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It would go a lot quicker if we would just fire him.

Does anyone know the difference between his current salary and what he was making at UofA?

I agree. The field is well kept. It is a beautiful field. Nothing brown should land on the field.

As long as you don't use the pitch forks on the field bobby, you should be OK.

A decision to bring the Browns to Akron would require high level involvement on the part of the powers that be at UofA, meaning the President and those ranking officers most close to him including the bumbling boob who runs our Athletic Department who could screw up a two car funeral procession. There are only so many balls one can juggle in the air at once. We have a new President who has accepted a job at a University swimming in red ink. This would be a distraction from the important issues facing the University like the millions of dollars in red ink they are now swimming in and providing a top notch education for the students. I know it's hard for sports fans to understand, but they have bigger fish to fry than whether or not the Browns practice at UofA. The soccer field is safe.

Are you saying soccer fans can stop pitching a fit about their field?

Wofford was a dump before the Panthers. Now it is a dump with three grass fields with NFL goal posts. Let's focus on education for a while.

They could just tie it in to the ongoing "building process".

A curve ball is a nice pitch to throw when you are talking about a soccer field.

There isn't even a place for the Browns to change their clothes. The soccer field is safe. Crisis averted.

I used to think that the ACC was the worst of the two when compared to the Big Ten. It's still a bad league, but not compared to the Big Ten. Wake is the worst team of all and I thank God for sending a thunder storm Winston-Salem's way Saturday night to give me a reason to leave the game after the first quarter ($700 down the drain on those season tickets and parking passes). A 3:00 lunch at Mozelle's and some tailgating were the only things worth going for. Anyhow, other than Wake's loss to ULM, there are no embarrassing results. NC State struggled but won against GA Southern and Old Dominion. UNC struggled and won against SDSU.

The NCAA doesn't move that quickly. My guess is the quality of the league has something to do with it, but that was apparent before last weekend. The decision was probably made long ago, but they didn't want to announce it before the season started when news is slow. After the second or third weekend was probably a good calculation on their part. The got lucky with this Ray Rice issue taking up almost all of the "sports" discussion right now. They didn't want the announcement to be front page news and they got their wish.

I think you are right. In fact, long term it can eat away at a program. 20+ win seasons look great on recruits' marketing pieces. The attraction of winners is the most important thing a program can do. With that said, DiG is correct in that one game like that a year wouldn't be overly detrimental to the program and might add a little flavor to recruitment. Some names that come to mind are WVU, Cincy, Michigan, Georgetown, Marquette, Maryland, Boston College....why not some ACC schools...Wake, NC State, UVA, GA Tech, Miami (always a nice trip in December), etc. The one thing I hope is this is the last year for Penn State because there is nothing attractive about that game.

Next year always looks like it could be "history making" until it isn't. It's why we always feel so good on opening day of baseball. A few key injuries can make a "history making" season a catastrophic disaster in a few seconds. It happened to OU last year. That's why winning now is most important. We can't get too far ahead of ourselves. First things first. Beat Marshall. Win the MAC this year. Then win a bowl game. Worry about next year, next year. It's interesting that Marshall is coming in this week. I think when they were in the MAC, they had the perfect philosophy...Win Championships! All they wanted to do was win the MAC and then win their bowl. Great philosophy. The big OOC wins will happen over time because you win Championships. Winning championships attracts winners to your program. The more winners you get, the better chance of winning all of your games you have. A culture of winning was developed and they won. It was very simple, the more you win, the more you can win if you are smart about it.

Completely agree. It is a short sighted way of looking at college athletics and happens far too often at the non BCS level. In fact, it is the kind of thinking that leads high school coaches to start ninth graders at QB thinking in four years they will have some sort of great team. In addition to winning now, we should be thinking about setting this program up to win for the next 30 years. We should be talking about the vision for the program over at least the next ten years. Vision is partly the "building process". That part is over. It is mostly a question of what the University wants the football program culture to be like over the next ten years that will lead to success long term. Bowden is a God send for this program because he is changing the culture of the program, but he is no spring chicken. If we are successful, what will the next coach be like if Bowden is hugely successful. We don't want to do what Vandy did after Franklin which is hire someone without experience and with different philosophies. Now the program is in free fall. The leadership of the University should be thinking at that point about protecting the school against any present or future Athletic Director who wants to put "his guy" in place at the expense of proven success.

