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I agree 110%. Be careful what you wish for .....you might get it ?

Or actually maybe some of us agree with the name change. That is not rolling over.

The season is young and we keep in mind we have played Oklahoma and Pitt (both from power conferences). If your reason for stating this is because we are 0-2 at this point, I think you are jumping off the cliff a bit early (kinda like some did with our soccer coach ;-) ) The fact that we would even think we could beat Pitt is because of TB and the fact that we beat them last year. Having said that, I do believe we could have beaten Pitt this year if we had a halfway decent offense. Two things stand out to me as surprises during TBs tenure. Offensive scheme - we seem to be regressing with Milwee calling the plays. What I watched last night looked like a Pee Wee football offense….I can't think of any throws in the middle of the field…..everything was to the outside (which are actually harder throws to make). A few times we came out in some sort of bunched up formation that made it so obvious there was going to be a run up the middle. It was so bunched up that guys seemed to be running in to each other. If you have an athlete at QB….don't you want to spread the field to give him space to create? Recruiting - our best players are transfers AND on the defensive side of the ball. Our best wide receiver is actually a converted defensive player. Where are all the speedy skill players from the Florida pipeline? We have the best facilities in the MAC, we have the Bowdens….. I REALLY thought this is an area Bowden would crush all the MAC schools. Like Bobby Bowden always said "it ain't about the Xs and Os…..its about the Jimmy and Joes". Where are they? The only reason I can think the would have stuck with Chapman is because of the weather and the fact that it is difficult to throw and catch. If that is the case, spread things out and stop calling the same plays that are not working. At least act like you are willing to throw the ball. Pitt stuck with their 2nd team QB last night…..OSU moved their 1st string QB to WR……I think we should do the same. There is no doubt in my mind that Pohl should have started the 2nd half and deserved to do so. This is soooo RG3/Redskins……I don't think I can take much more.

I too have been and will continue to be a supporter of TB but I don't think I have ever seen a worse offense in my life. Milwee must go. I am a Redskin fan and I have to say watching Chapman is like watching RG3. You hear about the mobility and speed but he takes more sacks than any other QB. And the offense doesn't move the ball. Pohl goes in and we score. He should have started the 2nd half. Hell, Pitt kept their 2nd stringer in!!! WTF!!! I feel so sorry for our DEFENSE. They played absolutely amazing and somehow actually kept us in the game with about 10 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. I almost think all the unsportsman penalties the defense committed at the end of the game were a BIG FU to the offense. That was painful to watch.

Booyah! Zips up 3-2

Yea, nice assist by Leo ;-) I initially thought Jared was getting the card.

Booyah!!! A long way to go but a great start. Stay positive ZNO. The ODU loss sucked, but look on the bright side……it was an early loss (to a ranked team) and will be forgotten weeks from now. As far as polling goes, it is better to take a loss early in the season vs. late in the season from a ranking standpoint (at least that is the excuse the NCAA uses to put the power conferences in post season when it is convenient ;-) I LOVE THIS TEAM

Agreed, Holding on to a 3-2 lead AT MARYLAND if 5 minutes to go is a good time ;-)

Akron earns 3-2 victory over No. 6 MarylandLZip……was your bar set at a 3-0 victory? Let me tell ya….it could have been. We kicked their asses.

So, now that you have highlighted my spelling error……do you have anything productive to say or should we dig through all the grammatical/spelling errors on this board……I am sure I gots lots o' dem. If you have tendencies toward Marquis de Sade, I would suggest counseling….or you and Keener get a council together to try and figure out what your point is!

It was an appropriate time for a coach to call the refs out and take the yellow card. There was some home town stuff going on. The team was inspired after the yellow card….. Nice job coaches!!

Leaving Ludwig Field now...strutting with my Zips hat on. Score was 3-2 but we looked great. First Maryland goal was questionable...looked like an amazing save to me. We packed it in after being up 2-0 and that was tense. We hit the gas and went up 3-1...packed it in and gave up another. BELIEVE ME this is a tough place to win. Unbelievable road swing ZIPS! We beat both Maryland and Georgetown who both sent former #1 UCLA back to the west coast with their tails between their legs. Keep it going men....

The record and a little history of Coach Embick; 2011 - Under Caleb Porter - 5 first round draft picks leave, 2 2nd round draft picks leave 2012 - Under Caleb Porter - 1 first round draft pick leaves, others graduate In 2 years, 8 players (I think all underclassmen leave), we also lose our goalie. 2013 - 17-4-1 record, went to the NCAAs lost first round to Marquette in OT (BS scheduling) - losses to St. Johns, VCU, Hartwick - MAC CHAMPIONS 2014 - 13-6-2 record, went to the NCAAs lost to Ohio State in 2 OTs - losses to Penn State, W. Michigan, Michigan St, Wake Forest, S. Fla, Syracuse - MAC CHAMPIONS 2015 - We are 2-1 and in the middle of a brutal road swing…..

https://youtu.be/DJnKm6ftPu0

I will have my Zips Soccer shirt on!!! We've had some great soccer in D.C this week that is for sure. Had dinner with a coach from Maryland last night, he said their UCLA game set records for attendance. I would imagine our game tomorrow will also be electric…….they know very well who we are and know it is going to be a battle.

pphilfran - Ignore Capt Kangaroo. He blames everything bad in this world on Rob Ianello - ISIS, riots, racial tensions, global warming - ALL Rob Ianellos fault. I agree, we do need to patient and we have the best coach we could hope for. It hard for even a Bowden to bring talent in after the miserable seasons we've had and an empty stadium for recruiting visits. Heck, our soccer coach lost one game this year and some Zip fans want him fired. Thanks for coming on. Good luck this season.

What I mean is that there has been a lot of negativity around the "The University of Akron" in the last years. The football team (our marquis sport) has been terrible. The University of Akron's academic rep has taken some hits around graduation rates,, financial issues, olive jars, restructuring some of the curriculum, decreasing enrollment, lowest attendance in the NCAA, etc. I think it is important academically and athletically to appeal to those outside of the Akron footprint. IF (and this is a big IF) we start to show improvement in some of these areas and there is some positive mojo created - lets pin it to The Ohio Tech Zips. Put the 1-10 seasons and all the other negativity on the University of Akron. There are several reasons to rebrand listed here, I think we fit most of them. http://brandingforthepeople.com/when-is-it-time-to-rebrand-your-company/

Great stuff…..I like it!! I hope I am right about this but I believe as the cloud is lifted from our football team and our basketball team continues success, and soccer - it will accelerate the transformation to Ohio Tech. It is a great time to re-invent yourself as The Ohio Tech Zips. To me the new Z logo, the name change is all happening to coincide with anticipated attention. Perfect timing in my opinion. Now if the ABJ would leave us alone. Of course they couldn't just print that we have a new marketing campaign to attract new students and promote positives…..they had to include the financial issues (almost defeats the campaign).

Looking forward to the game on Monday. Great atmosphere at Maryland……I will be proudly sporting my Zips gear. Terps finish #1 UCLA https://www.facebook.com/marylandterrapins/videos/1033712476639379/

I was at the game….we looked good. Nice rebound by the Zips. This is a brutal road swing….if we can beat Maryland on Monday…..wow! GO ZIPS!! Maryland beat #1 UCLA last night!! Hoyas play #1 UCLA on Monday - GO HOYAS!! For those that want tough schedules in our other sports…we sure have that with Akron Futbol.

Will do. In the meantime you just keep being your cheery..optimistic self. Maybe we will lose the next game and then you can start sharpening your axe again.

Nice win Zips AND Coach Embick ;-)