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it's going to be the season that should have been: as of today: miami 4-0 should have won buffalo 3-1 won central michigan 3-1 won ball state 2-2 should have won toledo 2-2 dominated us Zips SHOULD be 4-1 right now and at the top of the MAC. Oh the woulda shoulda coulda If Joe Moe can win the last three despite the shouldas i'd say it was still a good season. 6-6 is probably more than what most on here would have realistically thought they would have achieved although they could have gone much higher. id consider 6-6 a win and wouldn't chase Joe out

really was an up and down game. first half was all defense and didn't get anything from the offense but somehow pulled it together in the second half. Really is there to go 6-6. if I was the head coach. i would focus on UMASS like it was a playoff game and a must win. it is the only game that matters. they cannot overlook them and think they are an easy win. they took buffalo all the way to the end and should have won. They have an edge rusher, #16 white, that is one of the top in the country and he plays all over. Whartman is there now and this will be a special game for him. I am sure there will be a lot of incentive for his guys to play hard for him. One game at a time, UMASS is the most important game of the season. AN ABSOLUTE MUST WIN FOR JOE MO AND THE ZIPS !

aw i was just messing around... figure after a big win like today it wouldn't surprise me if they did offer him an extension.

Goodrich has a big news conference announced for Monday at noon in the media room at InfoCision... i bet they are extending Joe... getting rid of all the rumors already. what else could it be?

spriggs was a monster, simmers was all over the place. they really stepped up to cover for cooper today.

Laventure is the real deal

JoeMo is doing the EXACT same thing that UMASS did i hope it has better results. he has gone conservative at questionable times to me

this is how buffalo got umass last week. zips NEED to get the first

they cheated zips on the punt but couldn't challenge it and risk losing the timeout i guess?

so if the old zips show up now

MAC was wide open this year

Kent beat bowling green 24-21

i'm gonna go out on a limb and say they hold on to win

alright who has faith that the zips are ACTUALLY going to seal the deal in the fourth AND NOT blow it?

finley sprinted off the field at the end of the half faster than he moved the entire first half

and they did without using their timeout ... joemo lost confidence in finley those last two possessions. he was doing everything he could to just get in the locker room and it cost them 8 points

and exit wins the prize ...

no need, they will just fumble it away and set up the field goal

very disciplined on his part ...

that was GREAT play by Somerville !

PFF has updated their stats following the week 8 game. I admit was critical of Laventure because of his size (6'1 270) but he has proven me wrong week in and week out this is one guy that Leonard got right, in my opinion one of the very few, but Laventure is crushing it.... PFF today has him rated 82 in ALL OF FBS AND FCS out of 902 interior defensemen with a rating of 77.1 and 442 snaps. That is incredible. Dall climbed up and is now ranked 205 out of 846 with a rating of 73.9. He has consistently been in the top quarter of all FBS and FCS again very consistent. The rest of the D line though leaves much to be desired and a lot of questions in my opinion. The edge rushers have a total of 7 sacks and that is very misleading. Durham had 2 against Central Michigan and Dall had 2 against Duquesne. And they only have 11 QBH's combined. Nothing from any edge rusher other than Durham and Dall. Durham is now 726 out of 846 with a below average rating of 59.8. Yet he has more snaps than any edge in all of FBS and third in all of Division 1. His stats don't justify it. He isn't that good. The Frazier twins are worse. D. Frazier is 839 out of 846 and has a rating of 51.5 and j.Frazier is 55.7. They each of one solo tackle. Just by playing in 8 games you could have a solo tackle. Where is Cheatom (17 snaps week 1)??? Where is Duncan (8 snaps week 1 and 2), Brown (15 snaps week 5), Murphy (11 snaps week 2 and 4) Watkins and Kavals were both highly recruited out of high school there are four games left are we going to see them? It is almost mathematically impossible for them to be worse than the Fraziers. The Fraziers are not edge rushers, they are linebackers anyone can see that. They are athletic freaks and should be playing linebacker. Laventure has 3 sacks and 5 qbh's tied for second on the team with Durham. Laventure, Dall, and Durham are the only D Linemen with sacks and with the exception of 2 qbhs by Hull and 1 by Kaiwan Murphy, Laventure, Dall, and Durham are the only ones with any QBH's ! Laventure, Dall, Durham TFL's 20; Sacks 10, QBH's 15 - The rest of the entire defensive line combined - TFL's 1.5; Sacks 0, QBH's 3... Laventure, Hull, Murphy, and Mixon are pretty much the only four interior defensive linemen that play. Rankings, 82, 511, 714, 841; what happened to Madden he is a redshirt senior and has played 15 snaps, Vega has played 3; Brown-Demery is 6'5 320 depending on what you look at he can't go in on specific plays and get pressure?

