Captain Kangaroo

I was hoping for Bryant and Morgan State.😡

When do you predict he’ll get knocked out of the game and replaced by Irons?

You can’t spell funeral without F-U-N!

Sounds like the extent of the vetting we do when we hire a football coach.

Regarding local interest - Assuming the season plays on as expected, in the 4 year stretch of November 15th 2017 through November 15th 2021, the Zips will have won exactly 1 home game against a non-FCS team in front of paying InfoCision fans (CMU 17-10 in 2018). Tough to draw a local crowd when you lose to your peer-programs, at home, 90+% of the time. We used to have tailgate parties of 10-16 people with regularity. It's typically me and my wife now-a-days...until about the 3rd quarter...then it's back up Route 8. Every...single...week...the Zips are Marvis Frazier, and the opponent is Larry Holmes.

Our OL play almost makes the QB question irrelevant. Charlie Frye, Butchie Washington or Luke Getsy would have been in the transfer portal by week two if they were playing behind this crew. But if I were to play along... Irons had two fumbles that were recovered by Buffalo inside the Zips 10 yard line, and fumbled another out of the endzone. That's terrible. Kato's ball security is equally as suspect when he's deep in his own territory. Gibson beat BG, and moved the ball well against Miami. At Miami, the bungling and penalties that constantly killed Zips drives weren't his fault. No one can debate that Irons is a better, more elusive runner than Gibson. But you can debate that Irons' "lows" are much deeper that Gibson's. And their "highs" aren't all that different. Give me a QB that knows the importance of ball security. I don't think that Irons did anything to put a lock on the QB position. Personally, I'd start Gibson. He's proven to be solid, and he only got pulled last week because of Arth's feeling that Irons was the better option. Not because he did anything wrong. I'd take Norrils at RB. He has some speed, and he's strong enough to break some tackles.

You must have missed the first half of the OU game. I think that bought him another season or two.

Moeller is playing a team that is 0-10 in round 1. In the 70’s and early 80’s my HS had multiple teams go 10-0 or 9-1 and not make the playoffs. It’s a 180 degree turnaround. And, stupid.

Saturday was likely the 2nd earliest I've ever left a Zips game. I think the 66-5 3rd quarter score against WMU back in 2011 got me out the door faster.

There was about 12 minutes left in the 3rd quarter when I strolled out.

If we can generate 5 turknowvers I think we can full off the upset.

Know way the Zips defense holds Buffalo under 35 pints, Buffalo 38 Akron 21

Kent's defense is terrible. It's almost like they're afraid to tackle anyone. Gibson/Irons will have a big day against the Flashes through the air. I wish the Zips had the horses to take advantage of it on the ground.

Glad he got his 11th year of eligibility granted! 🥚🎧🎵

There a reason Domino's sells so many of their crappy, bland pizzas...and why so many people like "Whale of a Pail" vanilla ice cream...and why Food Club brand BBQ sauce is on the grocery store shelf...or why the dogs playing poker picture outsells prints of anything Picasso created. Many people just don't care about quality. And that's not a knock on anyone...it's the way it is. For those that appreciate an artisan pizza, or a well-crafted IPA, or an awesome 14-hour smoked brisket...they have a different outlook. I see the script Akron as "mailing it in." Boring and unimaginative. A nice, safe, "Whale of a Pail" ice cream logo for the masses to accept. It bothers me, because we are capable of better. Logos should be cool, fun and sell merchandise. "Script Akron" could've been made by Brownie Troop #39.

I think QB is the least of our problems. DL and LB’s are #1, and if someone wanted to make a case for OL I couldn’t disagree.

Good for Boogie. Hard working kid. He deserves some success.

Gibson playing well

If they can give Gibson or Irons a pocket, we can score points. Arth isn’t afraid to let his QB throw the ball downfield. Or use the tight end. It is a fun offense to watch on the rare occasion that the QB can get to 3 or 4 Mississippi.

Boooo helmet! 😡

It’s pretty much the opposite of the Zips. Could you imagine winning 11 in a row at InfoCision?

I'd expect even DJ Irons would vote for Gibson to start the game. And have a reasonably long leash to work his way through a mistake or two. I'm as big an Irons fan as anyone that doesn't have the last name "Irons," but if what Gibson did in half #2 lands him holding a clipboard this week I'm removing my "Extend Arth" sign from the front yard.

Difficult game to handicap this week. Miami is unexplosive, unsexy, and underachieving. But can they top the 2-4 Zips, who awoke from a 1,000 day nap last week, garnering their first road win of the Tom Arth era. And only the 3rd win of said era. Miami nipped the 0-12, 2019 Zips team 17-20, so we know their staff has the capability of overlooking a seemingly inferior opponent. How good are the Zips? If you go by the last 2 quarters of the OU game, and the first 1.5 quarters (3/8ths?) of the BG game, they're horrible. BG had to set a record for lowest score in D1 history when when compared to their field position. How did these clowns beat Minnesota? The Zips tried to give the game away with a blocked FG, blocked punt inside their own 30, fumble inside their own 30, and INT inside their own 30...and a muffed punt inside their 10 that was fortunately recovered. Still, Zach Gibson, behind a completely re-vamped offensive line, bested DJ Irons efficient Auburn effort with an astounding 14 of 15 for 177 yards and 3 TDs. Akron defenders were the beneficiaries of 5 BG turnovers. I think they had 13 total turnovers in Arth's first season? I think the 19.5 point spread favoring Miami is insane. They scored 12 total points last week. When misunderstanding a GT press conference question this week, Arth blasted at George "WHO WOULD YOU START(at QB)?" I wish George would have ran with it and responded "Are you serious? GIBSON! Did you see what that kid did on Saturday!?" I don't see Kato starting again, unless they give him a token series at Kent, or Senior day, out of respect for his time served. So the prediction...and I consider myself a healthy 4.5 and 1.5 on the season after missing last week's Zips win, and missing OU's margin of victory... Absolutely take the 19.5 points if it is still available. Absolutely take Zach Gibson and his revamped offensive line to pull a major upset over the overconfident Redhawks. Zips 24 Miami 23

He has had a strange journey so far. He got some starts in 2019...actually played very well in a loss to UMass. Then, he starts all 6 games of the "bastard" 2020 season, and really doesn't distinguish himself. Then gets leapfrogged by Kato and Irons. Definitely a credit to him that, when his number was called on Saturday, he wasn't disengaged...yukking it up with some reserve punter at the end of the sideline. Or pouting over his 3rd string status. He was ready when his number was called, grabbed the reins of the offense and led the Zips to an improbable second half offensive explosion. Hats off to him!

Maybe this has already been posted elsewhere, but here is a nice story on Blake.