Dr Z

Zips Wins - 1 Warren Ball rushing yards - 325 Reception Leaders - Tra’Von Chapman is leading with 20 receptions. (Kwad has 13, Coney has 11. Wolf got his first catch this week, and now has 6.) Defensive sacks - 6

This is where I miss MTB. ? Akron ran 44 of its 75 offensive plays in the second half, when it had the ball nearly 20 minutes. The Zips gained 232 offensive yards after halftime. Bowden knew what did his team in. Akron was just 2 for 5 on scores in the red zone, just 1 of 5 with a touchdown. “How many times were we in the red zone and didn’t kick a field goal, didn’t score?” he asked. “Over and over and over again in the red zone and didn’t score. We didn’t play a real good football game, but the kids played hard.

I can write about this from behind a lens. A photo of Villanueva would be impossible to properly expose him AND his teammates behind him. Bright sun vs dark shade. Multiple stop difference between the two. Super bright sunny days cast hard shadows. Ask any sports photographer, they would rather shoot during an overcast day. If your exposure is set to Villanueva, you will NEVER see the team in the tunnel. WAY too dark. You would have to set your exposure to the tunnel, and then overexpose Villanueva. Notice how overexposed Al's leg is in the shot I posted was (yellow pants are white). On the three photos you posted, Al's white shirt is the exposure reading making the darks very dark, that's why you can't see detail in the tunnel (shadowed). Try taking a photo of one person in the sun, and one in complete shade in the background to test the results. Joe Robbins pointed his lens at Al, the other photographer pointed his camera at Cam. Two shots that tell two different stories.

Run blocking should be the number one priority throughout practice this week. It has to improve. In the three losses, the Zips have rushed for 99 yards (Troy), 38 yards (Iowa State), and 73 yards (PSU). In BG's 4 losses, MSU rushed for 215 yards, South Dakota rushed for 214 yards, Northwestern rushed for 303 yards, and Middle Tennessee has rushed for 243 yards. Bowling Green offers a chance to get the running game on track, but I think we need a combination of running the ball at the correct time, and increasing the effectiveness of our blocking execution. Time to run the monkey off the Zips back! Every first down run play of the Troy game: (12:48 - 1st) Warren Ball run for no gain (14:54 - 2nd) EDWARDS, Van rush up middle for loss of 1 yard (11:25 - 2nd) Van Edwards Jr. run for 1 yd (3:25 - 2nd) Deltron Sands run for 2 yds (0:14 - 2nd) WOODSON, Thomas rush right for 5 yard (15:00 - 3rd) Warren Ball run for 8 yds (11:08 - 3rd) Warren Ball run for 1 yd (11:08 - 3rd) BALL, Warren rush up middle for 2 yards (holding call) (11:08 - 3rd) Thomas Woodson run for 1 yd (6:01 - 3rd) Warren Ball run for 3 yds (6:01 - 3rd) Warren Ball run for 11 yds (15:00 - 4th) Warren Ball run for 4 yds (10:00 - 4th) Warren Ball run for a loss of 1 yard (10:00 - 4th) Warren Ball run for 4 yds (4:19 - 4th) Warren Ball run for 2 yds That's a total of 39 yards on 15 runs. The Zips passed 15 times on first down also, only completing three, and getting one pass interference call. The Zips first down and ten execution, and or play calling must improve for the team to get better.

Congrats to @ZippyRulz @Zipgrad01 @kreed5120 @LZIp and @GJGood who answered all three correct. Only two would have been correct with one less dropped pass. (honorable mention @zippyfan34)

Troy did a great job of getting pressure through the A gap. I don't understand the Zips not being able to handle this. This has to be addressed this week in practice. Any defense that watches this film will continue this trend. Difference in the game IMO. For as subpar as the interior of the O-line played the Zips did have a 100 yard receiver, 100 yard rusher, and a 250+ passer putting up 367 yards of total offense. It wasn't pretty, and I'm sure they have yet to play their best. At the very least, that is something to build on in practice. Getting to the QB is still a concern.

