ZippyRulz Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 If nothing else, it's interesting to see where some of the guys we are targeting commit to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Edge Roosevelt Andrew to Miami of Ohio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94zipgrad Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 25 minutes ago, 94zipgrad said: 6'7" 315 lbs OL from Indianapolis. Dodge City CC currently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Thanks @94zipgrad and @Let'sGoZips94 JUCO OT Darell Johnson has been added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 We offered JUCO LB Rodney Groce. He played 2 years at Mississippi State before transferring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 26 minutes ago, catdaddyp said: We offered JUCO LB Rodney Groce. He played 2 years at Mississippi State before transferring. Per MSU website... High School Prepped at Pleasant Grove High School under head coach Darrell LeBeaux … Three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Top-30 prospect in Alabama per ESPN (No. 29), Rivals (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 24) … Top-45 linebacker prospect per ESPN (No. 44), Rivals (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 30) … As a senior, helped his PGHS to a 13-3 record and a Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A state runner up finish … Totaled 134 tackles, including 34.5 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks … Added nine pass breakups, 21 quarterback hurries, four forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery … Had 13 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble against Ramsey in the third round of the playoffs … Also lettered in track and field … Committed to MSU on November 12, 2019. Joe Mo recruit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 23 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Per MSU website... High School Prepped at Pleasant Grove High School under head coach Darrell LeBeaux … Three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … Top-30 prospect in Alabama per ESPN (No. 29), Rivals (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 24) … Top-45 linebacker prospect per ESPN (No. 44), Rivals (No. 26) and 247Sports (No. 30) … As a senior, helped his PGHS to a 13-3 record and a Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A state runner up finish … Totaled 134 tackles, including 34.5 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks … Added nine pass breakups, 21 quarterback hurries, four forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery … Had 13 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble against Ramsey in the third round of the playoffs … Also lettered in track and field … Committed to MSU on November 12, 2019. Joe Mo recruit. Yep. Another explosive player with a high upside. https://www.hudl.com/video/3/18486651/633b3a0a0dc03809f8bb43d9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 Ill create a Rivals profile when I get a chance. The staff has been on fire with offers the past two weeks for classes up to 2026. I haven’t had a chance to catch up. Also, saw a ton of recruits at the game this past Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 DT James Thomas will be announcing his commitment on 10/30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 12 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Thanks! Added. Looks like another guy Moorhead recruited while at Mississippi State. I like the offer. On a side note, his partner on the DL is DT Elijah Davis who is an absolute monster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 Saboor Karriem committed to Illinois (as expected). We didn’t stand much of a chance in landing him due to a number of factors (NJ pipeline, #1 rated defense, development of DBs, etc), but it shows the staff’s ability to identify high level talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted October 23, 2022 Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, catdaddyp said: Saboor Karriem committed to Illinois (as expected). We didn’t stand much of a chance in landing him due to a number of factors (NJ pipeline, #1 rated defense, development of DBs, etc), but it shows the staff’s ability to identify high level talent. You are definitely a glass is half full individual. I can identify high level football talent so one would expect that a professional coach could do the same. Hopefully the staff didn't devote too many resources trying to attract a player who they "didn't stand much of a chance in landing." Edited October 23, 2022 by Zipmeister . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, Zipmeister said: You are definitely a glass is half full individual. I can identify high level football talent so one would expect that a professional coach could do the same. Hopefully the staff didn't devote too many resources trying to attract a player who they "didn't stand much of a chance in landing." I am “half full” in certain situations. Ask my opinion on programs like South Florida, Charlotte, Nevada, Hawaii, UMASS before the season began and you would have gotten a much different take from me. Arth was not offering the same type of players this staff is. Can’t land upper level players if they aren’t identified and offered. I closely follow turnaround situations that have competent staffs. Hence my interest in Akron (plus my fairly recent move to Ohio). I watched Akron’s games last year, but wasn’t invested as I didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel with what was happening. Moorhead’s hiring changed the direction of the program. As far as Karriem goes, he could probably be viewed as a late bloomer, but when his recruiting picked up Illinois really put on the full court press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted October 23, 2022 Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 catdaddyp is an excellent poster with great facts. I am not a glass half full or glass half empty person. I believe that you have the wrong size glass. If you do not understand this concept, then you are an Akron graduate with a Liberal Arts degree Go Zips!!!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 8 hours ago, bigjim said: catdaddyp is an excellent poster with great facts. I am not a glass half full or glass half empty person. I believe that you have the wrong size glass. If you do not understand this concept, then you are an Akron graduate with a Liberal Arts degree Go Zips!!!! Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes it really is a zero sum game. Signed, Graduate Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 LB Malachi Mercer committed to Columbia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Z.I.P. said: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes it really is a zero sum game. Signed, Graduate Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Thank you for supporting my position. Go Zips!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Have you noticed a decline in participation on Zips Nation? I think the lack of Ws raked up by the football team has a bunch of folks too disappointed to post and put others in a funk. Emblematic, consider an unidentified poster who was one of the most optimistic posters on Zips Nation before the football season started, now reduced to unprovoked attacks on University of Akron graduates. Hang in there; things will get better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I just think it comes down to there not being much to talk about. If it was as simple as people not posting because the Zips were bad at football then they would have abandoned the program under Ianello or Arth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 OT Nikola Milovac committed to Old Dominion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 DT Wayne Peart committed to Toledo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjim Posted October 27, 2022 Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 5:27 PM, Zipmeister said: Have you noticed a decline in participation on Zips Nation? I think the lack of Ws raked up by the football team has a bunch of folks too disappointed to post and put others in a funk. Emblematic, consider an unidentified poster who was one of the most optimistic posters on Zips Nation before the football season started, now reduced to unprovoked attacks on University of Akron graduates. Hang in there; things will get better. I think there are three points to make regarding this post: 1. First, I check out the forums of the teams Akron football plays as well as the Browns and Indians sites, and I think that this forum is the best. Kudos to whoever owns and runs this forum. 2. I agree that the decline in participation is the result of the poor winning record of the Zips, but that may not be the only factor. 3. I also think the decline is contributed to the very poor posts on this site. I am not going to call posters out at this point who do not post facts but post BS, and I will hold that for the future. Very few people post factual comments, and the majority of the statements that receive media comments are ones that have received smart aleck comments. I think the posters need to improve their statements. Go Zips!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 Recent offer out to DE/TE Bruno Dall of Bay St.Louis, MS. Dall has size and length that can’t be taught at 6’7” 230. He’s picked up 4 D1 offers since 9/30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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