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Brilliant. The past was filled with lazy and apathetic hiring. There are few more of those coaches at Akron. They won't last long

Coach Moorhead, let us introduce you to your press corps.

Thanks PDT and GP. I rather thought the same thing about Utah. They play much better than their ranking. The announcers said they switched QBs after the two early losses. Anyway...welcome Coach Moorhead.

It's official. https://gozips.com/news/2021/12/4/football-joe-moorhead-named-university-of-akron-head-football-coach.aspx Who gets honor of the welcome coach moorhead thread?

I love the 7pm Saturday night games!! Groce mentioned in his post-game interview that they scheduled more Saturday night games this season. But I guess that only lasts until ESPN tells them they. have to play at Noon on a Saturday.

Quick question to those with a higher football IQ than I have: Until this board starting going off on Milwee and wanting him fired, I thought the responsibility for all that happened on the field fell on the head coach. Why fire the O.C? Ultimately, doesn't the buck stop with the coach? Over the last few weeks, I wondered what is the role of the head coach during the game as opposed to the OC or DC? For example, last night instead of running out the clock in the first half Oregon kept passing the ball which led to the QB making a terrible decision by throwing the ball into traffic and getting intercepted. Clearly, no one told the QB to make that stupid pass, but whose decision would it normally be to try for a score as opposed to taking a knee, licking your wounds, and regrouping?

My take on this game is that Utah had two early losses and since then has walloped their competition apart from loss to Oregon State 34-42. They are much better than their ranking of 17th. That being said, Oregon came out and played like an Akron team: stupid, costly, frustrated penalties. and lazy, bad judgment interceptions. The defense let a Utah running back push them down the field. I can see this at Infocision on any given Saturday.

As long as he doesn't bring Oregon's current QB...

Cristobal stock going down...I'm sure Joe is like get me the hell out of here. Especially...now. these refs must be Mormon.

Buyer's remorse?

Glad we didn't hire Oregon defensive coordinator

wonder what uniforms they will be using. I hope All Swamp Green!

Sports commentary is as worthless as political commentary. Gee, how about having some control over one's life as a reason to go to a smaller school without a crazy, entitled fan base.

I love it. Those guys are hilarious

When you go to the announcement next week, don't forget to offer to wash and wax his car.

WATCH THE PLAY AT 1.21 MINS. 4TH AND 1

Keith Kennedy far, far away from any microphone at Infocision.

Groce was talking about Dawson, but he was really talking about what KJ WASN'T.

Can't have a possible saboteur on the roster. One team. One fight. As they said on the Ball State message boards, the two competent coaches (Missouri and Groce) KJ played for kicked him to the "curd." I think they meant "curb." Is there a cottage cheese factory in Muncie?

I like the Ball State message board a lot. They are funny and smart. My post on KJ got some comments over there. They read too much into my mid-game missive. Since they were confused, I will clarify: https://overthepylon.boards.net/thread/3891/walton-grad-transfer?page=3 1. Zips and KJ played like crap in Florida. They come back from Florida. KJ departs. The team plays exponentially better. So I draw conclusion, that the team gels better without him...at least for one game. 2. Yes, Groce is a high-level coach. He is better than Whitford, even though Whitford won all those MAC West Championships over the 4 directional schools and that shady Toledo squad. For me, Whitford was always one of my least favorite coaches who came to the JAR. 3. I was joking when I blamed Whitford for KJ's behavior, but Groce (unlike Whitford apparently) has a very low level of patience for egomaniacs.

Not sure why everyone is jumping on X. I thought he played well and did what he needed to do in the last few minutes. 88 points. Zips had plenty of offense. And like the Ohio State game, the Zips didn't choke or panic on the offensive end when the situation was dire. And also like the Ohio State game, they blew it defensively at the end.

Quality reporting on the game: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/marshall_university/marshall-basketball-late-mistakes-doom-herd-in-88-86-loss-to-akron/article_417c17af-1d10-5979-9cdd-0a0d6788d439.html

Incredibly fun game that all the fans at the JAR needed. Some breaks went for the Zips at the end: 1. Refs catching that Marshall travel at mid court was huge. 2. Non call on Xavier trying to steal the ball with 2.8 left. 3. Watching replay, Jackie thought it was mistake for Marshall to call timeout at 18 secs left. They have hot shooters...play it out when game is tied. 4. And clutch free throws. Greg Tribble one of my favorite players. Groce obviously has him as the core of the team. I noticed in replay that he was really being a leader on the floor during last 20 secs. As for KJ, I don't blame him. I wouls rather blame Whitford. Groce is a high level coach. Whitford is not. This waa KJs 3rd school. I hope he finds what he's searching for. It's a real shame. But he may have been a toxic force in Florida.

Going to be a lot of games like this

Momentum shifting fast to Marshall.