Dr Z

Some good info in the article. Quotes from Bowden, and KN1. Three Phil photos. “Coming from high school the speed is a lot faster, so a lot of it was just me coming out of my reads earlier, trusting my legs and my ability to run the ball,” he said. The change from then to now has been significant. “That’s a big thing I’ve improved on as I’ve been here,” he said. “You know, getting more comfortable with the offense and getting more reps so the speed of the game has slowed down. I’ve been able to distribute better.” For him, the process has been a simple one. “I think film study, reps — getting reps in practice then going over that practice and going over the mistakes you made. That’s how you get better,” he said. Last practice in Ohio today, flight tomorrow, and one more practice on Saturday.

Your are asking for sympathy from the wrong fan base, we restarted our program over from "scratch" in 2012. We are excited about where the program is headed now, but it took us awhile to undo what was done. This bowl game will be another step for both program's future success. Good luck. I have no inside info, I was commenting on the fact that coach mentioned that he may practice the '''starters" for an hour and dismiss them, and work with the young guys. It would not surprise me to see one of the younger receivers see some extended playing time on Tuesday though. Maybe somebody who "stepped it up" in practice this week...given more time.

??‍♂️ I missed this today, anybody listen that can give a recap?

Sunshine puts fans in a state of euphoria. ☀️?? I'm looking forward to hearing coach Amato talk about the Owl's offense tomorrow. Three more practices, and the team is off to Florida on Friday. I bet some young gun in our receiving group got better today.

Terry Bowden, Chuck Amato, and A.J. Milwee will be the guests on a special Bowl-bound edition of Zips LIVE, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, from Noon to 1 p.m. The broadcast can be heard via web stream on the WARF.

Jacki Windon works for the Ohio High School Athletic Association, has extensive television commentary experience on Fox Sports Ohio and Time Warner Cable broadcasts. The former head women's basketball coach at Case Western Reserve also worked for Zips Athletics for three seasons, including two seasons with the women's basketball team.

The football program had its annual awards banquet on Sunday afternoon at Quaker Station. Offensive MVP: A.J. Coney Defensive MVP: Ulysees Gilbert III Special Teams Player of the Year: Nick Gasser Outstanding Senior (Offense): Tra’Von Chapman and Austin Wolf Outstanding Senior (Defense): Andrew Hauser Outstanding Junior (Offense): Kyle Ritz Outstanding Junior (Defense): Kyron Brown Outstanding Sophomore (Offense): Trevor Brown Outstanding Sophomore (Defense):Alvin Davis Outstanding Freshman (Offense): Kato Nelson Outstanding Freshman (Defense): Justin Sampson Presented to the player who scores the most points in a season, Kwadarrius Smith Team's unsung hero for the intangibles he provides during practice and for inspiring his teammates: Offense: Stephen Ericksen Defense:Brock Boxen Iron ZIP Award: Manny Morgan Rise & Shine Award: Alex Ramart Scout Team Player of the Year: Offense:Hugh Cade Defense: Myran Mounds Academic Award: Senior:Zach Guiser, Junior:Vince Lockett, Sophomore:John Lako, Freshman:Austin Sample

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Chris Mueller is already writing about next season..."At the end of the bench sat Tavian Dunn-Martin, Frankie Hughes, Michael Hughes, Craig Randall II and Marcus Weathers. At this time next year, all five will likely be playing major minutes when Duquesne and Pitt square off again at PPG Paints Arena. Though for now, they’re nothing more than practice bodies. On Friday night, they were in street clothes." On goes the rebuild for Dambrot, Duquesne after City Game setback KD is also speaking about two to three years down the road. https://player.vimeo.com/video/245487619

He's now 64 and a half. Maybe he retired early.

I'm giving all my likes to this comment. Teams are not the same from one point of the season to the next. Very entertaining watching my team score 94 points. Fun rooting for players that see a lot of floor time. I'm hopeful with all the floor time experience the kids are getting, they continue to improve with a March payoff (this season or the next...)

Saturday, December 16th at 2 pm. The Delta Devils are still looking for a win. Kent beat them by 13

Poll closes (for the season) this Friday at 11 pm, before the next (Saturday) game. The Zips will have 7 wins (my best guess) going into MAC play with at least 19 more games to get 13 wins if they were to get to 20 wins on the season.

