Dr Z

Odd. Can you give some more info? Connected to WIFI? What operating system? What browser? Have you tried hard reboot when the issue occurs? What happens then?...The more info the better?

I'll assume the video eventually makes it to the youtube channel.

Wouldn't that be great. I think coach Bowden/Amato/Stroud/others leave the team in decent shape, so it's a possibility. I'm sure some will fail to recall this eventually, but not me. The next coach will step into a potential winner day one. That was not possible six years ago. I hope the next coach is good at recruiting top MAC talent. If someone can tell me who that is, I'll throw my support behind that candidate. Otherwise, I can't pretend to know if any name mentioned in this thread would succeed. I don't know much about hiring an FBS head coach, but I would certainly give coach Stroud an interview, if he wanted it. Whomever the new coaches are, I'm intrigued to watch a new offense next season.

"Omaha Omaha Omaha, 50's the mike, kill kill kill...."

Sorry, working out of the country and just got back to my hotel room. Please forgive me this week, I just didn’t have the time. I’ll try to set something up tomorrow. Edit: Sorry guys, I’m cashed today. Go Zips!!!!

No winners this week.

East Division Clinching Scenarios: Buffalo—Buffalo win at BGSU (11/23) or Ohio loss vs. Akron (11/23) Ohio—Ohio win vs. Akron (11/23) and Buffalo loss at BGSU (11/23) and Miami loss vs. Ball State (11/20) Miami—Miami win vs. Ball State (11/20) and Ohio win vs. Akron (11/23) and Buffalo loss at BGSU (11/23) This would create a three-way tie with Buffalo, Miami and Ohio all at 6-2. All are 1-1 in head-to-head among the three teams (Buffalo beat Miami/lost to Ohio; Miami beat Ohio/lost to Buffalo; Ohio beat Buffalo/lost to Miami); All three beat Akron; All three beat Kent State; With BGSU, Buffalo would have lost to BGSU and both Miami and Ohio beat BGSU; the tiebreaker comes to Ohio and Miami – as Miami defeated Ohio on Nov. 7, 30-28. West Division: Northern Illinois (6-1) clinched

Maybe the same impact as when Hurley left. ?

Fearless Forecast: Since I am unable to attend the game, the Zips play their best game of the year.

Discuss your answers to the questions below. Feel free to Include your Fearless Forecast for the game in this thread. A Fearless Forecast is a bold prediction about the game that isn't included in the weekly poll.

BG defense is 9th in the nation in passing yards (171) per game. They are 129 out of 130 in rushing defense giving up 296 yards a game.

Hard for me to judge at EMU on just 15 pass attempts. I can tell you he looked fine in two scrimmages this summer.

Is coach Bowden instructing a conservative game plan, like he indicated in his press conference? What if coach told AJ, let's have a better mix of pass and run this week (15 passing attempts last week, 31 rushing attempts)? IMO, I don't think our running and punting game are advanced enough for a "conservative" game plan. Our defense is, but that's only part of the formula for being conservative. I wish we knew more about the offensive game planning. I'll do my best to get some answers at the beginning of next year. By the way, BG ranks at the top of the nation in pass defense, and at the very bottom in run defense. So one could expect the same percentage of pass vs run this week.

Paraphrasing coach...Our game plan was to keep it close to the vest and play conservatively and win it at the end. It almost worked. Late turnovers and the under thrown ball to Quad hurt us. Dr Z: While I can agree with the under thrown ball, and late turnover issue, I have to question the conservative game plan. I feel like you really put your QB at a disadvantage when the defense is able to load up the box and stop the predictable run plays. I thought the less conservative part of the game plan was running read option with a new QB. GT: "Kato was warming up, how close was he to playing" TB: " he wasn't"..."I didn't think he could protect himself"...."he has made improvements this week, and will be a game day decision"

It's under technical support.

Zips open as a seven point favorite.

The Black Friday football game between Akron and Ohio on Nov. 23 will kick off at Noon at Peden Stadium on CBS Sports Network.

The game will be televised on the SEC Network Alternate channel and can be streamed on SEC Network+ and the ESPN App on connected devices.

You should follow him on Instagram. He posted a story after the game last week driving around celebrating.

No winners this week.

If had a dream, it might go like this. Kato is able to play today, but his injury limits his ability to move out of the pocket. This forces him to keep his eyes downfield and go through his progressions. The Zips light up the scoreboard with Kato throwing for 400 yds propelling the rest of his college career as a pocket passing phenom.