MDZip

Lets talk about the word consistency for a minute....Its inevitable for even the most consistent receiver to have an off game....granted at the cinnci game he did have a couple dropped passes in the first quarter...i would be juss a lil itchy if I was playing against a team that was nationally ranked for the first time in my career against a real NFL corner. And now in his first BIG RIVALRY game that actually means sumthin...shit happens. Not making excuses he my brother and i expect him to catch and make a play with every ball that touches his hands...but when it comes down to it....no one was making that catch like that in the end of the fourth quarter other than Bowser. Nothing against Andre Jones...They complement each other perfectly I feel...different play styles. Andre is serious! Clearly the chemistry between Bowser and Jac still has a long way to come (coming from some1 who has seen what happens when there is QB-Bowser chemistry), but it is growing. Maybe Camp ending knee surgery may have haltered that process...i dunno. What you see isnt what you get...sometimes its the receivers fault...sometimes its jac's fault...watching the game you wouldnt know...trust me.If u need proof Uafan go to youtube and check out the highlight tape....same shit he has done to JC corners...he has now done to NFL corners...(not the Can't corner...LOL)Turning one of your worst games....into a game winning acrobatic TD catch and a 20 yard catch that put igor in cash money land...sounds like the makings of a resillient football player.Figured we might be hearing from you soon on this topic. Don't worry, we still love him. If you look at what our wide receiver corps was supposed to look like before the season started, Deryn is a HUGE upgrade. He has made some very big plays this year, almost seems like he gets into a zone when things get really tight. He has a ton of talent which is why I think people get frustrated with him when its just the "ordinary" part of the game and that same focus doesn't always seem to be there. Believe me, we're happy to have him here.

4 catches, 102 yards, 1 TD in the first half in his first start. Don't hurry back, Plexiglas.

After reading the article it's fairly obvious why we won. Here is a quote from the article:UA celebrated, and Can't State's players looked devastated. Holder Andy Hildreth knelt on the ground. Edelman crouched at the 20-yard-line, head down.How in the heck did we sneak Hildreth into the game to hold for Can't? Wow, what a brilliant piece of skullduggery! I'll bet Andy "white-knuckled" it. The ABJ reporters are amazing for digging that out.

I really dislike how the unbalanced schedule works. There is just no way to really make it fair. BGSU has only the bottom three teams in the West (of course they just lost to one of them), Buffalo and OU only have two games (but both have both Central and Western), Temple gets those two plus Eastern. On paper it looks like we have the advantage over everyone buts BGSU, so that makes next week's game pretty critical. Beat them and we have the the tie breaker and can definitely get some help from the West from some of our other foes. I liked the format where only your division counted and the West was just a tiebreaker (of course the was the way we made our only MACC so maybe I'm biased .

Any renewal like that is good and lots of time that can affect a neighborhood and bring the standard up. That can't be anything but good for the stadium and University.

West Virginia knocked off #7 UConn 1-0 at Storrs, CT on FSC Friday night. Other top-10 scores: (1) Wake 8 Virg Tech 1Louisville 2 (2) St John's 1(3) Northwestern 2 Penn St 1Clemson 5 (4) Maryland 3(11) St Louis 0 (5) Creighton 0No. Illinois 0 (6) Akron 4Michigan 3 (8) Notre Dame 1Two of the top five lost and we soundly beat #23 at their place so a top five is pretty likely. Disappointed to see Notre Dame go down again, that doesn't help us, but West Virginia does. Also, guess Ken Lolla is putting together a pretty good program at Louisville, so while I'm grateful for all he did here, from what I've seen over the last few years, I'd take Caleb Porter anytime. I just want to see Indiana continue to do well so that they are NEVER tempted to come calling.

Is anybody in the East any good? This is looking like a really lopsided year. Just win the East and then anything could happen.

It looks pretty nice, doesn't it?Mid-American Standings EAST CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L Akron 1-1 3-3 Buffalo 1-1 2-3 Temple 1-2 2-4 Bowling Green 0-1 2-3 Miami (OH) 0-1 1-4 Ohio 0-2 1-5 Can't State 0-2 1-5 WEST CONF. W-L OVERALL W-L Western Michigan 3-0 5-1 Ball State 2-0 5-0 Central Michigan 2-0 3-2 Toledo 1-0 1-3 Northern Illinois 1-1 2-2 Eastern Michigan 1-2 2-4

NIU knocked off #2 SMU very recently so there are not an opponent to take lightly. This is a big win, especially at their place which has been the most dangerous MAC road venue for us.

