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Teon Dollard!!

That is a play that always happens against the Zips? Can't believe it went in our favor?! I forgot what it felt like? The kids from Aurora are carrying the Zips today!

Our secondary is so bad... How did Thomas not sack the QB on that last play? He had him dead to rights, and it was like he didn't want to tackle him? How many P5 teams are recruiting Teon right now?

Nothing exemplifies The Toilet Bowl better than - Fumble Fumble Fumble Time out Time out

Kent playing UVA tough. Down 2 with 13 minutes to go. On the ACC network.

You'd figure the release would mention whether or not any fans could attend? Why hold it in Cleveland if there are no fans allowed?

Good. Replace them with 4 juco’s or 4 P5 grad transfers.

One of the all-time great beatdowns.

I wish there were such a thing as a "gimme" for the Zips.

Put me amongst those tired of seeing the Zips name associated week-in-week-out with the nation's longest losing streak. I want to see our guys smiling and celebrating a win for the first time in 2 years. I'll take a win any way I can get it.

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Nelson - injured Sands - graduated...and might have dislocated his shoulder reaching for his diploma Burkhart- medically ineligible Knight -RB and special teams.

One could argue they had a roster bare of talent in that 4-8, 2018 season. Alvin Davis just happened to go "Teon Dollard" on the Wildcats.

Potato, po-TAH-to

On the Zips top 10 list of things to fix, return man is low on my priority list. Our most impactful player on defense, by far, is a 5' 9" middle linebacker. That's a big problem.

Forgive me Teon...I’m tapping out. The kickoff did me in.

I’m still watching cuz if Teon won’t quit, I can’t quit. Man is that kid a baller. Can he play on defense too?

611 yards in the 3rd quarter. Will they get 800?

It’s like we’re playing with 8 guys on defense. No DB is close enough to a Kent WR to break on the ball. Kent is shooting fish in a barrel.

Why would Kent ever run the ball?

No. I’m rooting for more turnover pencil sightings.

Neon Teon!

I don't think over half were Kent fans. But there were certainly a lot. It made for a fun game day. When InfoCision opened, I envisioned that environment being a lot more common than it's been...

Lot 9 was packed for last year's Kent game. I was shocked. We arrived 3 hours before kickoff and there weren't more than a handful of spots remaining. I saw quite a few people there whom I hadn't seen in a while. To me, it showed that Akron area fans will still come out and support the Zips if InfoCision is a party.

Back in the Owens days, we recruited 4-star RB Thomas Plummer out of Canada. 0-star RB Bobby Hendry probably outgained him by 2,000 yards in his Zips career. Nate Robinson was a 5-star DL recruit for the Zips (via Rutgers). He spent a non-descript two years at Akron. Peter Patrick Hayes was a 4-star RB. I have to believe he saw Teon Dollard and said "I ain't playing much over the next 2 seasons...I'm outta here." Assuming Hayes plays again, I doubt he's ending up at Florida State. Who's better...4-star Jonah Morris, or 2-star Michael Matheson? The list goes on...stars don't mean a whole lot at MAC schools. Brookhart and Owens had top-rated classes in the MAC, and it got them nothing. If the Zips coaches signed a kid because of his recruiting "stars," we have the wrong coaches. Talent evaluation matters. Coaching-up that talent matters. Retention matters. In-game adjustments matter. If the OU game isn't an aberration...and it well could have been...the staff may well have identified some good young talent and coached them up (from last season's abomination). We'll see about retention next year, but I'll assume as the program fills with Arth's recruits, the retention will be pretty good.