Let'sGoZips94

Edit: Read some tweets that are reporting Sluka asked for more money for the mid season and since they aren't giving it to him, he's quitting. That's wrong. Toledo and NIU are kicking themselves even more for losing last week.

Every game you watch from here on out was paid for by the 3 unwatchable football games. Quite frankly, BG had a similar pay day stretch with Texas A&M & Penn State - they barely lost both games. NIU and Toledo each collected big pay days - they both won. Part of why it's unwatchable is our coaching staff doesn't have this program at the level it could be. Not necessarily blaming them for the previous administrative decisions that set this program back so far, but we're also in year 3 and look more FCS than FBS.

The White Sox of college football.

And lost both(?) their QBs.

Tons of passing plays have slant routes built into them, come on now.

BUGS down by 3 to TAMU.

It's not. You have a QB that has happy feet because of the pressure he's facing, and he's being tasked with a 15 yd crossing route instead of a 5 yd crossing route. Watch the best offenses in the country - they use the short crossing routes to get the ball into the hands of their playmakers and let them make plays moving up the field (not sideline to sideline like we LOVE to do).

3rd and 7, crossing route play call... 15 yds down the field. Why the hell is that not a 5 yd slant going up field where the receiver can catch and either turn up field for more yardage or simply fall forward for 2-3 more yards? I really don't understand Joe Mo's play calling. Saquon Barkley made him look damn good apparently cause his "genius" isn't showing with G5 talent.

No, that's what happens when the down-the-field play call is beyond a short crossing route. Too many intermediate routes for my liking.

Hate the side-to-side play calling.

Nice 3 and out to start the game. Keep. Finley. Upright.

Stanford Steve continues to destroy PCCC on GameDay. This is becoming one of my favorite Saturday traditions.

USA put up 87 pts on a FCS school last week I believe. They have a legit offense.

Our old friend is asking for $100 monthly from 10k fans. The P4s are gonna eat themselves.

So what we're back to is Embick needing to get his ass in gear and rediscover the magic?

What type of resources/funding did Porter have compared to other "elite" programs? (Legitimate question as I do not know)

Akron's brand hasn't severely degraded. They've elevated to the Big East and still possess national notoriety. They are 14 years removed from a National Championship and only 6 years removed from their 3rd National Title Game appearance in 9 seasons (at the time). They had 5 College Cup appearances from 2009-2018. We have one of the nicer soccer facilities in the country and can have some of the best fan support. The Akron brand is fine. The issue is, the further Embick gets away from the Porter era, the worse the program gets. I'm well aware the grass isn't always greener, but I'm seeing a "comfortable" coach and program, not a hungry one. I believe Akron would easily be able to attract a hungry coach that can get this program back to where it needs to be - where we expect it to be.

Not to mention the number of players who run into the end zone and drop the ball. That's as egregious as spinning, punting, throwing, etc., but is never called.

So the subjectiveness comes in with which refs want to actually enforce this BS, which is the gripe I had last night.

Kent is like a boxer prepping for a fight by getting hit over and over again to build toughness. The issue is, they're doing this in the Salty Spatoon when their skill level is meant for the Weenie Hut Jr.

Onside kicking Kent up 30-0 in the first quarter is next level awesome. They're my SEC darlings simply for that. Go Vols!

Can't tell if this is serious or sarcasm...

Stanford Steve on GameDay said to absolutely take Tennessee with the points (-49 was the line). His reasoning, "It's not as much about Tennessee, but more about how bad Kent has been."