See if he can hang onto it and wear it onto the court the first time he suits up for the Blue & Gold.

Defensively, B-Will was outstanding again, and as a matter of fact most of the DB's played pretty well.MDZip did you make it to the game this week?Nope, it was playing on ESPN360 so at least I got to see it there. Of course right as the 2nd overtime started, they cut away for the Illinois-Michigan game, so then I was going nuts trying to get the 1350 Internet feed up. I got it going right as they announced Can't State had missed the field goal.

Defensively, B-Will was outstanding again, and as a matter of fact most of the DB's played pretty well.

We were so lucky to win this game. Bad Jack showed up, we survived 3 interceptions, lots of dropped passes, got a few timely penalties that helped, got the overturned TD call in the end zone, had Can't miss two short, critical field goals. I'll take the win any day, but continue that kind of play and we will not be a factor in the East. And for those who have been all over Igor's case lately, he stepped up (well except for that awful kickoff and the end of regulation, but he may have been instructed to do that).

I heard a comedian on the radio the other day (I didn't catch his name) and he was talking about all of the various trophies that college football teams play for - he mentioned the Wagon Wheel and said that UA-Can't State play for that because that was the last time anyone cared who won the game. I was kind of insulted until almost every other game trohpy he mentioned was of BCS schools, then I was kind of proud. Go Zips - keep the Wheel!

UNT lost 77-20 to Rice this weekend and are 0-4 this season and none of their four losses have be remotely close. All blows where K-State, Tulsa, LSU and Rice were able to play back-ups after building big leads. That's on the heels of 3-9 the past two seasons and 3-8 in 2005 season. Methinks UNT raising 40 million even in Texas will be a bigger task then the AD thinks.I've been to UNT's stadium and it is a pit, but its still better than the Rubber Bowl. C'mon Infocision.

I just saw almost exactly the same play in the Illinois-Penn State game (QB under pressure flipped the ball at the feet of his RB and both were behind the LOS). There was no flag. But regardless, big picture, winning the MAC East is the only goal now and that is still possible.

I was reading the macreportonline. I think they do a good job and I like how they are devoted to covering the MAC. The article I was reading was about payout games and whether it was good for the MAC. As I was reading I noticed there were several ads for college banners and pennants and all of them were touting Ohio State gear (see attached). I'm not one of the people who has a big issue with OSU and I know the macreportonline has to pay its bills, but I just found it really ironic that those ads were on that site, especially in that paticular article. No wonder the conference has to rely on payout games.

The one year we don't play Miami ...

Just who are you calling a nobody?

Are you sure this isn't it?

Ball State hammered Indiana at Indiana. The score was almost identical to ours (we actually got one more touchdown). Now I'm worried about Toldeo too, they took Fresno State to double OT and went for the two point conversion for the win but didn't make it. So we've beaten two of the worst D-1A teams in the country (by fairly convincing margins) and hung tough with two pretty good programs. No way to really read this team, but at least I think they've given some hope that there is a chance this year. But there is no way we are the worst team in the MAC East.

You may have had too much beer - or perhaps your Buckeye hatred has completely overtaken you (sort of like Gollum in Lords of the Rings - Tressel, my precious )- you do know Akron won right?

The six hour road trip is a little daunting even to join all of you at OBC (which is a great place to watch a game if you can't be there in person). West Point is even closer to me but couldn't work out the details to get there this weekend. I also was trying to get to Syracuse as well so I think I'm going to make plans for every away game for the rest of the season even if I can't go. I had no plans to get to Wisconsin, maybe I should have. Plus, we need to move the Buffalo game back to Buffalo. We're undefeated against D1-A teams in NY and Buffalo is the last one left.

Please define this. What is spectacular fashion?In D-1A football, a road win is good regardless of the score. I actually consider the win at Syracuse to be a blowout at 14 points. With that said, Army lost to UNH a couple of weeks ago. I feel good about our chances.I'm using the term "Spectacular fashion" in a relative way. For Akron, a win by more than two scores is spectacular. So, a 15-point win at minimum. If we struggle to beat a team that bad, even if we do win, it's a very bad sign.So it was 19. Are you happy?

I'm not the least worried about the kicking game. Igor will be fine, yeah he missed an extra point, but he still hit 3 out of 4 field goals (as a matter of fact ESPN mentioned that the missed field goal was the first time this year that the Zips had failed to score when in the red zone. That's pretty encouraging). Remember our circus of a kicking game only a few years ago? Nice to get a win - only four to go to be bowl eligible.