Captain Kangaroo

What soccer recruit with any desire to see the pitch would want to be the 23rd scholarship kid at Ohio State (or anywhere else)? 28 soccer scholarships is insane.

Leaving Bronny in his dust! Over/Under on the Enrique/Bronny all time NBA career point differential - 4,000 (in Enrique’s favor). Looking forward to revisiting this post in a decade. 😀

I’ve seen so many losses over the past 6 years. More than any fan should endure by a mile. Can the Zips throw this old guy one bone and win a MAC game? Please?

0-6 Kennesaw State beats 5-0 Liberty.

I thought it was all demographics?

If they played South Carolina, Ohio State and Rutgers to begin the season, and dealt with all the budget cut related issues we have I doubt they would have 6…5…or 4 wins. They are maybe 1/10 of a notch better than Akron, but with a table much better set for success.

In order to keep Finley next season I’ve heard they’re going to make him player-coach, at half of Joe’s salary. A shrewd, outside-the-box way to circumvent the lack of NIL funds by Guthrie.

I will add that it is uncanny how our defense folds after an offensive blunder. We fumble, the opponent scores a quick TD. Interception…turns into a quick opponent TD. Shanked punt…quick opponent TD. One minute left in the half…plenty of time for an opponent to drive the length of the field and get a TD. Our D is a strength in the flow of a game. But it ain’t been so hot when they’ve been called upon to pick the team up after a mistake or close out a half.

The Emoni Bates era is just about to take off in CLE as well.

A friend of mine is a financial planner. He submitted a 30 day notice to leave for another job (customary notice in his industry). He was due a bonus at the end of his term. The employer told him he was free to leave immediately. He said "Ok. I still get my bonus, right?" The employer said "no." So my friend decided he was going to stay the entire 30 days. His new employer wasn't expecting him to start for a month anyhow. The old employer subsequently stuck him in a warehouse with a card table for 30 days. My friend dutifully sat at his card table in the warehouse for 30 days, and ultimately got his bonus. I feel Guthrie is treating Moorhead is a similar manner. If/when Moorhead departs, be very scared of the next coach Guthrie hires. It has a very good chance of being much, much worse. The uneducated person with say "How can it be worse...Joe's only winning 2 games per year?" Trust me, it can.

60 is ancient. Especially for a guy that, until this season, was out of college football for 15 years. Why not bring back Oscar Rodriguez? He seemed like a nice guy?

One handsome bastard.

No chance. The guy is 60 now. Happy to have him as a WR coach, but the ship has sailed on him being a D1 HC.

UA Alumni are holding a "Renew Your Wedding Vows" Ceremony in Lot #10 prior as part of their Homecoming festivities on Saturday. They offered a first come first served 8 spots beginning around 11:00 am for alumni couples (5 minutes per couple). So the wife and I are taking a 30 minute break from normal tailgating to do it. Should be fun. Interesting note - the Zips got beat by BGSU on our wedding day 31 years ago. I recall it was 35-0 at he half. I was listening to Dunn and French on my Walkman as the church was filling up. Hard to believe it's been 40 years since our first date. I don't have an actual date photo, but era-wise it feels like this one is close enough.

I'll speculate it is the same reason he didn't pursue any of the other opportunities he had for a bigger payday as a P5 coordinator - He wanted to watch is kids play football, something he couldn't do if he were a P5 coordinator anywhere but Pitt. He wanted to be close to his parents in the Pittsburgh area, who are getting up there in years He wanted to be a HC again He had good memories of Akron from the Brookhart era, and believed in Akron's potential. Unfortunately the wild spending of the Proenza era, and accompanying campus growth and improvements have disappeared. And Mike Thomas is no longer the supportive AD. We now have budget cuts and an Arby's A. I like Joe, and I'm rooting hard for him. But 2-wins per year for three seasons ain't gonna cut it.

Historically, he definitely throws too many INT's.

He personally out scored his old team 12-10 on Saturday.

Damn…our streak of not hitting a kick from 50 or beyond rolls on.😡

Adler out? That’s unexpected.

Maybe they don’t have an available scholarship?

Sports talk yutzes have made 40+ year careers discussing why XYZ team's backup QB should be playing, and why the incumbent coach should be fired. It's been going on here since maybe 2018? Man, I grow weary of it. I'm sure I'm not alone. If the Zips could win a few games and steer our conversations towards the other stuff (what transpired on the field, recruiting, how we match up against the next week's opponent, etc.), I'd be a happy man.

It would be so cool if the Zips beat OU on Saturday, and this thread dropped like a Kent quarterback.

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Buffalo is weak, and they beat NIU. It's the MAC. We should beat Kent, and pick up at least another 2 or 3 along the way.