Jrship35

Van Edwards

Who the hell cares about josh cribs

Lazy block by McNeil. Cmon man

When do you start benching these knuckleheads

Courtesy of another dumb ass penalty

Nice win Texas !!! Glad for Strong !!

I guess I'm good exploiting that mismatch !!!! If Jerome keeps catching !!!! I stand corrected for the moment. !!!! Nice

Keep it in the ground Milwee

How hard is that 99 ? ..... SO dadgum'd frustrating And not TW13 as our feature back please Just try it Milwee. Just once

Your correct .......... My bad grammar Dadgum it !!!

No worries ....... Nothing that no one probably hasn't seen of the Redskin's pistol formation with RG3

looking at the total defense, rushing and passing defenses and team sacks of the 5 opponents EMU has played: ODU - 80th total, 106th rush, 37th pass, T-71st sacks Wyoming - 88th total, 111th rush, 41st pass, T-118 sacks Ball State - 113th total, 90th rush, 101st pass, T-90 sacks Army - 73rd total, 53rd rush, 86th pass, T-45 sacks LSU - 16th total, 19th rush, 36th pass, T-24 sacks Akron - 25th total, 13th rush, 69th pass, T-29 sacks EMU had 3 drives ..... 8 play 59 yard, a 2 play 17 yard and a 4 play 66 yard against LSU I think we are going to be fine Saturday on defense ..... with the exception of LSU (22 points), our defense seems in a different category compared to the other 4 opponents

To me, this is the formation that we could utilize Woodson to run or pass best.... Opens up the middle for ball control passes and Woodson only needs a seam to get to the second level. Again, the half A$$'d fake hand off and QB keep is so predictable and telegraphed

Bowling Green !! Them and Toledo are in the top 5 teams with most offensive plays per game average thus far Talk about needing some kinda ball control offense !!

Pretty sure he may have meant a pistol formation ............... But maybe not Tried to post some pics ........ But have no juice on the board to do so

RUN THE DAMN BALL !!!! UNTIL THEY STOP US !! ......... Period EDIT ........... And no offense to Woodson, but enough of the telegraphed QB runs. It is SO danged obvious Cmon now

Understood, I was confused on what the actual call was ..... And agreed that it was definitely not what we needed at all

I have a question ( and am not questioning or challenging anyone). I know that the kick out of bounds was ridiculous and probably gave them another 10 yards (assuming a touchback) ..... But am I mistaken to say that the intentional grounding penalty kind of equaled that out ? I'm probably missing something .... Or maybe I had too much to drink LOL Edit. Never mind. I guess there was no penalty called !!! Ha ha. I'm OK.

Comparing to their game stats vs Ball State (stats from EMU football site) 1. Ball State seemed to control the ball on the ground (85 offensive plays to 61) and total yardage (472 to 319) 2. 61% running plays for Ball State and 278 yds. on the ground........ EMU run defense seems weak 3. First downs were BSU 26 and EMU 12 4. Passing was about even in yardage with BSU (24-33-0) and EMU (19-39-2) 5. EMU is 15-17 in the red zone (88%) with 13 of those scores being TD's (76%) - season stat I'm not positive, but I would rate our defense as much better than BSU's (correct my opinion if needed) so: If we ESTABLISH THE RUNNING GAME and STOP THE DUMB A$% PENALTIES, I think we should have a good day .... Open for constructive criticism

One of the hardest things to change in a poor program is the discipline ... Which as we all know, is a major issue right now for us !!!! With a higher number of transfers and JC guys, there are attitudes and habits that have got to be broken .... Stupid undisciplined penalties have definitely been a big contributor in the Pitt game and in my mind, lost the game yesterday. This has got to be addressed and changed or we will see another 5-7 type season. Period

37 Freshmen or red shirt freshmen on 2015 roster .... 18 true freshmen of which I would estimate 15'ish will be red shirted 23 Sophomore and red shirt Sophomores 23 Junior or red shirt Juniors 24 senior or red shirt seniors ................................... 56% of the roster are Freshmen or Soph's .......... With an estimate of 25% of those probably being red shirted this season 22% are seniors I know we want to win now and don't really give crap about the future .............But the above numbers seem promising to me for the future. With the starting Oline being Seniors, I would anticipate that position to be a concentration for transfers and grad seniors next year. But I an not familiar with how the the development of the young O-lineman is going.

because I'm a stat guy and was interested in how the other MAC Coaches did in their first three years (or prior coach if there is a new coach)... You obviously have to understand the condition of the program they inherited which I believe we can all agree that UA was probably the if not one of the worst ever so : Bowden - UA 1-11, 5-7, 5-7. 2-3 Babers - BGU 8-6, 3-2 .... I believe they were in much better shape when Babers took over Leipold - BU 2-3 Quinn was 2-10, 3-9, 4-8 in his first three Hayes - Can't 4-8, 2-9, 2-3 Martin - Miami 2-10, 1-4 Treadwell was 4-8, 4-8, 0-5 Solich - Ohio 4-7, 9-5, 6-6 Whipple -UMASS 3-9, 1-3 Lembo- Ball St 6-6, 9-4, 10-3 Enos - CMU 3-9, 3-9, 7-6 **2015 is Bonamego's first Creighton -EMU 2-10, 1-4 Carey - NIU 12-2, 11-3, 2-3 ** Program was rolling when taken over by Carey I believe Campbell - TOL 9-4, 7-5, 9-4 Fleck - WMU 1-11, 8-5, 1-3 With the exception of a couple of programs that were already on a good path, I honestly would say that Bowden has done a good job of at least putting the ship in the right direction. Certainly not to anyone on this boards satisfaction, but realistically speaking. For what it is worth ..... which may be nothing

2011 .... 1-11 and Bowden hired in December 2011 2012 .... 1-11. First full season to recruit. With no tools to recruit with other than facilities. Bowden told he had to honor all scholarships. Freshman class not really Bowdens (IMO) 2013 .... 5-7 You have to admit progress ... Maybe not to ones expectation, But progress. Bowdens first real recruiting class and transfers 2014 ... 5-7. This was a disappointment season as we should have been 6-6/7-5 and bowling ! But turned over strength and conditioning staff and philosophy. New OL coach. Two huge changes in a program 2015 .... Through first 5 games my expectation was 3-2. I know I'm still a rookie Zips fan and haven't lived through football hell as you all have. But I think that if you look into everything it takes to change the culture of a losing program, you have to still have some hope. ....... I'm sure I may get torched here, but what the hell

The ole cliche "we need to learn how to win" might be fitting here There was no confidence or momentum from the offense when the defense stood up and got the ball back. Should have called the TO on fourth down (IMO) But the games over, no doubt we let an important one get away.

Holding call in red zone was the back breaker .....