Dr Z

Thanks for the kind words guys. GoZips has a bunch of nice photography. Eight photos from the Beacon. Fourteeen photos from the Post Gazette. Eighteen photos from The Trib. ESPN moving pictures, including Hundley's touchdown run.

Fans and players alike, had a hard time avoiding the constant weather. —©Photo by Dr Z Jatavis Brown makes his way through the Pitt offensive line. —©Photo by Dr Z The Zips fail to capitalize as Nate Peterman puts the ball on the ground. —©Photo by Dr Z Jerome Lane pursues a well thrown ball by Tra'Von Chapman. —©Photo by Dr Z The defense fought hard throughout the night. —©Photo by Dr Z Darren Hall celebrates a five yard td run ending the Zips hopes for victory. —©Photo by Dr Z

Qadree Ollison cramps up early in the game. —©Photo by Dr Z Conor Hundley breaks free for a 32 yard touchdown. —©Photo by Dr Z The offensive line celebrates a first half touchdown to give the Zips a 7-3 advantage. —©Photo by Dr Z Robert Stein adds an extra point. —©Photo by Dr Z Jamal Marcus beats his man as he eyes up the ball carrier. —©Photo by Dr Z Jatavis Brown and Se'Von Pittman have a meeting in the backfield with Chad Voytik. —©Photo by Dr Z Se'Von Pittman celebrates the early success the defense exhibited. —©Photo by Dr Z Rodney Coe helps the defense end a failed Pittsburgh drive by assisting Qadree to the ground safely. —©Photo by Dr Z Tyler Boyd celebrates JP Holtz TD from replacement quarterback Nathan Peterman. —©Photo by Dr Z Tva'Von Chapman tries to avoid Pitt defensive back Jordan Whitehead. —©Photo by Dr Z

Looks like the white and yellow team were having some kind of communication issues. Watch the entire game, for some reason they had a hard time lining up in the first half. Must be a first half cloaking device.

Hourly forecast seems somewhat consistent on the "showers". Hopefully it will be like yesterday evening's "showers" where I cut my grass for two hours and hardly got wet.

Awesome. If you enjoy that, record the skills competition during the all star weekend. Here's an oldie but a goodie.

Anybody excited for tomorrow? Someone in the NFL is!!!!

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George Thomas‏@GeorgeThomasABJUA has distributed 20,417 tickets for @ZipsFB rematch against @PittPanthers ...Capacity is 27,881..doesn't include student walk up. Looking forward to his first completion.

Your warm with 3, just not hot. Careful Icarus.

The pushing continues by the same team over, and over, and over.... I'll go out on a limb and predict, if there is some kind of trumped up punishment, it won't fit the crime...again. Rinse and repeat. Nice history of a common "issue" in New England. I'll give them credit for this one. This one is between the lines, and they are risking very little (a 15 yard penalty that would amount to inches)

Man's prediction!....boy's prediction. If our offense is involved in three quarters of those predicted points, ZN may crash.

The forecast is for AM showers right now, the game is in the PM.

Voytik will suck.

Will Opportunity Knock for Zips with Pitt's Offensive Line in Flux? The Panthers rushed for 325 yards against the Penguins and allowed just two sacks on quarterback Chad Voytik, leading coach Pat Narduzzi to say he was pleased with the offensive line rotation.

EA of the PD plays a "MAC by the Numbers" game. There is also a poll. Which MAC team has the best chance at pulling a Week 2 upset.Toledo at ArkansasAkron vs. PittBuffalo at Penn StateMiami at WisconsinUMass at ColoradoBowling Green at Maryland

I think avid fans are just looking for answers to selling 20k if they see 12k in the stands.

LeBron James keeps aiming to make a difference in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. Less than a month after announcing that he and the University of Akron were partnering to give guaranteed four-year scholarships to qualified students in James' I Promise program, the Cleveland Cavaliers star has joined with another local initiative to help out those students' parents.

GT of the BJ asks asks coach who will play...."both of them" Birthday present is an award, ACC player of the week for a third string RB. Happy birthday Quadree, enjoy it now.

Some nice photography from the game at gozips dot com. http://gozips.com/sports/fball/2015-16/photos/0007/index

I was wondering what others thought of one of the Zips new formations (backfield w/ 2 RB, TE, QB)?

Really, you need help? This piece will appear in a couple of weeks in ESPN the Mag. While one particular incident in this well written piece directly affected a life experience for me, younger Browns fans may find other parts of the story interesting. It will forever amaze me that this behavior is continually accepted, and celebrated, by this league.

I watched most of the BG game against Tennessee, I thought Matt Johnson looked pretty awesome. Too bad the BG defense played dead for most of the game.

Rodney Coe, possible cramp with 5 minutes left in the third. He had some nice penetration multiple times in the game. Hope he is healthy for Saturday. Here are my quick thoughts on the game. I'm not going to get too excited over this game. I take away two obvious things from this game, OU has a talented team, and the Zips offense needs to produce to help their very good defense. • I was impressed with Mayfield, once our starters got fatigued, he made some very nice decisions combined with an accurate arm. He seemed to make all the throws necessary to open up your playbook. This is not the case for our QBs. We are limited in effective routes at this time. • Our defense is as good as advertised. Don't let the second half TD's get to you too much. That will be the deepest, most talented team we will play all year. • Every piece of video I have seen from Jerome Lane was impressive for the small amount of time that he has practiced being a receiver. • OU's skill players were also impressive. I can see why fans are excited about Mixon, he reminds me a little of LeVeon Bell how he stops, finds his destination, and accelerates. He has the unteachable instincts in the open field too. The receivers provided excellent blocking downfield on multiple occasions. I'll definitely check out another Sooner game this year. • I could pick apart our offense, but I'm not going to judge the group by one game. There are many frustrating things I saw, hopefully the team can adjust, and move on. I watched most of the Pitt game Saturday, their are a LOT of yards on the field for our offense, go get them. • If you did not watch the game, and only listened to it, I suggest you give it a look. • The team is back at it this morning and getting ready for this Saturday's opener. PS twenty six thousand views on our opening game thread. Not bad.

Brett McMurphyVerified account‏@McMurphyESPN Horrible news: Pitt RB James Conner out for season w/MCL injury. Surgery this week Post Gazette. "You just feel awful for him," Narduzzi said. "There’s not a guy that worked harder than him during camp." Conner is the reigning ACC Player of the Year after rushing for 1,765 yards and 26 touchdowns.