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Franshon Bickley sighting

Zips Defense again coming up when we need them too

2012 Zips Offense won 1 game. 2013-2017 Zips Offense has won 27. If winning is the objective...

So if they won vs. Toledo, Miami, Buffalo, Kent and lost to OU we should still fire him?

I don't say this often, but I'll actually be cheering for Kent over Ohio this weekend. Not that they stand much of a chance...but it would certainly help us in running for MACE.

I know right? It's mostly because they're desperate to pump out some sort of click-bait that's going to make you have to shift through the whole list before you get to the "big" bowl games. I put the zips being the "Great Frisco Bowl" at about ... 0%.

This has the Zips in the Frisco Bowl against Houston.

Here is a current list of the Bowls that the MAC has contracts with (*Secondary Bowl for MAC): Camellia Bowl Bahamas Bowl Potato Bowl Dollar General Bowl *St. Petersburg Bowl *Boca Rotan Bowl *Quick Lane Bowl Teams Bowl Eligible: Toledo Ohio Akron Northern Illinois Western Michigan C. Mighican Teams in the Hunt: Buffalo Miami Teams Eliminated: Bowling Green Ball St. Kent State E. Michigan

He's one of Bowden's farmer players at East-Jesus Alabama (yes I know that's not the name...), Bowden liked him enough to bring him to Akron. Like him enough to give him the reigns of the offense. And has stuck with him despite there being problems of offense to us the outsiders. It just feels like to me he's going above and beyond for Milwee. Nepotism is huge in sports...this is why a lot of guys have jobs in the NFL who aren't that good, and continue to get jobs... I mean, IDK why everyone has had such a negative view of that comment. It was just a feeling...everyone relax.

I told you in an earlier post, you may have missed it. AJ Milwee is the Offensive Coordinator for the Zips. He was brought in as a QB coach when Bowden was first hired 6 seasons ago, and was upgraded to Offensive Coordinator in year 2. The offense ran a lot faster/up-tempo when Bowden was HC/OC in his first season, or it at least appeared too. But that was also a 1-11 team so who knows. Needless to say a lot of people don't like him. I'm of the opinion he's here as long as Bowden is, and I've always felt like Bowden is grooming him to be the replacement when Bowden decides to retire.

Amongst the Fans here, I think we could compile our own ZipsNation publication on just the Zips. Between photographers, writers, and stat-watchers, we'd have the most info of any MAC fanbase out there...and we'd put the guy who get's paid to do this crap to shame.

And only 13 points...

Completely agree with you. When I originally made these I just used the same template and changed the names and the title of the graph, so the trend line stayed for all the years within the range instead of cutting them out. The slope of the Trend is still the same for the actual years we have on record. Unfortunately I don't have access to that data (yet). I will be making updated charts at the conclusion of the 2017 seasons for all charts, and I'll update it then. I did have hope that when I have a little extra time I'd send a little email over to someone at athletics to see if I could get more historical data. Ideally my goal would be to get graphs for each sport going back as far as the record goes. This will be a work in progress. Thanks for the catch though! I also forgot to take off the R squared value for that graph...

The Guy Who convinced Kaepernick to Kneel (Ex-Green beret)

I'm all for it, c'mon player's union...burn it to the ground.

One thing I don't think we've talked enough about is how we've seen this team improve week-to-week.

good do know. Though...would that necessarily be an insult? Think about it...think very, very, hard, about that one.

The Offensive Coordinator. I mean, yes let's beat Toledo next week. But even if we don't, this win is still great. I seem to remember a few members here saying "Our Recruiting sucks" ..."look how awesome WMU is even without Peck!" And somehow we found a way with our "talentless team" to not only go toe-to-toe with them...but to beat them. Seriously guys? They cancel games because of the weather a few times every year and DO NOT make them up. Remember Kent and Buffalo a couple of years ago? It's not like this was a lightning delay only...the whole darn field flooded! And there was a chance of storms today. It would be chalked up as a "non-played" game and both teams would simply have 11 games that season. It's not that hard to understand. It absolutely kills you to hear anything good about Bowden. Ever...

I was close...

After an absolutely Exciting Akron Win over Western Michigan, which almost NONE of us saw coming. Here is where everyone stands. The Zips are in complete control of their own destiny. Akron and Ohio have the exact same schedule ahead of them, just mixed up. This race between the two of them will come down to the Akron-Ohio matchup. Unless, Akron can pull off an unexpected win, and Ohio loses an unexpected game. Ohio didn't look very good against BGSU this week, so the East IMO, is there for the taking. Go Zips. Get it done. East Division 3-0 Akron (4-3); Toledo, Buffalo, Miami, Ohio, Kent 2-1 Ohio (5-2); Kent, Miami, Toledo, Akron, Buffalo 1-2 Buffalo (3-4); Miami, Akron, BGSU, Ball St, Ohio 1-2 Kent (2-5); Ohio, BGSU, WMU, CMU, Akron 1-2 Miami (2-5); Buffalo, Ohio, Akron, EMU, Ball St. 1-2 BGSU (1-6); NIU, Kent, Buffalo, Toledo, EMU West Division 2-0 Toledo (5-1); Akron, Ball St, NIU, Ohio, BGSU, WMU 2-0 N. Illinois (4-2); BGSU, EMU, Toledo, Ball St, WMU, CMU 2-1 W. Michigan (4-3); EMU, CMU, Kent, NIU, Toledo 1-2 C. Michigan (3-3); Ball St, WMU, EMU, Kent, NIU 0-2 E. Michigan (2-3); WMU, NIU, Ball St, CMU, Miami, BGSU 0-2 Ball State (2-4); Toledo, EMU, NIU, Buffalo, Miami

It's good to see the 0:00 on the clock, with 14-13 lead. Defense really stepped up today. Go Zips!!!!

ZIPS WON THE FOOTBALL GAME!

GOD DAMNIT THE ZIPS WIN THE FOOTBALL GAME!

No running into the kicker? BULLSHIT