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Game 9—@ UMass


ZachTheZip

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I'm glad to get this win out of the way. Out of our 4 remaining cupcakes, Buffalo and UMASS scared me the most talent-wise. While UMASS is horrible, I think they actually have a little bit of talent but have underachieved this season. Buffalo is just weird. Completely unpredictable, but have shown they are capable of beating solid MAC teams. I think Miami is a gimme. Can't St is pretty bad as well, but I wouldn't count them out as being able to beat us because its a rivalry game (see last year).

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I'm glad to get this win out of the way. Out of our 4 remaining cupcakes, Buffalo and UMASS scared me the most talent-wise. While UMASS is horrible, I think they actually have a little bit of talent but have underachieved this season. Buffalo is just weird. Completely unpredictable, but have shown they are capable of beating solid MAC teams. I think Miami is a gimme. Can't St is pretty bad as well, but I wouldn't count them out as being able to beat us because its a rivalry game (see last year).

Agreed. UMass gave ND, Toledo, and Temple all problems and I was concerned that this could become a breakthrough game from them.

We held Frohnepl(?) to 179 yes. Well done. JB1 was in their backfield all day long. Offense held the ball for over 20 minutes in the second half. Hat's off to Woodson for a nice second half turn around. Some gutsy running from him today.

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I've been chanting "one down....three to go" also, ever since the game ended.

A win for the defense, no doubt.

And again, I felt like this was another game where the offense made plays to gain yardage, but didn't make nearly enough plays to score points. This has been a pattern for the AJ/Woodson led offense many times this year. I hope it doesn't come back to bite us. I don't think we can count on having turnover-free and shutout defense 2nd halves to win every remaining game.

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I don't think we can count on having turnover-free and shutout defense 2nd halves to win every remaining game.

Might not count on it but wouldn't rule it out, either. Bowden has stressed that we need the defense to win games and that might mean needing shut outs from them. Clearly he has challenged the defensive unit to step and shoulder the burden. Hopefully they can be enough to get us to a bowl. A bowl would be huge for us in several ways and a fitting reward for guys like Grice who have gutted it out through some ugly times.

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Thankfully Chuck's defense has progressed faster than the other guy's offense. The last two weeks have been impressive for the D. Even in the loss to CMU they held a good QB in check. Jatavis Brown has been a force. Hope he gets a look in the pros. Problem is he is kind of a 'tweener. Hopefully he can transition to safety. At least in the second half they got the ball to Hundley enough to take some pressure off Woodson. Hundley is really a trooper. He is there no matter what. Its been obvious for weeks that the Defense would have to 'win' games. Thats not going to change now. Stay with Woodson. Don't make him do more than he can do

Somebody above used the word 'cupcakes'. Akron doesn't play any cupcakes in the MAC. They are not that good. Stay awake and get by Miami. Then you have a much better team in Buffalo. Another really solid QB(Licata) with an offense that can run better than UMass.

Right now they are probably last in line for bowl games in the MAC. Too many better teams in the west. Plus Buffalo has a shot. Hope OU keeps losing and the Zips beat Can't at the end. 7-5 not 6-6 gets a bowl.

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