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Woo! Jerome Lane is going to be one hell of a player. Kid is always making plays!

Impressive first drive for Woodson. Big 3rd down run and a few nice throws. I'm not sure the Touchdown was a catch..but I'll take it!

Well that's unfortunate. Two of our better players on D let us down that drive. Hopefully that was an outlier of what today will be like. We aren't going to win a shootout.

That would be amazing. I do believe Woodson ran a great deal of triple option at Gateway. At least earlier in his HS career.

Done. Made sure a few others saw as well.

I take it Vick is playing? If we want to win, the defense has to carry us. I think we can count on that. Just hope that Woodson plays well enough to score a few touchdowns.

Too bad the rest of the MAC players in Antonio Brown, Ben, and Dri Archer didnt

If the Zips were in the same position as NIU (years of sustained success), I would be happy with 20-22k average and think that is realistic. Thats maybe a sell out or two against teams like Marshall and BG and a few dud crowds for games against EMU and UMass. I think that is realistic. If we are talking about the current Zips. I would expect it to be to be less, probably a good bit less. It takes time to changes people's minds about perennial losers. I would bet if the Zips go 44-10 the next 4 years, that 3rd and 4th year will be at that 20-22k average. I do think the Zips have potential, though most likely never realized, to have close to a sell out every game. I think the location of UA is a lot more favorable than Dekalb is for NIU. Dekalb is pretty much in the middle of nowhere with a population of 44k. 1.25 hours from Chicago. NIU competes in Chicago with Illinois, Northwestern, and ND. Akron competes with OSU and Can't State, but Northwestern is actually located in Chicago and probably not much more expensive since they are a joke of a program and OSU is 2 hours away plus a lot more expensive. Just because you are near a huge market doesn't mean you are going to have a ton of support. But I think support can be earned in a football loving area like NE Ohio. I wouldn't put Toledo's success up there with NIU's, but its still pretty solid. Not official, but with a quick look, they average around 20k attendance. I think the 20k number is very reasonable for us. I think Toledo (location wise) has the stacked decked against them more than we do. They aren't in a market near the size of Cleveland/Akron/Canton and are sort of in the middle of two schools with huge fan bases in Michigan and OSU.

It would be impossible for NIU to match the attendance from 04 and07 because the stadium only seats 23,595 now. The prior capacity was 28,000.

He didn't show me much last week, but I think Woodson steps up!

Perhaps the play of your QB is a strong indicator of the success of your team. Who knew?

Thats odd. I was at the Marshall game and the student section was indeed exactly where Keener was claiming (I was in it). The University need to get it figured out. I'm tired of it changing every single year for football and basketball.

Wasn't it supposed to be announced "tomorrow" yesterday?

Thanks for sharing. Interesting read. Guy definitely seems a little out there, but it ultimately comes down to people not being able to think for themselves, IMO.

With your opinion of Bickley, what does that say about the other WRs on our roster? Do you not think they are D1 material? If they are, and Bickley isn't, why is he producing more than them? Its not like Bickley is a Tyler Williams who has been around for a long time and never produced. I'm not arguing that Bickley's stats are/were good, but its better than most other players at the position. Have to take what we can get.

Wasnt Bickley the 2nd leading WR on the team last year as a true freshman? 3 receptions from being #1 btw. Obviously a player his size has his limitations, but I enjoy seeing what he does once the ball gets in his hands. He made a great catch while taking a big shot down the seam last week if im not mistaken..

I'll wait to make my prediction once we get word on Pohl (if we ever get word on Pohl). Woodson didn't impress me much at all yesterday. He definitely could have played better.

Was just thinking about this today. At minimum expectations (beating teams we are clearly better than), we should win 8 games this season. This would be the most wins in the history of the program at the D-1 level.

3 more gets us to 7-5. I see 4 games left on the schedule we have no business losing. Other two are probably toss ups.

It was one play. The offense line is about as good as you could reasonably expect considering all that was replaced from last season. The coach is doing the best with what he has to work with. The best he has to work with is a converted DL unfortunately.Converting players from the other side of the ball and starting them should tell you all you need to know about the depth/talent of the unit. Coach can't make him not whiff a block.

Are you trying to say you aren't happy with Peterson? I think he has done a fine job. I'm sure he knows a lot more about the talent on the line than us. I didn't notice limited playing time for Mizell, but I also didn't notice his play much. He did have the fumble recovery. Was Lane getting PT in place of Mizell? Great game by Lane by the way. Looks like he may turn into a good one!

pro tip: after you have a sideline warning, its best to follow it. Its also best not to spike the ball in celebration after a turnover.

I hope we beat the snot out of these guys.

I appreciate the update, Dave. I was not at the game and did not see the cameras show Pohl on the sideline, so I had no clue what may be wrong with him. I'm glad I can at least get your opinion, since our beat writer apparently doesn't care to find out what is wrong with our starting quarterback who has led us to 8 wins in the last 11 games, or at the most, doesn't care to share it with anyone.

Luckily Hendrix is a senior.