Captain Kangaroo

Love that Boogie is back to returning punts. I felt Arth gave up on him too soon after he botched a couple early season opportunities.

Fearless Forecast: Zips attempt their first fake kick/punt of the season.

I have PS Vue. I love it for the sports package. As of right now I haven’t found an equivalent. Sorta sucks.

Maybe if Kato were the QB we would have won. But I guarantee that if JoJo Natson wouldn't have dropped that easy TD pass, we would have won.

How do you feel about dropping to 1-AA?

I will disagree with you on this point. There are some people who abuse their privilege of posting on ZipsNation. Just because someone has the ability to repeatedly type the same diatribe doesn't mean it's ok. It's disrespectful to the other members, and it makes for a lousy discussion forum. It also drives the interesting/thoughtful people away, because they don't feel like being cyber-hassled by someone with nothing to say and all day to type it. If you ever begin a post - "I've said this many times before, but I'm going to say it again..."... you shouldn't post it. I promise everyone read it the first 35 times.

I think you’ll be able to say that for every match as we progress through what’s left on the slate.

Faust recruited Jason Taylor.

Even a blind black squirrel finds an acorn...

The difference in the game has been the same story all season - bad OL play, and a non-existent pass rush. Every game, I marvel at the time the opposing QB has to throw...and the size of the pocket he throws from...compared to that of the Zips . On the season, we have 4 sacks for 17 yards. Our opponents - 31 sacks for 163 yards. That's amazing. I liked Gibson's arm strength. I liked how, under duress, he constantly looked down field, trying to make something happen. Like Loyal Zip said, he needs to protect the ball better. And he will. For a true Freshman, running for his life, in his first start, he did a great job. Just when you think we found a starting RB, he injures his shoulder after an 8 yard gain. We convert on 33% of our 3rd downs. Our opponents are at 50%. We've lost 10 fumbles. Our opponents have lost 2. Just tough to watch...

Looks like we might have a new QB today??

I saw Decavilon Reese made an appearance Saturday? No idea what the story is on him. Maybe NCAA clearing house issues held him out the first half of the season? Just a guess...

I would say they were "high-risk/high reward" recruits. And in the end the risk outweighed the rewards. I don't fault KD for giving them a shot, but it seems like the exception rather than the rule that non-qualifiers pan out.

Fearless Forecast™ - Zach Gibson tosses for 379 yards and 5 TDs. The passing success opens up the running game, and the Zips post 128 rushing yards and 2 TD's. Kent runs a Fumblerooskie with 21 seconds remaining, but Crum trips flat on his face and can only watch in despair as Alvin Davis scoops up the ball and runs 78 yards to paydirt, sealing the Zips thrilling 47-45 win. Both Zips students in attendance storm the field, uprooting an orange goal line pylon and later, victoriously carry it around campus on their shoulders.

That explains why I saw Groce walking around campus in waders a couple weeks ago.

Chris Rooney!

Since you are an Akron historian...?...do you recall Lee Owens' first season? The Zips were 1-6, and Owens was disgusted with his QB play, so he pulled Greg Gromek's redshirt in Game 8...and the Zips subsequently won 3-in-a-row. Gromek subsequently blew out his knee the next season and used his redshirt for that reason. Say Gibson beats Kent...and beats Buffalo...and beats NIU...how do you not start him at BG? Yeah, it's a fairly improbably scenario considering we're 0-5...but it is the MAC. It's possible.

Odd...he was getting a lot of pt.

You owe it to the team to give them the best chance to win games. If Gibson clearly gives you that chance, you play him.

Will Kent be ready for it?

Rather than having 6 student athletes in the portal, I think we now have 6 athletic students. They can tear-up the US Intramural League for a short bit this fall before moving on. I assume their scholarship holds through the end of the semester, since it is already paid. You'd think a requirement for them getting a scholarship is to attend classes? And they would be much more marketable to another University if they were in good academic standing, rather than dropping out. Other than Dre, I can't believe any of the Portal 6 are going to play at the D1-A level again.

Who's in it? Who's not? How do these soon-to-be-ex-Zips stack up against the portal entries from other MAC programs? National articles on The Transfer Portal...it all falls under this topic.

Kent message board I think there are 4 total posts in October, so keep your expectations low.

Last year, 4-8 Bowden beat - Northwestern Morgan State (4-7 FCS) Kent State in OT (2-10) CMU (1-11) We lost 9-of-11 starters on defense, and that defense carried the 2018 team. Due to the timing of his hire he completely missed out on the initial signing day. We lost our best returning WR, Jonah Morris, before the season even started. Shocking that we're bad in 2019. Who knew? Arth is a good person, and a hard worker. He's legitimately focusing on NE Ohio recruits, which is something Akron fans have bemoaned for years. Everyone here should support the guy. Against a lot of odds, his staff and team are busting their ass to bring Akron a winner. If you repeatedly post on ZipsNation bitching about Arth, you're just trying to bring the program down. And bring the supporters down. And that is not why I pay the money, and spend the time, to run a nice site that represents UA well. People that repeatedly bitch make ZipNation toxic and drive good, interesting, fun fans away. That won't fly.

If it is indeed true that - "You improve through criticism. You do not improve from sunshine and rainbows and apathy" then I'll offer the following candid thoughts - You have 3,870 posts on ZipsNation. I am still waiting for the first good one. You started off strong in 2012 with your avatar, and everything since then has been a banal, verbose waste of space. You offer a stunning combination of ignorance and self-importance. #Facts. Tough Love.