Captain Kangaroo

ESPN "guys" tried to fixed the flawed QB rating with their own. I have always gone by one rating for a QB...THE WIN COLUMN/CHAMPIONSHIPS. Some QBs are winners, while others are not. Reminds me of the old horse racing adage - "Don't tell me how fast he is, tell me who he's beaten." People keep telling me what a playmaker LR8 is...all I see is a sub 50% completion percentage, two consecutive 4th quarter duds and 1-7 through October. Prove me wrong, Kemosabe.

You said it, not me.

I will agree with you, Dave. We lost, we were doubled in yardage, etc, etc, etc. But we didn't look like clowns doing so. At least I watched a mildly competitive football game for almost 4 quarters. It's been a while since I could make that statement.

Now THAT'S turning lemons into lemon-aid!

The 2012 ones?

The biggest Playmaker for the Zips in the FIU game was FIU's #71. His post game film session will not be pretty. FIU had 10 penalties. That was the Zips best offense for most of the day.

We have absolutely no chance to win 4 games this season. K.e.n.t. is looking like a good chance at a win. Other than that, we're screwed. Buffalo might be close, but we'll be an underdog. Miami might overlook us...they have a history of doing that against MAC bottom-feeders. But there is no way this Zips team wins 3 games out of their remaining 6. Not after winning only 2 of Ianello's previous 18. And - Ianello isn't going anywhere. He's here for the next 2 seasons even if he duplicates his Year #1 multiple times. A scenario that appears quite possible.

I agree, and I'm as big of a PN fan as anyone but Moore is a playmaker and that's something we desperately need. Playmaker? What games are you guys watching? What plays is LR8 making? So he gets a couple 1st downs on broken play scrambles...he is doing a lousy job as a QB. He had 11 completions on Saturday?! ELEVEN!? He's completing 48% of his passes on the season. He had a chance to win at EMU last week and disappeared. Because of a bungling, inept penalty-riddled FIU effort LR8 again had a chance to lead the Zips to victory this Saturday and failed (overthrown pass to a wide open WR, and then his red zone fumble). Our quarterback play has been terrible this season. There's no lipstick anyone can slather on that pig to make a sane person think otherwise.

Reminder to self -- Corona and Corona Light (not me). Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse Shiner Black Lager Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale

The arena was packed for Lebron's St. V teams. Bring Akron a real winner, and people will sit on a bench for 2 hours. Go 10-6 in the MAC, and there aren't too many people who want to sit with their wife on a wooden bench on a Saturday night.

That's a nice complement. I appreciate it.

I'd probably wait until tomorrow morning. Sounds like you have a winner. JZ84 is correct - Seafood isn't as robust as pork or beef...if you marinate shrimp or scallops overnight, they'll turn to mush. 1/2 hour is all the marinating time it needs before going on the grill.

The team has added some more high-flyers to their roster in signing the top three finishers from the 2011 College Slam Dunk Contest: • Jacob “Hops” Tucker of Illinois College, the Slam Dunk Champion. At a mere 5-10, the Carlyle, Ill., native sports a 50-inch vertical leap, and his YouTube video of dunks that has seen well over four million views helped him get invited to the Slam Dunk Contest. Anybody seen that? Never heard of Iliinois College -- wonder what state it's in. I saw that slam dunk contest. The kid is an absolute freak...he jumps like a tick.

Further straying off the topic of Sconiers (why not...we're actually talking some football for once?)-- I hope Ianello brings in several JUCO's next season. We need "mature/seasoned" help at a lot of key positions. IF we want to win some games in 2012. If we are committed to The Process and wins don't matter...bring in 22 freshman and redshirt 'em all.

No. A 5 yard catch, with a 20YAC, looks like a "deep" 25 yard completion if you rely on the box score. Yes, I know it was a rhetorical question. A damn good one.

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You look at statistics. I look at the game.

It isn't asking too much to see a D-1 QB throw a nice deep ball. You don't need to be Favre or Marino. Or thread the pass through a donut hole. LR8 hasn't thrown any decent deep pass this season. That lack of a deep threat hurts our offense. I don't care if he's throwing late...gets too much air under the ball...throws it too short...<insert whatever deficiency here>. He's shown no ability to stretch the defense thusfar.

Good generalization of the QB situation as it relates to the WR's. LR8 can evade a rush. He can get a 1st down with is feet...although he's no where near an Edelmann-type running threat. His short range passes are "ok." His arm strength is a few yards short of "ok." He gets balls swatted-down too much. Nicely's accuracy is suspect, but not any worse than LR8 has shown thusfar. He can't make any plays with his feet. But he stands tall in the pocket, and throws a nice deep ball. A few nice deep passes would really loosen-up the defense and help Chisholm's chances of busting some big runs. LR8 is Ianello's guy. There's no debate. But he's no better or worse than a 2010 Nicely. Just a completely different skill set.

John Carson - dead. Emmanuel Smith - dead. Hollingsworthless - jail That should elevate Hipsher to be the odds-on successor to Senderroff @ K.e.n.t.?

He and Russell were indistinguishable last season. Sconiers has elevated his game a bit, but Russell appears to have leveled-out. Too bad Suel isn't healthy...Sconiers/Suel wouldn't be a bad #1, #2 combo. Opportunity for Jarrod Dillard to earn some PT. He's getting better too.

FIU 41 Akron 16

And for Homecoming, Captain Kangaroo will be visiting the room where he took his first MUM class. Or, the room where I took Calc I for the 3rd time ("B+" on the 3rd try, baby!).

I predict we see 170 yards passing this Saturday. That's 510 feet!

McDonald kids have been huffing Sriracha down by the old abandon steel mill for years, Z.I.P.