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I'm loving Coney too. Dude is fearless. He catches the ball in traffic, is a little cocky, and not afraid to get lit up.

Is anyone as impressed and excited about RB/KR Van Edwards Jr. as I am? He's the most competent KR man I've seen in a number of years for the Zips. He's fearless, doesn't shy from contact, runs relatively powerfully and explosively north-and-south, and exhibits a lot of shiftiness and good field vision. I think he's looked good in the very few carries I've seen of him from the RB position this season - I was hoping he'd get more PT in the EMU blowout. He's well-built @ 5-9 & 185 and will probably come in next season at 190. I was worried about the RB position next season when we lose Hundley and Alexander, but now I think we're gonna be in good shape. http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2015-16/bios/Edwards_Van

I saw that. Kinda strange.

And this recruit is for the 2017 season, but I'm thrilled that we've offered him already: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/4060027/weston-bridges RB Weston Bridges of Copley. He's absolutely the real deal. RB, 6'1", 200 lbs., 4.46 40YD dash

Here's a kid I hope we're looking at: http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3726123/treon-vance Tre'on Vance of Canton McKinley. He's been playing well & almost single-handedly beat GlenOak the other night (GlenOak held on to beat McK.) WR, DB, 6'2", 171 lbs., 4.49 40-yard dash.

With the verbal of Michael Hughes, is Jordan Davis still a future Zip?

Dude looks chiseled. 6'8", 270? That's bigger than Hulk Hogan!

That is a good question from EA's article. 2. Dambrot has traditionally shared the wealth on his deep teams, playing a lot of players big minutes. While the value of that showed in Jackson's emergence last season after Robotham was injured, the down side was Reggie McAdams and Pat Forsytheperhaps not getting as much time to flourish as they could. Late last season a slimmed-down rotation prompted a surge. Will that continue? Seems like a bit of a pickle?

Is this per your acquaintances on the coaching staff?

Nice article by GT in today's ABJ. http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/ua-football-thomas-woodson-has-stabilized-quarterback-position-for-zips-1.628138 Concerning the vanilla play calling against Oklahoma & Pitt, coach Bowden said: “Maybe I can take the blame for not trying to open it up more against Oklahoma and Pitt. We were just moving through our schedule, doing the things we thought were best at the time we played everybody we played.” I like the fact Bowden is taking the heat for the lackluster offensive performances against Oklahoma and Pitt, but I've really got to assume the play calling was so vanilla simply because they didn't feel Tra'Von Chapman could execute most of the playbook. I love the fact we're going back to more of the spread with Tommy. Spread the defense out with Tommy & let Connor Hundley be the north-south hammer that he is. Good recipe.

Man, I was hesitant to give this thread a bump as it's pretty negative. But in all honesty, is anyone else as perplexed as I am how the entire coaching staff could fail to tell, throughout spring ball and training camp, that Tommy Woodson was clearly the best QB on the roster? Tra'Von Chapman looked downright awful, even against Savannah State. Tommy came in and torched Savannah State and then went on to dominate Louisiana. Shouldn't that have been obvious in practice?

For years I've only wished the ABJ would cover UA like the Canton Repository covers Canton McKinley.

Wow, how about the info dropped in the subtitle alone: The Zips hadn't won by more than 20 points on the road in over a decade before beating Louisiana 35-14 on Saturday. That's a good sign for the future.

Thanks, a-zip! I'll put this here http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/ua-profs-give-school-administrators-failing-grades-in-new-survey-1.627855 Go Akron! Go Zips!

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/ua-profs-give-school-administrators-failing-grades-in-new-survey-1.627855 More positive press from the ABJ

It's remarkable the difference a QB makes. The Zips offense looked ingenious under Dalton Williams. Then, mmmm... under Kyle Pohl and downright awful under Tra'Von Chapman & we thought Milwe's job should be on the line. Insert Tommy Woodson and all of a sudden it looks like Milwe really knows what he's doing again and the Zips are finally putting the ball in the end zone. If Tommy would have started against OU it would have been a much more competitive game and if Tommy would have started against Pitt we would have won that game again this year. One concern, last year didn't Tommy look great against man-to-man coverage, but melted when teams switched to a zone?

Hey! Great press coverage... from the Lafayette paper, of course. http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2015/09/27/akron-qb-woodson-baffles-cajuns/72918406/ http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2015/09/26/cajuns-fall-akron-35-14/72910300/ http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/tim-buckley/2015/09/26/buckley-breaks-down-uls-loss-akron/72882514/

That's just Josh. He's as cool as a cucumber; never too high, never too low. Always under control. I think everyone will be surprised at how much his game reminds you of Noah's.

Way to go Coach Bowden! What you talking' about? I'm the coach at AKRON!

Wow! Professional quality!

LeBron endorsing Dr. Scarborough and "THE University of Akron" http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/lebron-offers-shout-out-of-support-for-ua-president-instagram-post-says-he-has-scott-scarborough-s-back-1.625043# That settles things for me.

Coach Bowden on Tommy Woodson. Pohl won't be playing Saturday.

St. Louis just defeated Louisville in OT!

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/video-coach-terry-bowden-discusses-play-of-qb-tra-von-chapman-1.623895 Coach Bowden on the lackluster play of Tra'Von Chapman.

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/ua-zips/university-of-akron-zips-blog-1.277207/video-akron-zips-coach-terry-bowden-discusses-qb-play-against-pitt-panthers-1.623896 GT did a good job in asking Coach Bowden a tough question here.