Dr Z Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Savannah State is on an epic losing streak dating back to September 2013.Check out some of the point totals put up against them last year.Early forecast looks to be warm.Hustle Belt August Preview of Savannah State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-mann17 Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Let's not get too cocky, since 2007 we only have 16 more wins than Savannah State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 They were blasted in their only game yet this year at Colorado State by 65-13.Speaking of CSU, it seemed as though Donnell Alexander was MIA last week. I also didn't notice Larry Hope or Josh McNeil either. Did I miss something?Back on topic, it's a good thing Savannah State is a lousy FCS team and not someone like James Madison. Otherwise, this could have been a real downer. The Zips SHOULD, even with their offensive woes, demolish these paper Tigers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 GT tweets that KP16 is out for Saturday with a head injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 GT tweets that KP16 is out for Saturday with a head injury. I wonder if the staff will name a 3rd string QB, and what is the chance of him taking a snap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJGood Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Savannah State is 6-62 in their last 68 games and most of those games are against FCS level competition. This game has to be a win and a big win, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 GT tweets that KP16 is out for Saturday with a head injury. Here we go again. Remembering last season, Pohl took a long time to recover from that head injury and the Zips' season fell apart without him. Hoping the best for his health. Desperately searching for the smallest bright spot, at least Chapman and Woodson have similar styles so the team can focus more on running plays including the QBs as neither has yet shown they can pass with any consistency. Without Pohl the Zips have no choice but to put more emphasis on the run. Now all they have to do is execute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Savannah State is 0-1 after a 65-13 loss at Colorado State on Sept. 5. The Tigers had a bye last week. After one game, junior RB Richard Williams leads the rushers with 73 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. Under center, sophomore QB Tino Smith is 6-of-14 for 50 yards. Freshman WR Nicholas Carrera and sophomore WR Derek Kirkland are the top receivers with two catches for 17 yards each. Defensively, freshman DB Isiah Bennett has 10 tackles and a forced fumble. In the NCAA FCS stats, the Tigers lead the nation in red zone offense (1.000). They are also ranked No. 3 in turnover margin (3.00) and fumbles recovered (4.0), and No. 22 in fourth down conversions (0.667). Individually, junior PK John Barron is the national leader in field goal percentage (1.000), and No. 2 in field goals per game (2.00). Three players are tied at No. 3 in forced fumbles (1.00) and fumbles recovered (1.00). source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Without Pohl the Zips have no choice but to put more emphasis on the run. Now all they have to do is execute.Brings to mind the old John McKay line..Reporter: "What do you think of your team's execution?"McKay: "I'm all for it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 1) This game could not have come at a better time. Some hope will be renewed after this one. I just hope it continues long after that.2) I'd like to see Tommy W. throw the ball a little bit in this one. I want to see if some of what he showed at OU and in the first half vs. Ball State last year can possibly resurrect this offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance99 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Brings to mind the old John McKay line..Reporter: "What do you think of your team's execution?"McKay: "I'm all for it."I was thinking the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 1) This game could not have come at a better time. Some hope will be renewed after this one. I just hope it continues long after that.Personally, I think week 1 would have been a better time for this game. Schedule the payday games after week 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Zippy Rulz....I tend to agree with you about Week 1 for the Cupcake game. Then it becomes somewhat of an extension of Training Camp, and a transition to the more difficult games.But I believe the "big programs" have the same philosophy, which is why THEY might tend to want to schedule US in Week 1.My comment was about desperately needing a WIN after the last two weeks. That's why I think that, in our current state, this game came at the perfect time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckzip Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 UA is someone else's cupcake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 UA is someone else's cupcake.It doesn't have to be in week 1 though. Maybe it pays more that way, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Coach Bowden on Tommy Woodson. Pohl won't be playing Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctmjbowes@sbcglobal.net Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Based on UA being an FBS team and their opponent this week being a struggling FCS team, the onus is on the Zips to destroy. It's the same kind of no-win that the premier teams face when they play UA in their openers. If they lose outright, they lose big-time. If they win a close game, they lose. If they win by a lot, they should have won by more. Really, the entire early season paradigm is bullshit in college football. Money games, running up 60 points on opponents, little programs hoping for the David moment, it's so cynical and cruel on so many levels. In the end the only winners are the mega programs (that win big in those early games of course) who pad their results with the 60 point wins on their way to the Tostitos/FedEx/MegaCorp FBS playoff games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted September 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Pohl won't be playing Saturday.I'm looking forward to seeing if all the below is true. I'm not sure about everything else, but the weight loss was obvious to me in the spring. I might be in the minority, but I like Woodson's potential, especially if he has worked on the things coach speaks of.“You have to get two guys getting reps. Woodson’s getting a lot of reps,” Bowden said. “There’s a lot of things when you’re dealing with Woodson. He’s had a lot more at-bats with things we do than Tra’Von Chapman, but it gives us two guys who are at least probably more similar in the way they do things.”Woodson, like Chapman, has the ability to pass and run the ball, and in the time since he struggled as a starter when Pohl was injured last season, Bowden has noticed a difference with Woodson. “He hasn’t had a chance to show the maturity that he has,” Bowden said. “Last year, he was a redshirt freshman starter and there were times we were in games at halftime and we made the first mistake. “We made the first turnover. We made the first mistake offensively. And that’s what you’re hoping you’ll see from him, some maturity from that standpoint that he understands sometimes it’s OK to force something or try to make something happen.” Bowden said that along with that confidence, Woodson’s maturity shows in his loss of about 30 pounds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 We Want Woodson. We Want Woodson. We Want Woodson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 We Want Woodson. We Want Woodson. We Want Woodson.I said that in my best Howard Cosell voice, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kangaroo Craig Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Brings to mind the old John McKay line..Reporter: "What do you think of your team's execution?"McKay: "I'm all for it."One of the classic quotes of all time. Post USC days when he was HC of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Even the current Browns aren't as bad as that team was. A few years later he had them in the NFC title game, I believe against the Rams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 O-line will look like Pro-Bowlers this week, offense will get untracked for 4 TD's, defense adds another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 O-line will look like Pro-Bowlers this week, offense will get untracked for 4 TD's, defense adds another.If they don't get untracked for 8 td's then it is a failure. This team is worse than Howard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 If they don't get untracked for 8 td's then it is a failure. This team is worse than Howard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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