Make sure you update your WatchESPN app before the game. Nice update.

http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2017/09/22/miami-dolphins-lb-justin-march-lillard-more-than-an-afterthought/

He explained that in his presser this week

How Joe Moorhead Created Penn State's Cutting-Edge Offense BRUCE FELDMAN Wednesday September 20th, 2017 Moorhead: When I became the head coach, because I had 51% of the vote, that’s when it took off. At Fordham, we said we’re wiping the slate clean. We know what we want to do. We’re gonna create our language, create our rules. What you see now [at Penn State] was built from our first year at Fordham. Breiner: When we first got here, Joe said, ‘Why don’t we just leave the tight end off the ball so that we could run the split-flow zone, which is really the cornerstone of our offense.’ Part of it was for that and part of it was personnel-wise. As we got going, there was no going back. The split-flow zone is who we are. Moorhead worked as a graduate assistant at Pitt for two seasons, then spent four years as an offensive assistant at Georgetown. In 2004, former Pitt assistant J.D. Brookhart became the head coach at Akron and hired Moorhead to become the Zips’ wide receivers coach. Two seasons later, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, where he produced one of the MAC’s most potent attacks. UConn hired him in 2009 to run the Huskies’ offense. Breiner: Within the first three weeks when we were at UConn, I knew he was special. His greatest skill as a coach is his ability to inspire confidence in the people around him, the coaching staff but more importantly the players. He gets people to buy into what he’s asking them to do but also gets them to believe that what they’re doing will be successful. He had me hook, line and sinker when he was teaching me the offense. Roar Lions Roar Story on the SI Article

Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E. Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots tight end who committed suicide in April while serving a life sentence for murder, was found to have a severe form of C.T.E., the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma that has been found in more than 100 former N.F.L. players. Researchers who examined the brain determined it was “the most severe case they had ever seen in someone of Aaron’s age,” said a lawyer for Hernandez in announcing the result at a news conference on Thursday. Hernandez was 27. C.T.E., or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, can be diagnosed only posthumously. Hernandez is the latest former N.F.L. player to have committed suicide and then been found to have C.T.E., joining Dave Duerson, Junior Seau, Andre Waters, Ray Easterling and Jovan Belcher, among others. Seau and Duerson shot themselves in the chest, apparently so that researchers would be able to examine their brain. Hernandez was found hanging in his prison cell.

• We have not been able to run when a team commits to stopping the run right now. Like I noted before, the team went from 11 to 10 personnel in the game when they decided to try to pass more. (My thought: I would come out early in 10 personnel this week) • Guiser in concussion protocol. They challenged the Davis targeting penalty, but not even sure they can do it. • Nick Johns wants to play football. May not play, cut his foot on glass. He is working with TE's and WR. Playing on all special teams. • We have to get somebody through to get pressure on the QB. Sampson come in and gave some late last week. Davis, Ward or Moore need to step up. • Tommy's Int was a play put in at half time that wasn't ripped enough. Tommy is not the reason we lost. •Wolf should be ready to go this week. • Nate Stewart got all the spring first team reps and got hurt. (side note: I got to see a the scrimmage before he got hurt, and he was catching everything thrown his way. You can't make a lot of observations from a scrimmage, but that did make an early impression on me)

Boise sacked Troy 4 times, Alabama State did not record a sack, and New Mexico State only got 1. We need to get to the QB!

According to the Miami Herald, JT is involved in some legal issues at the moment.

The under is 6-0 in Akron last 6 games after allowing more than 450 total yards in their previous game and the under is 4-0 in Akron last 4 games following a double-digit loss at home while the under is 4-0 in Akron last 4 games after scoring less than 20 points in their previous game. Troy are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 non-conference games and Troy are 0-5 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the over is 4-0 in Troy last 4 versus MAC. Read more here

Yep, this is basically what coach said at the beginning of the year. Paraphrasing "we are going to have to rely on our running game early in the year until we find out who is going to fill the holes left by Natson and Lane in the passing game" I don't think we have seen our best passing game of the year yet.

I guess anything is possible, but does that really sound like something @profmattwilson would do? ?