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So much excitement rolling into Homecoming week.

So, you mean when his contract expires.

They've given up 339 yards of rushing thus far. Yikes.

Wellllll.....it is the most compelling competition on that field today.

The NCAA issued a statement that the Ohio Court of Appeals has issued a decision that the preliminary injunction allowing players like Evan to play was an abuse of discretion by the trial court and undid the injunction. There should still be an avenue available to the Ohio Supreme Court but I suspect that would take more time than they have.

This is a real measuring stick game for the Zips as it is the first game this season against a similarly situated MAC opponent. The Zips should be at a point where these games are at a minimum competitive.

UA would never pay for 12 assistants!

I only post the prime unsubstantiated and unverified rumors.

I've heard (and it is no stronger than that) that Broughton could have played against UNLV if absolutely necessary but that they didn't want to risk it and wanted him back to health by the start of the MAC schedule and that he should be ready for this week.

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The greatest deficiency in Joe's program is a lack of financial support. The university is in no position to provide it and he doesn't have the ability to rally the financial support the program needs.

Wide receivers running wide open 15 yards behind DBs isn't a talent issue. If the receivers were outrunning or out jumping the DBs we could say it was a talent issue but that scenario is a breakdown in the coverage by a player or players having a mental lapse.

They were up 7-0 and then got outscored 38-3. In the end, they were beaten by a more talented team but they blew their chance to be in the game with turnovers and mental errors on defense. Receivers getting that open aren't getting that open because a talent deficiencies of the DBs. They're getting that open because of inexcusable mental errors in coverage.

Three decent drives that resulted in no points combined with two UNLV TDs where the Zips didn't have a DB in the same zip code.

I think that was Walter Winchell's first job.

When there's no independent press at the presser and the person asking the questions is obviously a UA employee it's really no difference than a casual friendly PR type interview.

Sounds like some news as the the Ohio Supreme Court denied the motion to stay and restore the preliminary injunction that allowed the players, including Evan, to play. https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2026/2026-Ohio-3723.pdf The first district could still grant relief but the original preliminary injunction that allowed them to play then remains on hold.

I felt for the folks that had to play in the afternoon flight. The morning weather wasn't great but the afternoon weather looked really ugly.

I felt for the folks that had to play in the afternoon flight. The morning weather wasn't great but the afternoon weather looked really ugly.

One of the problems with the judicial side of this is that there are many cases in many different courts. That may result in different ansers for different players.

Some tidbits from the golf outing: * Many close to the program believe this is one of the most talented teams we've had. * There may be a big judicial decision soon that impacts Evan's eligibility. * The big man from Western Michigan, Burton, has a sprained ankle and could be out 4-6 weeks. * The kid from North Florida, Oriol, is a real shooter from distance. * The players, just like the teams in the past, really seem so enjoy each other.

I want to be optimistic like some of you good faithful Zips fans but I can't ignore the the Talking Heads song "Same as it ever was" playing in the back of my head.

Encouraged or discouraged, wasn't this the type of game the Zips were supposed to be competitive in by now? Not winning necessarily, but not embarrassed by a .500 Big 10 team.

Especially when they undoubtedly had limited reps when Puffenbarger was still in the mix.

I like Broughton. I've liked him since I saw him in the Spring game/open practice last year. There will certainly be growing pains but I like his multi-dimensional game and that he's a Zip recruit rather than a transfer.