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Thursday game will be televised by CBS Sports Network. The White Out game will kick off at 7 pm.

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The Zips will need some help from the run game, and special teams tomorrow considering the weather.

Fearless Forecast: anybody with the last name Davis that plays on the Akron D causes a turnover.

Yes, I like it! Anybody that gets all questions correct and makes another "Fearless Forecast" in this thread, gets special acknowledgment! Keep em coming.

This weeks questions are based on the Akron Offense. Good luck!

• Hoping to get Brian Bell back this week. He is one of the keys to our defense. • Seniors have never lost to Kent • Had a good practice today • Kato had rubber beads from the turf in his eyes multiple times from sliding. • Keyondre White is the number one young guy because he was here in December and got tons of snaps. • We are not running well enough, no explosive plays. We have to continue to work on it. We are close, but not close enough. • Spoke of the 12th game still being a possibility, but says he has no idea about specifics.

Kent was 115th in the nation allowing 205 yards a game on the ground before they played the Zips. Our running backs amassed 52 yards on 21 carries (2.48 yds avg) in that game. While I hope this is ground-game breakthrough week, I'm not banking on it. If the offensive plan, and blocking is the same, I expect the same result. If you could find a stat for just total running back yards per team this year, it would shock me if we weren't in the bottom three in the country. Six running backs have carried the ball 106 times for 390 yards this year (3.68 yds avg). At this rate, our entire running backs group won't get to a thousand yards for the season. At the beginning of the year coach Bowden talked about how important the running game would be this year. Thus far, it has to be a major disappointment for he and the staff. The running game will become even more important with the weather becoming colder throughout the MAC. November games count the most, time to pound the ground!

Cool. Not sure we can cork our bats like he did, but we should be able to wear those goggles. Trivia, only one of six to ever get caught using a corked bat.

Zips favored by six and a half here.

Like coach has said multiple times, he is not obligated to report injuries, but Bell shows up on this pseudo-list. Hope he is well for this weeks game, turnovers haven’t been the same in his absence.

Zips win by less than six, the Zips running backs only had fifty-two yards rushing, the Golden Flash offense scores three touchdowns, the Akron defense does not create a turnover and only gets one sack. No ZipNation member selected this game scenario this week, but we are all winners when the Wagon Wheel stays where it belongs!

I have not, but Nebraska finalized an agreement in less than a month to play Bethune-Cookman next weekend, and Nebraska isn't even good at football. I think it could be done.

I was looking for a game on ESPN+ and run across this game, very nice broadcast. If you're a fan, and on the edge of getting a subscription, I would say do it. Go Zips!

Coach “we are running out of conference games to lose” Coach speaking about the running game totals “we don’t have any long runs, that’s what we need, our longest run is twelve yards" Coach speaking on replays “I thought there was a trapped ball and a step out of bounds” Alvin Davis is ready to go. No mention of Bell..who doesn’t appear on the pseudo-injury list. Coach “we hope to get Quad back” On Jeremiah Knight returning punts last week…”he just kept progressing, and studies film every spare minute. He was so intent on going to Columbus, nobody recruited him in the MAC. He is a special player"

Since this is Kent week, polls open a day early. Discuss why Kent still sucks below.

Akron and Central Michigan on Oct. 27, will kick off at Noon at InfoCision Stadium on ESPN3. The game is designated as the Hometown Heroes recognition game. Any military member or first responder, which includes police, firefighters, and paramedics, will get a FREE ticket with a work I.D. The Zips will also host Trunk-or-Treat in the tailgate lots prior to the game for young children.

I wrote about that yesterday in the Buffalo thread.

Kent is 115th in the nation in run defense allowing 205 yards a game. The Zips need to get their run game going. I want to see some run oriented personnel packages this week. POUND the ball, POUND Kent!

Zips open up as a four point favorite.