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Would it be fair to assume that the reason our pass defense was #1 last season was because we were so bad at defending the run that teams didn't bother throwing the football?

With Deion leaving Jacksonville State I'm sure they can be eliminated from this list

I believe the last time a team went undefeated in MAC play was Cincinnati in the 1949-1950 season. That's when the MAC played an 8 game conference season. Nobody is going to go undefeated this season.

Being objective they have looked like the best team in the MAC so far. Thankfully there is still a lot of season left to play and you don't get any prizes for being the best MAC team in November/December.

Zips going to Zip...

Actually they're State University of New York at Buffalo. It should be SUNY at Amherst

I'm fairly certain that kid ended up choosing a different school too

Here is the complete rankings with an explanation of how it's calculated. It looks like Michigan State and Auburn are tied for 3rd among 5-7 teams so I assume if Buffalo loses, a bowl will have an option between either team. https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/11/ncaa-academic-progress-rate-football-rankings-1-130

Also, you pretty much have to keep "recruiting" guys on your own roster that you want to keep because if not they may transfer elsewhere.

Yes, it goes off of APR. I'm not surprised to see Rice #1, but I would have never have guessed UNLV would have placed ahead of Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt

I'm pretty sure outside of football college hockey is the most expensive sport to operate. That's why there is only 62 D1 men's teams. In order for Penn State to add Men's Hockey the Buffalo Bills owner had to endow something in the neighborhood of $100 million to cover the costs. Penn State athletics is obviously in a much better place than Akron financially.

I kind of just expect the portal to keep growing and growing. It wouldn't surprise me if each of the next 5 or so years sets the new record for transfers by beating the previous years total.

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Yes, and when Dawson started making them that's when the offense took off. If we don't get better perimeter shooting from guys like Hankerson or Hunter this teams ceiling is making the MAC tournament semifinals. That's not to say those guys won't improve as the season progresses, but if come March they're shooting like they are now, we're going to be in a world of hurt.

I feel the big difference is last years team had better shooters. Dawson and Ali were proven perimeter shooters, which made it harder for teams to send hard double teams at Freeman. When they did Freeman is a proficient enough passer to get them the ball for the open 3. Freeman is still making those passes, but the difference is Hankerson, Hunter, & Tribble aren't making them where as last year Dawson & Ali would make them. If I'm playing Akron I'm sending weak side help to double Freeman any time he touches the ball in the paint.

Reality is unless Hunter miraculously turns into the shooter that the coaches claim he is, we're going to struggle to win any game that we need to score 70 to win.

We'd be within striking distance if we made our free throws

Marshall will definitely get into the 60s. Akron, however, maybe will not...

I actually like these announcers. I wish they did Akron's games

What a terrible foul by tribble. Don't foul someone taking an 18 footer.

Did they really say Dawson was our best player???

As I said against Marshall we would have to put up points. This isn't a team that you can beat 65-60. Kinsey certainly has been able to use his size advantage on the wing to create separation. It would be nice having Dawson to guard him. Should be interesting to see how Groce adjusts.

Oh, I don't disagree those players deserved it. I can see how my comment may have came a crossed as me saying otherwise. I'm just more surprised the voters didn't hold it against us.

It's the archaic rules from the transfer portal past. You use to have to sit out a year when you transferred from 1 D1 school to another. You could however transfer from D1 to D2 and play immediately. As I understand it the rule is in place because people feared a bunch of D1 players would transfer to a D2 school that is moving up to get around the 1 year sitting out rule. Not saying I agree with the rule, but thar was the rationale behind it.

It seems like we got a fair amount of recognition considering we finished dead last in the MAC.