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You conveniently left out the fact that they are one of 10 or 11 unbeaten teams left in FBS, #24 ranked team in the country, and have more B1G wins than Michigan State. Whether they are in our conference or not is besides the point.

Did some reading around and it seems he was suspended in college for an incident in HS where he had a picture of him holding a gun. The gun photo apparently scared some programs like FSU and OSU away. I cannot speculate on the photo because I cannot find, but I do know there is nothing illegal about posting a picture holding a gun. The final straw seemed to be that he broke his leg playing basketball and tried lying to the coaching staff about it. Seems like he has maturity issues at worst.

Davis will be a top 5 WR drafted next year. I think I saw their top RB, Bogan, has been injured. But they really don't have a drop off in having to resort to Franklin. He was MAC Offensive player of the year a few years ago as a freshman. Need to see if I can dig up some games to watch and confirm, but I've heard that their passing defense is highly susceptible.

Interesting stat: WMU is the only FBS team to not turn the ball over yet this season.

Broncos come in at #24 in this week's AP poll. When is the last time a ranked opponent has came to Akron!? Super bummed I will not be able to attend live. http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll

Since we are well known for taking on transfers, I wanted to start a thread tracking potential players of interest. Sort of like the HS player thread that I believe Cap'n started. We have James King, John Semerene, Jelani Hamilton, and Larry Hope all on the roster from Miami which makes it seem like we have a pretty strong connection there somewhere. We also have Alvin Davis and Jelani Hamilton as St. Thomas Aquinas grads on the roster. Which leads me to.... freshman 4 star WR Sam Bruce from St. Thomas Aquinas who was released today from Miami for "multiple violations of team rules". Link to 247: http://247sports.com/Player/Sam-Bruce-23288 Senior highlight video: http://www.prepforce.com/video/8416 I hope him and Alvin are good buddies

I take offense to that.

Don't doubt any of what you all are saying. His highlight videos are awesome. I just wonder if he is as good as he looks and all of you seem to think, why is he so under recruited?

I would hope that isn't the case. Loser's mentality. If you want to consider yourself a contender in the MAC, you shouldn't be afraid to compete with anybody.

Not noticing a corner is usually a pretty good sign they are doing a good job. Hope seems to get the majority of the targets for whatever reason.

Depends on who we have available I think. Agree with Skip. Only real chance to win is a shootout. I've got a gut feeling that Woody and Ball will be back. Natson potentially being out throws a big wrench into the hopes of an upset.

Shawn seems to be having some fun in his post UA days http://deadspin.com/world-champion-pole-vaulters-explanation-for-positive-c-1787490640?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Question for the ESPN3'ers as maybe someone has experience i dont. I have a family commitment on Saturday and won't be able to start watching the game until 6 ish. Rather than start at wherever the game is live, is it possible to start from the beginning?!

Hard to answer these correct without knowing who QB will be, but I gave it a shot.

I've had zero qualms with our O-line this season. Replacing all 5 starters and being better is just remarkable. The coaches weren't kidding us about being more talented.

So, nobody knows what happened?!

They should really open conference play with rivalry week every year. Games more meaningful then, better weather, students in town, etc.

Good point. Important for us Zips fans to keep perspective. Going to go bowling for the 2nd straight season (3rd time in school history), probably play in the MAC championship game, and have a real chance to break the record for most wins in a season for the 2nd straight year.

Miami is 0-5 on the season. Most of their losses have been pretty close, but one of the losses was also to a FCS team. I'd suspect they may be near the bottom 10 ranking if they aren't already there. Looks like they had a freshman start at QB vs Ohio yesterday in his first action this season. If I recall, they had a nice freshman QB last season. His status is worth keeping an eye on.

Something else that caught my eye...I heard them say yesterday that Kyron Brown was a Redshirt Freshman. I swear he played last season. Sure enough, he is listed the same on GoZips.com. I guess that's good news that he will have an extra year of eligibility than I think we thought?

Want to start to say how proud I am of Chapman. By all accounts, he seems like a great teammate. It's impressive due to his story. A lot of other players wouldn't handle his circumstances as well as he has. That first half couldn't have been worse and he knew it. He had zero time to prepare as the starter this week, no or very little time with the first team offense, but once he got his timing down some he actually played a pretty decent half. I am happy for him. Especially since it was over our biggest rival and his hometown team. Our LB corp at this point is the biggest weakness on our team, IMO. Gilbert is awesome. He reminds me so much of Jatavis. If I had one complaint it would be that he needs to finish plays better. I'm confident he will get there. Bell and Rachal don't do anything for me. No plays made at or behind the line of scrimmage and are huge liabilities in the passing game. Bell disappoints a little more as he is the highest caliber recruit in the whole unit. I haven't seen any development at all and we are near the midpoint of the season. I'd like to see some other guys getting worked in there to see if they show anything. I noticed Lloyd some more in the second half. Junius was listed as the starter over Bell earlier in the year, but I have not noticed him on the field at all, not even special teams. Lako has made a few plays this year. Lastly, have to say that Holley played one hell of a game for Kent. I wasn't around during the Cribbs/Edelman days, but that performance yesterday had to be pretty reminiscent if I had to guess.

LETS FINISH IT OFF!!!

Getting bad flash backs from 2 years ago. Lets get a time out Coach.

Well defense...its time to put your big boy pants on. LETS GO!