Dr Z

Please give a reason why you voted the way you did.

They are there for a purpose, once the RB runs through the porous 6, the CB's have to come over to help the safety 10+ yards down field to get the drag tackle. That's our scheme, 3-3-5!

Reggie plays behind Jabari Greer at RCB

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What does ESPN say about our "defense"?

I know it's a little late to start this, but I could help myself. Ball St RosterBall State QB Nate Davis is........................Gary Dell'Abate (affectionately known as Baba Buey)Ball State WR Daniel Ifft is.........................blow-hard Henry RollinsBall State CB Trey Buice is.........................sorry Trey, just too easy

I'm going to lay down some tarps tonight so I have a dry spot to put the tent on tomorrow. Nobody touch my tarp.It's always been my experience that there is no time too early, or to late to start the tailgate.

Bleacher Bum, was the Akron prediction the attendance? 70 percent chance of rain at gametime accordding to weather.comPrediction 5 turnovers. 2 for the winner, and 3 for the loser.Winner 35Loser 24I'll take the home team.

It's all about defense. The 3-3-5 was created for a team like Ball State. It's time to shine D.

OU fans have been wearing shirts that say that for a long time.

I wonder if ESPN approached Akron, or Akron approached ESPN? Did it have anything to do with winning mascot of the year?If anybody in marketing was responsible, congrats.Speaking of which, where is Zippy this year?

Speaking of Excellence in action, can someone get a photo of that billboard (this years K-ents slogan billboard).If you can't post it anywhere, pm me and I will put it up. We need another photoshop contest.

K-ent State....nation's longest losing streak to nine games.

That thing was awesome! I love the audio sounds behind his voice, and the repetitive zippy slide. Well done.Since JD and Robinson are friends, and Robinson is a defensive "guru"..... I'm just sayin'....

Good article.It's funny that he picked up the Peter King line, wonder where he found that?

My thoughts exactly. I have to admit, I do scan through his MMQB, he will print something like you wrote.

It was a pretty nice day, k-ent fans were probably playing frisbee.

Who did Syracuse lose to?

See Number 5aIs it just me, or does this bother anybody else? Plus, he went to a MAC school.

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Alex Allen played awesome yesterday, making players miss, breaking tackles, running downhill. The overall package. I'm thrilled he has come back 100 percent from his injury (gawd I hope I didn't jinx him) Did anybody notice the blitz pickup on the first TD? I bet the offensive coaches do.CJ needs to keep the ball on running plays 2 or three more times a game.Receiving corp played great yesterday, I don't remember a dropped ball. Bowser was everything that we were told he was, maybe more.The dude knows how to get open and he has great hands. He is powerful after the run, and I saw him blocking well on a couple of our wide receiver screens. Maybe I'm not used to this much talent on a team for this to be possible, but is JD the king of moving players positions?I loved Andre Jones game yesterday. Dashan Miller also had a nice game. Bruce is going to get tagged Wes Welker on this board enoughin the next two years, so I won't do it anymore, kids tough.I have never been so confident that we are going to get good field position on kickoffs.Do you ever remember the draw play working so well for the Zips?? That seems to be DK's specialty. Do you realize we were 8/9 at one time on third down conversions? Do you EVER remember a Zips offense being that productive? That's a sign of the QB playing well.I think for the first time yesterday, the offensive game calling actually surprised the defense (even though they were pathetic).CJ's audible on the 3 and 3 to the fly pattern on the iso WR was awesome, too bad he over threw him. I saw the O look toward the sidelines a few times yesterday, it actually worked once, still don't like it. Kudos to the offensive coaching staff, well done.The announcers were excellent yesterday. I only mention this because the Wisc announcers were HORRIBLE. Cuse announcerswere well prepared for the opponent. They knew names and told you who did what from our team. Very professional job.I wouldn't mind hearing them announce bigger games that I watch.Syracuse is not known for their hot cheerleaders!?!I'm saving my Jacquemain comments for later this week. I'll just say WOW. He played a B+ or A- game yesterday.I'd say we are seeing the result of some hard work this summer. I say, thank you CJ.Did anybody catch the interview JD game in between halves? I have two questions. One, who was the "kid with no helmet on that was noton the field for the td" and two, what defensive half time adjustments is he talking about?Did anybody kidnap Arthur Jones from Syracuse so we can put him on our d line?Looking over a lot of my notes yesterday I have a lot of bad things written down about the defense (duh), but I don't feel like ranting on the defense this morning. I'm going to enjoy this victory all week long. I'll keep it general and short on the D....PLEASE ditch the 3-3-5.I don't think we have the players to run this crummy scheme. I'll be shocked if getting two DL healthy "fixes" everything.We need safety help. We need three guys like 34 Paul Chiara, the safety for the Cuse, that dude knows how to come to the LOSand tackle people. We don't have that, so missing size KILLS us on the run. I'm hoping that this is not as evident when we get intoMAC play, but I fear it is.That missed FG yesterday could have been the turning point in the game. Nice job not letting it be.I think for the first time, I root for a football team that I want to receive the kickoff. It is to our advantage to get the ball first.Going down and scoring that TD on the opening drive was HUGE. The team looked VERY sharp on that drive. I don't want to put our defense out on the field first this year.Kudos to JD. Is beating a BCS team (even a terrible one) a big deal anymore? I can remember reading some post that read we should just consider the first two weeks like practice and not get hurt? I think more people from the Badgers & Cuse wereinjured than Akron players. Seems like our team is in shape.The tape from yesterday should be shown in defensive classrooms as an example of how not to tackle.I think Syracuse, was worse than the Zips (exclude #97 & #34 from cuse).It's hard to evaluate an offensive line from watching a game on tv. I'll just say that CJ had time to throw the ball most of the timeand the RB's were making big runs. The line MUST be playing well.I'm pumped up to go to the Rubber Bowl Saturday (did I just type that) !!!

It's hard to recruit good DBs, we should change our D to the 5-3-3. PS Aren't two of these DB's supposed to be playing close to the the LOS if the D suspects run (but not the FS)?Nice linky zff.

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