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what seems a bit odd is that the coaches didn't want to play Nicely when even with just the little that we have seen of him it seems he has better overall qb skills than rodgers and certainly jacquemain...they already knew what they were getting with jacquemain after three years,he was what he was...if you are a coach on the bubble like this one was/is one would think, play the best talent...prep in summer practice may have made a big difference for Nicely...when you couple that with the lack of playing time torrence got early on you wonder about the decision making...i know they needed to see if alex allen had recovered but they were playing shuford who was not impressive at all...since brookhart went out and got torrence after his legal/personal issues he must have thought he was a talent...play him...hope the players keep playing hard its gotta be tough...

imagine a 4 down DEFENSIVE line what a concept coach fleming...

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weak 1- weak 2- weak 3- weak 4- weak 5- weak 6(i'll eat it happily)- :(this team doesn't know who the coaches are or what they are coaching in weak 6!

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The success at Cincinnati has been pretty simple to explain.First, they have made themselves one of the best teams in a conference that nearly isn't as good as it used to be. They also get BCS money and the great Basketball money from being in the Big East. Cincy joined the Big East in the 2005-2006 season. Around that time, VT, Miami and BC exited the league for the ACC. Good teams remaining were WVU and to some extent Pitt. Every league needs a team that can compete with the top two and Cincy filled that void well...Cincy and WVU will be a great game. The timing of the jump to the BE could not have been better.Secondly, the hiring of Kelly was not as much genius as it was obvious. At the time, Kelly was a star on the rise and he got out of CMU before the black hole that is the MAC could destroy his career. Kelly knows one thing for sure....you need a qb that can run his offense and run it well. Mauk and Pike fit that offense to a T. CK's favorite player at CMU fit it well also. The program Kelly took over wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible either. There was something to work with and our next coach will have something to work with when he gets here. I reamain optimistic about UofA being the best team in a bad conference in the near future.Thirdly, one of the P's of marketing is product. What is Cincy selling? Winning is now one of the things. Good players are easy to sell. Oh, and by the way, ConferenceDOA is not one of the things they are selling. Being at the BCS level opens up the door for huge paydays and national coverage. A school at least goes from being being the Tuesday or Wednesday night game to prime time on Thursday and then tonight is another BE game on ESPN. Nobody in Cincy wants to go watch Tulsa, Marshall, Tulane or any of the other pieces of crap C-DOA is selling. I don't see the difference in Tulsa or Central Michigan as far as my interest level.Where is UofA? Well, we need to become the best team in a bad conference. I believe we can. Second, we need a guy like Kelly who can come in next year, win immediately and then move on to his payday. The talent is there. The problem UofA has is they are in the MAC and it is where they belong. The MAC is a bad conference and the only move we can make is to a league like C-DOA which is what we would be upon crashing in that league.Here is where reality sets in and it's more than just saying, "Enough is enough". I hate to use Rosa Parks as an example because the struggles of minority groups in the 1950s pales in comparison to the struggles of UofA football, but here it goes. Rosa Parks just wasn't some lady who sat on the bus and said no. That day was carefully orchestrated by civil rights groups. The country was at a point where people were beginning to see the world and minority groups differently. Blacks served and fought in the Army in WWII and the Korean War yet they were still held back by a large part of society. Over time, blacks realized they had a lot of power in society and exercised it through marches, boycotts, etc. They may not have had a lot of money, but they had justice and morality on their side.What does the Rosa Parks analogy mean for the MAC. Change happened because people were listening, and not just black people. Who is listening to the MAC? There is a better chance of ZipsWin! missing a home MBB game than the country beginning to care about the MAC. People cared about the injustice black people were experiencing. Nobody cares about he injustice the MAC is experiencing. Not only does the country not care, but I'm at the point where I don't even think the NCAA cares about the MAC. Why should anyone care? College football as it is now is exciting for the public, making money for the big schools which is exactly the way the NCAA wants it and making money for the networks which is exactly what the NCAA wants also.Can the MAC boycott and what would they boycott? The MAC is the prostitute of the NCAA along with the other Tier 3 conferences. MAC schools have to accept paydays from BCS schools because they need the money. Even if they boycotted, nobody would care and the BCS schools would just dip down into I-AA schools for their non-conference games. Nobody at tOSU cares of they win three games against Akron, Can't, OU or YSU, Indiana State, Eastern Illinois. The stadium will be filled regardless. Enough is enough alright. Sometimes a doctor has to cut off a leg in order to save the patient. It's time for the MAC to move to I-AA if it wants to stay alive. "Growing" by adding more bad teams to an already bad league is not the answer. Jumping to conferences like C-DOA is not the answer and I have no idea why the Big East would want a MAC team to join their league.I wish it was different, but wishing again takes me back to something my mother once told me, "Make a wish or s#!t in your hat. See which one fills up first." 20+ years is enough. It's time to live in the world of reality.Kelly would have been fine at CMU for a couple more years if he chose that route...they seem to be getting along just fine with a lot of his recruits...

