ZippyDoo

Tomorrow is finally here. Meetings today; pads and camp tomorrow. Nothing negative, I know there have been a few minor injuries I just pray these young men have a healthy camp and can start the season pretty much injury free and let the chips fall where they may!!!! Good luck Zips...

That's fair. I don't remember ever seeing him take on that mentality or saying we are going to overcome. I guess I always looked at it as though he was pointing out the problem that exists and hoping at some point someone would listen and try to change it. Hopefully to the players he portrays it as though it is us against the world and despite not having a pot to pee in we are going to prove them all wrong.

I'm curious what happens with Broughton this year. He is so dynamic I wonder if they find somewhere on the field for him. I am also curious about what they have in store for "The Johnson, Bullock" plays. Broughton is no where near their size Roggow is tall and thin and I don't think they will use Beals in that way so I wonder if they go more wildcat or something for the short yardage situations?

Cat, I personally love when you do things like this and appreciate when you do your breakdowns. I am being optimistic and hoping for 6-6 at least. I think it would be awesome and a bowl game would be incredible. Gonna all come down to the defense and I think Tibs is the man so they have a shot

I do think he was being cautiously optimistic if you watch the interview. It was not being negative just factual. The interviewer was asking about Poffenbarger and the Qb situation. Joe Moe just said that he has looked good in the practices and the spring game and that he has been a leader but there has been some time since he has played in a game, and that he has clearly shown that he it is his team. It was not being negative just factual.

Pads go on in one week. I can't wait. I plan on making the trip to Wake Forest and am very excited. I hope the QB pans out, watching the interview with Joe Moe he did bring up a good point when he said the QB has not played in a relevant game for like four years so there is going to be some rust to get off. He is obviously the key and it should be different knowing the team is his unlike the last two schools he was at. The position coaches are all great at making sure the players are ready to go and have been together for a long time with the exception of Mack at defensive line but they brought in some monsters so if the defensive line can get some pressure it could be an exciting team. I am really excited to see Aboor play and Williams (that man is huge at 6'6 340). Aboor was getting playing time as true freshman at Ohio State, he is older now and I'm sure he has physically developed if he is hungry, the pedigree is there he can possibly come in and dominate at that end position....

I know I am going to get bashed for this, but Joe Moe has said they have the lowest budget than any other team in country. Apparently it is close to two million dollars. I don't think that is a woe is me mentality it is a realistic mentality and pointing out that something has to change. The Big 12 signed a sponsorship with Monster Energy and every team in the Big 12 got 1 million dollars sounds great, Ohio State just signed a sponsorship with JP Morgan and Ohio State alone gets 17 million dollars because all of their sports teams are going to wear a patch on their uniforms... I'm not saying I want the jerseys to look like billboards but any type of sponsorship money would be nice. Players that have transferred from JUCO and FCS schools have said that they had more at their other schools. I agree the only reason players are coming to Akron is to get the chance to play so they can go somewhere else. The mere fact that Gant stayed is amazing I truly hope he has a great season and it pays off, I think Hull could have left as well and got paid.

if anyone is interested, the 2026 MAC Football Kickoff is live on ESPN right now (12:49 pm). They are doing the coach player interviews now and they have not done the Zips yet.

Home Squad Sports Preview... Predicts 4-8 for the Zips they do say Zips could easily end up 6-6 and surprise people. I think the guys are drunk but it's pretty entertaining. Zip coverage starts at 36:00

Here is the 2026 MAC Football Coaches Preseason Pool ** Coaches were not allowed to Vote for themselves 1. Western Michigan (9) – 138 points (Week 10) 2. Miami (4) – 134 points (Week 7 ) 3. Toledo – 115 points 4. Ohio – 107 points (Week 9) 5. Central Michigan – 101 points (Week 5) 6. Buffalo – 81 points (Week 13) 7. Eastern Michigan – 76 points (Week 6) 8. Kent State – 64 points (Week 8 ) 9. Bowling Green – 59 points 10. Akron – 52 points 11. Ball State – 34 points 12. Sacramento State – 28 points 13. Massachusetts – 25 points (Week 11) MAC TITLE Game Champion: Western Michigan vs Miami, Oh

stumbled on this guy David Delano who broke down Eastern Michigan, Toledo and Zips. Apparently Zips are -105 to go under 4.5 wins according to DraftKings. The only sure win according to him was RMU. Thought Zips "should beat" Umass, never know about Kent State cause its a rivalry and its on the road, and thought you could throw in MAYBE one upset win somewhere but definitely does not see five wins this year. The Zips coverage starts at the 8:19 mark... Kind of hard to argue with the logic, unfortunately

i think 6 + wins deserves an extension at this point, 5 or less time to move on. no excuses. it's fully his team full practices bowl or bust.

