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According to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, JT facing Tommy John after landing on 60-day DL 😆
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17 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:
The resilient old man's off to a 9-3 start? Hats off to him. Can he keep it up once conference play rolls around?
After watching a couple of games, I can say the Dukes work their tails off for Dambrot. They have improved enough that .500 in a lackluster A-10 is doable.
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34 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:
I needed to look him up on the Zips roster.
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Pitt punched their ticket to the Cup yesterday.
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42 minutes ago, NWAkron said:
Dukes take lead with 3 from Dae Dae
Dukes toss in a miracle three to win it. Sellers is the real deal though!
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38 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:
Simple solution for the refs: be better.
This happens in every sport. Working the refs is gamesmanship. If the ref(s) can't handle it, don't officiate.
Agreed. However, constant whining, throwing up of hands after every tackle, and engaging the refs after the final whistle is not gamesmanship.
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13 minutes ago, fknbuflobo said:
Assistant Coaches getting cards for dissent I can live with a little bit. It can be argued that it is the AC's job to get the occasional card, from a strategic perspective.
But it becomes a HUGE problem when players start following the coaches' examples and dissent every call. Coaches and players do not have the same role.
WAY too much mouth from our players! And that shite got to stop right NOW! No card on the field is a good card unless it is earned in a tackle. Malik Henry clubbing the ball across the field after the play? Unacceptable. Not to mention Dumb. We have seen way too much of this lack of discipline recently.
Coaches had best come correct on this. Bench mouths off to referee? OK. Fine. Players on field should not complain to ref. Let the bench do that.
I expect this to change come Spring. And yes, the entire coaching staff will know my expectations.
Spot on analysis.
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8 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said:
Ive explained it since the previous loss, which included embarrassing behavior by all leaders of the program. I don’t really care about bad officiating. When tasked with leading a championship caliber program, I expect far more from the people at the top then to sink to the level they have the last couple of weeks. Flat out embarrassing for Akron soccer. Scream like children at the referee, each assistant at the same time, and you get what you get. Sorry if this is offensive. 3-0 home loss in the round of 32 is pretty offensive too.Pretty harsh, but true. The last two weeks have been difficult to watch. The first pk call was a terrible call. However, you can't rely on the same people that you berate from the sidelines.🤷♂️
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9 hours ago, fknbuflobo said:
Twelve minutes after Shook was sent off, Mani Diop came in at CB and Will Jackson went to L with Joel Sangwa at R, essentially 3 CBs.
Malik Henry moved into Right Wing.
Our customary 4-2-3 (down a man) morphed into a 3-3-3 (down a man).
That is how it looked to me.
I pay close attention to such things, and I watch a barely healthy volume of futbol.
This does not necessarily make me correct, but it does mean that my observation is more than merely casual.
If only Shook would not have lost his soup!
And Dyson Clapier getting two YC in five minutes, the second a wildly reckless slide tackle from behind.
C'mon, Dice! How you gonna act?
Let's all hope that Monday's draw is good to us.
The reckless tackle was all emotion and horribly disappointing. I am a huge fan of our coaching staff, but the players were definitely fueled by their displeasure with the refs. Also, the ESPN coverage ends with Jared in the face of the head ref. Bad look. Reminds me of a certain Columbus State coach that was a complete #%%#$.
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I chose to watch today's game from comfort of home with family and friends. Brutal. The Zips came unglued and now play without two studs in the NCAA tournament. Just brutal.
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Terrible play calling and execution in the final minutes
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1 hour ago, TennZip said:
BG came into the game with a 2-4-3 recrod.
They scored 6 goals in one game against Oakland.
In their other 8 games,. they scored 4 goals in total.
They are not a good team.
BG had a better game plan....and their players won the 50/50 balls. This is a bad result.
Lots of 0-1 results on that record.
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5 minutes ago, bigzipguy said:
1-1 tie final , bad tie to a bad team.
Crap result, but BG is not a bad team. They muck up the game with physicality and play good defense.
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Fortunate to get a tie. D struggled and Columbus St couldn't capitalize. Ref lost control of the match.
