Lee Adams

This is going to be a real pillow fight.

Agree that the D is mch better. But, Buffalo kinda exposed them. They ran, NIU ran and ran. Looks like Central ran. As far as frustration, I have been watching Akron since the late 1960's. I have seen good, real good, bad and real bad. This season what is so frustrating to me is that the offense has not improved from last season to this, nor from the beginning of this season to now. I expected to see that improvement through the first month, but no. I am still wondering about Moorehead, his play calling and his inability to coach up a QB. This does not bode well for the future. Hope they can at least beat KSU. After that, looks like no chance.

Well, at least they scored in the 2nd half(lol). It seems like we are always posting about how bad the offense is! To me it is beyond disbelief that Moorehead hasn't figured out the situation at QB specifically or the offense generally. IMHO, this has nothing to do with Irons' injury. The offense except for the Indiana mirage hasn't progressed no matter which QB Moorehead picked out of the hat that includes Irons. In fact I think the play calling by the coaches has contributed mightily to putting the QBs in bad positions not to metion hanging the defense out to dry. Moorehead has complicated the situation by going with a QB who was obviuosly physically impaired by injurires. He then couldn't decide on who to play and still hasn't. The passing game is a dumpster fire. And, Moorehead won't consitently use his run game. As I said before, I am worried what happens in the off season with the transfer portal. Some of the more talented kids aren't likely to stick around. And, who is he going to be able to convince to come here given the poor quality of the program for years? Sad.

Its a shame we have to go back so far to find even some positives about Akron football. Just to be clear, I haven't seen anyone use the word 'great' in association with Owen's time at Akron. He didn't inherit much when he took over either. Owens coached more losing seasons(6) than winning seasons(3). During the 3 winning seasons the teams went 7-4, 6-5 and 7-5. After that 7-5(5-3 in the MAC) season he got fired?! Really? He had 3 seasons when his teams went 5-3 in the MAC. Right now would we accept that? 5-3 in conference, yes. Point? Just seems that the University was making questionabl decisions that inhibited the growth of the program. If Owens was a 'nothing' I am not sure what we have had since. Lets hope it all comes together next season.

Way back, the University could have kept Dennison and justified it. Didn't thay make the I-AA playoffs one year when he was the coach? I'll go back and check. He also had the program winning consistently at the DII level. Two playoff wins in the 1976 season. Knute Rockne Bowl and all that. First overtime playoff game in the NCAA. Dennison was transitioning to recruiting DI level players as opposed to DII or I-AA. As we know all too well that takes some time. Faust is a real nice person. But, the University had to see he couldn't recruit at the college level even at Notre Dame. Otherwise he could have stayed at ND. And then you have to ask why he didn't get hired at another upper level DI program. As for the Acme-Zip game in 1987, they 'filled the Bowl' before Faust got there. The Faust name, not his record was why he got hired. The football program has gained little consistent traction since it went DI. From firing Dennison to firing Lee Owens when they did and I'll even through JD in there. Too many AD's using Akron as a resume builder, hiring who they want and moving on. Sad and frustrating.

Think David Harvey. Special Teams All-American during Brookhart's time. I watched that guy lay out on more plays as a WR. Great physical talent. Bad citizen. Probably why he ended up at Akron. Didn't last long.

I still go back to the Dennison situation. Faust was a publicity stunt. There was also this guy by the name of Lee Owens. Remember him? Recruited NFL caliber talent. Got fired after a winning season. Brookhart and Moorehead won for 2 seasons with a lot of Owens' recruits especially on the offensive side. Charley Frye, Dom Hixon, good O-linemen. JD got Getsy from Pitt to replace Charley. Moorehead was given some talent to work with. Like JD said after the 2005 season, 'we got lucky before we got good'. Moorehead is not going anywhere unless he steps away. He has got to decide on which QB he has on the roster that he is going to go with and play him!

Problems with relying too much on the portal. It cuts different ways. Kids are going to look at these 2 seasons with Moorehead and think, 'why do I want to go there' especially when the record has been so bad for years. Kids currently on the squad can leave by the portal. If you have some talent and eligibily you may want to take a shot someplace else. Funny how the same names of the quality MAC programs keep popping up year after year..Toledo, OU etc.

please donn't blame the D. It has tried to carry Moorehead all season. At some point you just give up.

Maybe the graveyard.

Thank you!!!

When they hired Moorehead I thought, great. Nope. He doesn't even seem like he wants to be a head coach. Still wonder why he is not at Miami. One more season or we start all over again.

There are these players called running backs. We have some good ones! Use them!

Who else is ready to suit up? Does Getsy have any eligibilty left?(lol)

Unless Moorehead develops an effective run game, using RB's NOT QB's this thing is going nowhere this year.

Yep. Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!

If only it were that easy. Why is a QB from a ,winning' program( your example)transferring to Akron? Lots of better choices even in the MAC Toledo,OU... Winning HS players? Where do they go? Big 10, maybe another P5 conference or another G5 conference? The program has to perform better consistently, not just every 10 years or so. Sad!

Amen. I can't count the number of Acme/Zip games I went to. Unfortunately, I am that old. That game was publicized all over the area by Acme and the media. Ya, the tickets were cheap but people showed. They had people parachuting into the Bowl among other entertainment attractions every year. If only for a short period of time people were interested in Akron football. Most of that is when Akron was DII. But they won. Then it stopped. Someone told me the University apparently thought it cheapened the product. Don't know that for sure. But, I have wondered for years why the University wouldn't reach out to local business to do something similar now. At least they might get some relativley big crowds a few times a year. The players would sure notice. And, it would sure make it a lot more attractive for the general public to attend a game or two. That said, Akron football never has, never will be a consistently big draw. But, the Athletic Department does nothing to try to improve visibility.

What I am afraid of is that some of his recruits, either from HS or via the portal may come in here, not like what they see or experience and leave by the portal. After 2 seasons, a name only goes so far. Players may see the record and question coming here.

I thought 6-6 before. With what I have NOT seen from the Zips and from what I have seen from the rest of the MAC, 3-9 might be a stretch.

Seriously, a shame about Irons. The thing you can say about him is he gave max effort. Hope he recovers.

Don't look now but BGSU beat a bad G.Tech team. Looks like a race to the bottom.

Yep!

Genius?

Not his fault that Moorehead put them in that position that late in the game!