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More than any group, I think spreading the field helps the o-line. Since they have to operate as a unit, moving players away from the center of the play helps the o-line identify who they will be blocking easier. The spread offers more simplicity to the game than pro sets do and that is why bad teams perform better in it.

Great idea! Many schools have a lot of flexibility when it comes to soccer and who they associate with.

Good ideas. Now, what is your plan to pay for it and maintain it once it is buillt?

Please provide us with any evidence this happened. Don't post again until you find some.

Not true. ..... So you're telling me you honestly believe that most of the critics on this forum would have praised Ianello for going for a tie if the Zips had lost in OT, and most would not have criticized him for not going for the 2-point conversion?I felt at the time the 1 point was the way to go and he would have made the right decision. Gametracker didn't post the result of the point after so all I could do was assume we missed an extra point. I about fell over when I realized he went for two and didn't make it.

The problem is a lot bigger than PN7. I can't think of a single game we lost we would have won with him at QB. I know we lost 11 with him last year so I could really care less about what he thinks. Maybe we would go 2-10 in lieu of 1-11. The whole PN7 vs Moore debate is useless because our problems go well beyond the QB position or one guy thinking he go t screwed.I hope he keeps a positive attitude and doesn't transfer, but if he is sitting around as a cancer on the program, he needs to pack up and go away.

Where is the money going to come from? If I remember, half of The Big Dialer was paid for with public money. The state is broke. It isn't like it was 5 years ago when money was flowing everywhere. The University doesn't have the money to build it or maintain it once built. It's one thing to build something, it's another thing to maintain something once built. The University can't afford a BB arena right now.

I could really give a crap. It doesn't matter.

OK then. How are you going to pay for it short term and long term if nobody shows up? If it was as easy and reasonable as you say, it would be done already.

How about preventiing this before it happens? The coach should tell the holder on the way out, no 2-point play regardless of what you see. It's call managing the game.

I like coaches being aggressive as well. The Zips were no huddle and calling a good aggressive game which got them back into the game. That was awesome. I also like them to be smart about what they are doing. At this point, see my note above about MAC teams blowing games.

Myron Cope was a great radio announcer for the Steelers for many years. He was actually a really smart guy with a law degree...he just sounded funny because of how he talked. He used to say all the time that coaches with the idea that they are going to play against the percentages because they are "playing to win" sure do seem to lose a lot. The same goes for those who say that "Coach X coaches not to lose". Playing the football percentages is important in winning games. It is the job of the coach to rise above the emotion of the moment and think clearly for the players.Those who wanted to coach to go for it on fourth down last week with 8 minutes to go, down 20 were also right. It had nothing to do with "playing to win" and everything to do with elementary school math.

Good post Lee.I would also add that the coach has to see the big picture for the players. He has to understand trends. One of the big pictures in the MAC is as follows, and the sooner Coach I learns it, the better he, the team and we all will be:One Major Rule To Live By In The MAC - MAC teams are more likely to blow a game than win a game. It happens every week. When a MAC team is blowing a game, the best thing to do is sit back and don't get in the way. CMU was in the process of blowing the game yesterday and Coach I got in the way. A good, veteran MAC coach would have understood this (see Keith Dambrot...he won a MAC Championship last year following this rule). OT was the best choice.

I don't disagree at all. I would only caution that we were playing a really bad team yesterday at home. We will be playing a much better team this week on the road. If the above continues, we are improving. If not, we are still spinning our wheels.

Open your wallet you cheapskate.

We were playing one of the worst teams in the league and they were in the process of falling apart. CMU was badly trying to lose that game. I would agree if we were playing Toledo (or us going for the win at NC State a few years back), but a team like CMU is dying to lose every game they play. All we needed to do was stick around and wait for them to blow a road game in OT, which they were well on their way to doing. MAC teams blow games all the time on the road and we had CMU right where we wanted them.

A lot will leave to go to other programs. They don't want too many years at Akron on their resume.Who would hire them?A lot of people. With the number of coaches that get fired every year, plenty of spots open up. If every assistant who got caught up in a firing couldn't get a job after, there wouldn't be enough guys coming into the profession to replace them. The key is to get out of Akron before the stink becomes too strong.

There is no way to know that....

A lot will leave to go to other programs. They don't want too many years at Akron on their resume.

Both of these plays are "all or nothing plays". I don't have a problem with moving a mobile QB on the three. It presents a lot of options or even the QB running.

what would you have called?

He probably thought with the momentum they had they could make one play and win...huge risk. I'd rather take that momentum into overtime and put a series of winning plays together.

All these kids are doing is playing hard. No reason not to be proud of them.

Always go into overtime at home. The Zips were red hot and the CMU defense had to be tired.If we just kick and extra point down 20-6, this isn't an issue.A three game homestand wasted.

can't argue with that. the 2 pt conversion was insanity though.what happened? i can only see gametracker.