Captain Kangaroo

I hope I get bonus points for being specific.

Anyone who is shocked that the Zips ONLY sold 9,000 tickets for the EASTERN MICHIGAN game is ...high on crack. If anyone think a stadium is going to fill up just because the Zips beat a weak Pitt team to elevate its record to 2-2, that person is ...high on crack. If anyone thinks decades-old attendance problems can be solved with a 3-2 record and wins over teams like EMU and Howard, that person is high on crack. If someone thinks it is a better option hang around outdoors on a blustery, tent-uprooting 30 degree day than sit on a warm couch and watch a game on the couch on a 60" flat screen...that person is high on crack. People want to plant a garden on Monday, and be eating tomatoes on Wednesday. It doesn't work that way. The Zips have stunk for almost a decade. Spraying a little Glade in the bathroom after a 10-year long dump just doesn't cut it. Zips need to keep winning. The schedule has never been more favorable. If Bowden takes care of business over the next 7 weeks, fans will come.

More people want to fret over attendance than discuss the football game.

He was on the sideline Saturday...in street clothes & a #78 Zips jersey. Big belly.

Saw this kid in a jersey on the sideline today.

Interesting site. Certainly squashes all speculation regarding the alleged impossibility of scheduling certain opponents. If I'm KD, this one is interesting:

Eric McLaughlin was a true Freshman for the Zips and led us to an NCAA berth. Freshman contribute heavily across the nation every year. If neither of these two incoming PG's are an upgrade over Betancourt and Evans...or Diggs...then we made big recruiting mistakes. I am willing to live with Freshman mistakes at the PG position through December. And I expect Dambrot will be loyal to his incumbent players early-on. But come January I expect at least 1 of the incoming PG's to have stepped up and be running the Zips' show. They have to, or Tree's senior season will be a repeat of last year's meh-fest. That would be a crime...he deserves better.

Red Panda Taken Down By an ACL One of the great all-time acts. Sayonara, and enjoy your well-deserved retirement!

I agree, Z5. We need 2 '86 it, IMHO.

#2 Upset of September 2014 MAC Power Rankings

Hope the weather forecast improves.

From Ohio.com - a few "keepers": And I liked this one too:

Kangaroos can sting

I watched the Pitt Coach's Show last night. Man, is Chryst a boring interview...he spent a full 5 minutes trying to explain-away his DB's comments on how he hates the Pitt fans. The only redeeming segment of the show was Chryst's response to the reporter question: "How did Hundley run through the Pitt defense so easily?" Chryst responded: "Akron established they could throw, so we couldn't load up the box to defend the run." Pretty simple stuff. Pass opens up the run. Run opens up the pass. He also gave Hundley credit for being a "good back." They had to be shocked that a "nobody" (there was hardly any 2014 film on the kid) ran through them so easily. If we can run the ball Saturday vs. EMU, it could be a 49-6 romp.

In TB's progression of "lose big"..."lose by a little"..."win by a little"..."win big"...the EMU game should be our first 1-A "win big"? I'll take a 1-point win, but we really should win by 15+. Prediction: Zips 38 EMU 16 [terrible MAC teams always miss an extra point]

Obviously a long time. Don't really understand why it's being brought up... Click here for sarcasm source.

EMU by the numbers

Who do you believe? Or

Awesome job, Dr. Z!

Gimme the OU mascot over Wil any day of the week.

21 points, 29 boards...could he be The Next Neerim Gembolai?

Can't wait for the Terry Bowden show tonight. Joe Dunn is sure to grill him with some tough questions regarding the Marshall game. Hope Coach is up to the task!

Looking back on Saturday, I'll say the following - As good as I thought our defense was/is, looking at Marshall's 11 defenders, we aren't in their league. Size, speed, athleticism, scheme...they looked like a BCS defense to me.In defense of the Zips defense...man, it gets old running back on to the field time-after-time-after-time as the offense goes 3-and-outI think I'm the only one that was PO'd when the waved the white flag and punted on 4th and 12 at the Marshall 40? There's 1:05 on the clock, and you're down 28 points. Can you at least try to score...show me you're trying to get back in the game? Punting the ball into the endzone when you are in that situation makes absolutely no sense to me.Where will the offense come from in 2014? Pohl is a decent QB. D'Orazio is a solid WR. After that, where does it come from? It's disappointing that, in Year #3 of TB's tenure, we have no offensive threats whatsoever.Watching the replays of the old Marshall games, which of our 2014 WR's would see time over Sparks, Irvin, Cherry or Montgomery? Probably only D'Orazio. Maybe LT Smith gets a few snaps.After watching #47 churn out the yards for the Herd Saturday, I'm starting to like the idea of Newman Williams in the backfield next year. If he plays LB, great...we sill need a running back that is capable of moving forward and getting 3-4 yards when we need it. And one that's a legit threat to take it to the house every so often. Brandon Payne, Jimmy Gray, Brett Biggs, Dennis Kennedy, Bobby Hendry, Culler, McCray these were all guys you could bank on to move the chains. They were "money" inside the 10. Why can't we find guys like that?We need Brumbaugh back. Of all our recent injury losses, his is causing the biggest concern. March is a close second.I would like to see the Marshall bandwagon if the Herd had 5 winning football records over the past 27 seasons. A big "F U" to any Marshall fan talking attendance smack.People who want to dumb-down the schedule to get some cheap cupcake wins need to take a step back to 5-10 years ago. This Marshall team we saw today...10 years ago we could have played with them. Now we get waxed. But we are capable of being as good as Marshall.If the Zips played to their capabilities Saturday, they'd have lost 48-24.In defense of Hakeem Lawrence - the guy hasn't carried a football in a real game in almost 3 years. He barely played in year #1, and redshirted last year. Give him some ball-security, rip drills and get him back on the field. We need his speed. If it turns-out he's just another track star who can't take the football contact, then bench him. But I would give him another shot sooner than later. He was in a tough position Saturday.We punt the ball into the endzone to much.Good to see Rossi in the backfield to start the game, if for no other reason than he's a fun guy to support. If you've ever coached a sport, event at the lowest level, you always love a kid that just wants to get on the field and will do anything you need.Our pass offense seems to be "toss it up and hope." Which I hate. When Brumbaugh returns, does Pohl have some time to get through his progressions? I hope so. Lobbing it up to your #1 option and hoping for a catch or flag ain't where it's at.Two weeks to prepare for Marshall, and we bungled and fumbled our way through the game. Marshall had 200 yards in penalties, and still clowned us at home. Part of me worries about how we're going to stop Pitt on Saturday. But overall, I still like our D. More of me worries if we are capable of putting the ball in the endszone against anyone this season. TONS of work to do on the offensive side of the ball.

The brutal truth That's an ass-whuppin'.

To make people think.