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Did we just make a stop with only 10 men on the field?

Can’t argue there. Miami has the best defense we’ve seen in the MAC, but the offense should have put up more than 3 points.

Some RS Soph. in there too

Off the top of my head I think these are the numbers. Not counting transfers: Offense = Georges, Williams Defense = Bubba, Hooks Counting Transfers: Offense = Everyone but Adams and Landers Defense = Everyone but Durant and Lewis

Are we counting the COVID year?

Hopefully we make a game of it in the 2nd half. Have you tried the hotdogs? I was pleasantly surprised.

Interesting decisions in that first half to say the least…

So we start attacking the middle of the field when clock is running down? 🤨

No way Hooks is taught to play defense like that. The majority of routes are to the inside. Having hips to the sideline in that situation is foolish.

Both Morton and Johnson sucked up on that TD reverse, but how a flag wasn’t thrown on the dropped pass in the end zone is beyond me. It was a clear pick play by Miami to free the receiver. Oh well. Time to respond.

Agreed. I’m not sure what he’s looking for, but playing time should be plentiful here. The staff is clearly pushing for more experienced players on both sides of the line with the latest offers that have gone out. Makes me think some of the juniors/redshirt sophomores aren’t progressing at the pace they’d like and a few may transfer out. It’s odd that Manoa even posted about the offer. I’m the past, the majority of transfer portal players were quiet about their process, which is a stark contrast to their recruitment coming out of high school. Maybe we’ll see more of the transfer portal players be open about their offers this year.

Thanks! Added as an OT, but I suspect he’d end up at OG with us. We are the 3rd MAC school to offer and he’ll have plenty of options ahead of him by the time his recruitment is finished.

Recent offer out to DE/TE Bruno Dall of Bay St.Louis, MS. Dall has size and length that can’t be taught at 6’7” 230. He’s picked up 4 D1 offers since 9/30.

Tyler Manoa, grad transfer from UCLA, has been offered as both an offensive and defensive lineman.

Amankwaa. I should have added his name in the post as well. Sometimes the tweets don’t load correctly.

DJI sometimes gets happy feet and caught in a state of indecision. Like he’s unsure if he should tuck and run or try to keep the play alive. When he’s able to stand and read in a clean pocket, he’s excellent. When the pressure comes and forces him to make an alternate decision he gets into trouble. Not knocking Irons as he plays the most mentally tough position in football, but I expect to see continued improvement as the year closes out and another step forward in the offseason.

I know all too well. I used to write for SBNation, but I watched the teams I was writing about. After about 3 months I was given an offer by Rivals. Now I’m covering just one school while also trying to expand coverage for Akron/MAC. It’s an uphill battle because it’s all about money and subscribers. It scratches my coaching itch which my wife keeps trying to push me back into. She’ll eventually win and I’ll have to give up the writing gig.

The writer definitely loves him some DJI. I’m guessing he hasn’t watched many of the games or he’d know DJI is responsible for a number of those sacks he seems to place on the OL. Writer also must’ve missed Amankwaa hitting the portal. Outside of that, it’s an entertaining read. Thanks for posting! On a side note, I still can’t convince Rivals to create an Akron site. I’ll ask again after the season.

DT Wayne Peart committed to Toledo.

I’m not sure what to think about this game. I haven’t seen Miami play, but going off the stats and scores it seems their defense is stout. Their offense seems to struggle in all areas, but will that be the case against our defense? Moorhead said they play 7 in the box and go single high safety. If that’s the case, our WRs and TEs will have all kinds of opportunities. I doubt Miami will be able to keep our passing game in check. We haven’t been able to consistently run the ball so it may be pointless for Miami to keep 7 in the box. Im guessing Miami will try to establish their run game as much as possible and throw it as little as they have to. Even if they do throw it, will our CBs be able to keep their WRs in check without Amankwaa and a healthy Golden-Nelson? IDK. This game may come down to special teams play and field position. We tend to give our opponents great field position and allow ourselves to be forced to drive the majority of the field on most drives. On a stats note - Bubba has 86 total tackles on the year and could go over 100 this game.

- Enjoyed hearing Moorhead talk about the young LBs - McCoy, Griffin, and Fish - and how they are going to be great players. Mentions how they go about things the right way, watch film, and love football. - I get more excited about Landers every time I see him play. Can’t wait to see the other freshmen next year. - Love how Moorhead is rewarding the contributing walk-ons with scholarships. I think that’s 3 now? Durant, Gettman, and Hester. All 3 of them are heavily involved with Special Teams. - I was surprised to see Moorhead get asked about Naim and Anderson, but glad they were mentioned. Naim is another special teams contributor and has flashed excellent hands at receiver. I’m excited about the potential Anderson brings. He’s stuck behind George right now, but he could become a big time red zone target for us in the future. Hopefully Anderson gets worked into the spot Shocky is playing right now and we see George and Anderson on the field together in 2023. - Moorhead mentioned Ryan Johnson had his best game. Johnson has been quietly developing throughout the year.

OT Nikola Milovac committed to Old Dominion.

If he’s using it as a way to continue to have his education paid for, more power to him. If he believes he’ll be able to transfer to a P5 school based on his 4 games this year, he may find himself disappointed. As far as our program goes, it’s frustrating in the fact we were one corner away from having a half way decent secondary to finish out the year. Amankwaa and Golden-Nelson on the outside would have made a nice combination - assuming Golden-Nelson would be healed up. While this move has no effect on next year, it makes winning another game this year a little more challenging.

Didn’t see this one coming. When Moorhead was asked about any players that haven’t played much potentially redshirting, he responded with “coaches do the redshirting.” I think even he is finding out the game is changing.

LB Malachi Mercer committed to Columbia.