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Zips at Ohio 10/16/10


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This is weird, but I think that at OU will be the best game we've played so far. I don't expect a win because I think OU is the best team in the East now that Temple lost Bernard Pierce to injury. But I do expect to look respectable. I don't think we'll see so many bone-headed plays. I do think we'll see some starters from the first half of the season being replaced, especially in the defensive secondary.

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Well i do expect a win. We aren't as bad as our coach makes us. If he can figure out what he's doing, start motivating our players, and start earning some respect from them as well, then we have a decent chance in any game.

I'm going down there for the weekend, hopefully a win will make it all the more fun.

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NO, i don't think Ohio is the best in the EAST........ I put Temple in that position until the kittens prove otherwise!

Meanwhile, i'm not sure if they are pumping themselves up for the game or reminding us how we got where we are! :(

from Utube (as posted on bcattack)....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5_exeBypKQ#t=54s

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Well i do expect a win. We aren't as bad as our coach makes us. If he can figure out what he's doing, start motivating our players, and start earning some respect from them as well, then we have a decent chance in any game.

I'm going down there for the weekend, hopefully a win will make it all the more fun.

I'm with you Root. Just cause we are 16.5 point dogs is no reason we shouldn't win by 14. :wave:

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NO, i don't think Ohio is the best in the EAST........ I put Temple in that position until the kittens prove otherwise!

Meanwhile, i'm not sure if they are pumping themselves up for the game or reminding us how we got where we are! :(

from Utube (as posted on bcattack)....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5_exeBypKQ#t=54s

Those videos are all fantastically done, why do they all have so little views?! If those were of the Zips, i would watch those every morning when i wake up.

Btw wouldn't it be great to have a real coach like Solich?

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I'm a little scared that OUs offense seemed to hit a high gear last weekend. But for whatever it's worth, I really think this will be the game where we find out if our somewhat-improved tackling this year is for real. For the most part, I expect OU to be a straight-at-you, physical offense. If we do well in that dept., I can be encouraged that at least one aspect of our team (run defense) seems a little better than it's been in the recent past.

A victory? We seem so far away from a team that can win a game right now. But it's the MAC. We're gonna win a game eventually.

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Pretty bad when a team as bad as OU is embarrassing us. We may be one of the bottom 10 teams in 1AA as well.

They are loving it down here though, just harassing our players to no end the entire time. Also, there is one loud Akron fan (not me actually) who has been booing Ianello and yelling things at him for the last 20 minutes...it's pretty funny.

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The players have quit. It was the Wagon Wheel or bust in their minds, and they are busted.

The coaches are too stubborn to realize it and throw in all the freshmen to get them ready for next year, though. Burn every redshirt we have unless absolutely necessary. Bench all juniors and seniors. We're toast anyway, what does it matter is we lose by a few more touchdowns when we have zero chance of winning anyway?

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The players have quit. It was the Wagon Wheel or bust in their minds, and they are busted.

The coaches are too stubborn to realize it and throw in all the freshmen to get them ready for next year, though. Burn every redshirt we have unless absolutely necessary. Bench all juniors and seniors. We're toast anyway, what does it matter is we lose by a few more touchdowns when we have zero chance of winning anyway?

10 of the recruits from last year's class played today. They pretty much have burned the redshirts. Good commentary from Alleman and Joe Dunn. They have to try Rodgers next week. Give guys a chance to rally around someone. You need to get a JUCO QB anyway that can play the pro set. Put Rodgers in and run the no huddle next week. Let's see what happens.

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Nicely should have been redshirted this season, anyway. I expressed as much before the season. I also said we wouldn't win a game because of our coaching, even against Gardner Webb, and nobody believed me.

Looked like a benching to me. Nicely made a couple of decisions that clearly infuriated the coaching staff. One, early in Q1, was to throw the ball away, backwards, as he was being sacked on the 15 yard line. Obvious fumble that Akron luckily recovered, but at a loss of 8 yards. The second was an intentional grounding after leaving the pocket. He was yanked immediately after that call.

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Nicely should have been redshirted this season, anyway. I expressed as much before the season. I also said we wouldn't win a game because of our coaching, even against Gardner Webb, and nobody believed me.

Looked like a benching to me. Nicely made a couple of decisions that clearly infuriated the coaching staff. One, early in Q1, was to throw the ball away, backwards, as he was being sacked on the 15 yard line. Obvious fumble that Akron luckily recovered, but at a loss of 8 yards. The second was an intentional grounding after leaving the pocket. He was yanked immediately after that call.

How about throwing the ball away, but forgetting to throw it past the line of scrimmage?

I gave him a chance despite everything I've seen and heard, and now I've really had enough.

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Nicely should have been redshirted this season, anyway. I expressed as much before the season. I also said we wouldn't win a game because of our coaching, even against Gardner Webb, and nobody believed me.

Looked like a benching to me. Nicely made a couple of decisions that clearly infuriated the coaching staff. One, early in Q1, was to throw the ball away, backwards, as he was being sacked on the 15 yard line. Obvious fumble that Akron luckily recovered, but at a loss of 8 yards. The second was an intentional grounding after leaving the pocket. He was yanked immediately after that call.

Turns out he was injured. I shudder to think of how bad Matt Rodgers must look if Nicely is retaining his starting job.

Coach's Press Conference

Regarding senior quarterback Patrick Nicely, who sat out the fourth quarter of Saturday's Ohio game:

"Patrick (Nicely) is fine, his injury isn't as serious as it looked at the time, but it was painful at the time. He is fine and we don't expect any setbacks with him practice wise. A lot of the positions I will say on this team are open after the way we played on Saturday, but Patrick will be the starting quarterback heading into Saturday's game."

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