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Nate Johnson w/ hand wrapped. Hopefully just a sprain.

Nate hurt his hand, came out of the game & hasn't come off the bench since. Tavari took his minutes... in an unremarkable fashion.

Tribble's playing at an all-MAC level

Given the road conditions I hope the crowd is respectable tonight.

Enjoy him while we've got him

It's getting really bad out.

Received an email offering "mini-plans." You can pick 6 MAC games for $48 (GA). That's dirt cheap.

Just bought a few GA tickets on GoZips.com/pacolian(sp?). It says the sideline GAs are sold out tonight. It also says a few of the end zone GA sections are sold out tonight.

Items with our new “A” logo?

On my phone so can’t post tweets but Dyson Clapier & Malik Henry are returning next year.

This is a great schedule. Lots of home games. Anyone know why we're playing Western Carolina in Mason, Ohio?

CMU has only won one game this year but I thought they looked pretty tough. I hope it wasn't just us making them look good. Lenae Riley had a good game. Seems like she's beginning to come on.

Local guy? Where is he from?

I'm getting such joy watching 4 years of hard work paying off for Tribble and his 3-point shot. Love it!!!

@UA1996MAENG 👆🫡

Correct! It's being discussed in the Wide Receivers thread.

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I hate that "another chance to get better today." It strikes me as so Tom Arth-ish; "Here to develop." No Tom, we're here to kick ass. I just hope that tonight we "get better" all over BSU's ass.

What's OU's issue right now? They lost either Elmore James or AJ Brown to a season-ending injury, didn't they? With those two in the backcourt (as long as the TP didn't gut them) I thought OU was going to be a monster for the next 3 years.

Thought #1: It seems to me Joe Akron is oblivious as to how good the athletes at this level in fact are. When I was in high school I was also oblivious. I remember asking one of my friends (6-4, averaged double-digits in scoring) who was on the high school basketball team, and who was going to BUGS the following year, if he was going to play basketball at Bowling Green. He just laughed at me and said, "No." He understood how good the athletes were/are at the mid-major level... but I still didn't. (Mind you this was the pre-internet, early ESPN days.) Then my senior year I went to a couple of Zips football games and went down to the tunnel when the team would take the field and thought - "Holy crap! These dudes are freaking huuuge! And the ones who aren't huge are faaaaast! I'd get killed the first play from scrimmage at this level!" (You can't really tell how big the guys are unless you stand right beside them.) But until then I just thought Akron was... well, I don't know what I thought. But I really had no clue. Here it is, 2024, and it still seems like Joe Akron has no clue. Joe thinks if you averaged 10 ppg in high school you could probably play for the Zips. Joe thinks if you were a JV stud and part-time starter on varsity by the time you were a senior then the Zips probably have a roster spot for you. I have no idea why this is. People are oblivious to what a hidden gem of athletics entertainment is in their back yard and accessible for mere peanuts. Thought #2: We need our football team to perform. NEO is football focussed. Anecdotal, but I used to be somewhat familiar with the Marlington school district. They were very good in both boys & girls basketball, wrestling, baseball, and softball... but everyone in the community thought they were a joke because they traditionally had a very poor football program. Most of the students who went to Marlington were kind of sheepish about how awful of an athletics school it was... even though they were very good in almost every sport except football.

Another great article by Michael Beaven

@catdaddyp, for D-1 standards, our OL are a bit on the short side, aren't they? And I know this is currently a shot in the dark, but who do you see contributing, and at which OL positions, next season. The only one I've got pencilled in is Tyhler Williams at C.

I'm not calling for anyone's head, because I like Joel Rodriguez, but this has to be a bit of indictment on our coaching. No?

Really? Who brews theirs?