Let'sGoZips94

WMU 1/2. Not sure if that's a confidence pick, or a I-hope-we-get-the-monkey-off-our-back pick, but I'm going with it.

To roughly quote Mater from Cars, I'd give my left lug-nut for a new OC, let alone it being a stocking gift. We as Zips fans owe a lot to Larry Fitz, actually. If I remember correctly, he convinced Charlie Frye to stay for his senior year by telling him that he'll like playing for JD Brookhart. JD was at Pitt during Larry's time there.

A vote for no extension right now is a vote to let him coach the final year of his contract and go from there.

Thread about an extension for Bowden... A post that didn't include the word or a variation of the word "fire"... Not seeing where you got that from. I thought Toledo was supposed to be head and shoulders above any team that FAU played? So if they are, and we got blown out by both, then Toledo got blown out by App State, where does that put Akron and the rest of the MAC?

You're not allowed to use this when one of your arguments against Groce was that he got lucky at OU with his NCAA Tourney wins. App State was well prepared against Toledo and shut them down. What does that say about the abilities and preparation of this coaching staff? In regards to the effect on recruiting, what about the message of "we don't want mediocrity at Akron" and the positive effect that could possibly have? These recruits just saw Akron get BLOWN out in back to back nationally televised games. Let's not pretend that's anything but negative publicity.

No but this, in my opinion, adds to the case against Bowden.

Our campus could look like Miami (OH)'s if we bring these bricks home with us.

Looks like we are a couple players (maybe the 3 transfer sit-outs?) From finishing these games against bigger names.

The zone is most certainly the game changer. What is it with Akron and playing dirty teams recently? We need to drive at Metu and get some more fouls on him.

I'm aware. Did our water boy get under your team's skin, too, so they decided to show us up by beating us without practicing? Over 40 posts and I think they are some of the emptiest 40 posts this board has seen.

I don't believe the matchup had much to do with the blow out. I don't think FAU is 50-3 better than us. I think our preparation was pitiful with the play-calling equally abysmal. Additionally, how many people do you think are actually watching that game?

If you can count Mississippily before a result occurs from a reaction, it is no longer a natural reaction but an intended one.

If you have the chance to pick your bowl, you pick the bowl that gives you the most exposure and the biggest payout. That was the Boca Raton Bowl. It's on the coaching staff to get the team ready to play, which we were not. Nobody can defend Bowden, yet suggest we should have avoided FAU because they are "dangerous". This is FAU, a team that was a perennial ESPN #1 Bottom Ten team, at worst sharing the spot with FIU with the "I" and "A" rotating in and out in the logo GIF. Yes, they got Kiffin, but they were 3-9 last year. They finished this year 11-3. After 5 years of Bowden, we should not be getting embarrassed, especially by the likes of FAU. No more excuses.

I will take my comments back about Kiffin going for 2 (not my comments about Kiffin; he's still an a$$) if this is true. I agree with NWAkron that Van Horne being shown the door wouldn't be much of a loss. I haven't heard many positives surrounding him.

I'm not exactly giving the defense a pass (the deep pass play before the end of the half was embarrassing; that ball sat up for what seemed like days and we still couldn't recover to deflect it away), but we had the chance to go up early on in the game and put them on their heels, and our offense laid egg after egg. Hard to consistently stop an offense that puts up 40+ ppg, especially when your offense doesn't capitalize on chances and eventually starts stalling out. Our defense came to play early on and I believe got worn out; our offense didn't show up at all. Our defense won the games against Can't, WMU, etc. They came to play early on against Toledo and FAU, too. The 2 minute drill defense is the only gripe I have, as that cost us 7 points at the end of the half last night, and the Troy game.

Playing this game on their home turf was the least of our problems, and it doesn't excuse the lack of preparation and execution on offense.

We didn't stop you. You scored. The 2 pt. conversion was incredibly unnecessary. I don't know if you did play anyone better than our West Division MAC opponents (mainly Toledo). I don't agree with the arguments that said our schedule made us better, because this is twice in a row we haven't shown up on National TV. And I've avoided the trash talk. I just didn't appreciate your comment is all.

Nice comment. Did you learn that class from your coach? Good season for you guys. Congrats on the win.

He crossed the line by going for 2, already up 31. If my HC choices for the next 10 years came down to Bowden and Kiffin, I'd take Bowden, even with Milwee as his OC.

Wait what? Did I miss something? I didn't realize we showed up for our games in Detroit & Boca.

Senderoff owes Dambrot a thank you for potentially saving his job after Akron laid an egg in last year's MAC Championship Game. Bowden owes Solich a thank you if he's brought back/extended. No way would I extend Bowden based on this year, and I'd consider relieving him of his duties, especially if he refuses to make any changes to his coaching staff.

Supposedly FAU really wanted him out of high school. They can have him. And LaVar.

Up 34-3, Lane goes for 2. Classy.

Let's play soccer! Clap clap clapclapclap!

After further review, we'll have to wait until the next possession to see if they can stop him twice.