Lee Adams

after Temple, NO ONE here should wonder why most peple around here are Ohio State fans...their coaches can manage a game and the players can can play their system...

you guys are right...Temple could have won by more...thats REALLY scary!

hang this one on Brookhart and his staff...if there was ever a better example of their inabilty to manage a game i have not seen it in 4 years...the coaching was tentative...so were the players... some of the situational play calling on offense was absurd...like running deep reverses when you are gaining yards running right at them...and the D? well it looks the same as it has for all but one game..no changes...acres of yards to a QB who runs then get beat over the top...

saddest part of all this is that the rest of the season becomes a whole lot less meaningful...ZIPS had a chance to ride at the top until they got to Miami and BG...now they stare another sub .500 season in the face...don't look now Buffalo is rolling...

coaching and playing to WIN for FOUR quarters starts with the coaches...playing not to lose starts with the coaches...sending that message to the players starts with the coaches...the players see the play calling on both sides of the ball...they see the STATUE standing behind the line of scrimmage watching the clock run down and allow a review of a pass play...the players play to expectations of the staff during the game...Brookhart and his staff sent the message in the 2nd half that we will play not to lose...good for Temple...they coached and played 4 quarters to win...if you don't think there are some serious questions about the abilities of Brookhart and his staff to handle a game after this pile of crap go watch a coach who is better than .500 after 4 years...is it 22-22 now?

no they won't, CJ that is Jacquemain will start..

chinese proverb: 'it is wisest man who knows own ignorance'

as i said before...the scenario is..the ZIPS HAVE TO win out at home...beat Buffalo AND steal one from either MIAMI or BG...preferably from whichever team wins the Miami- BG game this week...then its eithe MAC Champeenship or a Bowl

RACER, thank you...anyone who doesn't think there is a difference in the way teams line up on Defense is either completely unable to be critical for whatever reasons or is absolutely non-knowlegeable about the game...there is another word but i refrain...why in HE double toohpicks do you think coaches play different defenses..if they are good coaches they play the D that fits their personnel...not the other way around...so then WHY DOES THE ZIPS D GIVE UP SO MANY YARDS to a whole bunch of different teams?

surfing the net today and found some pages with ALL the power rankings..had to be at least 30...the ZIPS look respectable according to: 1)WOBUS: NCAA RPI RATINGS..ZIPS ARE-31... 2)CLAASSEN-ZIPS ARE-53... 3) SORENSEN-ZIPS ARE-52...LOOKS LIKE MOSTLY ON STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE since CLAASSEN has them as the 11th toughest in the country..i think Sagarin had them at 18...as long as OSU,UCONN and Indiana keep winning..o and as long as the ZIPS keep winning they are so far in good shape for a Bowl...BEAT TEMPLE!

CALL ME CRAZY..I LOVE IT!

:angry: looking at the recent Temple score and what LITTLE the ZIPS D has done, its time for the D to WIN a game...don't think that the talent level of a former Big East school is that much lower if lower at all than the ZIPS...lets see the D give up 2 TD's or less and the O rush for 150...thats the formula the rest of the way...

the problem IS the defense if you don't have the right players to play it! darn it!...ok lets look at the 3-3-5 from the scout's perspective...it should be good against the pass because you normally have a lot of people off the line...but...when you run the base D with 3 down D-lineman there are all kinds of holes that need filled...once the D line take their lane to the QB the field opens up at the line because there are more O line than D line...HENCE NO PRESSURE...AND if backers,corners and safeties drop there are acres for any type of delayed run or QB scramble..to get any kind of pass rush or to plug those holes you have to send at least 5 but probably 6 just to outnumber the O line...that leaves holes in the middle of the secondary especially if you play man on the corners...RUN RIGHT AT IT until they bring up a safety or keep backers in the box..then throw over it...thats exactly what is happening...

OK I'll give you that but it still hasn't translated to PRESSURE!

we are ALL nuts about what happened Saturday..with good reason...but lets hpoe the coaches look at the ENTIRE game...the Defense is going to have to win a couple of games evetntually...but not by giving up the acres of yards they are now..its obvious some athletes on the roster are coming out..Williams at RB...Andre Jones at DB...the coaches haven't figured out the IDENTITY of this team though..JD nad the O still want the easy score too much...it looks to me like the O line has come together and is capable of jamming the ball down other teams throats if given the chance...the D still has no run stoppers...speed is fine if you use it to pressure...but other teams can run over speed...control the ball on offense...pressure on defense...at leats its fun to watch...go ZIPS

lets wait a few weeks on this one OK?

looks like Central is the big dog right now...the West is still better than the East, top to bottom...just because testicle tech got womped by Central only means they got beat by the best team in the MAC...WMU,Ball State and Cental will beat each other up... BG and Miami have the edge on the ZIPS because Akron has to play them on the road...

don't assume they will be 'dogs' coming into the Bowl if they win out in the MAC..they WON'T...get real...

hey Z.I.P. ...Akron 1974...relax its just for fun...my season tickets have been in place for OH at least 16 yrsand yours?

two real obvious problems..1) Zips have no STUD in the front 3...2) unless you send at least 6 in ANY blitz it ain't gonna get pressure consistently....maybe occasionally but not consistently...this 3 front is S..T you can't control the line of scrimmage at ALL...this D has NEVER had a pass rush or stopped the run...look at the history...time to get rid of Fleming...

testicle tech...BALL STATE...oh well..the West is still stronger top to bottom than the East...thats why those teams get more consideration...if Miami and BG cross over and beat the West it changes...Central is defeinitely the team to beat..IF the Zips beat Temple and can hold serve at home...that means beating Central...they will win the East IF they can steal one at BG or Miami...gotta win out at home beat Buffalo(no easy task) and win at BG or MU...starts Saturday at the BOWL!!!

OK here's my weekly rankings...been some changes...WESTCENTRAL(1)WESTERN(3)TESTICLE TECH(6)TOLEDO(8)EASTERN(11)NIU(13)EASTMIAMI(2)BG(4)AKRON(5)CAN'T(7)OU(9)BUFFALO(10)TEMPLE(12)I know it doesn't sem to make sense that the ZIPS are #5 and behind WMU...but over the season in the tougher West it may come down to Central and WMU...so...lets hear it...

:angry: i'm more concerned right now that the ZIPS had to scramble to score 39 points to win...the Defense was supposed to hold the fort and is still giving up acres of yards...when you put up 24 pts in the 1st half...the D should be giving you a comfy lead...CJ 11 and the coaches and the O are being forced to put up points on every possession...CJ 11 will start because they won...he still makes too many mistakes...unless the D steps up the ZIPS are going to get blindsided by a Buffalo or Temple...hold on!

i'll be one to admit i sure as hell did not expect this! and yes as ZIP&$ i was one who was saying lets look at what Brookhart is doing with the program...lets see if this helps pull the offense together at least...the D still stinks!

Central blasted Testicle Tech...OU and can't are out of it...BG and Miami look like the big dogs in the East...but the west is a killer...Central,WMU,Testicle Tech...if only the ZIPS could get teir s..t together they have a shot...tonight will tell whether they are contendas or pretendas...