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ABJ (GT): Linebackers making tackles while anchoring Zips' defense

Glad he's not interested in returning to the college game.

And I had missed counting a player. We're actually scheduled to have sixteen players on scholarship next season.

You're right! Here's an article from the Dayton Daily News stating he'll have one year of eligibility left. I'll edit my above post. That gives us a very senior-laden class next season. 1. Man is our roster stacked with athleticism 2. Out of all of next season's listed Juniors and Seniors, the only player I can presently envision transferring would be Mark Kostelac.

Yeah that's why I brought it up.

@ZipWatcher, would you mind taking the time to update the scholarship chart? Next year it's getting confusing again with Ivey being our only senior we'll be losing and us bringing in three players - 1 JUCO product who will be a Junior (Camron Reece), one prep school product who should be a Sophomore (Mikal Dawson) and one high school senior who will of course be a true Freshman (Ali Ali). That should fill out next year's on-scholarship roster with: Seniors: 7 (Daniel Utomi, Tyler Cheese, Deng Riak, Channel Banks, Jeremy Roscoe, E-man Olojakpoke, Xeyrius Williams) Juniors: 6 (Camron Reece, Loren Cristian Jackson, Eric Hester, LePear Toles, Jaden Sayles, Mark Kostelac) Sophomores: 2 (Mikal Dawson, Khadim Gueye) Freshmen: 1 (Ali Ali) Total: 16

Now my weather app says sunny & 82 ?

I think I saw Brady get his bell rung during the ISU game. Like Zach stated above, last week was a perfect week for a bye. I hope Brady's alright & ready to wreck havoc in the MAC!

Yeah, you were right. Just noticed GoZips.com has Lucas back on the roster.

Yeah, almost certainly a Junior. GoZips dot com has Channel Banks listed as a Junior & Camron is taking the same rout to UA via Sheridan C.C.

Dude likes to finish at the rim!

Kent looked bad yesterday. It's difficult to tell just by watching tv, but it didn't appear either the coach nor the team was as fired up as they were the first week -vs- Illinois. Maybe the honeymoon period is wearing off? Plus, Kent's new coach likes to run the uptempo, hurry-up offense. When it's working it's great, but when it's not, it'll exhaust your own D. We witnessed that with the Zips during Bowden's first year. Kent's up tempo worked well against Illinois, but you saw their D get worn down in the 2nd half -vs- Penn State. Maybe now that there's film out there of what Kent likes to do, they're starting to get curb stomped again? Idk, I still like their QB & think we're gonna have to bring our B+ game to beat them in 2 weeks.

I'm going with... EMU Buffalo Kent Toledo TCU Purdue

+1. If we win the MAC East this year it won't be by backing in. Our schedule is tough. We're gonna have to bring our A game to beat Buffalo and I'm afraid we're gonna have to bring our B+ game to beat Kent, NIU, EMU & Ohio. That's asking for quite a few well-played games without a let down. Fortunately, our team's strength is on the D side of the ball & it looks like those guys are hungry to rumble every week.

One thing I've noticed is that there hasn't been much (any?) complaining about Milwee's play calling after the first three games. I don't complain about play calling much, simply because that's above my pay grade. But other, more knowledgeable posters have consistently been less-than-thrilled with some of the game's Milwee's called. Do you guys see growth here? We could have won the ISU game if Kato were a little more accurate with his passes (12-28 IIRC). I thought (as far as I could tell) it was a well called offensive game & a handful of times we had receivers open & simply missed them. Edwards at running back, I feel, is another impediment to the O's potential production. I feel more qualified in sizing up running backs, and Van really doesn't do it for me. I don't believe I've ever seen him make a guy miss or break a tackle. Bowden can sometimes be loyal to a fault & I think we're seeing this Achilles heel again with his insistence on keeping Van #1. I used to think Bowden's loyal-to-a-fault thinking was what was keeping Milwee at OC, but maybe not...?

Nice Spark game summary

ABJ (Associated Press): Zips stymied by Iowa State defense in 26-13 loss Worthless article. I've never been real high on Van Edwards at RB, so this stat struck me: "...until the Zips develop a consistent running game, the going could be tough. UA ran the ball 31 times for 91 yards against Iowa State with 56 of those yards coming from Nelson."

+1

ABJ (George Thomas): Zips look to continue upset minded play against Iowa State Cyclones

I think I saw something similar during last nights Temple -v- Tulsa game. Temple's new slogan is "The Dark Side," & a couple of their fans had their faces painted like Darth Maul (kinda Temple's colors if you darken the red). Anyway, they had 4 students(?) dressed as Storm Troopers jumping around on the sideline all game. I pray this doesn't get as popular as Miami's Turnover Chain has.

ABJ (George Thomas): Hard-hitting defensive back leading way for Zips

Just ran into Sammy Laster at Pots & Pans downtown. Super nice young guy.

Terry Pluto simply oozes condescension.

ABJ (George Thomas): Captain Kyron Brown provided Zips lift needed to overcome Northwestern This is a great article. GT collected quotes from Bowden, Kyle Ritz, Ulysees Gilbert III, Kato & even Gerry Faust. GT addressed the QB-OL problems in the first half & gives injury updates on DeMarcus Lloyd (out for season) and Shawn Featherstone (TBD).

ABJ (Marla Ridenour): Program-defining football victory affirms belief, fuels Zips' climb to next level