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My thought is, if he was good enough to play before (which I believe he was), why wasn't he playing? Putting players in who won't be here next year at this point in the season is not a good look for the staff either way you look at it, IMO.

What is the thought process behind putting James King out there right now? R-Sr who has not played all year (yet was able to get on the field with the previous coaching staff). Stick with who has played all year or put young guys out there. I don't get it.

Unwatchable. Why can't we ever recognize blitzes and hit the safety valve?

Every single first down play is negative. Just unacceptable.

Ugh. We got Tebow'd

Alvin playing his best game of the year so far.

Kato. Hicks really should have came up with that catch. Kato gave him a chance.

Just 1 win. Lets. Go. Zips.

This season is what it is. Unsure why we have to have this constant crap every week. Considering the original poster, not sure why I am wasting my time saying this, but hope we can see some encouraging signs out of young players as the season winds down, the staff is able to plug holes via JUCO/transfer portal, and shows the ability to learn from their mistakes. Next year they aren't going to get as much benefit of the doubt. Somewhere between 0-12 and 2-10 won't cut it. Need to see real progress.

Correct. Kato also suspended two games.

A bit of positivity - there are a few players missing, so who knows how they will be ranked by 247, and whatever your opinion is on rankings, for whatever reason, they seem to generally correlate with who the top teams in the conference are. With that said, we are currently ranked 10th in MAC (above Ohio and Buffalo) in cumulative team score. That ranking is driven by the individual ranking of players as well as the number of players in the class. Only looking at the ranking of players, we have the second highest average in the conference at 82.7 behind Toledo's 83.17 and just above Ohio's 82.59. Let's hope the staff can finish filling the class as good as they started it and that should be a good sign down the road....

Doesn't seem to be an official offer out there, but his tweets pop up on my timeline all the time with members of the current staff liking his tweets. That would indicate to me that we are recruiting him and its likely something is coming soon. However, we also have Bulley and possibly Childs committed as a RB already right now.

So you mention the university being strapped for cash in one breath and call for the firing of the coach in another? Seems like doubling down on the issue to me.

I sure hope it works out with Dawson. Have to this his grades kept a number of schools away. Also getting his eligibility clock starting a year later is good for development as well.

Check my post history bud. I gave Bowden much more benefit of the doubt than most posters. The difference between you and I is that I've moved on because there is nothing I can do about it. Also, the decision to fire him or keep him could have easily been argued either way. It wasn't like he clearly should have been kept or something like that.

Last I checked, UMASS got their first ever FBS win against a Terry Bowden led Akron.

Something in the water in NE Ohio. Browns fans..Zips fans..nobody has any patience. Fire, start over, fire, start over. Loser mentality. I'm glad we are stuck with Arth for a few years. A chance to see the process through and make the correct decision on how to proceed.

He is an unpaid Grad Assistant at Clemson.

Nothing is going to change this year. The players the staff has are the players they have and they are becoming more short-handed with each passing week. Some just are what they are. The O-line isn't going to miraculously improve and we are incredibly short handed at RB. Not the best mix for a QB who isn't an elite passer. I'll still watch every game hoping we can pull an upset (Kent was the last one I'm spending money on), but at this point I have no real excitement until the last 3-4 games of the year, when the young players who haven't gotten much time will hopefully get an extended look and give me some hope for the future.

Very unfortunate to read. Best of luck Dustin!

I get that your shtick is to be the board's resident smart a$$, but believe it or not, there are also divisions within our very own conference.

Running game will still suffer, but Zach Gibson allows Arth to run more of his offense and the Zips shock the world and Kent State still sucks. Need some positive vibes for this program.

Another freshman DB - Tyson McDonald - already transferring. Sheesh.

Hypothetical - if Gibson were to come out and look good and we beat Kent, do you go burn his redshirt in a lost season or go back to Kato?

nice lock screen wallpaper.