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My favorite column starts with a"W".

Akron could be 4&1 with a better QB and a kicker who could make a FG three yards longer than an extra point.

I don't think it's unpopular at all. If less than 10 plays go a different direction, the Zips are 4-1 and tied for first place in the division. The MAC isn't a hard place to win. We just seem to make it impossible.

Want some perspective on how ineffective the Zips passing game was yesterday? In each of their last games, Army, Navy and Air Force have thrown TD passes for longer yardage than the Zips longest pass yesterday.

You're right. It is. Temple, the Zips missed receivers for scores down field on more than one occasion. Better player execution and we win. Indiana, missed easy FG to win the game. Better player execution and we win. Yesterday, a couple of missed throws down field and a costly penalty sustaining UBs only TD drive in regulation. U mistakes Captain Kangaroo in his Matt Cherry jersey in Lot 9 for an actual player instead of running for a few more yards making a FG easier. Better player execution and we win. Everyone getting it? If you put players in position to be successful during a game and they botch those opportunities, who is at fault? Player liability is why NFL players get cut mid season. Remember, we are not talking about pee wee football. We're talking about major college football. Major college when the players are getting everything they want including money. Don't be so easy on them. Between the botched execution and sheer stupidity, I don't know how they win another game.

The Zips had better be able to complete a pass for more than 17 yards for this to be effective. I quickly looked this up. Over half of MAC teams yesterday had a scoring pass longer than our longest pass. When opportunities present themselves, teams have to take advantage. Akron doesn't.

Other than wanting to be closer to family in western PA, naybe Joe isn't a fan of Cuban food.

These are the words that got Jim Grobe fired at Wake Forest.

I didn't know this. It's alarming. VA Tech is a horrible, losing program and he couldn't play there? Let's bring in a QB from a winning program.

We're you watching game while running the marathon?

College football is in the process of realignment into new divisions but most fans don't see it. We need stay where we are. Ideally we could make changes with the rest of the MAC and G5 conferences, but the people who run those conferences are too stupid to see what's happening to their employers.

I'm not a fan of crybabies.

Trust me... you don't want to see it.

Agreed.

Eli Manning once described how you know when an offense is in sync during a game. Basically, the offense can get a first down on any down. That's when you're killing the defense. I'd be interested to know how Akron measures under this standard. We're always fight for third down first downs.

Agree. They also need to make his early game touches more productive. When we use our RBs, the production needs to be consistent throughout the game.

We should be 4-1 and in first place in the division with enough opportunity in front of us to make the day after Thanksgiving game meaningful. Instead, here we go again......

Since when? He has an inaccurate rubber arm.

I don't see the ball getting close enough to their hands in big play opportunities for them to catch.

I still can't believe they lost. Buffalo is a terrible MAC team. Between the Zips and the marathoners, there's a lot of crap to clean out of athletic gear this afternoon.

We don't have personnel problems in these areas.

I don't want an average MAC QB. I want a top notch MAC QB. That's how you win and compete for league championships. I don't want to be the NC State of the MAC. We can do better than that. If Wake Forest can get top level ACC QBs, Akron can get top level MAC QBs.

The stadium isn't the problem.

The Zips have one position badly underperforming. I'm guessing this fix needs to take place in the office season. By fix, I mean rebuild the QB room.

Do what I do and only pay attention when you have absolutely nothing else to do.