Jump to content

Let'sGoZips94

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    8,596

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    309

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Let'sGoZips94

  4. Game Number One: Wyoming

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    57 minutes ago, ZipCat said:

     

    Unfortunately, this is not true. We've definitely watched waaaaaaay worse than this.

     

    No, in my opinion, this was the most embarrassing for me. We're in year 4 of a highly paid, highly touted offensive minded HC. We're banned from postseason play because an archaic and apparently subjective NCAA academic standard. We have a very, VERY favorable schedule that should('ve) allowed us a chance to push the NCAA to drop the punishment, and we come out against a really bad Wyoming team and put up 0 points. 0. We scored vs Ohio State last year and can't score vs Wyoming this year. Unbelievably pathetic and embarrassing. 

    • Like 1

  5. Game Number One: Wyoming

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

    I never really understood the optimism many had coming in to this season. We weren't good last year and we lost a good chunk of our best players to either graduation or poachers. We notably have one of, if not the smallest, NIL budget in the MAC so it's not like we're in a position to upgrade. Outside of blind optimism I'm not sure how anyone could have thought this was going to be a 6 or 7+ win team. Another 3 or 4 win season incoming.

     

    It's a 6-7 win schedule for even a bad football program. The regression tonight on offense wasn't on my bingo card.

     

    This was the most embarrassing loss I've ever witnessed as an Akron football fan. 

    • Like 1

  14. Game Number One: Wyoming

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    21 hours ago, GP1 said:

    ESPN+

     

    God, I hate streaming. 

     

    Of all the things to bitch about with streaming, Akron being on ESPN+ is the most unworthy. ESPN+ houses most Akron football, men's soccer, and men's & women's basketball games. $12 per month gets you all that plus more. If you have kids or grandkids, the Disney+ bundle is one of the best deals in streaming. Now, in 2-3 years, I fully expect these services to be $80+ per month like YouTubeTV and other top streaming services have become, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. 

     

    We have a party of 5 going to the game tonight. It'll be both my daughters' first night game at the Info, and my first night game in quite some time. Hopefully once the rain ends, it's done for the night, because this has the chance to be a very fun season opener for the Zips. 

     

    This game will be won in the trenches. Does our OLine give Finley time to get the ball in the hands of our plethora of playmakers and open holes for our stable of RBs? Does our DLine get pressure on Wyoming's QB? Do we see a continuation of pre-snap penalties on both sides of the ball that have hindered this program under JoeMo? 

     

    Looking forward to this one. Go Zips!

    • Like 4

  16. Wyoming alumnus here with questions

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    1 hour ago, DCPoke said:

    Usually around 20,000 give or take a couple of thousand either way.  When Wyoming hosted Texas and Nebraska a few years back they added 10,00 temporary seats to handle the Longhorn and Cornhusker faithful.  War Memorial Stadium's capacity has been reduced to 25,000 something, down from 29,000 with the recent renovations.  "The War", as we call it, had a peak of 32,000 seats 20 years ago or so, but the number has steadily been reduced with each renovation.  Given that the State of Wyoming's population is listed at 576,851 according to the 2020 Census, I think they've right sized the War.  UW is the only 4-year institution of higher education in the state so it's facilities are top notch because they don''t have to compete with another state sponsored university.

     

    The latest renovations to the "War"

     

    AC9h4nqgguooRRdlUn1NVkdj02GnVJCb4GZzu6F5

     

    This is the biggest difference between Akron and a school like Wyoming. We have Ohio State less than 2 hours down the road, Cleveland State, Kent State, and Youngstown State all within an hour, and Toledo, Bowling Green, Miami OH, Cincinnati, and Ohio all in the state as public DI universities. This doesn't even include Dayton and Xavier as private but popular institutions in the state as well. The trade off is we have the pro sports - Browns, Cavs, and Guardians - 45 minutes north of Akron, so that's cool. However, all of this takes away from Akron, and it sucks to an extent. 

     

    The War looks beautiful (and packed).

    • Like 2

  17. The World of College Football

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    On 8/21/2025 at 4:45 PM, catdaddyp said:


    SEC likely moving to a 9 game conference schedule with the CFP agreeing to place more emphasis on Strength of Schedule.

     

    Nothing says "emphasizing strength of schedule" like sheltering your conference under the umbrella of zero-bias preseason polls. 

  18. Wyoming alumnus here with questions

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted · Edited by Let'sGoZips94

    18 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

    Lots of restaurants on the strip & if you want a traditional Akron-area chain find the Rockne's 1 block (ish) west of the strip.  There are a handful of Rockne's around the Akron area & I've never not had great food there.  It's your typical sports bar type of place.  If you like burgers get the Mack-the-Knife Jr. with fries. Unless you're a former offensive lineman you only need to get the junior.

     

    I'm ~140-145 lbs and my goal every time I eat at Rockne's is to wolf down a Mack the Knife plus the fries. Someday this will probably catch up with me, but that day is not today. It's very, very good.