Yes. You said it better than I did. The running game shouldn't be designed to make one player better. It should be an integrated part of the offense and make the entire offense better.

These are difficult questions to answer. Some teams say they want to have a commitment to the running game. So far, I don't see that. At least I didn't see it in the part of the game I saw Saturday. I don't see the running game and our passing game fully integrated to complement each other. I'm not looking for the running game complement the passing game or to make Pohl better. I'm looking for the entire offense to work in a manner that everyone on the offense can be successful. I'd like to see the offense in better sync. Do I think some of this is on the OLine? Yes, but if you don't commit to the running game, you can't fully develop the offensive line. A good running game is important in the midwest because of late season weather. If the Zips are in the running for a divisional championship, they will have to do the work now to have a good running game later. Our offensive line isn't great right now, but there is some talent to work with and they need to get better by testing them in game action.

I agree JZ84.

I have the MAC a close fourth.

Before I say this, it isn't a knock on the team. I was very pleased with a lot of what I saw yesterday. I should say, most of what I saw. The Zips are a good team. However, if we are to improve as the season progresses, there are some things with the offense that need to be developed better. After watching at least the first half yesterday, I think I understand why we don't throw down field. It's play calling. It's offensive rhythm. It's talent too. First, the sequence of plays depends on how other plays are working. In older style offenses, running off tackle was the beginning of the offense. If you could run off tackle, it set up play action (big plays down field), it set up counters, it set up maybe a QB keeper off of faking off tackle, etc. The same ideas exist today, only from different styles of offense. I think one of our problems is we have not yet established a solid running game. Since we have not established a solid running game, teams aren't pressing the line of scrimmage and can use more players to cover down field. Play action, etc. is not available without establishing the running game better. This moves me to my second point. We have a couple of good WRs, but not enough talent around them to threaten a really good team. Starting four WRs does not mean all four are really good. There is some speed, but not the physicality to compete at a high level down field in tight coverage. If we can't get the running game established on a higher level, we are asking our WRs to do some things they aren't quite equipped to do against high level competition. I really, really like Pohl. Those of you on this Board who doubted him should be eating your words right about now and should be man enough to come on and admit how wrong you were. Smart, good accuracy, team rallies around him, good mobility, doesn't turn the ball over, carries himself with confidence, accepts coaching well, a good leader, etc. He does a lot of things that should win the Zips 6-7 games this year...maybe more....the team is a lot more talented than I expected. What Pohl doesn't have that is not a requirement in the MAC, but is for high level games is a strong arm. He can lay the ball in someone's arms fantastically. He can't fire a fastball into someone's arms. Without developing a better running game, he will struggle to complete passes down field because he needs fewer defenders in the backfield to help him compensate for his lack of are strength. The next paragraph is about Pohl. So if you feel a sudden knee jerk reaction to defend a certain team, please save all of the annoyance of reading your stupidity and don't...... Since the Cheesecake Factory of College Football (tosu....Everything looks good, but the product really isn't that good. Invariably leaves those who think it is good with a stomach ache and leaves those who know better with the satisfaction that they haven't bought into the hype.) came up I'll make an analogy. Given the current circumstances, Pohl would be starting for the Cheesecake Factory of College Football today if he was on their team. That QB they have playing for them is garbage and doesn't have much talent around him either. They got smashed by an ACC team that won't even win that horrible team that won't even win their conference this year. VA Tech looked good not because of their team, but who they were playing. Urban is recruiting solid ACC talent and that's it. Pohl could easily start for half the teams in the ACC/Big Ten (there is no difference at this point). I hope those of you who go to the games appreciate how good he is and not sit there hoping to see the back up play so you can "see what he has". Keep doing what you are doing Pohl. You are a damn good player. Get your running game straightened out Zips and you can control your own destiny getting to the MAC Championship!

It's not about you.

Buckley isn't big enough to make catches in tight coverage against better talent. He isn't the answer.

Announcers are idiots. That was an obvious punting situation. Its only seven to zero.

Catch!