a lot of JUCO and transfer players. Kevin Gladney is coming to the Zips and only has 2 years of eligibility left. You can bring in 2.5 Keven Gladneys over the course of 5 years compared to 1 RS freshman recruit over the same time frame. The Zips should be able to sign 20-25 players per year as they tend to cycle thru players quicker than an average program.

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