I guess I haven't watched long enough to judge the line. (PFF has all the starters ranked in the top half of the country) Gant and Patrick (when healthy) can be very exciting. It would be hard to have a running game when the other team isn't worried about a passing game. The finley comments kill me though they are always raving about this guy and I just don't see it. I watched him last year and any time he would take a hit he would get up like he got hit by a Mack truck and this year all you hear about is how he put on 15 pounds of muscle and how tough he is but then he gators up when anyone gets near him, intentionally grounds it on 4th and 7 and shows no toughness at all. I thought Newell would have a big season but he has only played in four games. hopefully he comes back from his concussion soon but Cravaack has been decent I think he is playing every snap. Alex Adams went from Pre-Season All MAC to ZERO stats he played in week one and week 4 not sure what happened there but that is a huge let down. Polk has already surpassed all of last years totals hopefully he comes back... Mason is very exciting and electric... In all fairness I do stand corrected. PFF Grades for the O Line are very respectful Here are the national rankings: Center: (297 ranked FBS and FCS) Lyons 116 Morris 273 Guards: (642 ranked FBS and FCS) Archer 114 Davis 151 McManus 303 Tackles (616 Ranked) King 76 Motley-Simmons 191 Allen-Jones 194 Johnson 332 Whether its Joe Mo or a new coaching staff next year they will be right back to square one again rebuilding... The whole o line is gone except Mcmanus. Both qbs wr's always leave and I would be surprised if Gant doesn't hit the portal. Defensively, we lose our whole secondary pretty much, Cooper and Summers both, Murphy and Madden both graduate, you know Dall is gonna hit the portal. I wouldn't be surprised if Hull does considering Marcus Moore hit it last year and Hull's numbers seem to be better. Laventure is ranked so much better and like i said he is an energizer bunny his size is the only thing I think holding him back and I think Durham will probably go, but his production does not match his playing time. He now has played more snaps than any edge rusher in all of FBS yet there are only 84 edge rushers ranked lower in all of FBS so who knows what options he will have. Should make for an interesting off season. It's a shame with four games left I'm already looking forward to the off season. OFFENSE: Linemen: Wrs: Qbs: Rbs: King Most Likely Transfer ? Walker Finley Gant Transfer ? Davis Most Likely Transfer ? Grear Johnson Archer Adams Lyons Motley-Simmons Johnson Defense: Secondary: Linebackers: Defensive line Branch Cooper Dall Transfer ? Anderson Summers Murphy Reed Transfer ? Madden Dewalt Durham Transfer ?

What's really scary is the homer announcers that hype up the team every week say this is the best offensive line that Joe has had since he has been here. But then again, these are the same announcers that week in and week out say how "tough" is or how he has a top Division 1 arm that most Division coaches wish they had. I know their job is to build excitement around the team and to keep the fans involved but I have watched a lot of football. Finley is scared to death to get hit. Don't tell me how tough he is or how he is willing to put his body on the line for his team. There are players that are worth hyping even though the team is not doing well. I do enjoy watching these guys play. They can be very exciting at times. Imagine if the DLine could get pressure on the qb consistently how good the corners would be... Summers is consistent at the blitzes and Coop is really good. If Laventure was taller that man would be going Power 4 for sure he is like a roided out energizer bunny. They will all be gone next year, the only one that may come back and I think it is a big stretch is Laventure. I hope he gets a chance to go somewhere bigger and get paid, but I just don't know if a bigger school will take a chance on him. PFF has these guys ranked very high nationally: Coop 127 Summers 189 Dewalt 38 Reed 43 Laventure 101 Hall 245 I know I posted this before but it's time to see what the freshman can do. I saw Davis out there Saturday. He is very athletic and isn't afraid to hit. I did think he was going to get called for the targeting but he came up and rocked the QB. We have ZERO production from any edge rushers other than Hall and Durham time to see what the freshman can do now... The Frazier experiment is over. They are linebackers not edge rushers. Let's see what the linebackers can do, and let's see what the 6'5 320 defensive tackle can do... I can't imagine many people are going to stop him on a bull rush...

Nope on Akrons 4th and 7 we r gonna intentionally throw it out of bounds for an intentional grounding

i just witnessed the WORST coaching in college football history UMASS got the ball with 54 seconds left on an interception. celebrated and got penalty have the distance to the goal. Ran the ball two straight plays lost two yards buff called two timeouts and then umass threw an incomplete pass to stop the clock... only ate up 10 seconds. punted the ball, ball state got the ball at the fifty and scored a td three plays later.. and we think it is bad at Akron