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This is the type of portal move that turns me off to college basketball. I don't blame the kid, and to be honest, would do the same in his position.
Unfortunately, we must accept the following: We are cheering for the laundry. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Let's hope this former Duquesne Duke (Norman Jr) does not destroy us like previous game 🤕
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9 hours ago, zippy-claws said:
A corrupt High School hosts two college teams that nobody gives two 💩 about, on Sunday…the epitome of 🥱
A free game that was highly entertaining. We should have Duquesne on our non conference schedule every year. An easy drive to attend. Competitive game. Or give us Clarion, directional Alabama, or one of the Carolina A & Ts 🙄
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2 hours ago, Zips Win! said:
Transfer Portal.
Great topic. Horrific idea.
The TP is a microcosm of society. No rules, no laws, no morals, not about working hard, doing the right thing, it’s about quitting and it’s all about me, me, me. The team concept is gone. Ditto for NIL. That said, it’s here to stay and we need to be the first to hire a Transfer Portal coach and hopefully Mr. Leaf Filter can fund our NIL account.
Clearly, I side more with CK than GP1 on this topic, but we need to deal with it and figure out a way to at least make the rules neutral for UA. The NCAA would never institute new rules or policies designed to help out the G5, so while the TP does give us more flexibility to fill gaps, how much fun is it to root for a team full of one- year players? Furthermore, the thought of developing guys for two or three years and then they wake up one day and decide to leave just because they can is bs. Hell, it’s been 30 years since Anthony Buford left the hoops team to follow Huggins to UC and he actually had to follow the rules, sit out a year and he followed his coach, but I’m still pissed that after three years with UA he left. I still don’t consider him a Zip. Zips are forever or is it Forever a Zip?
I think the TP will help teams like Purdue to get a player or two that they would not have had a chance to recruit out of high school, and of course it gives P5 schools the opportunity to fill gaps with older and hopefully more mature players but it will not impact the top 10 teams at all. For every 4 star player OSU might lose, they can fill the gaps with another teams 4 star upper classmen.
As for the Zips, I hate to see Gibson, Mathison and Mumpfield go. Personally, I thought Gibson had great MAC upside and I said this after the shortened ‘20 season. He and his mom will be missed. Are there any Zip fans out there who has the time to create a spreadsheet and follow the Zips-out versus the Zips-in via the portal to see if we are benefiting from the portal or is the portal a detriment.
Lastly, @bigjim, is that you?
Excellent post. I am very excited by the Moorhead hiring, but the college football revolving door is exhausting. I find it uninteresting to: A) follow player comings and goings, B) follow young adults social media accounts to gauge their interest in our team, and C) support "student-athletes" that have zero allegiance to a school. The entire system has the stench of professional sports free agency. Zips will be the farm system for bigger programs to pick a (hopefully) bountiful crop of productive players. Reminds me of the Seinfeld philosophy of "you are just cheering for the laundry."
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5 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:
Yesterday's crowd.
Ouch. Friends and family crowd.
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2 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:
I hate to say it but whenever I read the thread title "What does progress look like?" I think of that damn team in Brimfield.
Bingo. I didn't want to read that thread for that very reason.
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No doubt Walton has been a dud thus far. We need his scoring!
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6 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:
Far worse!! We cannot hit a 3 and the shots are not even close. The only thing that is working is feeding the ball to Freeman inside. I still think that playing Wheeling and the other crap team did nothing to help prepare the Zips for this game. Probably the worst shooting half in recent history. I can only recall Trimble and Castanada hitting jump shots. We must be 0 for 10 on 3 pointers. Everything as been short or well off the mark.
I completely agree! Wheeling does little to prepare for these games.
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Apathy has definitely set in with this program. I was offered two free loge tickets w/food and beverage. My yard won out. I work with dozens of Portage County grads that enjoy talking sports smack. One text rubbing in the result.
Crossing my fingers that a new coach/culture can fix this dumpster fire, but why would anyone take this on?
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JT had UCL surgery on his elbow today and is out 14-16 months 😆