Due to weather, the Appalachian Sate men’s basketball team’s flight was delayed. The game will be played tonight at 7 p.m. at JAR. Scouting the Mountaineers The team enters the game with a 5-5 overall record after splitting their last four games. The Mountaineers opened the season with a pair of wins (Toccoa Falls, 135-35, and Bridgewater, 95-57), before dropping a pair of contests (Iowa State, 104-98, and Western Michigan, 86-67). App State bounced back with a 76-72 win over UTEP and fell in overtime to James Madison, 105-99. In the last four contests, the Mountaineers defeated Davidson (78-62) and South Florida (84-61) and dropped games to VCU (85-72) and Western Carolina (72-71). App State averages 87.5 points per outing on 47.2 percent shooting from the floor and a 37.5 percent effort from beyond the 3-point arc, draining 10.6 triples a game.The Mountaineers have two players scoring in double figures led by Ronshad Shabazz with 21.4 points per game on 43.3 percent shooting from the field and 35.2 percent rate from beyond the 3-point with a second-best 25 made 3-pointers. He is the team leader in free throws made (47) and assists (34) while adding 22 rebounds and 11 steals. Justin Forrest follows with 17.2 points and a team-high 31 made triples. He shoots 41.1 percent from the floor and 39.7 percent from deep, while grabbing 32 rebounds and dishing out 23 assists. Isaac Johnson leads the squad on the glass, pulling down 8.7 rebounds per outing with 87 total boards.Defensively, App State limits its opponents to 73.8 points per game on 40.6 percent shooting from the floor and 33.6 percent from 3-point range, allowing only 7.4 long distance strikes per night. The Mountaineers have caused 148 turnovers (14.8 to/g) with 69 steals (6.9 stl/g), and boasts a 9.9 advantage on the glass, outrebounding their opponents 446-347.

No.

Same press conference as posted early, different format. Skip ahead to the 12 minute mark to get to coach Bowden.

In West Palm?

(More from the press conference posted above) Anonymous reporter to coach Kiffin, "there are a lot of rumors floating around, I guess that's the elephant in the room, I won't ask the question" Kiffin "thank you" Bobby Bowden is coming in the 17th. Coach (Terry) Bowden said "I'm known as an SOB down here in the south.......Son of Bobby." Coach Bowden had to fly down for this conference, miss practice, and had to fly back that night to make today's practice. Kato was the only player coach talked about in his opening statement. "we have a redshirt freshman at QB that is exciting and from this area" The MC said "The PGA will be the host for Akron", not exactly sure what that meant. I'm assuming that is there hotel? How do you use the extra practices? Coach Bowden "we might have practice for an hour, cut practice, and work the players that aren't playing, we will spend time developing our young players for next year. We only have 15 practices in the spring, we get a bonus by having half (more) now"

Should Jatavis Be on the Field More? The need to turn to Phillips came when Brown was dealing with a nagging injury. He has been fully healthy for a while, but with the way AP is playing and the return of Denzel Perryman, there has been no need to change what is currently working. It’s a good problem to have when a player like Brown is unable to crack the lineup.

Hmmmmm, I got that exact same printed piece, and didn't even bet anybody. Weird.

Now that fans have seen a few games, they can make a more educated guess. Discuss why you made your selection below.

Scouting The Mastodons -- Fort Wayne enters the game with a three-game winning streak and a 6-3 overall record. The Mastodons ended a two-game losing skid against Kentucky (86-67) and ETSU (83-73) with a trio of wins over Detroit Mercy (91-82), IUKokomo (99-63), and SIUE (86-71). Fort Wayne. averages 83.7 points per outing on 45.0 percent shooting from the floor and a 36.6 percent effort from beyond the 3-point arc, draining 10.8 triples a game. The 'Dons have three players scoring in double figures led by Bryson Scott with 23.1 points per game on 46.9 percent shooting from the field and 31.6 percent rate from beyond the 3-point with a second-best 18 made 3-pointers. He is the team leader in free throws made (56) and percentage (.836) while adding 46 rebounds, 31 assists, and 18 steals. John Konchar nearly averages a double-double with 13.8 points and a team-high 9.8 rebounds per game. He shoots 47.4 percent from the floor and 42.5 percent from deep with 17 triples, while grabbing a team-best 88 rebounds.. Kason Harrell adds 12.6 points per game to the mix. In addition, the Mastodons have buried 97 triples as a team with six players clocking double-digit made 3-point buckets. Defensively, Fort Wayne limits its opponents to 72.3 points per game on 42.9 percent shooting from the floor and 31.4 percent from 3-point range, allowing only 6.7 long distance strikes per night. The Mastodons have caused 161 turnovers (17.9 to/g) with 72 steals (8.0 stl/g), and boasts a 5.2 advantage on the glass, outrebounding their opponents 353-306.