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Let's hope CJ has been working on that whole running thing since the last time we saw him.

Someone should come up with a ten excuses for Frye key to save people time typing. Each excuse could just have a number that people would place into their post when they feel the never ending desire to make an excuse for his lack of winning.Everyone remembers the passes people drop, but do they remember the fourth quarter interceptions in the end zone two weeks in a row, poorly thrown deep passes, taking too many sacks. I was at the game and the crowd groaned when the Browns ran on third and forever late in the fourth quarter. Romeo was not going to put the ball in Frye's hands late. Charlie is a big boy now and needs to be held accountable for the mistakes he makes. There is plenty of blame to go around for the Browns season so far and Frye needs to take some of the blame also.

Good post CK.These two points go hand in hand. Stay tuned for a year end post on why this defense is so bad.Watch Louisville pound the ball down WVU's throat this Thursday with a back up tailback and you will see why this defense is starting to become exposed around the country by good running games. Gimmicks have a very short shelf live. Remember the run & shoot?

Good point. Where is it written in stone that we have to play that defense on every down or in every game?Can't we look at film and say "hey this team has a very weak passing game, maybe this game we play the 4-3 and get some more big guys in there" Maybe we can adjust at half time and switch defenses, or a few series to seehow the offense reacts. I know I'm in the minority, but I thought our defense played bad last week.I know the stats and score looked great, but I saw too many bad defense plays. Thank you!Good question as to why we don't change midgame. It's not as easy as it may seem. This change has to happen in the off season and I don't think it will take a lot to do. Jim Flemming is a good coach and has been around the block. I'm sure he can do it if he stays at Akron. Stay tuned for my season ending post on this topic.

Good points. However, the longest streak of winning seasons Frye had was two. His first and second seasons were losing records. His junior year they went 7-5 but two of those wins were against I-AA teams and his senior season (6-5) was saved by Brett Biggs.Like all bad high school coaches, Lee Owens hung his career on one player. How did that work out for him?

It all works together. The defense we currently deploy is not working. I'll save wear and tear on my fingers until the end of the year on this topic as I am gearing up for a rather large post on this issue.

Are you old enought to remember Mike Johnson in the late 80's? Many fans have blocked out the Faust years, but there were some great players who played for him here.

100% correct.In my opinion, there is one more topic that nobody touches upon that is the most critical in our problems this year. I will post about it after the season because during the season it is too late to make the change. As a hint, the topic will be the 3-3-5 defense and how and why everyone plays well against this gimmick now.You can tune into ESPN this Thursday to watch Louisville expose the 3-3-5 for being a bad defense when they destroy West Virginia with a very good running game.

And you think Frye would be playing well otherwise? Many of his mistakes have been when he's had plenty of time...you can only blame the o-line for so much...You are wrong. Without an offensive line what can happen other than mistakes, injuries and losses? It is impossible to blame the o-line enough! So you think with a decent line Frye wouldn't be doing as poorly as he is? Honestly? sgm405,You are absolutely right. Frye is what he is. Don't waste your time. These guys spent four years while he was at Akron making excuses for the guy. Nothing is ever his fault. If it's not play calling, it's the o-line or it's the defense or the receivers can't catch or there is no running game. The excuses go on and on and on and on.

Trust me, you are! Thank you for your support. I ask for your vote on November 7.

.......and I thought I was the biggest blow hard on the board. I think the facts I posted speak for themselves based upon your criteria and I stand by my analysis.It's only a web board and not the old Roman Senate. Don't take yourself so seriously. It makes it a lot more fun to post.

Stick with me here ZA, I'm here to help.If this is necessary for the full story, JD's career has already been a success. Year one, thanks to Brett Biggs, we competed for the MAC East until the final game when we lost to Miami the last game of the season and came in second. Year two we won the MAC East. In year three, we are not out of the race yet. We are competing for the MAC East as is.Pssst, Psssst, Psssst, we won the MACC and went to a bowl game last year. We could have seven wins this year and go to another bowl game.JD has already met or is meeting all of your criteria for success.If you really want to set a high standard for success in the MAC, the standard should be first or second in the division and minimum 8 wins annually. I think that is a fair standard.Johnnyzip84 is absolutely correct, the program is heading in the right direction and JD is a good coach. Some of you should be careful of what you wish for.......you might just get it.

For away games, I try to recommend places to go for fans before the game if they are not interested in tailgating. Here are a couple of things to do food and drink related.If you want to go to one of the best steak houses in the midwest, there is a place off of I-75 and Phillips Avenue (make left off is exit and drive until you reach it on the left) called Mancy's. There is also one down by Maumee off of the I475 turnpike exit, but the original is really neat on Phillips.If you just want some finger food and some beers, there is a place called Jeds also off of the I-475 exit. Great sports bar and they have the Jeds girls serving food and drinks. I recommend an appetizer called Fireballs. They are little chunks of white meat chicken breaded and deep fried with your choice of BBQ sauce. One of the best appetizers I have ever eaten. The other advantage is the smoking section is completely enclosed so the stench stays where it belongs. Maybe someone from Toledo could help me out with the street name as I know where it is but don't know the street.Can't go wrong with a trip to Tony Pako's hot dog shop. There are plenty around Toledo and the hot dogs are great. The original klinger used to talk about on MASH is off of I-280.That's really about it. Most of you will probably drive to I-475 so there are plenty of chains around there if you are hungry.Vote No on Issue 4 and vote yes on Issue 5.

