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From Akron Zipped Up! ”No matter how poor a passer Flores is, it just takes one guy to get fooled by the run setting up an explosive pass play to get bitten. This is going to be especially true against an Akron defense that doesn’t seem to be getting any better against the pass as the weeks go by.” This is what worries me.

What is the story with the blown coverages? Was it a bad scheme? Bad execution? Bad players? How are we to understand receivers being that wide open? Also, I was listening on the Rebels audio stream and the commentary from early in the first quarter praised the play of our offensive line.

Irons and Undercuffler were both competent. Also, we should stop ragging on bringing in Poff. He was declared eligible. Then the NCAA were dicks about it and got a stay of the ruling. It’s inequitable across the entire landscape. Chambliss is eligible. On another note, we seem to often have multiple competent QBs. Some even transfer up, like Zach Gibson. We often ask too much of these guys. DJ Irons was a one-man wrecking crew. Not a lot of the other pieces have been in place for these guys to have sustained success.

I thought Bowden was a good coach.

Did WMU have any in-stadium options that day to contest/overturn? Is there any prior precedent for overturning an outcome after the fact based on discovery of an officiating error? Honestly, given the replay decision and play result, could this have gone any other way? Of course I think the Broncos got screwed and were wronged. I’m just wondering whether there were any remedies and if so, what they were.

https://www.bracketbustershoops.com/p/entering-year-one-of-the-dustin-ford

I met their AD at a MAC academic conference. They seem to have their act together.

You need to actually believe. Bowden believed. I remember when they nearly beat Michigan! One Pohl completion away!

My read is that he was ruled eligible in court and the NCAA succeeded is obtaining a stay of the ruling in court. Affected individuals can pursue legal remedy individually. What I don’t know is whether Poff is pursuing that.

From BroBible: "[...]Well, a group of outgoing seniors filed a federal lawsuit in Colorado to receive their fifth year of eligibility. They were granted a blanket waiver that would allow them to play in the upcoming season. Poffenbarger was considered eligible under that ruling. He got a redshirt year and four years of eligibility. This would be his “fifth” (really sixth) season. It seemed like he was going to play for Akron during the 2026 college football season until Aug 21, when the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the NCAA a stay. The stay halted the original judge’s order, reversed the initial eligibility ruling and closed the door for outgoing seniors to return for a fifth season. They are out of eligibility. It is assumed that Poffenbarger is not eligible as a result of the stay. However, individual athletes are able to seek eligibility through outside legal filings beyond the blanket waiver that was originally applied to all athletes.[...]"

Is it possible that something unfolded after he transferred due to various judicial rulings so that what looked like a pro forma waiver of an eligibility restriction was off the table?

ODU had its 2020 season canceled due to COVID.

I, too, hope you are wrong! But more to the point, how is it that nobody sleuthed this all the way through from the get-go? It seems like such an obvious thing to double- and triple-check.

Further digging (again, using Google Gemini so it may be erroneous): 2021 (Old Dominion): Did not play. (Redshirt Year) 2022 (Albany): Played full season. (Season 1 of competition used) 2023 (Albany): Played full season. (Season 2 of competition used) 2024 & 2025 Combined (Miami & UNT): Because he redshirted early in his career, he could not register a second "redshirt year." Instead, the NCAA simply tracks his four active seasons of competition. Because his on-field game appearances across 2024 and 2025 did not exceed the threshold of an individual active season, they collectively count as just Season 3 of his competition allotment. 2026 (Akron): This serves as Season 4 of his on-field competition, landing precisely in the fifth year of his calendar clock (2021–2026).

I am not arguing with you, but this is what I was able to turn up: 2020: Old Dominion canceled its season due to Covid. 2021: ODU Redshirt (freshman) year 2022: Albany Season 1 used 2023: Albany Season 2 used 2024: Miami Season 3 used 2025: North Texas medical waiver obtained (kind of like redshirting) 2026: Akron Season 4 to be used Did he not obtain a medical waiver at UNT? Otherwise, it seems he is eligible. Does anyone have any inside information that alters this?

It was well-known that it was his sixth year, which is highly unusual but apparently he was cleared. What has changed?

Anyone hearing anything regarding Amani as an NBA prospect?

I was poking around using AI (Gemini) to inquire why he might be ineligible, trying out different hypotheses as to why, and nothing came up. Specifically, why would he be ineligible (if in fact he is ineligible)?

Where is the evidence here? Did someone see something, talk to someone, regarding Poff’s eligibility? It was such huge news when he was recruited. It had to have been carefully vetted, right?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49531211/akron-zips-football-offensive-coordinator-game-promo

Never saw this on Amani. Does he have a shot at making a roster? https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/five-interesting-prospects-on-the-4e9

Great comment, but be sure to take the actual poll!

2024. I was at the game for 2024, 2025 and 2026, all epic, but the sheer improbability of this win against a hated rival in 2024 was my favorite. All three of those games had endings that unleashed absolute euphoria in the Zips section I was in.

Former Zip Darryl Peterson mentioned here:https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48710416/darryn-peterson-says-high-doses-creatine-led-cramping

I have no inside information but he was brought in awfully close to the beginning of the season. Wouldn’t a full off-season have made a difference?