Captain Kangaroo

In the post game show, "Champion of the Local Akron Kid" Joe Dunn expressed his excitement that Walter was the back up point guard. Groce subsequently stated Cheese was the back up and Walter would probably be 3rd on the PG depth chart.

Ok, a 34 yard field goal!

When the Zips have any semblance of an offense, they can beat anyone in the MAC. I expect, whether AR12 or KN1 is in the backfield, having 9 days to prepare allows the Zips offense to produce adequately enough to get the job done. The Zips defense always shows up. Not worried about them. Hope Boxen is healthy, and Bell's hammy is 9 days improved. The Zips know this is a game they need for bowl eligibility. I think it goes down to the wire and EMU missed a game-winning field goal attempt as the final horn sounds. Zips 24 EMU 23

Badgers Expect to Flip the Zip

Bowden's running "Three for Thursday" now? Who knew?

A good Three for Thursday bonus question might be: "Who will be the Zips starting QB on Saturday?"

Do you think Groce's preference is to recruit JUCO's. Or is it simply the short term, best route to quickly become competitive? Losing so many players, I think he had no choice but to go with JUCO guys if he wanted to be competitive before 2020. And coaches don't get that long a leash to become competitive now-a-days. I remember Hipsher's first team...it was Senior Jarvis Katron, Soph. Tron Jenkins, and 11 Freshman. I think they started the season 3-0, and finished it 3-25. Glad we didn't go that route again. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd guess Groce will get out of the transfer/JUCO business soon.

I recall the Nebraska AD saying he didn't want to pay anything other than the travel expenses ($160,000). If we're getting $1,000,000 to play SC (the going rate), I have to believe the Husker/Zips lawyers will call it a wash and move on. Just my opinion/speculation. If we can get the million from Nebraska too, all the better.

I guess Nebraska is off the hook for all but travel expenses? Hope Ramart improves a lot over the next 4 weeks.

Done for the season?

WTF does that mean?

Toledo has a “Friends and Family Only” crowd of around 3k tonight, and their weather wasn’t all that bad. The Zips may actually have below 1k butts-in-seats tomorrow night. The weather looks atrocious.

What's our RPI?

One way to jump start the offense is to let Dre Williams and Jeremiah Knight return kickoffs instead of taking the fair catch. Driving the ball 75 yards is not something we've proven to be good at. Those guys are game breakers. And our offense needs as short a field as possible.

Since there were MANY...could you provide a link to one? It shouldn't take long to find? Bueller...Bueller...?

Kato was 17-28 for 277 yards and two TD's. No INT's. 167.4 QB rating.

Would be nice to get Brian Bell back.

Dambrot can have his "Saint V Pipeline." What did it get him while he was at UA? In eleven years...Josh Williams? The Travis/Dru/Rome crew was recruited maybe 15 years ago?

I can't see it happening because it would cost at least $250,000 to bring a team to Akron, and that isn't in the budget. Especially with our Nebraska $1,000,000 not being a sure thing. I think 94Grad has it right...take care of business with the remaining 11 games and earn the bowl eligibility. Don't beat BG and a 1-AA program and try to "buy your way in." NIU has a good chance to be a repeat of 2017's OU game. If the offense can show up. We have a mid-tier-Big10-level defense, and an offense that really hasn't shown up since Northwestern. It's time the O pulls it's weight.

The defending A-10 10th place champs invade Akron? Playing at a high school gym? Sounds too good to be true? Heard nosebleeds are going for $125 bucks on StubHub. Gonna be awesome!

Fearless forecast - The Zips defense forces numerous NIU punts, and Jeremiah "Boogie" Knight dances not once, but twice in the endzone as the punt return team leads the Zips to victory!

Is the crew that used to paint the Rubber Bowl bathrooms completely white every season...right down to the inside of the toilet bowl...still together? Let 'em have at it!

I've heard from multiple sources that Nebraska's payment was originally scheduled for March 2019. So until that time I don't there's going to be much meaningful discussion on the topic. If there's no payment by next March, then things get more concerning.

Unfortunately I'll be 35,000 feet in the air returning from Germany Saturday afternoon, so I can't hook up with you. Hope you find some good guys in Lot 9 that hook you up with a few beers in my absence. Go Zips!

I was in the Frankfurt airport this morning going through Customs in my Akron hoodie when a guy in line turned to me and said "Go Zips! Nice win on Saturday." Later on I turned to a guy in a Purdue hat in the same line and said "Nice win over the Buckeyes on Saturday. He said "Thanks! You guys won in overtime, right?" Nice, globally-recognized win by the Zips on Saturday! Always fun to rock the UA gear in airports after a big win.