I would NOT be surprised if JD went to another job after this season. I would be surprised if he stayed past next season. Working in a high turnover profession, I have a sixth sense for when someone is about to change jobs and I'm starting to get a strange feeling about this happening sooner than later.I think the days of coaches leaving MAC schools to go to really big time programs are over (the next best shot is the guy at CMU going to Michigan State after this season if MSU fires Smith). I don't see CSU as a "really" big time program so it would not be a stretch for JD to go there, but didn't CSU just recently hire a new coach? JD should take a lesson from the UofA softball coach who left last season to be an assistant at Wisconsin and try to get with a Big Ten, SEC, PAC 10 type school as an offensive coordinator and then move up from there. It would be better exposure and better money.As far as Akron getting a coach with prior head coaching experience, that would be nice, but probably will not happen. The pay is too low. If memory serves me correctly, someone told me that half the people applying for the job previously were high school coaches who were misguided enough to believe they could do the job. The other half were mostly D-1A assistants like JD looking to take their shot. The next coach we get will be JD II.I just don't understand why some are so eager to give up on JD. He will have seven wins at the end of this season which will give him a career winning record at Akron. Seven wins might even give us a bowl game. In the D-1A era, Faust and Owens didn't come close to a .500 winning percentage.

NFL games are won on big plays. Examples are an INT for a TD, a long kick return for a TD or even a long pass for a TD. A team only gets about four per game. All the other plays are just time consumers until the big play happens or a set up for the big play.The problem Frye is developing is that he does not throw the ball down field consistently well enough to be considered a threat by the other team. I'd love to see a competitors scounting report of him. My guess is it would say the same thing. Not that the Browns have a good offensive line, but please save me the crap about them because when he has had a chance to throw down field, most have been poorly thrown.The best thing Frye has going for him is his ability to throw short passes and run for his life. He is very good at both. No other QB on that team can come close to doing these things. However, these things don't win games and time and injury will reduce his ability to run. Time ticks very fast for guys like Frye. God bless him though, he will make a nice living while he can.On a MAC note, I see that Yunzer Gradkowski is on the list. Knowing Yunzers the way I do, he was probably happy to sign a contract that pays each day a plate of kielbasa, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and a salad of iceburg with French dressing. As a winning bonus, he probably gets pirogues in lieu of mashed potatoes. 2-0 is a good start.

All excellent points. I'm a huge JD fan, but putting in CJ at that point was just the wrong thing to do. A good team would have burried us with a TD and then squashed our offense after that. CJ had two weeks to prepare both physically and mentally for the game. To say that he $#!+ his pants would be an understatement. Not only did he fumble, but he seemed to have trouble with that whole running thing we expect football players to be able to do. When I was in school, Hal Hunter (now OL coach with San Diego Chargers) used to say, "You're only as good as your last performance". CJ's performance was a disaster and can wait until next year when he is not only physically ready to play, but also EMOTIONALLY ready. He is going to be good some day, now is not his time and I don't want to watch the junior varsity play. I'm not willing to risk losing while he finds his sea legs.As far as your post about Pace, do you have the web page set up to automatically print that upon entering a key word? If you don't, you should. It will save wear and tear on your fingers.

Would anyone like to reconsider their vote?One day, CJ is going to be a good player for us, but now is not the time.

Good old Zipdad. I'll be back to post on this one later in the weekend. Off to the RB.

Miami is playing on a short week and the second home game in a row and against a team with a week off. If this was the NFL, it would be an almost guarantee win for the the Zips. Zips win big today. 31-10.

Losing to Can't in the Devine Intervention game of 2003 did not lose Owens his job. 40 wins in 9 years lost him his job.

I bet there are a lot of MAC forums saying the same thing this year and more will follow by the end of the year. Can't is a good team this year and deserves credit for being so. They will suck again next year.As far as guys leaving the team and coming back, Faust used to do this a lot because he was too nice to be the type of prick needed to give a guy the boot. Eventually, allowing guys to come back creates a negative culture on the team. Once a guy leaves, they should be gone for good.

Bad handoffs? That's a stretch for criticism.Back to the MACC catch. Had Hixon missed that pass, it would have been the biggest choke job in the history of UofA football. The perfectly thrown ball fell right into his hands.

Good points. I agree 100%. Here is the problem. The scenarior assumes 9-10 wins AND a 2-0 start the following year against big conference teams. I can't think of that ever happening in the MAC. A 9-10 win season would probably have a team with a ton of seniors on it which assumes a young team incapable of winning the first 2 or 3 early games the following year. Teams struggle every year for attendance in the MAC and this is exactly the reason why. It just is not a problem here in Ohio, it happens in every state that has a MAC school.Oh well, off to Las Vegas. See everyone at the game on Saturday.

Keep Luke on the field and try to win as many games as possible. I don't buy tickets to go watch the junior varsity play.All of this playing back-up players to get them ready for next season is what high school coaches do when they have a disaster on their hands. CJ can get ready for next season in the spring and fall next year.

For the first time in Zips history, we have a player-coach. Lindsey West must have learned a lot in high school. I'd like to welcome her to Akron along with the new head coach, Ms. Kest.