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1. Starters are McNees, Roberts, the Nitro Net Nuker, Nicola, and Zeke. 2. Abreu will also play some guard. 3. Bardo is has improved. 4. Nicola is playing the best of the big men. 5. Zeke has improved by 50%. Last year they were afraid of working the ball through him on offense. This year they plan to do it ALL of the time. 6. B McKnight will back up both 3 and 4. 7. He thinks the schedule is much harder this year. He mentioned Minnesota, Dayton, U of Miami, and Temple as potential top 25 teams. He thinks Detroit will be very good with Ray McCallum’s signed to play there.

1. They’ll be using the extra time between Ball St. and Miami to try to develop some of the red shirts. He cited Shrock, Chisolm, Suel (JC guy red shirts?.....must have been injured?), Micah Lio and I believe LT Smith by name. I assume this means they’d get some practice time with the 1st units. 2. They’ll also be doing some recruiting during this break between games. He referenced some new NCAA rule that allows for this. 3. He indicated LaFrance and Weber would probably be back for Miami. 4. He mentioned Brian Wagner quite a bit, pointing out his efforts on special teams as well. He said “the best thing about Brian is that he’s a sophomore”.

Big East rumblings Villanova must still be mulling over their standing offer to upgrade to FCS. UCF and TCU seem to be the favorites. Big Sky adds Southern Utah, North Dakota, and possibly South Dakota It's weird that the 4 Dakota schools will now be "paired" in the Big Sky and the Missouri Valley. Maybe this is a preemptive move in case Montana bolts for the WAC.

I agree. F D'Aundray Brown.

I appreciate the explanation! Thanks for the resources you, and all of the mods, put into this site

The oddsmakers don't give the Zips much of a chance. I'll save my prediction for later, but let's just say I have a funny feeling about this one (I can take the abuse). Ball St. opens as 13.5 point favorites.

PN7 was 15 of 26 for 134 yards with 1 interception. Don't know how many sacks, but he had -26 yards on 10 "rushes." As a team, Zips had a grand total of 20 rushing yards in 28 attempts for a rushing average of .7 yards. The punting game was pretty decent. 1) THIRTEEN of those 15 completions were to TRUE FRESHMEN. 2) Temple did not run effectively until the game was WELL out of hand.

Oh no!

Not so fast, says Nanchoff!

Defense still playing with a LOT of heart.

Nice 1st down pass conversion from Potts to Sconiers! Check that might have been Nicely.....Temple announcers getting on UA coaches for not going for it on 4th down.

Thanks! After having listened to most of the 1st half, I don't think there's any question about the Zips effort today especially on defense. It's too bad we didn't capitalize on the turnover prior to halftime. Let's see if the effort can continue in the 2nd half. Also, nice to see Richard Hall being used with 4 catches at the half. Go Zips!!

This story seems to confirm Cole's having changed his mind, verballing to Clemson after de-committing from Wyoming. I realize that committing and de-committing has become commonplace these days, but IIRC Cole only committed to WYOMING a few weeks ago (at the most). Makes you wonder how many voices both Cole and Zack have to hear while trying to make their choices.

Cole has already committed to Wyoming. Well, now Scout and Rivals say Cole's going to Clemson after it was widely reported he was going to Wyoming. Sounds like he doesn't know what he wants. Hopefully Zack doesn't get blinded by his desire to play with his brother and verbal somewhere he doesn't really want to go. Or maybe Cole is trying to escape his brother's shadow and go to a school that hasn't offered Zack. I'll admit I got pretty confused trying to research Cole's decision. I wonder if their Dad would be upset if either were to wind up being a Zip?

Here is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article on Zack. Interestingly, he cites playing time and a desire to go to the same school as his brother as high priorities. Younger brother Cole now has at least 9 offers in addition to Akron's, including 3 from "BCS" schools.

I saw that same login a few nights ago, too. Glad you captured it. Pretty funny

This is my favorite quote from the article. If this thing can be turned around, it's going to take a lot of perseverance and resolve. I look forward to seeing Cody on the field.

So you LIKE the under, huh? Gotta try to have a little fun with this, right?

The line has steadily crept up from 27.5 at the beginning of the week to 29.5 currently. The over/under is at 48.5 which seems awfully low. Owls 48 Zips 17 Prove me wrong, Zips! Go Zips!

Edit: WMU and Buffalo are both looking good, with the winner of FAU-BGSU probably getting the 4th spot. It's crazy how NIU finds themselves eliminated (thanks Yaz!) when they've only lost twice outside of league play (at Washington 1-0, and at home to Oregon St. 2-1) and won at both Wisconsin (2-1) and Northwestern (2-0)!

BUMP. An interesting, and completely hypothetical, take on possible MAC expansion. I must admit, I like the geographical footprint of this idea.

I’ll preface this by saying I have complete faith in Caleb’s coaching ability and tactics. But am I the only one who wondered last night why, on 3 or 4 occasions, our forwards allowed Creighton’s keeper to casually dribble the ball pretty far out of the box without even token pressure? This effectively led to several free kicks taken from a spot not too far from mid-field, and the last one nearly cost us. Any team, no matter how skillful, can be vulnerable in the air. I hope we don’t see much of that any more.

Creighton anticipated our passes MUCH better than any opponent thus far. They are a talented, well-coached team. It wouldn't break my heart to not see them again this year. BUT, I DO hope we get a game in Omaha on the schedule sometime soon. As pointed out by another poster recently, that Morrison Stadium is one fine college soccer facility!

Looks like the folks in Omaha will get to watch it as well. The weather should be pretty decent. Creighton hasn't lost a regular season road game since 2006. Let's put an end to that Zips!

You guys aren't going to believe this, but I have a button on my frige.... I have a yard sign and a bumper sticker (never used).