Dr Z Posted December 19, 2019 Report Posted December 19, 2019 I'll edit this as more information becomes available. Sat. Sept. 5 Youngstown State Sat. Sept. 12 at New Mexico State Sat. Sept. 19 at Clemson Sat. Oct. 17 UMass Home Bowling Green Miami Toledo Western Michigan Away Ball State Buffalo Kent Ohio 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Posted December 19, 2019 This has to be the easiest OOC schedule we've had in years.Hopefully it translates into wins. Quote
blueandgold Posted December 19, 2019 Report Posted December 19, 2019 All I know is we better not come out and open the season with a loss to YSU!! 1 Quote
zipsfan15 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Posted December 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Penguin Update Someone didn't do their due diligence at the YSU group. Sean Sweet OL from Mantua, Ohio not Crestwood, Ohio. That's all.... Quote
Cykron Posted December 20, 2019 Report Posted December 20, 2019 11 hours ago, kreed5120 said: This has to be the easiest OOC schedule we've had in years.Hopefully it translates into wins. Did a double-take when I read this after seeing a game at Clemson! Quote
kreed5120 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Posted December 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Cykron said: Did a double-take when I read this after seeing a game at Clemson! Akron always has at least 1 game they have no chance of winning of the schedule. New Mexico State and UMass are FBS bottom feeders and YSU is an FCS school. If we were just mediocre MAC, we'd have no trouble going 3-1 with that schedule. Quote
mivid12 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Posted December 20, 2019 45 minutes ago, kreed5120 said: Akron always has at least 1 game they have no chance of winning of the schedule. New Mexico State and UMass are FBS bottom feeders and YSU is an FCS school. If we were just mediocre MAC, we'd have no trouble going 3-1 with that schedule. delusional....this team got their brains beat in 11 of 12 games... Quote
Blue & Gold Posted December 20, 2019 Report Posted December 20, 2019 49 minutes ago, mivid12 said: delusional....this team got their brains beat in 11 of 12 games... Kreed was saying IF we were only a mediocre MAC team we'd breeze to 3-1... not that we ARE a mediocre MAC team. I'm just praying we beat YSU ? 1 Quote
zippy5 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Posted December 20, 2019 Last year's schedule was easier imo Quote
Zip-Grad '13 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Posted December 21, 2019 On 12/19/2019 at 1:16 PM, kreed5120 said: This has to be the easiest OOC schedule we've had in years.Hopefully it translates into wins. Akron is the WORST team in FBS. I'm not holding my breath Quote
zippypitt Posted December 21, 2019 Report Posted December 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Zip-Grad '13 said: Akron is the WORST team in FBS. I'm not holding my breath Thanks for the positive holiday take ? 1 Quote
Lee Adams Posted December 21, 2019 Report Posted December 21, 2019 On 12/20/2019 at 7:49 AM, kreed5120 said: Akron always has at least 1 game they have no chance of winning of the schedule. New Mexico State and UMass are FBS bottom feeders and YSU is an FCS school. If we were just mediocre MAC, we'd have no trouble going 3-1 with that schedule. Don't count on beating either YSU or NMSU. YSU will be sky high and the Zips won't know what they have in that first game. Making the trip to Las Cruces will be difficult.Actually may go. Have relatives out that way. They recruit from a better talent pool than the Zips. They get some Texas kids the big schools don't want. IF they could 'upset' YSU(ha ha) and beat Umass at home lets take it. 1 Quote
Zip-Grad '13 Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 10:49 AM, zippypitt said: Thanks for the positive holiday take ? Not sorry for stating the objectively obvious. Quote
clarkwgriswold Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 11:29 AM, Lee Adams said: Don't count on beating either YSU or NMSU. YSU will be sky high and the Zips won't know what they have in that first game. Making the trip to Las Cruces will be difficult.Actually may go. Have relatives out that way. They recruit from a better talent pool than the Zips. They get some Texas kids the big schools don't want. IF they could 'upset' YSU(ha ha) and beat Umass at home lets take it. YSU will certainly be no walkover. A good FCS team should be able to hang with a bad FBS team. I'm not sure if New Mexico recruiting base is better than Akron's given Ohio's general status as a top 6 or 7 recruiting state. Not that the Zips have been successful in accessing that talent, but there's a good base here at home. Quote
LZIp Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Zip-Grad '13 said: Not sorry for stating the objectively obvious. Next year is a new year. We saw what CMU was able to do this season after going 1-11 the year before. A lot of the younger players are going to get bigger and stronger. Coaching staff and players should learn from their mistakes. Recruiting class is good for Akron standards (especially considering the circumstances).33% roster turnover on scholarship players. Let's try not to be too negative about next season until there is a reason to be. 3 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 I wouldn't even label YSU a good FCS team right now. Their records the last 3 seasons have been 6-5, 4-7, & 6-6. I'm not saying we'll win as with the season we just had we can't afford to take anyone for granted, but this isn't your Jim Tressel era YSU. Quote
Zipmeister Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 11:29 AM, Lee Adams said: Don't count on beating either YSU or NMSU. YSU will be sky high and the Zips won't know what they have in that first game. Making the trip to Las Cruces will be difficult.Actually may go. Have relatives out that way. They recruit from a better talent pool than the Zips. They get some Texas kids the big schools don't want. IF they could 'upset' YSU(ha ha) and beat Umass at home lets take it. The quality of the surrounding talent pool has a rather small impact on the quality of the recruits a team lands. If it was critical, both NMSU and the Zips would be a lot better than Boise State. Realizing that some on this board don't put a lot of importance on rating stars, I offer the following which shows that both Akron and NMSU land about the same quality of players. Shown for each team over the last 2.5 recruiting cycles is the 247 Sports recruiting class ranking, total recruits and number of 3-stars in the class. Looks pretty similar to me with an edge for the Zips so far this cycle. Not sure how successful NMSU has been in retaining their recruits, but I know they are one lousy football team. It's like they are the Akron of the southwest. Akron NMSU 2020 106 signed 20 / 13-3 stars 136 signed 5 / 4-3 stars 2019 115 signed 23 / 9-3 stars 119 signed 23 / 9-3 stars 2018 127 signed 16 / 4-3 stars 125 signed 20 / 6-3 stars Quote
LZIp Posted January 20, 2020 Report Posted January 20, 2020 Will Pelini be at YSU next year? https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-bo-pelini-a-strong-candidate-for-lsu-defensive-coordinator-position/ Quote
Spin Posted February 2, 2020 Report Posted February 2, 2020 Bo Pelini returning to LSU as defensive coordinator YSU has not named a new coach yet. Quote
MDZip Posted February 7, 2020 Report Posted February 7, 2020 If you are hoping for hopeful signs for this year ESPN shows the teams returning the most production. You can read the article to see what that means but they have the Zips as 14th in the country for returning production and first in the MAC. Of course it all depends on what your returning quality is of course. 1 Quote
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