last minute...i still have 2 $28.00 tickets anyone can have for 20.00 for the pair...

the sad thing is brookhart and his guys would take it...

At least they are willing to ask, unlike the old guy and his fat wife that sit behind me, ugh are they annoying.Matt Rodger's fumbles into the endzone..."What did I miss?" "I think he got 'picked off'" really?, really? watch the freaking game you loud mouth morons.you described part of the problem with the fans around here...there never has been a base of fans...certainly the students never showed up in any number worth speaking of...most people went to the Acme Zip game...that was it...for the rest of this year reduce prices,do a 2for1...get some people out for the bad weather games in november(Can't aside)...next year?

Couldn't agree more. Aren't the coaches supposed to evaluate talent. It shouldn't have taken a Rodgers' injury to get Nicely on the field. Once Jacquemain was dismissed from the team, the Zips didn't have the luxury of his redshirt.you are right on about talent evaluation with mr. brookhart and his staffs...not only at qb unfortunately...the other problem he has had is not being able to 'coach up' the talent that is there...

not going...decided not to after saturday... went 2 years ago...have 2 game tickets if anybody wants them...

Rodgers injury was the only positive on the game, he was killing us with his stupid play in the first. Fumbling on the goaline, interceptions, just stupid football.NEVER should you be happy when ANYONE gets hurt...you can be critical of performance...but thats not right...

calling for a change for weeks...OR LONGER...the Nicely situation appears at first blush to be a repeat of the '06 situation with Getsy...wasted games playing him instead of letting the other QB's get some time...it seems at least on pure physical talent that Nicely is better than the other two...why was he not playing when brookhart knew his job was on the line this year?...did it matter...who knows...

looks like the Can't game will be the battle for the basement...

Week 1 , week 2 , week 3 , week 4 , week 5 ... the team is not hearing these coaches anymore..not prepared...Rodgers injury(God bless him) had little to do with this one...whether now or at the end of the season, the change has to be made...16 or 17 K at the Info. won't cut it either...

cmu was kind they took a knee late or it would have been in the 50's

face it nobody, not the coaches or players or ANY of us know what to expect from this team over the next 3 weeks...

thats amusing...this team playing 'gimmees'... LOL... i needed a good laugh after all this crap...

PLEASE tell me one of you guys....somewhere...has a picture of one of those old troughs so I can enjoy some good-old Rubber Bowl nostalgia.This thread just reminded me how great it is that OUR stadium is not the one being laughed about anymore yep got one...

:blink: just so we stay away from the personal stuff...EVERYBODY is frustrated...i am sure brookhart is frustrated..for a fact he was big time nervous going in to the season...why has this looked so bad?...on the offensive side maybe we are seeing why Montgomery's teams were not very productive at miami after BR left,especially recently...yes the defense has been on the field but sometimes a defense has to win a game or two..this D is what is has been for years...i said before, brookhart had to come out of the buffalo game with at least 2 conference wins...they have to beat ou and ub to have any chance...no matter what don't see the AD letting him go mid season UNLESS he wants to send a real early message about the job opening...i doubt if, a change is made after the season that anybody on the staff now gets the job...the new AD is going to bring in his own people...here's hoping the next 2 are wins...if not Brian Kelly are you out there?

Have you really actually seen Mr Bowser run a route? Thats the part of his game that he works on the most. Crisp route runner!I've seen him run all sorts of routes. They're just not the routes that the QB has called.and we know this how?...just curious...

could actually GO to an away game..just a thought...

please do not...it ain't rodgers fault...the pattern has been the same for THREE years...coaches don't put players in position to succeed...maybe the next bunch of coaches can...

If they are going to make him run the same BullShip plays it doesn't matter if Joe Friggen' Montana is back there. This is getting embarrassing and I feel for the talented players we have out there.its coaches not players...