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All of his staff so far are P5 guys... Maybe he wants to get P5 fans/atmosphere?

I knew that... 👀😳😅

Appreciation post for the JAR. Thank goodness we don't watch our basketball games at the Nutter Center. That is not a flattering arena name. 😂

Kalle got in there at the end. I thought he was a redshirt.

Patton.

These announcers are fawning all over Akron. It's hilarious 😂

This is quite the performance. 1) This team appears to be gelling nicely. 2) The schedule is becoming more consistent/regular. I wonder if that is helping us find our flow/rhythm.

Go take your timeout. Turnover and 3 by Wright State immediately following this post.

Wynn sighting. Great dribble drive by Clarke.

Whoops. Double post on the phone. Go Zips!

Love the ball movement tonight. Incredible vision and execution on the pass there by Aziz.

The play-by-play guy on ESPN+ sounds like Ohio State's announcer, Paul Keels (the only good thing about the Suckeyes). Great voice. He and Jackie would be a nice pair instead of Reghi.

Is Travis Hunter one of Barstool's sponsored athletes? Jerry Jones makes sense.

This seems like the right thread to discuss the ever-changing landscape of college football recruiting/transfers. No. 1 recruit Travis Hunter commits to Deion Sanders and Jackson State I'd imagine NIL money is involved, but this is a massive domino to fall. The trail of dominoes that follow this could lead to other G5 schools landing big time recruits. The staff Moorhead is putting together, including himself, cannot hurt in hopes of being one of those G5 schools.

This is one of my favorite takes yet. How tone deaf can you be? Further proves how detrimental this is to P5 schools. I love it.

Interesting. Wyoming and San Jose State on upcoming schedules. When's the last time we went out west so often?

Maybe 4* and high-end 3* recruits won't choose upper-echelon P5s to be their 3rd string (insert position here). This will shake itself out to find a nice balance in the end.

My guess is an OC & a DC will be hired, but are probably higher-profile names coaching for teams in bowl games at the moment. Every coach that has been announced is either unemployed, not in a bowl game, or a GA.

I don't know if we know what the MAC is yet. I definitely think it's a combination of Akron/Canada/BFE Ohio U/UT/PCCC at the top of the conference, but it has been that way for some time now (minus the random BUGS/Balls/EMU runs). PCCC always tends to get better as the season progresses, but "better" is limited by Pinky's low ceiling.

6'6" DE. Went to MSU with Moorhead, left after his departure and transferred to Memphis. Now is coming to Akron to reunite with Moorhead. Had offers from Louisville, Memphis, and Mississippi State out of high school. Big kid.

JoeMo was just at Hoban the other day. The stars are aligning. So those are Big Ten and PAC12 guys looking for their time to shine. I'd imagine DeLattiboudere is targeting Campbell. Looks like Onyechi might fall under Ferri's territory? So that talent on the field looks like it might match the experience in the staff - P5.

Akron has proven, in recent years, that Forward doesn't always mean "scorer". Are either of the two "Forward" recruits snipers? I'm all for a cohesive, talented midfield as well to help create offense. We. Just. Need. To. Score.

Am I missing any positions? HC: Joe Moorhead; Big East, Big Ten, SEC, Pac12 OC: DC: Nick Toth; PAC12, SEC, MWC, CUSA QBs: Billy Fessler; Big Ten, SEC RBs: Terry Richardson; Big East, ACC, SEC, NFL WRs: David Gilbertson; AAC, Pac12 TEs: Reno Ferri; ACC, MAC OL: Joel Rodriguez; ACC, CUSA DL: Winston DeLattiboudere; PAC12, CUSA LBs: DBs: Tre' Bell; SEC, ACC ST: Allen Tucker; SEC UPDATED 12/18 4:56pm

I'm really hoping this means those two positions will be filled by higher-profile names that are coaching in Bowl Games.

Updated and quoting this so it stays current with the discussion and isn't lost on page 2. I learned this tactic from @Illini Zip and his thorough updates on the Zips Men's Basketball Scholarship thread.