Dr Z

Lots of fouls and the opponents shooting well usually equals lazy defense. It added up last night.

He is probably pretty distracted getting ready for his favorite team to play in the National Championship game.

I know how you feel, ZN lost GP1 and Zipmeister.

Who are the announcers? Edit: Television: ESPNU. Jim Barbar (play-by-play) and Steve Donahue (analyst).

Does coach Bowden have a relationship with Braxton Miller?

I know I'm in the minority, but I wish Toledo and Northern Illinois replaced EMU and UMass. Start making posters now for the Tuesday home games. I'm taking ideas for text.

Penn State in '93 Xavier in '96 (one of the best games I witnessed at the JAR 111-113, Jimmal scored 44 in a triple overtime loss) St Joseph's '97 Purdue, Rhode Island and Wyoming in 2000 Duquesne has been to the JAR a few times if they count Dayton '08 PS I miss Huggins.

I just wish we could practice as much as Columbus can! How valuable would that be????? I could care less about a trip, that doesn't improve your team.

It befuddles my mind that someone at the U is not savvy enough to facilitate some kind of deal between The U, Nike, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and LBJ (possible Gilbert) to put some kind of deal together that benefits everyone. It might actually have to be something that has never been done before. Never mind, it doesn't surprise me at all. They need to hire someone with some real experience to make something like this happen. I'm not talking about a fake hire like Tressel. I real hire. Current status is better/easier at making excuses rather than finding a unique solution. I would hope President Scarborough has an eye on this and cleans some house. Until then, I just expect more excuses.

Josh Heupel, Jay Norvell fired at OU The Sooners won five of their first six but finished 8-5, ending the regular season with a stunning overtime loss to Oklahoma State and then losing 40-6 to Clemson in the Russell Athletic Bowl. The Sooners finished eighth in the Big 12 in passing offense with 2,543 yards and 17 touchdown passes. Inconsistent quarterback play and unreliable receivers were the main culprits (sounds familiar). Heupel also was the quarterbacks coach. Norvell was in charge of the receivers.

Great post Jrship. Thanks for taking the time. One of the biggest reasons unrated and 2 star players succeed in the NFL is due to weight training in college. There is some stat out there how top recruits like Clowney gained only minimal weight during their time in college, but a unranked NFL draft picks gains 40, 50...pounds. I've noticed how impressed you are with what is currently going on in that department. This provides me hope.

I get a little Dambrot and Zips basketball feeling when I read about Mike Brown and the Bengals. One line in particular stood out.

Hmmmmmm....

Since I have only seen Akron play, I would only be blindly guessing, or just looking at useless stats. I'll come back and answer when I have watched, at the very least a few of these teams. Ellen has some guesses for you fickle Akron fans.

How much will a Zip fan be willing to pay for a ticket to see KD battle mighty Bluffton in the new renovated JAR? I thought with the plythera of riches JT raised we would be in the catbirds seat by now.

Incase anybody was wondering, scalped tickets were going for 280 a seat at lunchtime to yesterday's LBJ return to South Beach. I witnessed nothing but love for the King up and down Ocean boulevard during the game.

Hope everybody has a safe and happy holiday, here is my gift to you. Enjoy. http://media.957thegame.com/device/mobile/a/100238895/philip-rivers-on-a-mobile.htm

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2014/12/23/Pitt-closing-in-on-deal-with-Narduzzi/stories/201412230207

Obviously a 36 year old coach is the way to go. I would imagine he could get 30+ wins in the MAC. Embarrassing.

I don't know, I would need to see them play against Div I talent to have an opinion.

Per coach Bowden's end of the year presser, he doesn't want to hand it to him, he wants him to compete and win it. I liked that answer. I'm not getting too excited about a change in scheme untill I actually see it. The last time I got excited about a change in scheme JD told me he was going to run a defense like we never seen in the MAC. We all know how that turned out. But I am glad to hear that something is being done, from my evaluation, it was one of two things that needed addressed.

Thanks Mack.

I agree, I'm just happy he is "looking in to it." I'm happy the answer is not, "we just didn't execute", I hate that answer from a coach. The word "spread" is commonly used to describe Gus Malzahn's teams, but that term can't accurately describe an entire offense. Usually, the word just means the quarterback is in shotgun and there are four wide receivers. But that's just a formation, and in Auburn's case, it's not even the most common one. Each week, Tiger fans see many formations: five wide, three backs, unbalanced lines and many others. Here is a good look at the 2013 offense, I'm not knowledgable enough about the 2014 Tigers offense to know if it basically stayed the same.

"Let's see what Keith Dambrot and his offense have DIALED UP after this time out"

Get him in here to consult. #zfund4jd