blueandgold

Nice work.

I agree. I am most interested to see what Groce can get out of Ivey and Utomi. They are our most athletic players at this point.

What are the chances Groce can convince 1 or more of these top recruits to follow him to Akron? That is something to keep an eye on.

This is what I said back in December after he committed. Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) · Report post I think we got a good one here. Strong arm, nice touch on his passes, athletic and sees the field well finding the open receiver. Based on what I see so far, I would say he is potentially one of the best QB's we've landed in a long time. After watching this most recent workout video, I have not changed my mind!

I looked over their schedule the past 4 years and I liked it. Those are the types of OOC teams I want to see on our upcoming schedules.

I'm just curious as to what everyone else thinks. I kind of liked the old Charlie Coles way of scheduling OOC opponents for Miami. They got beaten up and bruised playing those high level P5 teams and also sacrificed total wins for the season, however they were really prepared for tournament play whether it be MAC Tourney or NCAA Tourney. What would you think of hiring a coach with that type of philosophy?

After thinking about all of this for nearly a day, there is one thing I can't get out of my head and it scares me to death. I do not want to go through all the years of torture again that I experienced when Huggins left Akron and we brought in Coleman Crawford. Those were the worst years of Akron basketball and I never want to experience that again!

I pretty much have the same list of players. The one player I would add for sure is Kurt Mangum, the LB transfer from Washington. He was an absolute stud for the one year we had him. It seemed like he made every tackle that year. Unfortunately Jatavis wasn't developed as a player yet as he was only a Freshman, but imagine the two of them on the field together in their prime.

I voted Nick Johns. I feel like Woodson's injury is one of those things that just lingers and flares up on occasion. Hopefully that isn't the case.

Why do I have this bad feeling that he will hit a game winner like this against the Zips at some point over the next few years??? I hope I'm wrong.

The game was concerning to me in many ways. I guess the thing that bothered me the most was committing four traveling violations in the span of 9 minutes! Everything spiraled out of control due to that. You could see it on Dambrot's face, the players faces and in their body language. It was a hard game to watch.

So sorry to hear this. I always enjoyed his insight on Zips athletics. RIP Fred.

Wow. If we could somehow land this kid I would be ecstatic. Tacklers just fall right off the kid!

He seems to make good decisions with the ball. Interested to see what kind of opportunity he gets.

My favorite quote from Dre Williams in that article: "So now every single school we're playing against when I'm at Akron, I'm taking it as, 'You guys passed me up, so I'm playing with a chip on my shoulder, every game, as big as a house.' "

Wow. Denzel (DJ) Jones is actually going to be gone from the team this year. Seems like he's been here for 7 years!

I'm really going to be disappointed if we don't get Booker, Bridges and Sampson.

I like his explosiveness and really like what I see on his special teams plays. Big hitter on defense and forces turnovers.

Not bad, but I think I prefer him on defense more than offense.

I think we got a good one here. Strong arm, nice touch on his passes, athletic and sees the field well finding the open receiver. Based on what I see so far, I would say he is potentially one of the best QB's we've landed in a long time. On a side note, he also has great receivers. Lol

That brings me to another point. Am I the only one that thinks Milwee needs to go?

I understand Woodson has a bad shoulder and that affects our team dramatically, but how can there be such a drop in talent/performance when Chapman comes in? He was originally a Pitt recruit. How is this possible?

I'm ready for the basketball season to start. I don't think I can watch another Zips football game this season.

Strong runner. I like it! I can't wait to see him and Bridges from Ellet on the Zips over the next several seasons.

I feel we'd definitely have a good chance at beating some of the teams listed ahead of us including Chattanooga, UT Arlington and Long Beach State. Would love to get some of them on a future OOC schedule.