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  4. Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted · Edited by clarkwgriswold

     

    We've been lulled into a false sense of security by how the Zips have played at home against suspect competition.  Predictably, the Zips were beaten by a P5 team ranked by many on the top 10 in the pre-season.  I'm certainly not happy with the way the second half looked, but despite that ugliness, I am pleased with where the Zips are as a team given where they were when KD left and some vital pieces followed him out the door.  We can't forget this is a year of transition.

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  7. Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic

    in Akron Zips Basketball

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    54 minutes ago, LZIp said:

    And they got Oregon state to come to the MAC center :thumb:

     

    Last week, I received a robo-call from Portage County Community College head basketball coach Mr. Pinky inviting me to the Oregon State game and telling me all of the wonderful things they were doing in conjunction with the game.  Not sure how I am on their call list (I'm no traitor!), but that's an interesting approach by their marketing department.

  8. Boca Raton Bowl–Zips @ Owls

    in Akron Zips Football

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    2 hours ago, zipsoutsider said:

    These are the types of comments that jeopardize the future of football. If the concussion situation is not dealt with, football will remain in decline. Top athletes do not want their kids playing football,right now. After watching what happened to Zach Guises and Ryan Shazier, I am glad my own family member is done.

     

    Easy chief.  The comment wasn't to downgrade that awful hit, it was a jab at zipper_head completely missing that the hit was clearly targeting.  No way I would promote that type  of a dirty hit.  Sorry you missed my point.

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  10. Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic

    in Akron Zips Basketball

    Posted

    The first installment of Joe Dunn's TV show was on last night.  Groce really made a nice impression.  He came across as an intense hardworking guy who really cares about his players.  The production of the show was not very good as they kept showing clips of the wrong players.  There were some great clips of Utomi during the discussion of E-Man and great clips of E-Man during the Utomi discussion.  Hopefully, those who work on the show know the difference and just had a bad night.

  11. Boca Raton Bowl–Zips @ Owls

    in Akron Zips Football

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    6 hours ago, zipper_head said:

     

    lol I don't think you can say they saw it as targeting....I think they saw it as a Nasty hit... not defending anyone here but have you ever tried to stop a natural reaction to something while going full speed... It was a late hit, thats about it... 

     

    Do you also see the bouquet in the DB's left hand?

  12. Will Bowden get a contract extension?

    in Akron Zips Football

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    4 hours ago, zipper_head said:

    Zips won a lot of games by sheer luck going their way a few times... the other games were beatdowns just as bad as the bowl game but not as publicized.... I think the school needs to rethink the coaching situation... Terry is a great coach with a lot of knowledge, experience, etc  but I don't think it fits with Akrons building... 

     

     

    Those seem to be attributes any school would want in a coach.    

  13. Boca Raton Bowl–Zips @ Owls

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    31 minutes ago, NWAkron said:

    This isn't in the holiday spirit, but I'm going to throw it down here and say that this Bowl Game was an absolute f'ing embarrassment for our school and program.  Someone's head should roll for this.  50 to 3?  He should have been fired at f'ing halftime.  I know I will get replies that i'm "stupid" and "ridiculous" because some how we lucked into winning the MAC East.  Really?  That's all you got?  Yes we had injuries, yes we had other problems but in the end Bowden had an undisciplined team and a starting QB who wasn't motivated enough to stay out of trouble to finish his season.  I 100% support the players, but are they really going to be that upset with has-been Bowden leaving and being replaced with a young, energetic coach.

     

    I really wish you'd stop being so subtle and just say what you think.  :rofl:

  14. Boca Raton Bowl–Zips @ Owls

    in Akron Zips Football

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    1 hour ago, zippy5 said:

    The depths at which we were at when they took over really needs to be taken into account. You couldn't convince many good players to come be a part of a program that won 3 games over 3 years. Now they finally have somewhat of a foundation

     

    I think most are willing to admit he's a vast improvement over his awful predecessor, but it has been 6 years.  Not calling for his head like some, but the statute of limitations on misery he inherited is running out.

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  18. Boca Raton Bowl–Zips @ Owls

    in Akron Zips Football

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    1 minute ago, Lee Adams said:

    If we were not willing to admit it after the Toledo game,we have to admit it now. This regime has not raised the level of the program to be able to seriously compete with the very top programs IN the MAC much less outside of it. I am speaking of course of conferences outside the 'Power 5'. Aside from the issues some see with the coaching staff there is just an obvious lack of speed and athletic ability at most positions to be able to realistically compete. There is a player here and there. But,there are not enough 'heres and theres'. This makes the AD's call on Bowden et. al tougher in my opinion.  You can't show up on national TV and get embarrassed twice in the space of a few weeks. Neither the program nor the MAC benefit from that.

     

    Which in the end leaves the AD with this primary issue>  Can Bowden attract the type of athletes that will allow the Zips to compete?

  19. Boca Raton Bowl–Zips @ Owls

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, dre22era said:

    News flash- Lane Kiffin is a childish jerk.

     

    13 minutes ago, lilroodude said:

     

    I'm not exactly giving the defense a pass (the deep pass play before the end of the half was embarrassing; that ball sat up for what seemed like days and we still couldn't recover to deflect it away), but we had the chance to go up early on in the game and put them on their heels, and our offense laid egg after egg. Hard to consistently stop an offense that puts up 40+ ppg, especially when your offense doesn't capitalize on chances and eventually starts stalling out. Our defense came to play early on and I believe got worn out; our offense didn't show up at all.

     

    Our defense won the games against Can't, WMU, etc. They came to play early on against Toledo and FAU, too. The 2 minute drill defense is the only gripe I have, as that cost us 7 points at the end of the half last night, and the Troy game.

    The defense was woefully inconsistent all year.  They were very good at stopping bad offenses but were a sieve against good offenses.

  20. Will Bowden get a contract extension?

    in Akron Zips Football

    Posted

    I think Bowden and the administration need to let last night sink in before making any major decisions.  Let some calmer and more rational heads settle in.

     

    As much as I am not a huge fan, I think you bring him back with conditions, primarily revisions of his coaching staff.  The play calling and special teams hampered the team all year and he defense had huge lapses.  There could be a hitch in that however, as Bowden seems very loyal to his crew.  On the other hand, he's not due much if any of a raise based upon his sub .500 overall and MAC records, and the Miami, Toledo and FAU losses do little to bolster his bargaining position.

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