Game 2 - Akron at FIU

[ZachTheZip]

Wonder how the depth chart will change based on seeing the players in an actual game.

[Lee Adams]

Wonder how the depth chart will change based on seeing the players in an actual game.

While an updated chart hasn't been posted,TB is already making changes. Fireson is no longer #1 on the chart. Be interesting to see how many more 'starters' slip down the chart over the next 3 games.

TB needed to see people against legit competition not just in scrimmages against questionable talent.

He is rearranging the chairs now to get ready for Miami on 9-29.

[lance99]

We've been playiong football for over 100 years longer than they have and we're 23.5 point underdogs (sigh).

That is what I cannot understand. They lost by 20 to that football Juggernaut Duke(YES DUKE!) and they get that many points!? This game is very winnable

[Dr Z]

This game is very winnable

Anybody see a money line anywhere? I might keep on eye out Saturday morning.

[johnnyzip84]

Anybody see a money line anywhere? I might keep on eye out Saturday morning.

Boy, I’m not sure I’d be ready to put any money down on a Zip football game right now (for or against) until things settle down a bit. With that caveat, here goes my prediction for week 2.

Regardless of the Duke-FIU score last week and the patches of Sunbelt contempt permeating this board (like there is any significant difference in strength between top tier MAC and Sunbelt squads ), playing at FIU represents another stiff test for the new Zips. There are simply too many question marks (Pughsley’s health, special teams, run defense) for me to pick an upset in the early season Floridian swelter.

I think DW13 will have another respectable game, but I fear FIU will get more pressure on him due to the following:

1. More aggressive defensive play-calling

2. Lack of respect for UA’s running game

3. The heat and its effect on Akron’s depth

What is the good news? The Zips make some strides on defense and special teams and they cover!

FIU 38

Zips 20

[Lee Adams]

Boy,hopefully most of us don't have the spread as our main concern when it comes to Akron football. Although it apperarst there are a few folks who have that in mind on a regular basis. Guess you could have made some decent money betting against Akron week after week over the past couple of years. Fortunately the onfield performance of the team has nothing to do with the amount of money some folks drop on the game. Oh,unless you are Toledo?

[Zipmeister]

Boy, I’m not sure I’d be ready to put any money down on a Zip football game right now (for or against) until things settle down a bit. With that caveat, here goes my prediction for week 2.

Regardless of the Duke-FIU score last week and the patches of Sunbelt contempt permeating this board (like there is any significant difference in strength between top tier MAC and Sunbelt squads ), playing at FIU represents another stiff test for the new Zips. There are simply too many question marks (Pughsley’s health, special teams, run defense) for me to pick an upset in the early season Floridian swelter.

I think DW13 will have another respectable game, but I fear FIU will get more pressure on him due to the following:

1. More aggressive defensive play-calling

2. Lack of respect for UA’s running game

3. The heat and its effect on Akron’s depth

What is the good news? The Zips make some strides on defense and special teams and they cover!

FIU 38

Zips 20

All legitimate points 84. Taking those into consideration, I'm going with the Zips by 14.

[ZachTheZip]

We had two extra days to prepare and work to eliminate mistakes.

[g-mann17]

Boy, I’m not sure I’d be ready to put any money down on a Zip football game right now (for or against) until things settle down a bit. With that caveat, here goes my prediction for week 2.

Regardless of the Duke-FIU score last week and the patches of Sunbelt contempt permeating this board (like there is any significant difference in strength between top tier MAC and Sunbelt squads ), playing at FIU represents another stiff test for the new Zips. There are simply too many question marks (Pughsley’s health, special teams, run defense) for me to pick an upset in the early season Floridian swelter.

I think DW13 will have another respectable game, but I fear FIU will get more pressure on him due to the following:

1. More aggressive defensive play-calling

2. Lack of respect for UA’s running game

3. The heat and its effect on Akron’s depth

What is the good news? The Zips make some strides on defense and special teams and they cover!

FIU 38

Zips 20

Heat shouldn't be a concern this early in the season. We've had the hottest summer in the last 50 years, all week has been high 80's and 90's. It will likely be rainy and 85-89 tomorrow. Nothing they shouldn't be used to this eraly in the season.

[Wally B]

Side note to this discussion:

Congrove's game day spreads listed us as 26 point underdogs to UCF, but 35 point underdogs to FIU. We didn't cover UCF, so this one should be interesting.

Personally, I think we'll cover if not beat it.

FIU - 28

UA - 10

[johnnyzip84]

@G-mann: I should have said heat & humidity. Until the last week or so, it's been a very dry summer in NE Ohio even if the temps have been higher than usual. There's no comparing Miami heat/humidity with Akron heat/humidity.

@Lee: Some of us (myself included) are only interested in the spread for "amusement only". I haven't placed a bet since high school (those sheets where you had to pick 3 games correctly to get 5:1 payback, 4 games to get 8:1, etc), but I still like to know what the betting public expects out of the Zips on a weekly basis. Consider this. If the Zips start to cover the spread consistently, what does that mean? It means they're getting better, for one.

[K92]

Surely we have a better shot at winning than this prediction...

http://www.sports-ratings.com/college_foot...akron-zips.html

[g-mann17]

@G-mann: I should have said heat & humidity. Until the last week or so, it's been a very dry summer in NE Ohio even if the temps have been higher than usual. There's no comparing Miami heat/humidity with Akron heat/humidity.

