OldZipFan Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I just picked up a Lindy's 2006 National College Football Preview in Montrose today, and see that Lindy's has the Zips ranked 42nd in the country. Lindy's has Notre Dame (1), and Ohio State at (2). Our opening opponent, Penn State is ranked (21), and North Carolina State is (77). As far as the rest of the Mac, they have Northern Illinois at (55), Toledo (58), Miami of Ohio (81), Ohio (93), Bowling Green (96), Cant State (113).The Zips are ranked ahead of five Big Ten schools: Wisconsin (50), Northwestern (62), Minnesota (66), Illinois (76), and Indiana (80).The Zips are ranked ahead of five Big East schools: Pittsburgh (51), South Florida (56), UConn (84), Cincinnati (90), and Syracuse (92).The Zips are also ranked ahead of ten C-USA schools: UCF (44), Southern Miss (47), Houston (49), UAB (74), Memphis (86), SMU (88), East Carolina (98), Marshall (101), Tulane (104), and Rice (106).GO ZIPS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 W-O-W :blink: WOW! I'm optimistic about this coming season...but wow...I'll be feelin even better once I see some previews on ESPN/SI/Sportsline.com with similiar rankings. But for now, heck yeah! GO ZIPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liljc Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Athlon also released it's version of the preseason rankings. The MAC looked like this:48 NIU53 Toledo76 Miami88 Akron92 CMU96 Ball St.100 OU 101 WMU103 BGSU107 EMU114 Can't State117 Buffalo119 TempleSo, I guess we're just gonna have to play 'em out and see for ourselves where they fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 It's time to put up some non-MAC W's to earn a higher ranking and a little more respect. Bummer that we have to do the 2 away/1 home thing with most non-MAC schools but that's just the way it is right now. I'd like to think we have a shot at NC State and Cincy this year. I love what JD and his staff have done in two years - GO ZIPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Athlon also released it's version of the preseason rankings. The MAC looked like this:48 NIU53 Toledo76 Miami88 Akron92 CMU96 Ball St.100 OU 101 WMU103 BGSU107 EMU114 Can't State117 Buffalo119 TempleSo, I guess we're just gonna have to play 'em out and see for ourselves where they fall What a huge difference in the top 5 MAC teams vs the bottom 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I'm surprised to see Miami ahead of us in that one ranking. Do they know something we don't know or are they just wrong? Miami lost a lot of players after last year....I have to believe they are just plain wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 This is one of those don't know whether to laugh or cry. Lindy's is wildly optimistic aboutthe Zips while Athlon is grossly pessimistic. Which is it?While its highly unlikely that we are the 42nd best team in the country being ranked 88thsmells of anti-Akron bias. The writer for Athlon is supposedly VanDelay of VanDelaySports. Most of you visit his web site on occasion. Athlon ranks Akron fourth in the MAC behind NIU, Toledo and Miami. What is most odd is that Athlon rates Miami as having the best 2006 recruiting class when Akron had fourplayers in the top 20. Oddly, not only did the three Miami players listed in the top 20fall in behind the four Akron recruits, Miami had an over all smaller recruiting class thandid the Zips. Go figure.Athlon's Top 20 MAC Recruits: #1 Nate Davis QB BSU #2 Mark Jackson OC Akron #3 Barry Church DB Toledo #4 Andre Boone RB Akron #5 Jordan Stevens DE Miami #6 Terrence McCrae WR Ohio #7 PJ Mahone DB BGSU #8 Jan Gewont OL Toledo #9 Aaris Reed RB Akron #10 David Harvey WR Akron #11 Quinton Rainey RB/LB Can't State #12 Jared Dewalt OL Toledo #13 Peris Edwards DB Miami #14 Brandon Jackson LB BGSU #15 Jerome Jones TE/LB Toledo #16 Horace Hubbard DL Ohio #17 Jaymeson Moody DE WMU #18 Andre Hatchett LB EMU #19 Martin Channels DL Miami #20 DJ Young DL BGSU Athlon ranked teams by position as well.Akron does not fare well in these rankings. With a well seasoned offensive line just howdo the Zips rank eighth place of 12 teams for OL? You tell me.We get love for quarterback for a kid who is still learning the game. This tells me thatthe QB position in the MAC is going to have an off year.But what really surprises me is the no love for our defense which was with in a fractionof a yard yielded of besting Toledo for the best defense last season.I hope NIU's #1 ranked DBs are as generous to us this year as they were last year. TheirDBs cost them both games.Akron #1QB #5RB #6WR/TE #8OL #3DL #5LB #9DB Miami #5QB #4RB #1WR/TE #2OL #4DL #3LB #2DB NIU #3QB #2RB #7WR/TE #6OL #7DL #6LB #1DB Toledo #9QB #1RB #2WR/TE #1OL #2DL #4LB #3DB Waiting on Street & Smith's, Phil Savage, The Sporting News, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheZone Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Sporting News has us at 46. I guess Lindy's isn't the only one who's wildly optimistic.Look guys, last year I predicted a MAC Championship and was laughed at by most. Well, perhaps with a stroke of luck, we ended up winning the MAC Championship. This year, we're going to be pretty damn good, and you should take that to the bank. We as fans should EXPECT a ten win season out of this team. Not just hope for one. Expect it. And if it doesn't happen we should be pretty disappointed and pissed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno aka Menace Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Sporting News has us at 46. I guess Lindy's isn't the only one who's wildly optimistic...........This year, we're going to be pretty damn good, and you should take that to the bank. We as fans should EXPECT a ten win season out of this team. Not just hope for one. Expect it. And if it doesn't happen we should be pretty disappointed and pissed.enough said!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 We as fans should EXPECT a ten win season out of this team. Not just hope for one. Expect it. And if it doesn't happen we should be pretty disappointed and pissed.Why stop there? Let's fire JD if we go 9-3 or 8-4. Or at least give him a"final warning" for 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kadar Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I'm not sure what exactly to think about the Lindy's stuff. They even talk nicely about the teams that are awful. And then they get some facts wrong. They talk about Al Blades playing at Miami from 1996-2000 but then in the next 'graph say he died in 1993. Weird. Or that a receiver, whose name I can't remember, had 42 catches for 193 yards last season.I'll have to swing by the bookstore to check out the Sporting News book. I picked up their Big 10 (ugh) book. I was kind of hoping they'd combine the Big 10 and the MAC, but nope. Instead, we get Notre Dame coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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