Game Thread

[Wally B]

End of 1'st

Were up 7-0

[InTheZone]

Getsy throws interception in the end zone. 17-7 Akron. Despite that Getsy's been impressive today.

[Rockhopper Wallaroo]

Zips recover fumble on MTSU own 26 with about 6 min to go

[UAZips]

Getsey had 365yds passing in the 3rd quarter according to espn, but they're terrible about updating today. 17-7 under 2 minutes left, raiders have the ball DEEP in their own territory

[UAZips]

Getsy passed all over the "great" MTSU defense for 376 yards, ZIPS WIN 17-7

[Zipsrifle]

I listened on web radio and tailgated in my driveway! Great feed from yahoo, except when it cut out for about 5 min in the first. I can't wait to see what the Cap'n posts about the game. It sucks listening to the radio......good thing I'll be at almost all the rest of the games!

[Zipsrifle]

Here are my thoughts on the game. Bottom line...ZIPS WIN! We really needed this and boy, I don't ever remember feeling this good at the beginning of a season...EVER! MTSU was a quality team, we were underdogs and pulled it out. We were close to making this an ugly game, 35-7 was not far away on the 30th best D in the COUNTRY!

Like I said above, I listened on web radio, and assuming the announcers were as bad as they were at Purdue last week, this is what I come away. I would put much more stock in any comments from people who were actually at the game than what I say.

GREAT FIRST QUARTER! Put them on their heels with an opening drive and then dominated with the Defense. I felt they were a team that didn't have a winning mentality, and I think that the first quarter kept them that way. I was suprised how much we relied on the pass early. Seemed like we didn't run at all.

I was also getting frustrated with Getsy, :angry: I guess Butchie and Charlie spoiled me, but seemed to be a lot of incomplete passes. Were our receivers just dropping them? What Luke got away with last week bit him today. 3 INT's. Sounds like one time, in the 3rd, he could have just thrown it away. That's one thing 5 always did an EXCELLENT job of, knowing when to just eat it. It is only his 2nd game and he did throw the ball what, 36 times? We got the win against a tough D so I can't give him too much grief!

What really suprised me was how we were able to run the ball in the 4th. After thowing the ball on almost every play in the first 3 quarters, we decide to run in the 4th. Personally, I had flushbacks to LO days when there was 11 minutes on the clock and we decide to try to run it out. WTF! Put the damn game out of reach! But, I have to say, I heard the announcers say this about 10 times "Biggs for only a yard or so..... oh wait, he's still GOING!" JD put the game on Brett's shoulders and he came up bigtime. the announcers said they were running plays, ESPN Play-by-play says they were passes, which was it?

I hope that we continue to make big improvements week to week. Seems we still couldn't get it done on 3rd and short. We would have really put this thing away if that was the case. Hopefully that come around, we're going to need everything we can get next week. I continue to hold my breath on Kickoffs. Dom went down, someone said he was OK, I sure hope so. That guy is really taking a beating!

To sum it up, GREAT WIN!!!! I was still telling myself with 6:00 left that we desperately need to score or we would surely blow this one. Didn't happen! The D must have been awesome. We didn't even give up any late scores like we used to with LO. Wow, two weeks ago I had this one chalked up as a "Winnable" game, but probably a solid loss. JD and the team has me VERY, VERY impressed! Like I said earlier, we could've taken them out back the woodshed! I really feel that the team has a totally different attitude than a year ago. They come every game to play and are starting to slam the door when it's necessary. I can't believe this is a rebuilding year! I'm going to have to start working on my attitude now!

F-IT, LETS MAKE A RUN AT THE MAC CHAMPIONSHIP!