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Any article that uses the word "slapstick" to describe Can't is awesome.

Did CJ7 even see the field last night?

Every year Jim Tressel goes through his first few games of the year and shows nothing. Hand wringing abound starts in Columbus.....then he goes into the Big Ten and dominates with plays nobody has seen yet. Is JD doing the same thing?I didn't see the game, butt it seems as if a different CJ11 played last night than the first five games. Did the Zips play a different game? Was the play calling more open? Did CJ11 keep the ball more on the option plays? Our offense went off last night and I'd like to know what the difference was?

Go onto GoZips.com and you can see the play by play tracking of the game. All you need to see is there. I didn't see the game, but the same thing usually happens to any team playing the 3-3-5. As usual, this defense offers limited adjustments so a team can go into halftime and figure out how to beat it and come out in the third quarter and torch it. We gave up way too many plays over five yards. WMU knocked off plays of 9-10 yards with ease. By the time Akron recovered from the shellshock, they needed a last minute play to win. Thank God they got it.I don't know about you guys, but I think it is better to play with a lead than to play from behind.

Zip Alumn is right, we all have/had our doubts. I still hate the defense we run and it really put us in a bad spot last night, butt in general, this team is going in the right direction under JD.We are in a position where we are able to win close games for the first time in school history. We should all feel good about our chances for the remainder of the season. Akron is the team to beat in the MAC East. Six more games and we really need to get at least five wins in the final six.Where oh where are the throngs of butt monkeys that came on the board after a defeat to UCONN? Don't wait for another loss to come in.

Even I've had my share of butt monkey posts uafan. We all have them. The point is that if the shoe fits.......

Great win tonight. While I think we have a good team and will contend for the MAC East, I'm shocked we were able to win a game when it was the second road game in a row. Statistically very difficult to do.Normally, the butt monkeys come in after a loss and say things like "where is this program now?" and then go onto tell everyone how this program has gone nowhere under JD. I would like to answer that question after a win. We now have a program that can win close games as far back as the MACC. There is no way that this program wins a game like tonight prior to JD. Prior to JD, the WMU would have scored 38 and we would have had 35.Has this program turned a corner where we can now count on them to win close games whether it is a low scoring game or a high scoring game? I think we have. Perhaps the players are getting used to winning. I don't think there has ever been a time since 1987 when we could say that. No more players crying in locker rooms...no more coaches crying in post game radio interviews...no more of any of that nonsense. Attitude means a lot and this team may have the right attitude.This was a huge win for the program. Someone mentioned Akron plays Temple next week. 4-3 (2-0) looks good. I 'd like to know the last time Temple has beaten two I-A teams in a row? More importantly, when is the last time they won a road game?By the way, how about that special teams coach?Go Zips!!!! Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.

For those of you who go back a while. Bigger last second regular season victory. Tonight or 1992 last second victory against Toledo?

The answer to your question is you will probably be able to sit just about anywhere you want. Do you think you are going to a sell out stadium or something?Why would UofA spend a nickle trying to get people to go to away games when they should be spending all of their energy getting people to go to home games?

That offense was great. Whenever a team scored 35, that offense would get us 34. If they scored 30, that offense would get us 28. The great thing about it was they could then blame everything on the other side of the ball in a team sport. What a great bunch of "team players"! Man do I miss the horrible play of those nine years.The other great thing about the Owns years was he was such a crybaby he created a team of whiners that blame everything and everyone but themselves for the loses. It's not them, it's the Rubber Bowl. It's not them, its the practice field. It's not them, etc. I used to love those photos of players crying on the sidelines and in the locker rooms after games. Real men that group. You guys can say what you want about JD's players, but they aren't a bunch of crying and complaining bitches.

Nice post DrZ!Changing the coach is the Cleveland Browns fan solution. Since so many Browns fans live around Akron, it is logical that this stupidity would creep into Zips discussions as well. Changing their coach every other year has been great for that team.

I agree totally so I guess we are some butt monkeys?! If the shoe fits.......

In a game between two evenly matched teams (Akron and Western are evenly matched), one team is more likely to lose the game through turnovers than the other team win it. What it the give-away/take-away ration for both teams? This will give you the answer as to who will win. If even, the home team will have an advantage.

Three or four years ago now, Pitt started the season 2-2 under Walt Harris and one of the local sports writers wrote an article titled, "Who Will Be Pitt's Next Head Coach?" Harris went on to win seven in a row and Pitt went to a BCS Bowl. At the end of the year he was let go and Dave Wanstead was hired. Wanstead has absolutely run that program into the ground in three years.Be careful of what you wish for.........

Specifically, what would you do differently?

Let's not........

