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I play along……... Howard The first game of the year and should be a win! Penn State Do anyone realize that they Play Central Florida in London(as in England, not Ontario) before they play the Zips? This would be the game to win. Will they, not sure, but its winnable. Marshall As this will probably be the only game I will attend this year(because of all of the Tuesday games), one thing keeps popping into my head. Fan Support. This could quickly turn into a Marshall Home Game because their fans will travel to Akron. People need to show up for this one! We will win, but by how close. Pitt Once upon a time, Pitt was a power in Football. Not anymore. I see this as a win assuming that Pitt plays this as a throw away game and the Defense gets it done! Eastern Michigan Homecoming and it's Eastern! Talk about the stars aligning for this one! Miami Last season, they was one of the worst teams in the country. This season, still bad but improving! Ohio IMHO, their reign of terror is over and we will finally win one, In Athens of all places! Ball State and Bowling Green Both teams will be Top Level in the MAC, its a good thing that we don't play Toledo this year. Calling them both losses, but could split. Buffalo Will the real Buffalo please stand up. Other than that bogus call durning the Ohio game last season, their record was a product of the schedule. Unless it is a blizzard there, it's a win! UMASS This game scares me. This will be right in the middle of the four strait Tuesday games and they are better. I am just hoping that fans will show up for this one! Its a win, but be careful. Can't State In all honesty, I wish that this was the Black Friday game. Going out to Can't, on a Tuesday Night Before Thanksgiving=Ghost Town. Can't State is back to being……well…...Can't State in Football again. With no Archer does not help. You will see EMU-type numbers in the stands! Its a win, but will anybody see it? Conference Record:6-2 2014 Record: 9-3

What a brutal half of basketball…...

What a joke! Why do we have all these Tuesday night games? Also, Why was the Can't game moved to the Tuesday BEFORE Thanksgiving!? The only way I could justify this is if the Zips are on the Main ESPN channel ALL WEEKS! Great way to Kill the Program Mid American Conference. Unless this is some type of punishment………...

In his defense, he was hurt. However the pass selection was not that good at all. No Bubble Screens this season!

That is my biggest fear. Especially the DB's. If they play well, we should be alright. I expect 7 wins this season, unless they beat Penn State, then I go for broke and say 10 wins!

Here is a thought: If the city have to get involved, the city should do a arena/cansino combo and use the profits to fund it.

I can live with that, but the CMU announcers sound like they need to be calling High School games!

That was a brutally bad half of Basketball. They have should have gone to the "Four Corners" offense. Both teams would have do better!

It is on TWC sports. Whatever channel that is.

I agree. Keep in mind with the PSU game, they play UCF in London first, then the Zips, then Rugters. Pitt plays those great football juggernauts(in order before the game with Akron): Delaware, Florida International and Iowa. Like I said, both very winnable

Penn St. And Pitt are both very winnable, IMHO.

I was so hoping to see two of the Directionals this year

Yikes! When you are 300+ in rebounding in the country, teams will pick up on that in a hurry!

I said this two years ago in another thread: The only way that a new arena is built is a local company with super deep pockets put up most(or all) of the money. I don't see Goodyear(they are the only one left) pulling out the checkbook anytime soon

Evans is on FIRE right now!

For those listening to the game: Is it just me, or does French sound terrible?

Lived in Buckeye, was a true Westsider while I lived there. For me, Going to Glendale at times as a pure chore, but have a lots of friends that live there, so I would not be having any "fun" other than the game itself. Been to Four Peaks a few times

So basically this was the big news!? It was items that most of is already knew.

I depends where: Phoenix-Lived there for years, so It is not an vacation Anywhere else- Yes!

Well it could be anything from improvements to changing conferences. We will all find out on Monday!

How about something I DON'T want to see; The Bubble screen! What I want to see: An double reverse, then pass!

Force of habit with "an" not "a"

It is the end! Finally the end of the season is upon us! After all of this, the Zips have an chance to have 5 wins for the first time in an long time. Say what you want, but the season has been an success(even with the win count). -We should have beat Michigan an we all know it. -This team should have not quit against Ohio However we are where we are. This is the second year in a row that we play Toledo on the last game of the season(IMO this will happen every year now) It is Black Friday, so we all know that there will be nobody there. This is an chance to get the 5 wins that the program need This is an win if: -Not an 10am game -Defense plays like they want to win -Fans(however many there will be) make some noise. -Play like they played Michigian An tall order? Not really, but very doable IMO. Just keep in mind given their track record, you can never, ever count Toledo out! Discuss

I respectfully disagree, You do understand that there are 7 BCS/FBS schools in this state? That is not including the smaller schools in this state. Since the move up back in the 80's, every coach that was here said what you are saying. You just cannot recuit local and think that you can get to be an top level program in this state, just not happening.the only school that I know of here in the area that could get away with that would be Mount Union. You want top local talent? We actually kind of had Mr. Football as an recuit a couple of years ago(there was a whold thread about it), and we all saw how that turned out. You go find the best players anywhere. Bottom line