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curious to how it would have been a step backward? Seems like it would have been lateral to me.

Akron fans' obsession with Ohio State amazes me. Who cares what they did. I dont see anybody hiring him. He still has 4 years on his show-cause the NCAA slapped down.

Can't 17 Boise 20 NIU 21 All Can't has to do is win, and UCLA or Nebraska lose. Both great possibilities.

We werent worthy of a #1 seed either I guess

Im more worried about our own team right now.

Our defender just fell down, smh

Looking more and more like the winner of the MAC will go to a BCS bowl as long as Boise loses to Nevada.

Michigan, Louisville, Rutgers, and Texas lost this week. I could see Can't passing Boise if they beat NIU. That would put them at 18. Good chance of UCLA losing to Stanford, that would probably put them at 17. Oregon State losing to Oregon, not sure how far they would drop, though. They really needed OU to beat OK St, which after checking the current score, is still very possible. I'd say Can't has a very good chance if they can beat NIU, and that is a huge IF.

"Boise of the Midwest" lol

Its a smart business move to play this game at Crew Stadium. Nobody in BG Thanksgiving weekend.

Remember hearing about this when it was announced last year. The main reasons this game is going on is that its the Friday after Thanksgiving (no OSU game to compete against) and I guess there is a solid alumni base for BG in Columbus.

We dont have anybody close to as good as him. Not a good attempt at being a smart***

Cant argue with somebody who I can point out is biased just from seeing one post. Defense ranks 108th in points given up per game. Its hard to argue anybody is any good. How about Holmes blown coverage for a TD during the Toledo game? Or Freeman's 2 pass ints during the Toledo game where it resulted in a TD? He looked like Buster Skrine out there. Opposing coaches know who to attack as well as our coaches know our own weaknesses. There is a reason Commack took the better WR most of the time.

Unfortunately playing heart out =/= good. Im sure many of the practice squad players play their heart out, too. Freeman better than Commack? No way. Freeman probably had a dozen PI penalties called on him this year, along with many missed tackles. Holmes flat out is bad no matter what way you want to spin it. Pretty cocky for a guy who cant make a tackle consistently. Ford wont be moved to LB. I can tell you have some connection to these guys by the emotion of your post. If you are going to post on a fan forum, you need to not be so biased.

How does Can't State get players like Dri Archer? man.. Very impressive what Hazell has done with that team in 2 years.

The run defense unit as whole wasnt good. Our D-line actually had our better players, though. Caponi, Grice, Presley, and Griggs. LB corp was kind of meh. March will be solid I think, just kind of small this year. Mangum was slow but seemed to at least be able to tackle and plug the middle on sure run situations. Gilmer was just bad. I think we have some younger players at LB that will develop and we will be solid there. Who do we have coming up in the secondary? Commack was by far our best. I like Ford as well, but I see him as more of a hitter than a coverage guy. I dont think Holmes is good at all, same with Freeman. It seemed if teams wanted to pass on us, they could have (cant get the Miami (OH) game out of my head. I could be wrong, but I remember 3 interceptions this year. The one by Commack against Tenn, 1 by our DE against UMASS, and the other by Mangum against Toledo.

missed this, nice breakdown. I think my biggest concern next year will be the secondary, as it was the weakest link this year, IMO.

Pretty ironic post considering Bowden was the media a few years ago and thats where Mangini is now.

yes. But its a little hush-hush. My problems with coaching last night off the top of my head: Fake field goal, passing the ball on 3rd and goal from the 1-2, wasting the last timeout to call a 2pt conversion play (should have been ready), the 2pt conversion play (a corner pylon fade is a very low percentage play), being too conservative by not going for points before halftime and kicking on 4th and 1 from around mid field a few times. Football isnt a hard game to understand people. I support Bowden, but dont act like he is perfect and that "some message board posters or media" dont know anything about the game. Depth was an issue this season, but it wasnt the only issue.

I'm confused, Can't State IS in the title game and the game IS in Detroit? Am I right or wrong? edit: derp I see it now.

Really not a fan of the second half play calling at all. Same story as the whole season, though. I'll give our staff a pass this year to get re acclimated to coaching D1 ball. I expect big improvement next year.

Watching Akron football is just like watching the Browns. A slow, painful, and inevitable death.

you have to be kidding me with this play calling. WHY NO USE HUNDLEY?

Im so damn tired of blown coverages and so damn tired of Bowden doing his best impression of Pat Shurmur in clock management.

Pohl looking good. Though I do admit, I dont see the point in Bowden playing Williams the first 2 drives if he was planning to go with Pohl.