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Zach said it best...there is talent on this team, a lot of it. But they aren't going to win a single game this year unless the coaching staff gets a LOT better (the last two games are both winnable, but not if the team remains as clueless as they looked in the first two games). It doesn't matter at all how great a recruiter Ianello is, no 3 or 4 start recruit will come play for a team that finished 0-12, 3-21 over the last two seasons. It's quickly becoming apparent that the coaching staff really is in over their heads. Kicking both half's, all the stupid penalties, failing to address the kicking game AGAIN, poor scheming on both sides of the ball, etc, etc...it's amateur hour, and the saddest things are: A) There's no way they'll fire him until at LEAST the season is over and B)There are some really great players on this team (Like Brian Wagner, for one) who deserve a lot better. How awful is it this...two games in, and we have to wait until week 10 for even a REMOTE chance of winning the years first football game?

In a good year, playing the likes of Stony Brook and Coastal Carolina, GWU goes 6-5. They are not a quality football team even in their own division. This was the worst loss the Zips have taken since I've been a fan, and that's going on 25 years...

The loss Saturday had little to do with talent...it had everything to do with coaching. I think JD, given two weeks to prepare the same exact team , would have won by 3TD's. The schemes are wrong...they had WR's running wide open (and that was a scheme breakdown, not players being slow or stupid), we didn't get enough pressure, and they had too much on us, we still can't kick FG's and PAT's reliably, etc, etc....we were simply outcoached Saturday.

I'm going with option B. I think this coaching staff is in WAY over their heads. I had friends and relatives in from LA and Texas, and I was, quite frankly, embarrassed by the glaring errors, lack of fundamentals, and generally poor scheming this coaching staff has so far produced. There was a giant talent gap between our players and theirs, and we should have won by at least 3 TD's...this one lays 100% in the coaching staff's laps.

If the regents want to make some money and attract some more fans, why not sell beer at the game? They did at the Rubber Bowl. Can't State sells beer. Beer sales are a huge revenue stream, very profitable... I don't mind the University charging a premium for bigger games, and I know why they do it (those bigger games come with traveling opponents fans who all pay the premium), but the goal needs to be on improving the game-watching experience. I know I'd enjoy gameday more, especially on a warm day, if I could have a few beers.

The Can't State "Freeze Bowl" game a few years back...nobody else wanted to go, so I packed on the snow gear and braved the elements myself. That's the only time, though...although I went to a couple Spring games alone, too...

42-7 Zips Wagner 15 tackles, 2 for loss, and another INT.

I don't know about the Temple game last year...it wasn't pleasant, but the Zips at least displayed SOME offense. That Syracuse debacle was the worst offensive performance since the Faust era team got thumped by Florida in the early 90's. The penalties were inexcusable...illegal shifts and formations, jumping early, etc, etc...those kinds of fouls speak to a complete lack of fundamentals and discipline. That HAS to be corrected this week, or Kentucky will lay a total beating on the Zips. The ONLY thing we have in our favor in those two upcoming OOC games is that both teams defenses will not be as solid as Syracuse's....however, both offenses are explosive and loaded with playmakers. If the defense isn't able to get off the field again due to repeated 3-and-outs by our offense, it could get very ugly....

The Zips will win this game convincingly for the same reason Syracuse beat them convincingly. Cuse was more physical and had better all-around team speed than the Zips, especially across their lines. The Runnin' Bulldogs are every bit as big as the Zips (in fact their biggest OL and DL are much bigger than our biggest), but the reason these kids play for a middle-of-the-road D1aa school instead of a Big Ten or even a MAC school is their ability to move. The Zips will be more than they can handle in every phase of the game, and I expect the final score to be much like the Morgan State game last year.

I also would like to point out that the GWU media guide lists twelve all-Big South preseason all-conference players from GWU, and the conference itself lists 8, not 7, so the team is obviously talented at their level of play.