K92 Posted August 25, 2012 Report Posted August 25, 2012 How did you like the one comment to the article by Coach Hater? It's a shame Hitt didn't have the stones to fire that drunken lout, O'Leary over the recruiting scandal and hire Terry Bowden for our coach. Now there's a man with skills, personality and ties to the Florida football community. What a buzz that would make. Instead, we're stuck with this mediocre coach and his BS resume. He coaches about as well as he lies... I'll mark him down as undecided. Quote
Lee Adams Posted August 25, 2012 Report Posted August 25, 2012 Ya know this game is weird to me. UCF is on probation. No post season if I am not mistaken. O'Leary has probably worn out his welcome down there. No doubt UCF has a lot more talent than the Zips. Depending on how the UCF kids respond and how long Akron can stay in the game,could be a UCF blowout or a lot closer than most might think. Might be to Akron's advantage for Fleming to be on the other sideline. Interesting coaching matchup. O'Leary the plodder v TB the gunslinger. Quote
Sergeant Zip Posted August 26, 2012 Report Posted August 26, 2012 The past two years have been so depressing!Maybe that is why "Hoppy Hour" is sponsored by Catavolos Funeral Home and Dignity Memorial. The whole Social Media thing UA is doing seems pretty cool. #ZipsGameday Quote
GP1 Posted August 26, 2012 Report Posted August 26, 2012 Depending on how the UCF kids respond and how long Akron can stay in the game,could be a UCF blowout or a lot closer than most might think. Hanging in is the key. Especially in early season games a team is expected to lose. Why? Teams dont like to show much in early season games they should win easily because it ends up on film. So, they end up having a close game against a team they should easily beat. They sort of figure they will get around to beating them by the end of the game. Then it comes down to less than handful of plays. Perfect example....Michigan losing to App State a few years ago. Michigan did almost everything they needed to do to win that game. It was close, but they drove down for an easy fieldgoal to win the game and it got blocked. One of the handful of plays in a close game lost it for them. This is how we need to look at a UCF upset. The Zips have to hope for a flat ucf, keep it close and hope they poop their pants in the end. It can happen. BTW, I saw where Michigan is trying to schedule App State again. My guess is they want to run the score up on them. I would. Quote
jupitertoo Posted August 26, 2012 Report Posted August 26, 2012 Hanging in is the key. Especially in early season games a team is expected to lose. Why? Teams dont like to show much in early season games they should win easily because it ends up on film. So, they end up having a close game against a team they should easily beat. They sort of figure they will get around to beating them by the end of the game. Then it comes down to less than handful of plays. Perfect example....Michigan losing to App State a few years ago. Michigan did almost everything they needed to do to win that game. It was close, but they drove down for an easy fieldgoal to win the game and it got blocked. One of the handful of plays in a close game lost it for them. This is how we need to look at a UCF upset. The Zips have to hope for a flat ucf, keep it close and hope they poop their pants in the end. It can happen. BTW, I saw where Michigan is trying to schedule App State again. My guess is they want to run the score up on them. I would. I was in Detroit on business last week and caught a radio interview with a member of the Michigan defense that lost that game. He said that virtually the entire starting defense decided to get as high as possible the night before the Appy game to prove that they could beat an FCS team even when high. Said several players were still doing bong hits at 6 a.m. of game day. Guess it didn't work out so well for them. Quote
Zipgrad01 Posted August 26, 2012 Report Posted August 26, 2012 UCF seems to be focusing much more on their week 2 game in Columbus. That is good news for us. Quote
LZIp Posted August 26, 2012 Report Posted August 26, 2012 I was in Detroit on business last week and caught a radio interview with a member of the Michigan defense that lost that game. He said that virtually the entire starting defense decided to get as high as possible the night before the Appy game to prove that they could beat an FCS team even when high. Said several players were still doing bong hits at 6 a.m. of game day. Guess it didn't work out so well for them. Sounds like a poor excuse for a guy who was on the wrong end of the worst upset in college football history. Quote
NewZipsFan Posted August 27, 2012 Report Posted August 27, 2012 Some of those are good. Some? They're freakin hysterical! How about a Coach Fleming/Will Fleming? I'm too lazy to find the pics Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted August 27, 2012 Author Report Posted August 27, 2012 Here is an interview with Coach Resume Padder. One quote really stands out, and I hope he's asking himself this question all the way home I don't know why we're going up to Akron to be honest with you. I think it should be a home game. But it wasn't. There is also confirmation that Blake Bortles will start at QB for the Knights (so much for the link that mentioned Tyler Gabbert as the starter). UCF Depth Chart Quote
akzipper Posted August 28, 2012 Report Posted August 28, 2012 Like This Photo! If the receive 500+ they will unveil the intro video sometime prior to the game on Thursday. Only need 50 more already Quote
