GP1 Posted September 28, 2014 Report Posted September 28, 2014 So you've seen Chapman or Woodson play more than the coaches? They've gotten us to this point, they see these guys every day. If they think Pohl is our best, he's our best. We just handled Pitt and we're questioning this?Absolutely great comment zippy5. The most favorite player on every team is the back up QB. The back up QB is always the guy who would be better if just given the chance. Well, the back up QB got his chances in the spring season the year before and the fall camp and landed as the back up QB. This notion that we should fiddle fart around with the football starting line up for the first four games is just misguided thinking. We fiddle fart and fiddle fart around with our basketball "rotation" every year during the ooc schedule and it only gives us good results, but little remarkable. If the football team could line their OOC schedule with over 50% cupcakes, this strategy might work, but they don't have that luxury so they have to make decisions and stick with them.Between spring practice and fall camp, coaches have two months to evaluate players. Six passes against Pitt is not a fair evaluation for any QB. The few hundred they threw in spring and fall camps is a fair evaluation. Pohl wins the contest.The notion that if the Zips win 6-8 games this season and go to a bowl with a JR QB, and then will replace him before his senior season is just foolish. Can anyone out there name a single QB in recent history of the MAC who has taken his team to a winning season one year and then been beaten out for his starting position the following year? If the answer is less than 3, it should give everyone an indication as to who the starting QB will be next season. It probably hasn't happened three times in the past ten years in all of FBS. KP isn't just going to start next year, he will cement himself in many of the records at UofA.The ooc schedule in football is not a time for experimentation like it is in basketball. It's a time for winning. The Zips won yesterday. Sorry if that upsets some. Maybe it's a sign of how far we have come. I've never seen some on the board get so upset over a win. Maybe losing is the most comfortable position for NE Ohio sports fans. Quote
Dave in Green Posted September 28, 2014 Report Posted September 28, 2014 I absolutely agree with all those who've pointed out that it doesn't really matter which QB fans trust more to lead the team to more wins. If we trust Coach Bowden to run the team he'll make the best choice for all of us. Quote
Dr Z Posted October 1, 2014 Report Posted October 1, 2014 If we trust Coach Bowden to run the team he'll make the best choice for all of us.No one is immune to increased competition on the University of Akron football team under coach Bowden. That includes quarterbacks. by George Thomas “We played our second quarterback a little bit,” Bowden said in his weekly news conference Tuesday. “Will it change the game? No. But it’s something we’re looking to see if it can spark us in any way. We’ve got to continue to develop our football team and try to look at areas where we can get better, and that’s what we’re trying to do.” Pohl, who confessed to not playing well, did what any teammate would do after he was pulled out. “He’s a great player. It’s that simple,” Pohl said. “I was excited for him. I helped him out as much as I could. He did great. We’re here to win as a team.” I'm very impressed how the staff has handled this situation thus far. A lot of times this situation creates chaos, but I don't see that right now. I see a team trying to win with what they have. Quote
Balsy Posted October 1, 2014 Report Posted October 1, 2014 I'm very impressed how the staff has handled this situation thus far. A lot of times this situation creates chaos, but I don't see that right now. I see a team trying to win with what they have. I agree. Go Zips. MAC, here we come! Quote
skip-zip Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 If we trust Coach Bowden to run the team he'll make the best choice for all of us.I think that's the bottom line, Dave.He's been bad at times, adequate at times, and has had a few good moments as well. But as you say, I am sure the coaches are giving us the best option we have right now. I wish that wasn't the case, but it is what it is. Quote
Jrship35 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 Coach Bowden's decision to experiment is like most as a Head Coach ........... If you win, you look like a genius, if you lose, you look like a moron !!Nature of the job ............... My thought is that he seems to be challenging Pohl's competitive psyche quietly and not screaming and yelling and making it a media affairI think all is fine Quote
GP1 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 I think Pohl is going to look like an All American this week against a bad EMU team. This will make him 7-3 in his last ten starts. Give me a guy who limits turnovers and is semi mobile all day long. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 I'll set the over/under for Zips dropped passes at 4.5. Wet weather would mean fewer passes but a slipperier ball. I'll set the over/under for EMU wide-open receiver catches at 7.5 (for entertainment purposes only...IANAB). Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 I'll set the over/under for EMU wide-open receiver catches at 7.5.I'm not sure what you're implying here. I think the Zip secondary has played reasonably well this year. What gives? Quote
Dave in Green Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 It's easier to predict the score of the game than the weather. Regardless of forecast, it could rain all day Saturday or be dry all day. The current Akron hourly weather forecast I'm looking at says scattered showers are expected to end Saturday around noon. Quote
ZippyRulz Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 I'm not sure what you're implying here. I think the Zip secondary has played reasonably well this year. What gives?Listening to the games, I hear SFPBPA say "he was wide open" a couple times per quarter it seems. It's probably more of an issue with linebackers trying to drop into correct coverage as needed. No defense can lock down all receivers on every play but hopefully that phrase can be used less than half a dozen times per game vs. our MAC opponents. Quote
zippy5 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 The acronym epidemic has officially gone too far. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 The acronym epidemic has officially gone too far.I agree, Z5. We need 2 '86 it, IMHO. Quote
Balsy Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 Generally when a receiver catches the ball he was open. I think a lot of the announcers gravely overstate a receiver being "wide open". Quote
ZachTheZip Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 Generally, when the receiver is open, he catches the ball. Unless they're an Akron receiver, and they let it bounce off their hands. Quote
GP1 Posted October 2, 2014 Report Posted October 2, 2014 The acronym epidemic has officially gone too far.Agreed, but don't you mean, TAEHOGTF? Quote
GP1 Posted October 4, 2014 Report Posted October 4, 2014 7-3 in his last 10 starts. Should be a nominee for MAC Offensive POW. Quote
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