Captain Kangaroo Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 His completion percentage is listed at 59.1% for last season, but it would jump to 66.7% if passes completed to members of opposing teams were counted in the stat. http://www.cubuffs.com/fls/600/gameday/2012/custats.pdf If any of the Zips present back ups played for Colorado last season, I think you'd see completion percentages around 25%...including passes completed to members of the opposing team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendofzippy Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 So, you think this guy is leaving a very possible starting gig at Colorado to be a good and supportive soldier in a bench role at a MAC school with a 1-11 record? Yeah it is curious. Colorado is a complete mess though so maybe he just wanted out? They just lost a kid to Nebraska too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendofzippy Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 I'm wondering and maybe I'm absolutely crazy but he might think Akron has a better chance at a bowl game than Colorado. I assume he believes he'll be the starter and playing against the MAC would provide him with a better change at bowl eligibility than starting at Colorado and playing in the PAC-12. However slim that hope may be I would guess he's probably right. Six wins at Akron has to be easier than six wins at Colorado. I sense good intentions here, but no, he's not coming here for a chance at a bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP99 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Was recruited by Ivy schools and couldn't crack the lineup at Colorado. Ummmmm. Hi, there Zips fans. First post, but your comment about "cracking the lineup" deserves a little history. Here's the background that might assist your evaluation. One of my kids goes to CU and we've watched this scenario unfold for several painful years. (My son is not on the team, but has been pretty close to the action.) Hirschman was recruited by Dan Hawkins, who was fired 2 years ago. Hawkins' favorite QB was his own son, Cody. His second favorite was Tyler Hansen, who is now having a cup of coffee in the NFL these days. Hirschman was redshirted behind those two guys. HC Hawkins was fired and replaced by Jon Embree who then led the Colorado team to their two worst seasons since the invention of football. Embree brought in his own guys (including KU transfer Jordan Webb, who happened to be the college roommate of Embree's own son who played at Kansas) and then benched Hawkin's QBs guys in favor of Webb. The final 1-11 season Embree played more sophomores and freshmen than veterans, no surprises, since he stated he would play his own guys in weekly news conferences. He even held separate team meetings: those he recruited and those he inherited. Hirschman and the six other QBs on the roster got to watch painfully as Webb lost game after game, but retained the HC's absolute loyalty. Embree was fired at the end of the (worst in the BCS) 2012 season, and this spring QB Nick Hirschman was facing the possibility of his third head coach in three years; one of whom had benched him for not being a blood relative and one benched him just for being recruited by the previous coach. With the newest coach actively recruiting MORE qbs for his system, and saying he didn't want to name a QB until after he's seen how HIS recruits look when he arrives on campus this summer, the veterans were obviously wondering if they'd see a replay of the previous regimes. So that's about it. You have a very smart quarterback (accepted to Ivy League schools) who has some Div 1 experience and leadership qualities. Here's a little interview from when he was recruited to Colorado. Should give you a better idea who he is. http://www.ralphiereport.com/2009/7/1/9348...-live-interview With ability to graduate early and still have two years to play two, Hirschman chose a school where he'd have a good chance of being "the guy." Not sure how this will all shake out, but there are a lot of very young QBs on the Zips' roster, so having an older, experienced guy could be good for the short-term and also for the long term -- in that he can help prepare the younger QBs for the road ahead. Whether he's starter or backup, he's competent and nobody knows what his ceiling is yet. Best of luck to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP99 Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I sense good intentions here, but no, he's not coming here for a chance at a bowl. On the other hand, Colorado hasn't been to a bowl game in about 7 years. Not a single player oin their current roster, nor any of the guys who graduated this spring ever went to a bowl. Probably not what they expected when they signed their LOIs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Welcome, BP99. Since you seem to have some familiarity with Nick, how quickly do you think he will adapt to the Zips spread offense? Thanks for the insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Colorado's plight seems eerily similar to Akron's, only offset by a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronzips71 Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Since Capt K is quoting me, all I can say is: It's all good. How can it be bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted May 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 My favorite Columbus State LB is transfering. Wonder if he ends up in the MAC? Scout Profile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbalsinger Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 My favorite Columbus State LB is transfering. Wonder if he ends up in the MAC? Wouldn't that be wonderful? I don't think it's good chances he would land in the MAC...let alone Akron...but I do love when we snatch up those former 4-star recruits from other teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendofzippy Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Wouldn't that be wonderful? I don't think it's good chances he would land in the MAC...let alone Akron...but I do love when we snatch up those former 4-star recruits from other teams. He planned on going to Bowling Green, but was arrested this past weekend so they passed on him. He's from South Bend so I'd see him landing closer to home than Akron, but who knows with this knucklehead. He was never going to play at OSU so he's smart to transfer, but stupid to mess up the shot he had at BGSU. I hope he doesn't land at Toledo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 He planned on going to Bowling Green, but was arrested this past weekend so they passed on him. He's from South Bend so I'd see him landing closer to home than Akron, but who knows with this knucklehead. He was never going to play at OSU so he's smart to transfer, but stupid to mess up the shot he had at BGSU. I hope he doesn't land at Toledo. The kid has some serious issues. Do not want him at Akron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 I bet he ends up at Ball State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbalsinger Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 The kid has some serious issues. Do now want him at Akron. Stealing ipods from teammates isn't serious issues? *cough* Avis Commack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nja16 Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 A few additional videos from this spring were added to the ZipsFBVideo youtube channel. I thought some may find these of interest in case you haven't seen them. The following is a Hype Video finished earlier this year. Anyone who attended the Spring game may recognize this as the pre-game video played on the endzone video board http://youtu.be/utOSPQlVEio: This video includes some of the highlights from Winter/Early Spring Weight Training http://youtu.be/YVw6FgT25zg: Also, something fun we uncovered, a UAkron commercial aired during the 1998 season http://youtu.be/ApCIQzz6NWQ: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsfan33 Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 1998 the year I started my first of 2 degrees at Akron. Fun times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Zac Jackson with Terry Bowden on the camp circuit, recruiting and player evaluations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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