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We do not have 90 scholarship players. More like 75....we were never close to the max while Arth was here as a result of him pushing all of Bowden's recruits away and then the natural attrition that happened after that. We should be able to get to the max of 85 this year I'd think, especially with the extra 7 now allowed for players who enter the transfer portal.

They also lost to BG....

I don't disagree with anyone's assessment on Walton. All I'm saying is the lack of fit should have been identified well before he was on the roster so that scholarship could go to somebody else who is making our team better right now. To double down, Fulford was coach at Missouri. I don't care enough to confirm they were there at the same time..but its pretty close looking at it. He should have known better.

That doesn't sound correct, even if their entire 2021 class was transfers. The max addition for scholarship players in any given year prior to 2022 was 25. Unless they were able to convince a lot of players to transfer as walk ons... I don't think your far off but I'll leave this as food for thought: We have 3 payday games in MSU, Tenn, and Liberty. Liberty is the most winnable but they are still tough. 3 pay day games makes it really difficult to have high-win season. As an example, Kent has their best team in some time and will likely win the MAC, but their record is only 7-5 as a result of playing Texas A&M, Iowa, and Maryland. Just doesn't leave much room for error in conference play.

Echoing what many have said here, but my takeaways: Heck of an entertaining game. Marshall sort of gave it to us at the end, but credit to our team for taking it when the opportunity was there. Didn't like Groce switching to the zone at times. There were to distinct instances I recall it leading to a wide open 3 - which they made - and it should have cost us the game. Heck of a game by Tribble and Trimble, but not sure its fair to count on that from them every night. We simply need more from #13 and/or #11 if we want to go to the tourney. We are getting as close to nothing from them as we can. Not necessarily negative plays - but nothing that I see that really contributes to our success. I thought something was up when I didn't see Walton starting or on the bench, and checking here confirmed it. 6/9 shooting and 16 points is what he gave us against the best team we'll play all year. I believe Groce & Co brought him in because it was known his experience and skill was a big need. We aren't as good of a team without him and he lasted a grand total of 6 games. I'm sure it is on Walton that he's no longer on the team, but I think Groce deserves some criticism for not doing better vetting. As a result, we'll have a scholarship not going to use when it was expected to be used on potentially our top player the whole year. Big loss, but hopefully we can overcome it and players perform like they did last night on a more consistent basis.

There is very little out there, but it appears it was appendicitis. So I believe life threatening at the time, but not a lasting issue.

Count me in for a pair of season tickets as well.

For anyone who may have attended the games thus far or who may have read it somewhere - what is the policy on masks for the games?

LFG!!!

$5 GA tickets for tonight. Also, if anyone could help me embed tweets, it would be appreciated. I'm simply copying and pasting the twitter URL as I've done in the past, but it hasn't worked the same since the update. I've also switched browsers to Microsoft Edge recently, so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. Akron Zips Athletics | #FindAWay on Twitter: "Welcome to Day 1 of our 12 days of Zipsmas for 2021. Each day we will have a special deal just for you to get the best deals in Zips Athletics! Today, you can get $5 General Admission Tickets for tonight's @ZipsMBB game vs. Marshall. Click Here: https://t.co/6vjU0BwTUk https://t.co/Z0ucOsjbXH" / Twitter

Thanks for bringing this up. Watching some this evening. Learning more about his offense, I wonder if DJ is naturally a better fit (not that Zach wasn't a capable runner himself).

Maybe he does want to finish out this week at Oregon for whatever reason. I personally don't believe its a great idea. Its a critical time to recruit players as well as coaches. Every day matters.

Like others, I'm not getting my hopes up until there is an official announcement. I'm an Akron/NE Ohio sports fan. Been let down too many times.

Not to mention its already been reported his buyout is being covered by donors.

I believe Moorhead would have plenty of time to prove himself since this AD would be the one hiring him, lessening the potential of a buyout. I don't agree that we can't afford him, assuming donors are stepping up to the plate. Donors are free to designate their money however they'd wish. If we are increasing general student fees by anything other than an inflation adjustment as a result, then I'd probably agree...not something we should be doing Another way to look at it is that the right coach can be well worth the additional investment if said coach elevates the program enough to increase attendance/revenue in a way that more than makes up the difference of the additional cost. Lastly, Guthrie just scheduled a rare 3rd pay day game next year with Tennessee. That extra revenue (probably in the $1.5m + range offhand) alone should allow us to cover extra costs for a few years.

LA Tech hiring somebody not named Joe Moorehead...

It would be huge. As I mentioned in the other thread, when I watched Trayanum - it must have been during the 2020 season - he looked like a stud as a true freshman and I believe was the starter.

Probably above our level. Wonder what happened here though. In the little I watched of ASU, seems like he was doing really good there. 247Sports Transfer Portal on Twitter: "Arizona State RB DeaMonte Trayanum has entered the transfer portal, per @SunDevilSource. A 2020 four-star recruit, he's rushed for 691 yards on 5.4 ypc in his Sun Devils career. https://t.co/ctf2pKtA9I" / Twitter

Apparently going to Old Dominion

Comes with the territory of leadership change. Him entering the portal doesn't necessarily mean he's gone for good. Buffalo's head coach was able to keep Marks last year after he entered. 247Sports Transfer Portal on Twitter: "Akron QB Zach Gibson has entered the transfer portal. He's thrown 2,471 yards and 15 TDs in his career. https://t.co/Gwkcv0fuxG" / Twitter

Would fill a need and is a local guy to boot for our new coach...also I apparently don't know how to imbed with the software update? 247Sports Transfer Portal on Twitter: "UCLA true freshman EDGE rusher A.J. Campbell has entered the portal. https://t.co/lbYwh0FDli" / Twitter

One of two G5 players on this list. Rich Cirminiello on Twitter: "🚨BREAKING🚨 Announcing this year's Freshman All-American Team, a collection of young stars from across the country... https://t.co/bHJDjeKktZ" / Twitter

Temple job opening up kind of scares me if he's looking to get back to this general area of the country.

I'm not sure how I'm supposed to work today with this potential news. Constantly refreshing Zipsnation and twitter.

Holy crap