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6pm kickoff on ESPN+ So noon your time - in paradise. Enjoy watching this on the beach. Aloha and Shaka brah!

Book it. January 1st can't come soon enough. It will be fun to start throwing down a few bucks here and there on the Zips.

Uhhh... We may have figured out how EMU beat ASU. https://twitter.com/PFF_College/status/1573328081393180672?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Open playbook + Liberty injuries + Liberty overlooking us = Zips win. LET'S GO ZIPS! BEAT LAST CHANCE U EAST CAMPUS!

This is quite the opportunity to make our mark. Those injuries for Liberty are a massive equalizer.

Also keep in mind that JoeMo held the offense back week 1. A simplified offense can make blocking harder; you're not giving as many looks to the defense, so they can more or less pin their ears back. The same thing happened in the Tennessee game, as we let Irons run. The difference is the 2 weeks of actual game play to get more acclimated as an OLine group (and swapping Gary out). Side note: love how analytical this coaching staff is. Utilizing PFF is incredibly nice for promoting the program and showcasing the direction we are headed in. Spoiler alert: that direction is "up"

Winter is tracked based on Akron basketball. Once the MAC season rolls around, we know we're halfway through the 💩 weather.

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Quite the confident bunch over at Last Chance U East Coast Hard to blame them, but I would love nothing more than to make a statement with this game that Akron Football is back.

How big is this injury? Check out this article recapping Liberty vs Southern Miss. "What we thought was going to be the Charlie Brewer era at Liberty lasted only nine minutes. Liberty did not move the ball that well on the Golden Eagles during his time. I thought it was from poor play, but sources stated Brewer left with an apparent fracture hand. Johnathan Bennett stepped up and brought spark with the play of his legs. It reminded me a little of the Malik Willis days, but one problem for Bennett was inaccuracy. Bennett was 7/18 for 37 yards and two INT’s which everyone could tell you, that is not getting the job done. The second-string QB’s last play was a pick-six leading to a 10-17 deficit in the fourth quarter. Then out of desperation, Kaidon Salter, the third string comes into the game. Not only did his presence on the field look like he was QB1, but he won the game! He brought the Flames back from deficits of 10-17 and 17-24 in the fourth. He by far was the most accurate QB of the night throwing for 8/13 for 148 yards with two TD’s and one INT. Salter was also effective with his legs rushing for 65 yards and being the leading rusher. All of that in one quarter and 4OT periods is impressive." Also of note, Liberty gave up 252 rush yds on 54 attempts to Southern Miss. Maybe we'll finally be able to run the ball.

Someone call in Alex Abreu for some tips. Too soon?

Looking at Liberty's statistics... - Their QB is a "freshman" transfer from Tennessee, after he was dismissed from Tennessee last year for 2 run-ins with police (looks like they both may have been marijuana related). He was previously a Top 50 prospect when he committed to Tennessee, ranked as the #6 QB in his class by 247 and the #5 prospect in Texas. - Their #1 receiver is a 5'8" presumed burner. He has 15 receptions for 272 yds and 4 TDs. No other receiver has a TD, and the next closest receiver (actually their RB - Dae Dae Hunter) has 8 receptions for 31 yds (2 receivers have 6 receptions for 91 and 88 yds respectively). They have 2 key receivers at 6'3" and 6'4" respectively, so they have size. Our old pal Treon Sibley is also on their roster. - Salter leads the team in rushing with 38 attempts for 216 yds and 2 TDs. Dae Dae Hunter (5'10" 190 lbs) has 38 attempts for 215 yds and 2 TDs. Shedro Louis (5'8" 170 lbs) has 32 attempts for 120 yds and 1 TD. - Their OL looks big and seems to have some experience. No idea how they are at protecting, but Salter is athletic enough to get out of any bad blocking situation. This game should be competitive. A 2-3 score deficit would be understandable and acceptable, but I expect us to be in this game for 3.5-4 quarters.

Either Candle is in line to leave Toledo and this kid got word, or he's getting P5 looks.

"Hey Aaron - I know you're a failed, once-promising NFL prospect. I can't imagine how hard that must have been to deal with as you held a clipboard for millions before being offered hundreds of thousands of dollars to hop in the booth to commentate on your safe space - SEC football. Anyways, the SEC isn't everything, bud. The list of non-SEC QBs, even non-P5 QBs, to have more successful football careers than you and countless other SEC/P5 QBs is too long to list. Just keep that in mind before you continue to unprofessionally clamber for a G5 QB to transfer to your beloved SEC or P5 school. Sincerely, Every Zips Fan That Had to Listen to Your Garbage Commentary on Saturday" z.i.P.S. No I didn't send this - I don't have Twitter. Arth's media sessions were like the current Browns regime. Unwilling to answer anything in detail because they're not smart enough to realize the opponents already know their mistakes due to how simple/basic they are. JoeMo knows he's smarter than 99% of the coaches on the opposing sideline, and isn't afraid to actually answer the media's questions.

I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but I took this the exact opposite. I understood this tweet as Guthrie saying he had no control over the schedule, but if he did, Akron would not have played 2 Top 25 teams.

Excellent post as usual. I love our open field tackling. It seems like we're missing far less tackles in space, which is setting up more and longer 2nd & 3rd downs for the opponents. DJ is a stud. As annoying as the commentators were, they were right about him being P5 material - if he keeps up this level of play & poise. Our offense is going to be an issue for the MAC. Two straight weeks we've been able to move the ball, at least for solid stretches, against Top 25 P5 opponents. Scoring has come at a premium due to having to be perfect to overcome the talent difference, but I have zero concerns vs the MAC. We should also be able to run the ball better, which will open up the passing game. Lastly, part of my confidence in our success in the MAC this year stems from the level of our coaching. We've gone against two coaching staffs that have a combined payroll that equals or surpasses the MAC's entire media revenue for the year. We will be able to outcoach most of our MAC opponents, and it will come down to execution. Bring on Liberty.

You mean a size mismatch across the board resulted in the smaller team having to tackle the legs of the bigger opponents? That was their first sellout for a non-P5 home game since 2015 or something like that. It's impressive so many wanted to come see Akron.

Cade York. Noah Perez. Northeast Ohio is a kicker hotbed.

This. This is DJ's team. This team is going to be fun to watch against non-Top 25 competition. Announcers are awful and unprofessional, as many have said, with the Irons Transfer Portal crap. The SEC arrogance in their comments is nauseating. The kinks are being worked out each week, and we keep getting better.

ESPN Bottom 10... 9. The Akronmonious Buffaloed Baller Central State of Kent While the #FunBelt was in full-on party mode, poor #MACtion spent its entire Saturday already looking like the morning after. The conference went 2-8 in nonconference games. Five teams are 0-2, punctuated by the Buffalo Bulls Not Bills and the 46-yard, as-time-expired game-losing TD toss it allowed to the Holy Cross Crusaders, a team that obviously practices a lot of Hail Mary's but apparently says a lot of Hail Mary's too. 10. Boiling Green (0-2) The Brown Falcons lost in seven overtimes to Eastern Kentucky, the team picked to finish third in the ASUN Conference of the FCS. Bowling Green erased a 14-point deficit with a 21-0 run, but EKU scored on the final play of regulation to force overtime, then stopped BGSU and responded with a score to win in the seventh OT. So, if you were wondering why we left Bowling Green off the previous list of heartbroken MAC teams, now you know that was no accident. It didn't merely have its heart broken, it opened up its own wing of the cardiac ward.

Insane statistic, and further proof that this staff gets it. We are in good hands.