Captain Kangaroo

I disagree. In the fantasy world where we are 3-6 instead of 5-4, we would have a different coach and players. Because the ones we have in the real world are 5-4. That's inarguable. They made winning plays that the fantasy 3-6 team didn't make. No better or worse fortune than anyone else. Ball and Guiser are our two team captains, and they didn't make it half way through the season. How fortunate is that?

...and if the Troy WR would have dropped the ball on their 4th and 5 play, we'd have won instead of lost...and if my aunt had nuts she'd be my uncle... The Zips earned their wins against Buffalo and WMU. The D made some awesome stands at the end of those games. Hopefully we beat Miami in convincing fashion. A simple 3-point win where the Zips defense holds the opponent under 21 points isn't quite enough to keep some fans from focusing on how they might have lost, rather than how they won.

Needed to start an official game thread.

I sort of agree, because Miami looked a lot better on Tuesday night than I wanted them to look. I like that our staff had the chance to get together and watch the Miami/OU game. There's not much Miami can do that will be a surprise. We'll be coming off a pseudo bye-week and a win, so we'll be fresh and confident. I think it should be a great MAC football game.

Choke complete. Time for bed.

I want to go to bed, but I want to see wmu choke this one away. Tough call...

Good to see her ruining the game experience of other MAC fans besides me.

Who cares...we've got Deltron! Get ready for the Sands Storm™, Miami!

One of the things that stood out to me regarding Miami was their aggressive offensive play calling. They have no fear of putting the ball in the air when they're pinned deep in their own territory. They're tough to defend. Good balance of the run and pass. I can't believe they lost to Kent.

Figured a match up so critical to the Zips' championship aspirations merited a game day thread....

Nope. 10 wins is a horrible by pretty much anyone but Dan Hipsher's post-Crawford standards. I'll expect .500 basketball, and hope for better.

6k? (3k OU + 3k UA) I assume they're pull the free scholarship deal for the students, or some other similar promo. I'm done for 2017 Zips games unless it's Detroit, or a bowl game. Work obligations. Have a beer for me, my friend.

I'm no doctor, but from my vantage point it looked like a stinger. It appeared he got the feeling back in his arm, and re-entered the game. If it is a bigger issue, hopefully the extra recuperation time from our "semi-bye week" helps.

And he called Keener "a bitter member of the venomous minority"! I'd love to have seen Buffalo coached by Elton Alexander, with George Thomas as the offensive coordinator. I bet the game's result would have been completely different. I-and-II-o would be the star of that staff. Go Zips!

I felt we would roll because a freshman QB was scheduled to start for Buffalo. He didn't. We won. Again. Go Zips!

Kyle Vantrease couldn't beat Hudson last season, so he certainly won't beat the Zips. Look for the Zips to romp. 38-16

Miami, Buffalo and Kent are at, or below our competitive level. Those need to be "W's." OU has the advantage of being a steady winner for an extended period. We're still figuring out how to win. But at home, a bowl-worthy Zips team should match up well with the Bobcats. No excuses...we're healthy, and in-line for a championship berth. Time to roll.

Two star recruits can turn around a basketball program in one season. Turning around an 85 student football program takes time. Especially turning around one that was the absolute worst in D-1A. If Bowden would have chosen from Day 1 to recruit freshmen, redshirt them and slowly build a program, he would have been fired within 3-4 years max. You don't win with 18 and 19 year olds. And no AD in today's world waits 4 years to become competitive. So Bowden chose to heavily utilize transfers in the beginning. And we became relatively competitive in a short time. And being relatively competitive allowed us to get a nice recruiting class this past February, and redshirt most of them. For the first time, we have some depth, and can let players develop. This year's recruiting class, by seemingly everyone's estimation, is Bowden's best to-date. The bulk of those kids will be redshirted, and we have the makings of a deep, year-in-year-out competitive upper-tier MAC program. I see us winning 3 of our remaining 4 games. 7-5 would be a great season considering our original circumstances, and the future would look bright too. Our program is now appealing to some decent HS talent. That's my view. Like it or not.

Love those 20-win seasons in basketball. Om nom nom.

We're 4-4, with a decent probability of going 7-5. or 8-4. That's acceptable for me in October 2017. We'll see how the final 4 games play-out.

A couple final thoughts on the Toledo game - Chapman had a really nice game. He made a great catch in traffic over the middle for a first down... on 3rd and 19 he made a nice move coming back towards Woodson...unfortunately the catch netted 18 yards, and we ended up punting...and his diving TD catch showed great hands and timing. A small ray of light in an otherwise forgettable day. We had zero penalties. I don't know how that was possible in a road MAC game, but it happened. Having no Amanda Sauers in the officiating crew probably helped.

I made a solo trip to Toledo yesterday. I miss my bud Dr. Z's pics, and layout skills. No one likely wants to read about the Zips getting their butts whipped, but I went...and here it is. Toledo.pdf

We"ve been a lot better team since both Wolf and Bell have returned. Need Wolf to amp it up a little more though.

Communist.

Should anything happen to Logan Woodside, his back up is Hudson's Mitchell Guadagni. The Zips could conceivably face two Summit County quarterbacks in successive weeks?