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I didn't see that at the Miami game. Nothing wrong with some good mojo. Teams like Akron need to believe they are good and winning reinforces it.

Why are high expectations after beating a BCS level team in an NFL stadium a bad thing? One thing I think a lot of people are missing is how very fragile this program is. We are a historical loser and to break that cycle is very difficult. It takes things like beating BCS level teams to gain the confidence and momentum a program like ours needs. Beating Pitt only helps us. Losing horribly to teams like OU and BSU easily shatter a fragile program to the point where we are at today. The Zips are in a very bad spot right now and people shouldn't whistle through the graveyard. Those of us who have been watching for a long time now understand how bad it can get and how quickly it can get worse. We could go 2-1 the rest of the season. Are we strong enough to do that?...I don't know and would have had a much different answer four weeks ago. There is also a chance we could go 1-2. The Zips are in a very bad spot right now with few games to right the ship and probably zero confidence or momentum to turn it. Many of use have seen this film before.

Those games are very lazily produced.

If not for 2 of the worst teams, neither would Frye.

One other thing. Zips should go more 2 x 2 and less 3 x 1. Not completely, just more. I think it would create more opportunities by putting more pressure on the entire field.

I think they had a good game plan and their heads were in the right place to execute. Decent discipline. CJ7 had a nice zone read run left early in game. Everyone was properly blocked. Never ran left much after that. Should have followed up with the same play. Completed a pass over middle early and never really worked that type pass until later. Ran to left and crossing pattern later in game on same drive and scored. Find plays that work...run those plays. Football isn't complicated.

One could argue the only difference between Frye and Pohl is their supporting cast. Doubt's? Do a side by side comparison of their supporting casts.

BG came to win. We never went back to some plays that worked until it was too late. See my previous comments.

I don't give him all the credit, but the team had confidence and momentum with him. Hard to get that back after losing it.

Agreed. We have lost our mojo. BG was the more determined team over 4 quarters.

Sure, if you ignoring the drops makes sense if you want one person to shoulder the blame. We have zero confidence or momentum right now. We lost that while Pohl was not playing. He didn't help last night, but who did? They were completely out classed by a Championship contender. BTW, he is 8-4 in his last 12 starts. He'll finish the season 10-5 in 15 starts. Not bad considering who he is throwing it to. Football is the one sport where fans overreact to both winning and losing.

Another way to change momentum is to have a good punt return.

Yes. It would have lost 75% to 25%.

This really didn't have anything to do with the outcome of the game. The assumption is they block the kick...Punts rarely get blocked. The other assumption is the score...They had zero timeouts and they would have been kicking into the wind. BG is a good team and good teams rarely let things like blocked punts happen...That's why they are good teams.

That last INT was a perfect example of BG being a contender and UofA being a pretender. Jump ball and the BG defender goes up to catch it like someone who wants to play for the league championship. Our guy goes up for the pass like he is in practice and the ball should just fall in his arms. Completely confused by another player actually competing hard against him. Our WRs are soft.

Just threw a pass over the middle and completed it. Then we ran to the left for a TD. If I can figure it out in SC, why does it take them so long to figure it out?

No. They are just getting their asses kicked by a better team. It's the difference between contenders and pretenders.

Announcers make it sound like it is impossible to pass. 10 miles away, Toledo has three TD passes.

My only beef with play calling is they had some success running to the left between the center and tackle. They seem to have the defense blocked. Let's get back to that. Running right has been too difficult and they aren't getting everyone blocked. I have no problem with the pass plays called. More passes over the middle. Need to do a better job of catching. I know it's raining, but this is a big game and guys need to produce in big games if we are ever going to become anything other than pretenders.

It was 4th down.

Have had success running left. Seem to have blocking scheme figured out. Run left.

Run left.

Me too. The luckiest woman in the world, Mrs. GP1, recently bought a 66" Samsung Curve with a new receiver, surround sound, some device that allows us to play video off of the internet through our Apple devices, etc. Not sure how much it cost and it's probably best that way....(Sort of like our last trip to Vegas when we stayed at the Wynn. While I was at a convention, she did a little day drinking at the pool, saw a purse she wanted in the window of one of the shops on the way back to the room and said to herself, "I'm buying that". I'm not allowed to know how much the purse cost.)...Anyhow, whatever the cost was, I will be watching the game on it.

If weather is going to be a factor, it will be critical to get an early lead and force BG to be one dimensional late. Hope they poop pants late. First team to score sets the pace and wins.

Link Bowden had some pretty good success in the state of Alabama. Something tells me if we can get to six wins, this bowl is ours. Seven+ wins would open up more doors. We are pretty new to this, but at a lot of schools, the talk of which bowl their school will play in goes on all year long. It's a good thing.