ZachTheZip

You won't see all five newcomers out there again. this game counts as a regular season game and so you can't play them without burning their redshirts. Like ZW said, check to see who didn't get in among Euton, Egner, and Green and you know who's redshirting.

if you want to play a horrible team, why does it matter what division they are in? Because it doesnt count for RPI or anything for that matter. That's actually a good thing if you're playing a tune-up game. Your SOS doesn't get penalized.

There are only 84 players on the roster at this point. Redshirts and walk-ons don't usually travel. Plus any player in the doghouse , which there seems to be a lot of.

We have some talent on our team. Can anybody say that Shawn Lemon, Brian Wagner, Richard Hall, Anthony Holmes or Zack Campbell aren't talented? The problem is that we need playmakers at the right positions to compliment that talent. We need playmakers at QB. We need at least one stud corner. We need a RB who can break open a game. You can have an all-world roster in the trenches and at positions like Safety and Fullback, but without players who can hold their own without giving up the big play on D and without players who can't make a few plays on offense without turning it over, you won't win more than a few games at best.

When Kelly gets a QB like Dan L and Pike at ND, he will win 8-9 games. The secret to coaching is catching lightning in a bottle then moving up the pay scale. Kelly will do that at ND for a couple of years and then fall back down to 6-7 wins a get fired like all the rest. He can then retire on a giant buy out. Good players made Brian Kelly and all other coaches. Remember two years ago everyone talked about Jim Grobe being the best coach in America? This season, his Wake team is sitting at two wins against the mighty Blue Hose of Presby and Duke. Hear anyone saying he is the best coach in America? He was a great coach when he had the Seahawks Aaron Curry, the Lions Alphonso Smith, the Panthers Kenny Moore and Riley "Rhymes with Winner" Skinner all on the same team. Those guys leave and he is back to the guy who coached at OU. How many people know Jim Grobe has a sub .500 caree record as a head coach? There are few great coaches. Kelly and Grobe are not great, but they are great when they are like all coaches who get surrounded by great players. Take away the great players and they are no longer great. Go figure. Anyhow, back to the Zips...... I'm going to go work out. So... if you really can recruit great players then you don't actually have to be a great coach to win?

He's coming in as a H-back. I think we were the only school to want him for a position other than LB.

New offer: OLB Myles Jackson

Rossi rushes for 4 TDs in playoff win.

Gah! That would certainly send me into convulsions.

Coach didn't throw multiple INTs at the worst possible moments. Coach didn't botch a PAT that should be automatic at this point in the kicker's career. Coach didn't commit any penalties. of course there are plays that could have been called better. Of course there are management issues with the way we run the clock. But at the end of the day, the players (especially at the more critical positions) need to suck it up and make plays.

:puke: :chair: :wall: :mad_flame: BENCH NICELY!

WTF are we doing? We don't need to score right away. We can get a first down.

Wiiiide open.

I wish. Not talking about the PAT. Talking abuot the BSU OT TD we just let in. You can't let a receiver do a somersault into the endzone.

You're joking. Can't let that kind of fluke happen.

Need a win going into the BYE. Makes players much more enthusiastic to prepare for the next game.

PAT stands. Now let the defense win this.

TD! Declined the penalty.

TD Akron! LaFrance finally gets it done.

It really is painful to watch. I'm flipping windows back and fort between Akron/Ball State and Can't/Temple. I was trying earlier today to remember what it was like to watch a college game that mattered for my team. Apparently the last 5 years have caused those memories to be fuzzy. I guess "not losing" is as close as we can get to "mattering" at this point. Sad...really sad. How's the attendance looking at Dick's Stadium?

The offense looked alive for a grand total of one drive.

Ohio is in for a fight. Yesterday an NAIA team blew out D-I UC-Irvine. I would love to see a similar result tonight.

Nicely creates even more turnovers in critical situations than Carlton Jackson did.

I'm at work and relegated to watching a Gametracker. Do we actually look good?

BSU coach says this is a must-win situation for his team.