Zips vs OSU

[ZachTheZip]

Podcast of Ianello on 1540 AM this morning

[Dr Z]

Most people vote that the "Zips pull out the upset" (poll on PD)

[Buckzip]

I remember when it seemed like Akron always had a good kicker.

Heckman, Graham, Klaus, I can't remember them all, but it seemed like up until the last 10 years, we used to have really good kickers.

[skip-zip]

Most people vote that the "Zips pull out the upset" (poll on PD)

Keep voting. It's turning into a laugher.

Funny how "Ohio's Team" can't even get people in the Cleveland newspaper area to support them in a poll. That's why so many people are suggesting that the usual "Bandwagoners" won't be quite so plentiful this year.

[ZachTheZip]

Key to tomorrow's game: leave it all on the table. This goes for the players and coaches.

For the coaches, pull out every play in the playbook (or in John Latina's case draw up a dozen more than the three offensive plays we ran last year). Keep playing to win and putting the players in positions to win no matter how the momentum looks. Last time we played, Brookhart had given up before the first snap and the resulting playcalling hampered our offense by keeping it too simplistic in a game where the players were competing at the same level as the opponent. He admitted to that in the post-game press conference. I hope Ianello and staff isn't too arrogant to learn from that mistake.

For the players, don't go into the game having already declared self-defeat. Some of the players get it in their heads that they're going up against some magical force that can't be affected by mere mortals on a football field. They forget that for all the tradition, media circus, and other circumstantial bullcrap that at the end of the day they're facing a group of college kids with no more experience or maturity than themselves. The color on their jerseys doesn't matter. They still had to go to class, attend team meetings, deal with a-hole professors, worry about their girlfriends, and decide what to eat for lunch just like our players did today. The crowd won't matter, OSU has a lot of people but the Shoe is quiet compared to stadiums even half its size.

[Buckzip]

Key to tomorrow's game: leave it all on the table. This goes for the players and coaches.

For the coaches, pull out every play in the playbook (or in John Latina's case draw up a dozen more than the three offensive plays we ran last year). Keep playing to win and putting the players in positions to win no matter how the momentum looks. Last time we played, Brookhart had given up before the first snap and the resulting playcalling hampered our offense by keeping it too simplistic in a game where the players were competing at the same level as the opponent. He admitted to that in the post-game press conference. I hope Ianello and staff isn't too arrogant to learn from that mistake.

For the players, don't go into the game having already declared self-defeat. Some of the players get it in their heads that they're going up against some magical force that can't be affected by mere mortals on a football field. They forget that for all the tradition, media circus, and other circumstantial bullcrap that at the end of the day they're facing a group of college kids with no more experience or maturity than themselves. The color on their jerseys doesn't matter. They still had to go to class, attend team meetings, deal with a-hole professors, worry about their girlfriends, and decide what to eat for lunch just like our players did today. The crowd won't matter, OSU has a lot of people but the Shoe is quiet compared to stadiums even half its size.

The problem that a lot of these underdogs have when going against the larger programs is they think they can try to keep the score low and stay into it. That rarely works. Akron should come out firing on all cylinders and try to take OSU off guard. None of this run. run, sack, punt BS.

OSU is bigger and faster by a lot. The only way to counter that is to do what they aren't expecting.

Use the OSU speed to Akrons advantage. Counters, traps qb draws, swings, screens.

Dont' play the typical let's see if we can keep it close and then get lucky at the end crap.

Make the team know you are trying to win Coach. Make them know you beleive in them.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Keep voting. It's turning into a laugher.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Key to tomorrow's game: leave it all on the table.

Never heard of that one.

[dreal1scout]

Key to tomorrow's game: leave it all on the table. This goes for the players and coaches.

For the coaches, pull out every play in the playbook (or in John Latina's case draw up a dozen more than the three offensive plays we ran last year). Keep playing to win and putting the players in positions to win no matter how the momentum looks. Last time we played, Brookhart had given up before the first snap and the resulting playcalling hampered our offense by keeping it too simplistic in a game where the players were competing at the same level as the opponent. He admitted to that in the post-game press conference. I hope Ianello and staff isn't too arrogant to learn from that mistake.

For the players, don't go into the game having already declared self-defeat. Some of the players get it in their heads that they're going up against some magical force that can't be affected by mere mortals on a football field. They forget that for all the tradition, media circus, and other circumstantial bullcrap that at the end of the day they're facing a group of college kids with no more experience or maturity than themselves. The color on their jerseys doesn't matter. They still had to go to class, attend team meetings, deal with a-hole professors, worry about their girlfriends, and decide what to eat for lunch just like our players did today. The crowd won't matter, OSU has a lot of people but the Shoe is quiet compared to stadiums even half its size.

The problem that a lot of these underdogs have when going against the larger programs is they think they can try to keep the score low and stay into it. That rarely works. Akron should come out firing on all cylinders and try to take OSU off guard. None of this run. run, sack, punt BS.

OSU is bigger and faster by a lot. The only way to counter that is to do what they aren't expecting.

Use the OSU speed to Akrons advantage. Counters, traps qb draws, swings, screens.

Dont' play the typical let's see if we can keep it close and then get lucky at the end crap.

Make the team know you are trying to win Coach. Make them know you beleive in them.

Sage advice. GO ZIPS!!

[AKSportsFan]

I love the poll results and I will be at the game tomorrow leaving it all out on the table as I cheer for the ZIPS. Play hard and be mentally into it. OSU will lack the focus because of all the off the field crap. Hit hard and play hard.

Go ZIPS!!!

[Dr Z]

Most people vote that the "Zips pull out the upset" (poll on PD)

Keep voting.

Ut oh, I think the PD caught on to us.

[ZachTheZip]

Dispatch article on Zips players from central Ohio.

[Dr Z]

33.5!? Take akron and the points all day. There is no way that we lose by that many!

Here you go. Let us know how much you are wagering. You get 34 points.

Line has moved to 32. Over/Under is now 46.5.

Edit: Just changed again...31.5. 100% of the action on sportsbook.com is on the over.

Edit 2: Only 70% of the money is now on the over at sportsbook.com. 73% of the money is on OSU to cover.