You are going with generalized weather. The average yearly humidity in Akron is 39 the average for Miami is 38. Making Akron a more humid place. Summer averages are Miami 83 and Akron 80. So only slightly more humid.

Again, this early in the season weather is not a factor. Late October, i would maybe agree with you as climatization would have changed for our players, but still being summer there is no advantage.

[skip-zip]

You are going with generalized weather. The average yearly humidity in Akron is 39 the average for Miami is 38. Making Akron a more humid place. Summer averages are Miami 83 and Akron 80. So only slightly more humid.

Again, this early in the season weather is not a factor. Late October, i would maybe agree with you as climatization would have changed for our players, but still being summer there is no advantage.

Have you ever spent any time in South Florida in August or September?

I know we can't ever predict what will happen on one single day, but as September weather in Ohio starts to cool, the weather down near the eveglades will stay steamy, hot, and often rainy, with dew points often still reaching well into the 70s. It surely is an advantage, especially when you take a team with limited depth down into those conditions. Looking at our highest summer temps and humidity averages here in Akron does no justice to the difference between the two climates.

[ZachTheZip]

Have you ever spent any time in South Florida in August or September?

I know we can't ever predict what will happen on one single day, but as September weather in Ohio starts to cool, the weather down near the eveglades will stay steamy, hot, and often rainy, with dew points often still reaching well into the 70s. It surely is an advantage, especially when you take a team with limited depth down into those conditions. Looking at our highest summer temps and humidity averages here in Akron does no justice to the difference between the two climates.

Have you ever spent an extended period of time in Akron's Field House when it's full of people moving around generating body heat? It's just as bad if not worse than what you see outdoors in Miami.

[Dr Z]

Still no money line that I can see. Over under listed at 57, I like the over, no under, well it depends.

[g-mann17]

Have you ever spent any time in South Florida in August or September?

I know we can't ever predict what will happen on one single day, but as September weather in Ohio starts to cool, the weather down near the eveglades will stay steamy, hot, and often rainy, with dew points often still reaching well into the 70s. It surely is an advantage, especially when you take a team with limited depth down into those conditions. Looking at our highest summer temps and humidity averages here in Akron does no justice to the difference between the two climates.

I have spent a lot of time in the south, I started dating my wife when she lived in Savannah, GA. I know what coastal humidity is, but I also know what weather fallacies are. Akron sits at the heads of the Tuscarawas some 40 miles from from the coast of Lake Erie. Are humidity and heat in the summer are very similar to humidity and heat anywhere along the coast. It is a generalization that the south is hotter. Why? Because their average temperature is higher. They get about 3 weeks of additional 90 degree days. That and mild winters are the difference.

It has been 80's all week with high humidity, real "cooling" of weather there.

Sorry, this early in the football season, climate is not a factor.

[skip-zip]

I have spent a lot of time in the south, I started dating my wife when she lived in Savannah, GA. I know what coastal humidity is, but I also know what weather fallacies are. Akron sits at the heads of the Tuscarawas some 40 miles from from the coast of Lake Erie. Are humidity and heat in the summer are very similar to humidity and heat anywhere along the coast. It is a generalization that the south is hotter. Why? Because their average temperature is higher. They get about 3 weeks of additional 90 degree days. That and mild winters are the difference.

It has been 80's all week with high humidity, real "cooling" of weather there.

Sorry, this early in the football season, climate is not a factor.

South Florida Right Now: 83 degrees with a 74 degree dew point.

Akron Right Now: 71 degrees with a 65 degree dew point.

Nope, not difference at all

And tomrrow, it will be 88 down there, and 68 degrees here.

Under which conditions would you rather take a football team that's thin in depth?

[g-mann17]

South Florida Right Now: 83 degrees with a 74 degree dew point.

Akron Right Now: 71 degrees with a 65 degree dew point.

Nope, not difference at all

And tomrrow, it will be 88 down there, and 68 degrees here.

Under which conditions would you rather take a football team that's thin in depth?

Yeah, because the team isn't traveling today or anything.

So far this month, 87, 81, 89, 75, 82, 87. Miami, 91, 88, 88, 88, 89, 87.

Again, this early in the year, not a factor, sorry. If this was October 13th, i'd say it was factor, because you will have hit the cooling part of the summer, and a month of 65-75 degree days, while Miami was still in their 80-89 phase.

Plus FIU is thin too, if they weren't they would have competed better against Duke. Heat and conditioning will not be factors in this game.

[Captain Kangaroo]

I just hope The Diff between our score and FIU's is less than that of the Temperature vs. Dew Point.

What is the money line on the Temp/Dew Point?

[johnnyzip84]

I just hope The Diff between our score and FIU's is less than that of the Temperature vs. Dew Point.

What is the money line on the Temp/Dew Point?

Boy,hopefully most of us don't have the money line as our main concern when it comes to the differences in Akron Temp/Dew Point and Miami Temp/Dew Point

Any more predictions for the football game?

[AKSportsFan]

Here's a prediction:

ZIPS WIN!!!

[AKSportsFan]

Anyone got a inside scoop on a video feed for the game? Radio at the least?

[Zipmeister]

Very interesting temperature/dew point debate going on, but you are both ignoring the importance of barometric pressure on the outcome of the contest.

[Dr Z]

Anyone got a inside scoop on a video feed for the game? Radio at the least?

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