     

     man-40.gif

     

    @DCPoke Ahead of the game on Thursday:

     

    - Welcome to Akron. I hope you have a nice experience. Hopefully the forecasted rain doesn't occur around or during the game. Temperature wise, it should be perfect (low 70s/upper 60s). Echoing previous posts, you cannot go wrong with Rockne's on The Strip in North Canton. 

    - Much as you believe this Akron game will be a litmus test for Wyoming's season outlook, Akron fans have the same view for our season. We have been very competitive in the majority of conference games the last 2 seasons, but the wins have eluded us for the most part. We finished last year strong and are hoping to build upon that momentum, especially with a rare returning starting QB in Ben Finley. 

    - I know you have nothing to do with this, but thank you to your alma mater for playing at Akron. For our fanbase, seeing a non conference D1 FBS opponent at the Info is like seeing a winning Browns season. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's special. Wyoming is a great opponent and when Akron makes the return trip out to Laramie, I'm hoping to make the trip. 

    • Like 1
    • Haha 1

  20. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted

    4 hours ago, tpsjugglerdude said:

     

    If they were in the MAC last year they would have been 300+ for sure. They won't be able to rely on their conference helping their NET going forward. 

     

    Only 2 teams finished 300+ in the MAC - Buffalo (341st; 9-22) and NIU (354th; 6-25).

     

    Most of the teams in the MAC that finished with a similar record to UMass ended up in the 260-280 range, and odds are UMass would've ended up with a few more wins at least to probably settle around the same ~220 spot they finished in the A10. Ohio was 16-16 and finished 179th, for example. CMU finished 219th after going 14-17. 

     

    It's all hypothetical, but I do believe UMass will be a Q3 opportunity for us.

  21. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted

    1 hour ago, RoyalBlu said:

     

    I'm not so sure, at this point, he's the No. 2 coach in the MAC behind Gross. Probably, yes. But let's give the guy a year in the MAC to solidify that statement. Boals, Steele, Kowalczk, Senderoff can all make solid arguments for No. 2 at this point, IMO. I agree Martin's pedigree speaks loudly. But winning in the MAC is no joke, no matter where the MAC ranks nationally. Until Martin runs that gauntlet successfully - and goes deep in the MAC Tournament - I'd say he's even with the four guys above. That would make him No. 2, or maybe No. 6. We'll see.

     

     

    Martin has a .575 winning percentage in 18 seasons as a head coach at Kansas State (5 seasons), South Carolina (10 seasons), and UMass (3 seasons). UMass is the only place he doesn't have a winning record at, and he's at .500 exactly (47-47; reclamation project as 2 seasons ago he delivered their first winning season since 2014-15). The top of the MAC is solid mid-major basketball, but let's not act like the MAC is going to bolster his resume vs. winning in the Big 12, SEC, and A10. Steele is the only respectable challenger outside of Groce for "best coach in the MAC" but the jury is still out on him. Kowalchoke and Pinky being in the same conversation as Groce, Steele, and Martin is disrespectful to those 3. If Martin fails to take UMass to the top of the MAC, he will lose a lot of credibility, but he's coming in as a top 2 coach, 3rd at absolute worst. 

    S Tier: Groce, Martin
    A Tier: Steele
    B Tier: Kowalchoke, Pinky, Boals
    C Tier: Simon

    D/F Tier: Really, who the hell cares after those top 7?

  22. 2024-25 Post Mortem and Looking Ahead to 2025-26

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted

    1 hour ago, tpsjugglerdude said:

     

    What makes you think this? Only 2 of the last 5 years have been respectable. 

    UMass

    2020–21: 119

    2021–22: 178

    2022–23: 205

    2023–24: 91

    2024–25: 223

     

    They were 12-20 last year and bottomed out at only 223. Only 5 MAC schools finished ahead of them in NET:

     

    Akron - 91

    PCCC - 128

    Miami OH - 147

    Ohio - 179

    CMU - 219

     

    It's all pure speculation, but I think the general public expects UMASS to be a top 4-6 MAC program as their floor which puts them within striking distance of the Q3 threshold (76-160 for Home games). Time will tell if the A10 overly inflated their NET, or if a (likely) better record in the MAC will be more beneficial. Frank Martin is the highest paid coach in the MAC now by quite a bit, and outside of the Groce, he's easily the best coach in the MAC. Their 5 year NET average based on the numbers you shared is ~163, and Frank should have them within that range again. The MAC has been dying for another team to be in that range, which will elevate the whole conference. Not to mention it makes us that much more competitive in the MAC/SBC Challenge, which again should help all NET rankings for the MAC.

     

    8 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

    Surprised Groce couldn't arrange a home and home with Miami, considering his half-brother is the coach.

     

    Maybe little bro is having PTSD from the absolute shellacking they took at the JAR last season. 

×
×
  • Create New...