kreed5120

I knew of them giving players extra eligibility, but missed them raising the scholarship cap temporary. I kind of tuned out of college athletics during covid so I haven't stayed current on the rule changes. I really only started getting back into it the last few weeks. About when I started posting here again.

I don't think there are Dambrot haters outside of maybe 1-2 trolls. Anything that might have been perceived as Dambrot hate was mostly Akron fans retaliating against posters who masqueraded as Akron fans for a dozen years, but in reality were Dambrot fans who immediately abandoned the program and crapped on the university the second he left.

How is that possible? FBS caps scholarships at 85. Anytime there is a coaching change, especially one that brings in a new scheme, there is going to be some turnover. You see it everywhere and not just at the college level. When a new defensive coordinator switches from a 4-3 base defense to a 3-4 they need plyers with a different skillset to fit needs. Not all 4-3 DE can make the switch to a 3-4 LB. I'd expect 30 new faces on next years roster and an additional 30 new faces the year thereafter. That equates to about a 51% roster turnover

I feel the big difference is Bowden took 20 years off from coaching. That's a pretty significant gap as the game has changed a ton from the 90s compared to now. Not to mention many of the connections you may have had in the recruiting trail would have retired. Also, I don't recall Bowden getting interest from anyone outside of Akron when he was at North Alabama. Consensus I've heard pretty much everywhere is that Moorhead could have held off for something better, but wants to be here.

Year 5 Moorhead poached by Pittsburgh and Akron reverts back to being 2-10

Toledo if I remember right got Willie Jackson from Mizz as he transferred midseason and they had a scholarship to spare. I believe he still had to sit out the remainder of the season, but he was able to help them the next year.

I went and found an article. It looks like the real number was 26 out of the 105 players on the roster. Some were walk-ons. https://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wku/portal-to-success-wkus-approach-to-building-team-pays-off/article_1d7fc788-8bf8-500a-91a4-6158d570b117.html Edit: Also, not all buy games are the same. If you're good enough to win the MAC, you have a decent chance of upsetting a team like Maryland. I actually like games against programs like Maryland, Nebraska, Illinois, etc. as you have nothing to lose by playing, but if you upset them you have tons to gain. It's when you start playing OSU, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame that you kind of are just penciling in losses.

WKU I heard had something in the neighborhood of 32 transfers this past offseason. Last year they had the 8th worst offense in all of FBS using ypg as the metric. This season after the influx of talent they got from the transfer portal they finished the regular season as the #2 offense in the country by ypg.

This team doesn't have a LCJ that you can count on to put up 20+ points on a nightly basis. This team needs to be an offense by committee where everyone chips in and you ride the hot hand on a night to night basis. We really can't afford to have non-factors on the offensive end playing. During the LCJ, Xeyrius, Cheese, Banks days we could get away with that as we had enough offensive firepower elsewhere that playing Riak for his defense even though he was an offensive liability worked. We don't have that luxury now.

Honestly, I don't think Walton was a good fit for this team. We just don't have the perimeter shooters on this roster to be able to get zero floor spacing from a guard. Having KJ and Tribble on the floor at the same time is like playing offense 4 vs 5 as teams know don't have to guard either on the perimeter. It makes it easy for them to double team Freeman in the low post to force him to pass out of a post up and prevent driving lanes to the hoop.

Biggest bail out was probably Marshall putting up a shot with 5-6 seconds on the clock with the game tied and the shot clock turned off. Even if Freeman wouldn't have been fouled there 3.5-4 seconds would have given the Zips tons of time left to get a decent shot off. Just very poor clock management by Marshall.

1 of their players is fouled out and 4 have 4 fouls. That should do well for us if we force OT

We should just take it to the hoop here then foul. They're still in the 1 and 1 so we might be able to get them to miss the front end.

Transition defense even after makes has been bad. Marshall has kept us sleeping too much by pushing it on makes when we're too relaxed. It's led to quite a few uncontested pull up 3's and some layups.

Trimble 5-7 from beyond the arc. The rest of the Zips a combined 0-6. Will be interesting to see if Marshall starts daring non-Trimble Akron players to make 3's in the second half.

You just had to jinx them didn't you?

I doubt anyone who starts at Oregon would follow Moorhead to Akron. If we get anyone it will likely be players who are buried on the depth chart who Moorhead promises playing time too. Those players would still be a big upgrade over what we have on the roster currently.

You must not have watched the Browns vs Ravens game this past Sunday night when he was returning kickoffs to the 15 yard line...

I graduated Akron in 2012 and have attended maybe only a handful of football games since graduating. I'll be on the phone Monday inquiring about season tickets if this deal goes through this weekend. I'd say it would be Akron's first real commitment towards trying to win since Infocision was built.

Furthermore, when you're in a hospital bed facing a near death experience you probably realize being around friends and family is more important than money. Particularly when you already will be making a comfortable living either way.

I read Frye made 125k at CMU as OC and that NFL QB coaches on average make around 200k. If Moorhead wants him on the staff I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.

I'd like to see Irons stay. He's the kind of dual threat QB that would fit an Oregon style offense. I feel Akron had some talent at the skilled positions that would be nice to keep. Overall, I would expect to keep anyone who wants to be here. Naturally many guys will want to transfer and it's impossible to replace 85 guys in 1 season. I doubt anyone noteworthy from the staff gets retained. Moorhead will want his own coaches that fit his offensive and defensive scheme. It would be nice if he could bring some grad transfers that are buried on Oregon's depth chart. Ideally someone on the offensive line or anywhere on the defense.

If the cost for an unproven guy like Arth is 600k then paying something like 800k for a proven commodity like Moorhead seems reasonable.

Pass on Ferentz. Iowa more so wins games with their defense and not their offense.

Moorhead is currently making $1,150,000 as Oregon OC. That would be about double what Arth was making. I'm not opposed to him as getting a former P5 head coach who has connections to high school coaches in western PA and Ohio from his time in the area would be a plus. Just seems too good to be true given the state of the program and our limited resources.