for anyone interested here is a MAC prediction/breakdown. I am sure it is one of many to come... https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48633226/2026-mac-college-football-preview-season-predictions

i know i was jumping the gun when i said "camp". i should have said the whole team will be reporting. im pretty sure all the incoming freshman should be there for Mondays practice and the whole team start working out together before camp. im easily excited so i get excited over little baby steps

Yep so I can be excited until 6:59 pm at least !!! Go Zips....

I can't wait for camp to open up next week !!! Right now we are tied for first in the MAC... I don't know how long that will last but I can enter the season cautiously optimistic.... I hope the qb can bring back his Albany numbers....

Tibs loves that size linebacker.... Seems like if he could mold one thats what he would make

I was looking at EMU, UMASS, Kent, RMU and hoping for BUFF as the season finale at home IF we pulled off BUFF and OHIO plus these others that would give us six.... an upset against any of those other three non-conference teams would be tremendous. I don't know if it is realistic, but it would be tremendous. I think the offense has a lot of fire power if this qb is any good.. The wr's are gonna be studs and I'm excited for the rb's this season. the defense doesn't have to shut the other teams out, the offense just has to outscore them! I think that is an optimistic way of looking at it. (just trying to stay positive as we head into the season.) camp is officially two weeks away.

Zips got their work cut out for them... IF they finally make it to a bowl, I feel comfortable saying that they will have earned it if this preseason prediction is accurate... 1. Wake Forest ACC Preseason #11 2. Robert Morris University NEC Preseason # 3 3. Minnesota Big 10 Preseason 11 4. UNLV Mountain West Preseason #1 5. Central Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 3 6. Eastern Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 8 7. Miami (ohio) MAC PRESEASON # 1 8. Kent State MAC PRESEASON # 10 9. Ohio MAC PRESEASON # 5 10. Western Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 2 11. UMASS MAC PRESEASON # 13 12. Buffalo MAC PRESEASON # 6 Just for the record Athlon predicts the MAC Championship to be Miami (ohio) over Western Michigan.... Zips were #9; Not on our schedule ( Toledo #4, Bowling Green #7, Sacramento State #12) What are everyone's thoughts? Looking at this ranking it is gonna be really hard to get to a bowl... Zips would be the underdog EVERY week except week 2 and week 11... I bet after last year against Kent State and the fact that they would be the home team this year-Zips will probably be the underdog that week too....

Hey Cat, I saw Reese graduated in 2020, do we know if he is even eligible? i'm guessing he is but even with a red shirt year he would have had five years already... do u know anything about this? he was a red shirt at old dominion, plus two years at albany, plus one at miami plus one north texas. are we sure he has any time left? i have never heard anything about an appeal? or is eligible for another year because of all that covid stuff?

https://gozips.com/news/2026/6/10/eight-akron-football-players-named-to-2026-phil-steeles-preseason-all-mac-teams

"Voluntary" workouts started today.... I was told over half the team was there this morning which is very exciting to me, considering last year I was told were this week of "Voluntary" workouts they had something like 12 players there... Next Monday is the first day of mandatory conditioning for the returning and transfer players... I hope they build a lot of momentum. Right now the Zips are tied for first in the MAC so things are looking GREAT !!!!!!

just saw this

I didn't see Stopiak on here I don't know if he is a walk on or not, but apparently he is converting to DLine. I don't know what to expect but he is one large young man.

so i did a little research on this guy... (mind you i am not nearly an expert like CAT just played around google) and i am not quite as eager to hand him and keys to the car just yet... he was highly recruited out of high school.. 2022 his freshman year was cut short due to a serious near injury 2023 he played in five games 1 solo tackle which was for a 2 yard loss against western kentucky and he had an assisted tackle against purdue. no other stats. according to what i read Ryan Day stated that Abor had an "undisclosed injury" that he could not into details about but he would not return for several months. Abor then entered the portal which he admittedly said he regretted, he chased the money. and he went to SMU. 2024 Abor went to SMU played in 2 games and had 2 assisted tackles. apparently he showed up heavy and slow and it made it difficult to play. that is why he played 2 games abor left after the 24 season entered the portal DID NOT PLAY IN 2025 and remained in the portal until now...