Blue & Gold

I see this is already being discussed in "The Michigan Game Thread."

Thanks, Doctor. Good work. It's a little bit hard to tell on the above gif, but watching the game on tv, it sure looked like D'Orazio was held on the final play. After watching the replay (DVR) a handful of times, it really looks like KP was throwing the ball to a space in the back of the end zone, where D'Orazio should have been, were he not held @ the line. Also, you can clearly see D'Orazio complaining to the official following the play. Idk, it's Michigan's house & they paid us $1 million to show up & play. I don't think we could/should expect to get that call. But still...

I've felt this way before. I remember when we gave Virginia Tech all they could handle in, what, 1995-ish. I thought, "Wow, we shouldn't lose another game the rest of the season." That didn't work out so well. We gave Tennessee all they wanted last year, only to have another 1-11 season. I see the UA marketing department already advertising tickets to the Louisiana game featuring the 28-24 final score with the tagline "Rising." Playing Michigan the week after they had just faced Notre Dame was fortunate for us. I'm sure they couldn't help but to have been a little drained the week following that game. I hope our fellas understand clearly that if we don't play this week as well as we played last week, we'll lose on Saturday. Louisiana hung 70 points on the board yesterday. It was against a 1-AA, but still, 70 points. We'd better be ready. Moving forward. Kyle Pohl really grew up in the 2nd half; excellent half of football. Our OL generally gave Pohl more than enough time. Our DL got pressure on Gardner while only rushing 4. I don't think we had to blitz very often. If we can continue to do that the rest of the year we'll be in great shape. We really stuffed Michigan's run game all afternoon. Without looking at the official stats, I'd think the vast majority of Michigan's rushing yards had to have come from Gardner's scrambles. That was the DL I was expecting to see against UCF & JMU. Welcome to the party, fellas.

I love the Z helmets. And the zipper stripe looks great on t.v. I didn't think I'd ever be able to say this, but our helmets are cooler than Michigan's. Maybe.

Good catch. That sucks.

This is untrue. He stated that once, while he was being interviewed on the campus of Columbus state in front of about 1,000 Columbus State students.

Justin March is an absolute beast. I noticed it for the first time during last year's Tennessee game. During that 1st-series interception return, March lifted up a Tennessee offensive lineman and pancaked him flat on his back. It was incredible.

Safety Anthony Holmes just made the weakest attempt at a tackle I believe I've ever seen. TD Michigan.

Game just started, so I'm probably not going to post much. But the "Z" mark on the side of the helmet is SHARP!!

Then I bow to your opinion, because I don't know much at all about soccer. I just noticed that the GK did catch the ball so we didn't get any 2nd chance shots @ an open net off of a ricochet. Also, we don't seem, as a team, to collectively bum rush the goal. It always feels like it's only our 2 forwards against about 6-8 defenders in the box.

^^He did. He caught the ball when he stopped it. I don't believe a ball reflected off the GK all night to give us a second shot on goal.

I watched the game online last night & the Zips must've controlled possession of the ball for literally 90% of the match. I read in the ABJ this morning that the Zips led in shots 28-3, shots on goal 7-2 and corner kicks 7-1. But to no avail. We don't seem to have a top-shelf striker.

Tyrell Goodman has moved ahead of L.T. Smith on the Depth Chart. Still no C.J. Mizell on the 2-deep.

Watched Zips Football With Coach Bowden last night & was again impressed by how good the helmets look on t.v.

So Indiana, the #1 team in the nation, gives up 5 goals? At home? Overrated?

With that talent on our Defensive front 7, I'm shocked that I am worried about them. But I am worried about them. How could a 1-AA control the LOS? We didn't have many TFL all game. I can't imagine what Michigan is going to do to us next week. However, our team has come a looooong way up from the 7th ring of hell to which Ianello plunged the program. JMU is a good team. JMU would have destroyed Gardner Webb &/or either of Ianello's Zips teams. So, even though it wasn't pretty, I'll count beating one of the top D1-AA schools in the country as a good win for the current state of our program. Coach Bowden has us on the right track. I just wish our schedule wasn't so tough this year. Giving us the top 3 teams in the MAC West was putting us behind the 8Ball before the season even started. No EMU or CMU. Come on, MAC. I see 3 wins, with none coming over the next 5 weeks. I hope Bowden can keep the guys heads up. UCF - L JMU - W UM - L UL - L BG - L OU - L NI - L Mia - W BSU - L Can't State - L UMass - W UT - L Crossing my fingers for an upset of OU and/or Can't.

Agreed. Pushing the game back to 6:00 makes for a perfect all-day-event. I met friends in the afternoon, ate at a downtown establishment, got to the stadium for the game. Great evening.

I'll be honest that I was very underwhelmed when I first saw the photo of the new helmet posted on Facebook. I was expecting either a white helmet w/ a blue "Z" or a matte blue helmet with a gold "Z." Also, when you see the helmet up close (Facebook, twitter) it does look kind of silly. However, when I got home I began watching the replay of the game on ESPN3 & the helmets looked really good on t.v. Nowadays that may be what's most important?

The schedule is kinda funky this year. The way the MAC schedule is set up is quite different from years past. Additionally, we might play either St. Mary's or South Carolina twice this season, as both are with us in the Hawaii Diamondhead Classic.

I'm excited. I get into branding. I used to be torn between what I like most, gold, matte blue, white... ? Then I realized I simply like variety. I like alternate uniforms, even if they're ugly. As far as helmets go, I'd love to see gold, matte blue, white & matte grey. Shake 'em up throughout the season, aka, Oregon. I know we only get one, so I guess I'll pull for white helmets - I love the all-white look, like someone earlier said, "stormtrooper style." But I hope we keep the gold also.

Ouch. That's a diss... by Yahoo! While Columbus State is an LBJ school, like Miami, Kentucky and AKRON, it doesn't look like LeBron had anything to do with that locker. That's simply a good idea/move on Columbus State's part. We should have thought of that first. 'Bron actually runs ball w/ the Zips & is friends w/ many of the players.

Great opportunity. God bless Zeke!

TB named Connor Hundley the Offensive POTG. But I like what I saw of DJ Jones. I'd like to see: More DJ Jones; less Chisholm. More Fransohn Bickley & Mykel Traylor-Bennett; less L.T. Smith. Our defensive front 7 is just fine. I don't know what to do about our defensive backfield. But L.T. Smith, while being the best all-around athlete on the team, just doesn't impress me as a WR. Move L.T. back to safety. Idk, probably too late for that now.

Not that I recall. I like them.

ESPN 3 from my laptop & on my big screen via appleTV. I bought appleTV expressly for this game. The game sucked, but the appleTV setup was nice.