Doesn't me....I know you are kidding. There are guys out there who are still pissed that Lee Owens was fired. Second, Akron is in the backyard of Cleveland and with that brings Browns fans. Third, there are some mental midgets out there who see this as a KD vs. JD thing and that's just silly. They are both very good coaches.I agree that people need to be more specific. I don't like the type of defense we play, but it beat Can't. I still don't like it for all the reasons I have posted. I don't like this QB decision Saturday because CJ11 is not mobile enough behind a young line. I'm not 100% certain why he did it.I still like our chances this year in the MAC East....although I don't like them this Saturday.

From all we know, CJ7 is out because he missed a meeting. All I'm saying, and will continue to say, is that to continue to punish him for that is going too far. If it is something worse, then maybe he should be punished more. I have no problem with punishing as long as it is proportional to what he did wrong. Maybe this has been a long time coming. I'd sure like to know.As far as CJ11 learning from mistakes, he probably can. But the problem is he is too slow. College football is not played with slow QBs any more. His ability does not lend itself to a young offensive line or the option style offense we are now playing. We are in big trouble this year if he starts the remainder of the games. The MAC is bad, but it's not that bad.

College leadership comes from the head coach. The myth was perpetuated on this board last year that there was no leader on the team coming from the players. It can't come from the players because there are too many. It must come from the coach.I think this type of hard ass leadership (coaching) does not work in college any longer. Kids are different now. I'm not making judgement, I just think kids are different now and they don't respond to extreme punishment. CJ7 is much more likely to respond negatively if he thinks this is going overboard than positively. Either way, he is our only hope for winning this week.

I don't, but there has to be some stability at the position. Win or lose, CJ7 needed playing time last week.

No one said he wasn't going to play...they just said he wasn't the starter. I am happy with JD's decision. how can u lead a team on the field if you don't do what you are suppose to do off? CJ7 you need to lead by example, you are setting the tone for offense when you are under center and don't think freshmen don't watch upper class men's antics. Be mature and take care off business. A 50K scholarship, the least you could do is go to meetings and get you ankle iced!!!This kinda stuff is what strikes a nerve with me, I had to endure some terrible seasons cause I played with talented guys who didn't wanna work, or simply did dumb shit.Missing meetings = not reading offenses or defensive coverages correctlyNot going to treatment = season long nagging injuriesNot going to class = ineligible playersGeez!!!! How much punishment is enough? I think basically missing the UCONN game was punishment enough for missing a meeting or treatment. Probably too much. If the infraction was more than that it could explain why he is not starting this week. If JD thinks CJ11 gives us a better shot at winning than CJ7, he was not paying attention the first five games.I really am not in favor of CJ11 playing at all unless he must. His time in the games is just a waste of time and there are only 60 minutes in a game. Time can't be wasted. Akron will be 2-4 if he plays more than two series this Saturday. If CJ11 is going to play, we need to change to a different type of offense, but it's too late in the season to do that. There is no deception running the option when he is in the game as there is no threat of him keeping the ball or even getting very far when he keeps it. I'm just amazed by this decision.

Nice pick-up DrZ . I just had a feeling of dread wash over me for many reasons.I bet my brother $100 that CJ11 would never start another game by beating out CJ7 after the showing at UCONN. I still have my $100 if this is punishment. If not, I'm out $100 to a guy who needs $100 like he needs a hole in the head. Someone please find out.Playing CJ11 eliminates one of our playmakers for a "safe" player. The only playmaker remaining is Jabari. How hard is it to stop our offense with Jabari as the only playmaker? Not difficult........ I do think it is difficult to stop with CJ7 in the game though.

We beat NC State last year. It's BCS school. How soon we forget.As far as being competitive in the MAC, I would say that where we sit right now we should be a favorite to win the MAC East and go to a Bowl. Can't beat OU at OU and we beat them. I feel good about the rest of the season.You guys need to understand something. We'll never be able to beat BCS schools on a regular basis. The NCAA has made certain that schools like Akron or any other MAC school will never again be able to beat the BCS schools on a regular basis. No fieldhouse, no new 25,000 seat stadium is going to change that. All of those big schools have big fieldhouses and bigger stadiums. It's not a negative or positive, it's just the way things are. The MAC is a fun and entertaining league and we should all take it for what it is and enjoy it.If you guys want it to change at Akron, it needs to change at the NCAA first. Good luck.

It really can't be the base defense.We should be playing a 3-4 and on third an long a nickle which is the 3-3-5.

I agree and that should be the plan. Long term, we need to bring in enough money so we can get out of playing teams like OSU to make money. Miami now has enough money so they won't have to prostitute themselves and they are no longer going to accept anything other than home and homes with non-conference teams.If we want more home games, we need to make it financially beneficial for a team to come to Akron.