a-zip Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 My thoughts so far this year..... I am very pleased with the progress thus far. Although the effort has not translated in to wins, the guys are battling. Case in point - the Michigan game was a L but I would argue that it was one of the best showings a UoA football team has EVER displayed. Playing at the "big house" and battling to the last second should make us all proud and optimistic. Our lone W took every second to get. 1- The schedule has been brutal, the results were to be expected but I would argue the scores are much better than expected Michigan - currently ranked 18 N. Illinois - currently ranked 24 Central Florida - currently in the "also receiving votes" rankings - ugly game for us James Madison - currently ranked 19 in FCS Bowling Green - we battled against a team that is averaging over 30 pts per game, the just lost to Mississippi State (SEC team) by 1 Ohio - OK this was a mess but they are a good team 2- Injuries - Hirschman and C.J. James out not sure about the rest but these are two key losses. Pohl is also hurt. I would argue that if Hirschman was healthy to come in to some of these games we may have another win or two.....it worked in the JMU game. There may be more of them I am not aware of. 3- Recruits - the players TB is bringing in are good.......we just need more of them. It would certainly help recruiting if Infocision was packed......Nobody wants to play in a half empty stadium - even if it is a beautiful one. This is a "chicken & egg" dilemma we have always had at UoA. 4- The jerseys are awesome......I love the new helmets...the all white unis with the gold "Z" helmet are winners....they look sharp. I am looking for 3 more wins for the remainder of the season. I am really hoping we spank the crap out of Can't State more than ever(I think TB realizes the importance of that game). I would like to predict the Can't State game will be a sellout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA1987 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 My thoughts so far this year..... I am very pleased with the progress thus far. Although the effort has not translated in to wins, the guys are battling. Case in point - the Michigan game was a L but I would argue that it was one of the best showings a UoA football team has EVER displayed. Playing at the "big house" and battling to the last second should make us all proud and optimistic. Our lone W took every second to get. 1- The schedule has been brutal, the results were to be expected but I would argue the scores are much better than expected Michigan - currently ranked 18 N. Illinois - currently ranked 24 Central Florida - currently in the "also receiving votes" rankings - ugly game for us James Madison - currently ranked 19 in FCS Bowling Green - we battled against a team that is averaging over 30 pts per game, the just lost to Mississippi State (SEC team) by 1 Ohio - OK this was a mess but they are a good team 2- Injuries - Hirschman and C.J. James out not sure about the rest but these are two key losses. Pohl is also hurt. I would argue that if Hirschman was healthy to come in to some of these games we may have another win or two.....it worked in the JMU game. There may be more of them I am not aware of. 3- Recruits - the players TB is bringing in are good.......we just need more of them. It would certainly help recruiting if Infocision was packed......Nobody wants to play in a half empty stadium - even if it is a beautiful one. This is a "chicken & egg" dilemma we have always had at UoA. 4- The jerseys are awesome......I love the new helmets...the all white unis with the gold "Z" helmet are winners....they look sharp. I am looking for 3 more wins for the remainder of the season. I am really hoping we spank the crap out of Can't State more than ever(I think TB realizes the importance of that game). I would like to predict the Can't State game will be a sellout. Agree with all of your post. The season now hinges on the Can't game and picking up a win or two elsewhere starting in Oxford this coming weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 It's hard to get excited about any kind of stat while you're still mostly losing. But someday maybe we can look back on this season with at least some sense of pride that the Zips lost to two Top 25 teams by a total of only 11 points in the midst of their transformation from perennial football losers to perennial football winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballzip Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 It's hard to get excited about any kind of stat while you're still mostly losing. But someday maybe we can look back on this season with at least some sense of pride that the Zips lost to two Top 25 teams by a total of only 11 points in the midst of their transformation from perennial football losers to perennial football winners. people only care about wins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-zip Posted October 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 people only care about wins Yea, I guess the people are right. Lets keep firing coaches until somebody comes in and just starts winning. My bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Yea, I guess the people are right. Lets keep firing coaches until somebody comes in and just starts winning. My bad Again, this weekend will be huge for TB. Gotta beat and FBS team at some point. I hope they win and win big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 "Bowling Green - we battled against a team that is averaging over 30 pts per game, the just lost to Mississippi State (SEC team) by 1 " Bowling Green scored 31 (about average for their O) Zips scored 14 (below average for their D). I guess that can be called progress? Zips lost to NIU last year by way more. My thoughts so far this year..... I am very pleased with the progress thus far. Although the effort has not translated in to wins, the guys are battling. Case in point - the Michigan game was a L but I would argue that it was one of the best showings a UoA football team has EVER displayed. Playing at the "big house" and battling to the last second should make us all proud and optimistic. Our lone W took every second to get. 1- The schedule has been brutal, the results were to be expected but I would argue the scores are much better than expected Michigan - currently ranked 18 N. Illinois - currently ranked 24 Central Florida - currently in the "also receiving votes" rankings - ugly game for us James Madison - currently ranked 19 in FCS Bowling Green - we battled against a team that is averaging over 30 pts per game, the just lost to Mississippi State (SEC team) by 1 Ohio - OK this was a mess but they are a good team 2- Injuries - Hirschman and C.J. James out not sure about the rest but these are two key losses. Pohl is also hurt. I would argue that if Hirschman was healthy to come in to some of these games we may have another win or two.....it worked in the JMU game. There may be more of them I am not aware of. 3- Recruits - the players TB is bringing in are good.......we just need more of them. It would certainly help recruiting if Infocision was packed......Nobody wants to play in a half empty stadium - even if it is a beautiful one. This is a "chicken & egg" dilemma we have always had at UoA. 4- The jerseys are awesome......I love the new helmets...the all white unis with the gold "Z" helmet are winners....they look sharp. I am looking for 3 more wins for the remainder of the season. I am really hoping we spank the crap out of Can't State more than ever(I think TB realizes the importance of that game). I would like to predict the Can't State game will be a sellout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 "Bowling Green - we battled against a team that is averaging over 30 pts per game, the just lost to Mississippi State (SEC team) by 1 " Bowling Green scored 31 (about average for their O) Zips scored 14 (below average for their D). I guess that can be called progress? Zips lost to NIU last year by way more. But we also lost to Ohio by a lot more this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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