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ZippyRulz

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Ok. About the "attendance" predictions. There might be as many as 10 to 12 thousand fewer people than the number of tickets that they will say that they "sold". We know that. Should we give two numbers?

Maybe I'll take a stab at doing multiple numbers.

"Announced" Attendance: 23,000

Actual Attendance - Start of Game: 14,000

Actual Attendance - 4th Quarter (if Akron is winning): 9,000

Actual Attendance - 4th Quarter (if Akron is losing by more than a TD): 3,000

Game Prediction:

Please, please, please show me that our defensive effort at Heinz Field last year was no fluke. If so, we can win another low scoring game, even with little offense.

Akron - 17

Pitt - 14

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Coaching my little basketball and baseball kids for years, I always learned so much from that first game of the season. 1000X more than I learned in the few weeks of practice before the season began.

I think Bowden learned a lot from the Oklahoma game. He learned that we can move the ball on the ground. I think having "reasonable" success in the running game last week will give him some confidence to not abandon the run (see 2014) as the season progresses.

Chapman's feet are now wet. Not from pee, either. Oklahoma is a tough opening assignment. Hopefully the competitor inside him comes out and against Pitt he shows some of the impact ability the staff and fans are expecting.

Can Pohl throw a decent pass that's not a sideline fly pattern? Can the WR's run a successful route that's not a sideline fly pattern?

I love our defense. If you put our D in Oklahoma State uniforms last week, people would have believed it was Ok State. Pound for pound, we matched up against an upper-tier P5 offense like we are an upper-tier P5 defense. Our D will dominate Pitt.

Bowden knows he has to win this game. There is no better chance to beat an ACC team than right now...they're minus their All-ACC running back, they are in our back yard, we beat them last year, the crowd will be big, it's a night game...this, will be Bowden's real break out game.

Akron 41

Pitt 13

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Our defense matches up great with their offensive strengths. No "air raid" this time.

A lot of YSU's points came from big plays. A focus on the running game makes it less likely for Akron to get those types of plays unless we have a Dri Archer type player somewhere on the roster that can pop out of the backfield before the defense sees him. Using the run to set up the pass only works if you can actually pass the ball. Have the receivers improved? I didn't see anything to give me that impression.

If the offense can put together some decent drives to keep the D fresh, and we get a few big plays or turnovers, we will win.

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