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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.

Z-P does a good job of summarizing Frye's shortfalls as they realate to the NFL. He just isn't a QB a team could count on to win games.If I was Charlie, I would pull a Rick Dockery and move to Europe and play professionally or maybe be a player/coach. Charlie needs to get away for a while. What the Browns did to him last year with the trade after the first game had to be crushing. He can always come back and coach or do whatever he wants to do.

And this is different from college football, how?Exactly!Televised college football games are 3+ hour death marches with a halftime that is way too long. The NFL is the greatest sports entertainment in this country and they only last 3 hours.

Nothing like that good old, Akron, defeatist, settle for mediocrity, hopefully we can compete in the East attitude.Actually, I think Z.I.P. has the right attitude and I don't find it defeatist or negative. Based upon the MAC standings UofA is not doing that bad compared to the remainder of the league. There is nothing wrong with being one of the best teams in a bad conference. 10 of 13 teams have only .500 records or worse. 7 of 13 have sub .500 records. UofA will be 4-4 at the end of this weekend and still in the hunt for the MAC East title. There are too many games to throw in the towel yet. Miami went to the MACC last season with a 6-6 record. There is no reason that could not happen to the Zips this year. There is still a lot of football to be played. The MAC is the hand we have been dealt. Nothing is going to change that. There will be no move to the Big East or Conference USA and the league is not ever going to be much better than what it is right now. Hell, it has been around since 1946 and this is it. Welcome to reality. Instead of everyone complaining about everything, embrace who we are. While there are some shortcomings, there is talent on this team, the conference is bad, we are getting a new stadium, we are in the running for the MAC East. I prefer to see the glass as half full. You guys should actually be excited about the remainder of the games. The problem with MAC fans is they are the parents of a baby called the MAC. As we all know, you can't tell someone their baby is ugly, but I have news for everyone, the MAC is an ugly baby. It's OK to still love an ugly baby even when you know it is ugly.

Thanks for saving me the time. Mason is a joke and anyone who would advocate the hiring of this loser suffers from NE Ohio Sports Fan Syndrome (neosfs).

Thanks for the links Sergeant Zip. Everyone should look at the first link. There is a side-by-side comparison of the two QB performances. What you will see are the numbers of a rising star playing on the road for Green Bay and the numbers of a QB struggling to stay in the NFL with Seattle. Some of you can look as hard as you want, but there is no silver lining in the numbers. Frye doesn't have what it take to win games.The good news for Frye is that he is one of many, many, many terrible back-up QBs in the NFL. If he just shows some signs of life he has a couple years left. Yesterday was not a sign of life though.

Don't be mad at the talking heads. Be mad at the MAC for sucking. App. State would have won the MAC last year and they are a I-AA team. Respect is earned and not given.

You guys need to understand something. Nothing bad is going to happen to JD if he gets fired at Akron. He will get one year salary and have a job in the NFL as an assistant by next March making more than what he does at Akron. He has had these offers in the past and can accept one of them whenever he wants. You should worry more about what would happen to Akron if he gets fired....and don't say it couldn't get worse because just when you think it can't, it does.Besides, Akron is going to win this Saturday and at least one other game. Five wins gets JD another year. Six gets a bowl game and a contract extension.

If I had not voted already, you would be getting my vote......

A team needs to score a minimun 24 points per week to win. The reason I pick the offense (coaches and players) is they did not put the ball in the endzone enough in the second half. Teams need to score TDs in the second half and not kick fieldgoals and cross their fingers. A reverse on the goal line? That's terrible. Reverses need to be run between the 40s and not at the goal line. Shame on the coaches for calling that.I've been saying for years on this board that the responsibiltiy for winning is in the hands of the offense. If the other team scores 50, the offense needs to score more. If the other team scores 24, the offense needs to score more. People who play defense do not have enough talent and brains to win games on their own. If they had hand/eye coordination, they would be on offense...If they had brains, they wouldn't be on defense.