g-mann17 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Posted August 28, 2012 Like This Photo! If the receive 500+ they will unveil the intro video sometime prior to the game on Thursday. Only need 50 more already I'm confused, yesterday i was like 503, I look today and it's down to 129, what the crack? Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Posted August 28, 2012 Regarding the 23 ½ point spread, I did a little research over lunch. Now I’m fully aware that the 2012 Zips are a different team in a very different situation. But ponder this for a second. Terry Bowden’s Auburn teams were only defeated by more than 23 points TWICE out of 65 total games over his tenure on the Plains. His North Alabama teams were only defeated ONCE (last year’s quarterfinal D-2 playoff loss to Delta St) by more than 23 points during his stay in Florence. It’s something to consider. Quote
Dr Z Posted August 28, 2012 Report Posted August 28, 2012 JZ, your scenario makes me want to ask coach Bowden, "if your Auburn team was a talent level nine on a scale of one to ten, and your N. Alabama team was a four, where do you rank our current Zips team?" Normally I would say this question is a waste of time, but I think you would get an honest answer from TB. Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Posted August 28, 2012 JZ, your scenario makes me want to ask coach Bowden, "if your Auburn team was a talent level nine on a scale of one to ten, and your N. Alabama team was a four, where do you rank our current Zips team?" Normally I would say this question is a waste of time, but I think you would get an honest answer from TB. It would be interesting to get his take NOW and after few games into the season as well. Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Posted August 29, 2012 Orlando Sentinel article on "FSU of the Midwest" Quote
AKSportsFan Posted August 29, 2012 Report Posted August 29, 2012 If you had to imagine how the game is going to play out...what would be our strengths? and where will the Zips struggle? Based on what I've personally seen of the team we will be able to move the ball outside of the redzone and control to some degree possession. I think our running game will be pretty solid. Special teams will be 10 fold better than last year. The places we will really need to step up will definitely include the redzone. Our offense has not done a very good job getting in once they clear the 25. It would be a shame to be kicking field goals all night. We will be there. Also I think we are going to have difficulties especially late in the game on both o and d lines due to lack of depth. Conditioning will really be key. For some reason I think we are going to have some turnovers INTs have been happening all through camp and Jawon has coughed it up a few times sooo....I hope we really limit our mistakes. They will have to play almost flawlessly to still be in the game come 4th quarter. What do you guys think? Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Posted August 29, 2012 If you had to imagine how the game is going to play out...what would be our strengths? and where will the Zips struggle? Based on what I've personally seen of the team we will be able to move the ball outside of the redzone and control to some degree possession. I think our running game will be pretty solid. Special teams will be 10 fold better than last year. The places we will really need to step up will definitely include the redzone. Our offense has not done a very good job getting in once they clear the 25. It would be a shame to be kicking field goals all night. We will be there. Also I think we are going to have difficulties especially late in the game on both o and d lines due to lack of depth. Conditioning will really be key. For some reason I think we are going to have some turnovers INTs have been happening all through camp and Jawon has coughed it up a few times sooo....I hope we really limit our mistakes. They will have to play almost flawlessly to still be in the game come 4th quarter. What do you guys think? Your assessment is pretty close to the way I see it as well, as noted in my game prediction post. I’m also a little concerned about the speed of the UCF defense causing holding penalties by our O-Line. Hopefully Dalton will not be forced to hold the ball long too many times, making it harder to avoid this likelihood. You’re definitely right that we can’t expect to compete if we turn it over and make things easier for them. The forecast looks absolutely perfect for tomorrow! If we see some goodness, I’ll be perfectly content. Go Zips!! Quote
scottditzen Posted August 29, 2012 Report Posted August 29, 2012 Orlando Sentinel article on "FSU of the Midwest" Great great article. I'm getting psyched to see our players echo the fighting spirit of their coach. Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted August 29, 2012 Author Report Posted August 29, 2012 Now this is a pretty funny, informative and entertaining article: Akron/UCF: Almost a rivalry? Quote
scottditzen Posted August 29, 2012 Report Posted August 29, 2012 Now this is a pretty funny, informative and entertaining article: Akron/UCF: Almost a rivalry? Rivalry? Sure, I'll take it. We lead the series 5-2. Quote
g-mann17 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Posted August 29, 2012 Rivalry? Sure, I'll take it. We lead the series 5-2. It was going to be a big rivalry, on the levels of the Can't rivalry, and it was shaping up that way. Except Akron didn't hold up their end of the bargain and make themselves attractive to C-USA. Quote
AKSportsFan Posted August 29, 2012 Report Posted August 29, 2012 Not too much buzz on the Football forum....Everyone is getting minute by minute updates on the soccer side. Sounds like Porter is out. Pick things up and move on. So much for signing him for 10 years. Good thing we are moving towards football dominance Go ZIPS!!! Quote
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