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Distant Replay by Mark Bowden in The Atlantic For those of you who like football history, this article brings the past together with a modern day coach. Fantistic reading!

If they were smart, the would be on offense.

Totally agree. We don't HAVE to have 4 good DL. How about 2 or 3 good DL and 1 or 2 average DL. Works for everybody else.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/teams/akron/This is a link to the new Zips page from sports illustrated. It breaks down future opponents offensive and defensive rankings both nationally and within the conference. Toledo boasts the 12th ranked MAC offense (97/120 in 1-A) and the 4th ranked total defense (67/120 nationally). Yet somehow they are last in the MAC in points allowed and 105/120 nationally. Compare that to the Zips at 4th in the MAC on offense (43rd nationally), and 12th on defense (94th nationally). Does defense win games? We'll find out in 2.5 weeks.Defense wins championships is something high school coaches tell the guys on defense to make them feel better since they were not athletic or smart enough to play offense. Teams need to score and score and score and score to win games. That is the state of college football today.

It's all about numbers if you blitz a DB in a 3-3-5, offense only has to block 4 attackers.Blitz a DB in a 4-3 and now they have to block 5.When JD described this defense, he said you would never know where the pressure is coming from in a 3-3-5.I'm thinking my definition of pressure and his definition of pressure are not the same.You are right ZW, we do NOTHING to disrupt the QB. On top of that the QB always has the running game to depend on.We do everything to make the opposing QB's job easy.Zips Win! and DrZ make some good points but miss the main point. My main complaint about our defense for years now has been the size of players it uses. It has to function in extremes because the players are too small. The 3-3-5 requires a lot of players blitzing because they are too small. Size matters!It's easy for an OLineman to block a blitzing DB one-on-one. In fact, it is like a play off for the OLineman to block a DB because it is so easy as the DB can not over power the lineman and the lineman are quicker than you might think. After five years now, I don't think we are fooling anyone with the defense. There are enough good players on the team now that they could go to a more traditional defense and let the talent win the game in lieu of hoping guessing wins the day. I'll take talent over guessing any day of the week. We have it, let's start using it.

I'd rather be lucky AND good.

I have season tickets to Wake Forest. They have a completely undersized defense and they play a 4-3. They line up as if it is a five man front to compensate for the size difference. It also helps that they have a fist team All American playing corner so they can shift coverage to allow him one-on-one. They also have a future first round draft pick playing LB and he covers sideline to sideline. UofA needs more large people on the line. Stop the run first and make the other team one dimensional in lieu of balanced. There are more things that can go wrong when you pass than when you can run.

What do soccer coaches do other than fill out the line up card. It's like being manager of an American League baseball team. There, GP1, I fixed your post for you. I'm sure you are just joking, right? Dissing the best sports program the Zips have is not what you intended, right? Right? No. Soccer is American League baseball. I went to my first soccer game last year (not UofA) and the coach could have slept for the enitre game for all I could tell. Sorry, I just don't care for the sport

What do soccer coaches do other than fill out the line up card. It's like being manager of an American League baseball team.

I took the most lucky woman in the world, Mrs. GP1, to The Palm and had a vodka and tonic for a cocktail. Followed that with a caesar salad and then engulfed a blackened rib eye with sauteed mushrooms and a bottle of Markham cabernet. Then I topped it all off with a couple of beers. And then........For those of you who are actually able to have fun and celebrate winning, how did you celebrate?

In Mike's ongoing lobbying for Rogers to play QB, he forgot to mention one of the keys to a B+ grade for coaching. Having all three time outs for a two minute drive is critical for a team. Akron had all of theirs yesterday. They didn't need to use time outs because the proper players were not on the field early in the half, uncertainty about calls, etc. That's a sign of good mental preparation. At a minimum, players should be well coached in who should be on the field when certain packages are called. Lining up and play calling is up to the coaches. Execution is up to the players. These are minimum standards. When they are met and the team wins, a B grade is in order. Rasor made the right pick with something in the B range (B+ is probably a little too high).

If you are talking about DK, I couldn't disagree more. The kid does nothing but run east and west for most of his career and JD keeps putting him out there. I would have benched him long ago. A couple of games do not make up for his very average career.He's healthy this year and has run hard all year with mixed results.That's all well and good, but he is still has had an average career. East/west runners are just that regardless of their health.

Guys, listen!!!!The Zips freaking won! Go enjoy a night out or have sex with your wife/girlfriend (husband/boyfriend for any ladies reading)!!!!! Enjoy the day!!!

If you are talking about DK, I couldn't disagree more. The kid does nothing but run east and west for most of his career and JD keeps putting him out there. I would have benched him long ago. A couple of games do not make up for his very average career.

Yes. We could also lose every game from here on out. This league is nuts.

I take back everything I said last week about JD. This is a humiliating result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OK -- I take back what I just wrote. Nice Win coach. Now can anyone tell me what the ____ just happened???It's more fun to just read throgh this thread. Reading about it is more fun because you can use your imagination.

One thing about the Zips, they use the entie rule book.

I take back everything I said last week about JD. This is a humiliating result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I prefer comical.....

I'm sorry to admit, but when I saw this post I actually started to laugh out loud.

I said this last week. When you kick fieldgoals late in games instead of finishing the other team off with TDs, you are asking to lose.

Please post score and time with all remaining posts.

When I saw leave your mark at the stadium I thought the thread was about the Rubber Bowl. If it was I was going to say that I left my mark several times in the old dug outs when I had to go to the bathroom during practice.

This is interesting. UNC Charlotte's Board of Trustees just approved them starting a football program in something like 2010 or 2011 (you could go onto www.charlotteobserver.com and read about it). They are going I-AA and have no interest in going higher. CSU could join the conference that YSU is in.

19 D-1A wins in 4 years. I don't miss him for one second. I'd seen enough. It's funny how time is proving me right about his inability to win.

For the 1,000,000th time, there is not NCAA attendance requirement.The discounted tickets (free) were a problem because they trained the people of Akron to think it should be free to go to a Zips game.