ZipForNow

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?

Akron Zipped up has a new post: https://akronzippedup.substack.com/p/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-a-new-era

I would be interested to see what Zips go on to earn as pros. What do those contracts that Castaneda, Isaiah Gray, etc. look like? How much do Zips make as pros vs. what they get through NIL? Doesn't pretty much everyone go on to play pro ball somewhere?

https://www.df.uzh.ch/en/people/phd-candidates/ognjen-stankovic.html

Dr Darrell Scott has quite a set of posts on X!

I disagree. We are talking about a 6’8” guard from Serbia who at one point would have been brought along and developed and, who knows, could eventually be all-MAC. I vaguely remember extreme excitement when he was successfully recruited.

Player development is a Zip strength. The calculus of that is tougher in the new era. But also, couldn’t Oggy have gotten more minutes in blowouts? Has KenPom distorted playing time decisions?

Is it at all significant that Bowen said nothing about wanting to leave the door open to a return to UA? I would imagine that in each case where it was or was not said in a portal post, this was merely a strategic decision. For example, if you say you would entertain returning to UA, you are signaling that the only offers you will entertain are those better than what you already have at UA. I was expecting to see that clause in Bowen's post.