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IMHO (I'm completely out of my depth when analyzing OL play) our OL has gotten MUCH better since Week 1. They were able to pass block with much more success against MSU & TN than they did against lowly StFU. We were a sieve against FCS StFU. Did replacing Xavier Gray with Jordan Daniels really make that much of a difference? 🤯🤯🤯 Another consideration for someone(s) with a higher Football IQ than me: Were we possibly StFU's "Super Bowl" so they threw everything but the kitchen sink at us (scheme wise) & were able to confuse our OL, while MSU & TN knew they'd handle us rather easily so just ran vanilla defensive schemes so as to not put too much on tape for their future B1G & SEC opponents, respectively, thus making it more simple to block & therefore I'm just getting my hopes up for our OL for no good reason?

UA enrollment is half of what it was in 2011.

It's a steal. Packs the long, cold winter with entertainment.

Just out of curiosity, where do you get the 67% capacity figure? Agreed. We have a AA minor league team & on Friday nights Canal Park is hopping. You can smell the burgers on the grill & get wafts of beer in the air, the game experience is absolutely top shelf.. complete with a fantastic fireworks show following every Friday home game. Of course everyone wants to see the RubberDucks win, but most people are just there for the fun atmosphere.

Well said. This post hit the on the double-whammy. 1. It's so easy to watch from the climate-controlled comfort of your couch; kitchen 30 feet away, bathroom 40 feet away, 65"HDTV, instant replay, etc. All sports across America are dealing with this new phenomena. Honestly, this is most likely a permanent sea change in American sports attendance. (But... I still think big crowds are exciting & make for memories & we definitely want to shoot for that critical mass.) 2. THE NONSTOP PERPETUAL LOSING. Only diehard Zips fans go to the games. Winning... and only winning... will solve that. Aside: I've always wished the lovable loser Zippers had a loyal following like the Cleveland Browns & Chicago Cubs. But alas, we don't. But hardly anyone does, save the Browns & Cubs. Just win, baby.

GOOOOOOAALL!!! 2-0

1-0 Akron

Gooooooal!!!

He’s really good. I saw him play on Friday. Tall kid w/ great frame. Smooth route runner. St. Ed’s generally double-teamed him, sometimes triple-teamed him.

Love them. Would also like to see us work in white pants once in a while. I love the all-white look. (From my understanding we don't have white pants this year. So maybe next.) I'm a uniform junky. I can bore the average person with uniform talk all day.

Beacon Journal post-game story. I've been too unenthused to read it, but I did click the link simply to remind the ABJ that there really are some Zips fans out here. The Akron Zips take a beating from the Tennessee Volunteers

What’s just a matter of time?

I took Guthrie’s tweet to mean that this is exactly what we will NOT be doing any longer.

I thought Guthrie scheduled Tennessee to pay for the Arth buyout? Was TN put on the schedule by Williams?

It's only because I have supreme confidence that Ball Coach JoeMo will turn us into a G5 power that I can joke about this, but this has been about as an inglorious first 3 games as one could possibly have. A nail-biter OT W over an FCS opponent followed by two completely non-competitive blowout losses. In 3 years we'll look back on September 2022 and laugh.

Thanks for reminding me of Amankwaa and Richardson. Amankwaa led the team in interceptions last season. And we sent Richardson (along with DJ) as one of our two player representatives to Detroit for MAC Media Day, didn't we?

We should rest Irons & get Undercuffler in there. DJ’s proven himself.

Shockey’s gotta catch those punts.

Good job Perez. At least we’re not getting shut out. I like Smigel but I think he’s missed his last 3 attempts? Might be in his head.

Yeah, he just did it again. Saying DJ should enter the TP. He’s probably mentioned it 5 times.