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I was a lot more worried about this one last week than this week. Thought the Zips had very little chance until this weekend and with both Our game and the App. St. game that thought process changed in a hurry. I'd look at it as a pick 'em maybe even Akron by 1 as a home game? I'm excited for a good game and the possibility of starting a season 3-1. The last time the Zips started 3-1? Almost 25 years ago in Gerry Faust's 7-3-1 year in 1992.

Yes I know it's completely meaningless but it's still fun to see the Zips being mentioned in bowl spots even this early. McMurphy has them in the Miami Beach bowl vs. Cincinnati (that would be awesome) and Schlabach back in the Potato Bowl vs. Colorado St (less awesome solely because it would be a repeat of last year). But still completely awesome thinking about it happening two years in a row. :-) The Zips have the only winning record in the East and the only losing record in the West belongs to NIU?!?! Who'd have thought they'd bee looking up at a two game gap to EMU and Ball State? 2016 MAC Standings East Akron--2-1 Bowling Green--1-2 Kent State--1-2 Ohio--1-2 Buffalo--0-2 Miami (OH)--0-3 West Central Michigan--3-0 Toledo--3-0 Western Michigan--3-0 Ball State--2-1 Eastern Michigan--2-1 Northern Illinois--0-3

Liked the little LeBron nod by CBS earlier. And CBS just mentioned the Zips are only one point from scoring the most points ever against Marshall in Huntington in regulation. Now I want that :-)

And all this without Warren Ball nor Van Edwards. Manny Morgan has had a pretty solid game though. And sorta glad they kicked the field goal since it now takes the missed extra point out of play.

Austin Wolf is definitely an underrated wide receiver. Oh and thank you Wisconsin for deciding to such this week instead. Only up three on Ga. St. late in the 4th.

Are we playing ourselves? Wow. Yeah but look at it this way we're getting contributions from all three phases of the game. Touchdown from the offense, touchdown for the special teams and touchdown for the defense. :-).

We have got to be the most undisciplined team in all of college football. It's not just all the penalties it's the kinds of penalties that we continue to draw

Yeah but look at it this way we're getting contributions from all three phases of the game. Turnover from the offense blocked punt on special teams and stupid penalties on the defense.

Then we need a counter Zip in Paradise prediction - or we would if he ever paid attention to football. ;-) I don't think there is any way Marshall puts up that kind of a score on the Zips, that's almost the same beating as was absorbed in Madison and while Marshall has talent I don't think it's Wisconsin level talent. With the Zips probably missing Warren Ball and in line with prediction in this thread I'll go Marshall 35 Zips 27.

If you saw the announcement about series with UAB and Troy you may not have to worry about App St on 9/9 next year. While they made no mention of it the game change at App St now appears in 2022 and is no longer listed next year. If true, that sucks I was looking forward to going down there next year. 2017 Sept. 2 at Penn State Sept. 16 at Troy Sept. 23 IOWA STATE 2018 Sept. 1 at Nebraska Sept. 22 at Iowa State 2019 August 31 at Illinois Sept. 7 UAB TBA TROY 2020 Sept. 12 at UAB Sept. 19 at Clemson 2022 Sept. 24 at Appalachian State

It's when you pee into the wind.

Kent landed in the Bottom 10 this week maybe because of those pants Amazingly they are the only MAC team listed although there are a few in-waiting. Wonder if NIU has ever shown up here before?

MAC referees who worked the CMU game have been suspended.

Technically you're correct, no Zips fans did but our two Wisconsin visitors got it right (sigh). Ball getting 71 yards against that defense is pretty impressive and despite the ass-whipping I'm actually pretty encouraged about our MAC East chances this year (thank goodness we are not in the West). Even if we start 1-3 which is quite possible. Marshall at their place is going to be tough and after seeing what Tennessee did against VT I think App St is an even tougher matchup. But the MAC East - Zips chances are as good as any.

Natson is going to be fun to watch the rest of the season :-)

You don't win games like this when you drop interceptions and give them new life with a dumb offsides penalty so they get a touchdown instead of a field goal. Grrr

Nio sure strategic management is necessarily the right course for him to be teaching at the moment.

Forgot this was an IPH revenge game (the one against Buffalo last year worked out well) so maybe to football gods give us a little help. I'm really worried about the interior defensive line against the UW O-line. I think Wisconsin 38 Zips 17.

Isn't college football supposed to be about fun? Engaging opposing fan bases is part of that as long as you or they aren't jerks about it. Doesn't mean at all that you are not supporting the Zips. I think people who take things like college football (or any sport) too seriously are the real problem.

I don't really mind the trollers (and occasionally you even get good discussion out of them) but it's usually only for a week and if by some miracle the Zips pull off the upset we'll go visit him over at his board. And he's even using the same name and icon on his boards so props for not trying to hide. Here's one of his posts so we can go visit if it happens And I will give them a solid for a nice troll on Buckzip (sorry man it was funny) over there.

Ok this has only tangentially to do with LeBron but I thought it was interesting. The Plain Dealer made a list of the most famous person from each county in Ohio. Had no idea some of these folks were Ohioans. Summit County's is pretty easy but you folks from Medina and Stark are going to be pretty disappointed. I was born in Wooster and grew up in Hudson and have no chance of ever supplanting either of those two folks.

Is it a good sign that a player could have 90 receiving yards and three touchdowns and not be highlighted as one of the offensive stars or the game?

The Zips have not yet been sent to the elimination pile for the Playoff. Every other MAC East team has. "Congrats, Zips. It's a little early to crown you MAC East champions, but you were the only team in the division not to lose its opener."

Zips not looking sharp in the second part of the first half. Lucky to still be 0-0.

I agree - I think it's a great OOC schedule, it would be hard to do a lot better. This is the kind of OOC schedule the Zips should play. Two home games, tow away, one against an opponent you could make a lot of noise by beating but which also gives a chance to bring in additional revenue and one against a team that is in the same situation against us (and I love that we get VMI first) and two good G5 opponents (would also take more lower level P5 like Iowa State as a home and home like we have and I think a 2-1 against a mid-tier P5 like Syracuse is also acceptable).