1981 grad Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 9 hours ago, 1981 grad said: I just checked our record in the last 5 years (2018-2023) and we are 6 and 43 with a total of 3 conference wins. We have watched some really bad football the last 5 years. It is amazing that Akron football has any fans. Watching our offense last week for 3 quarters was painful, especially the decision not to switch quarterbacks until the 4th quarter. However, the defense this year except for Northern Illinois has been good and has kept us in games. The Indiana game was fun to watch until the very end. I am just hoping for a competitive game where our defense keeps us in the game and our offense is watchable. I turned it off in the 3rd quarter when BG drove the ball from the 11 yard line and scored a TD. It was obvious to me the d had given up and with no offense this game was not watchable. I just wonder if we are done for the season. When the d gives up, what is left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 What's more, if the D is giving up on games, the coach risks having them give up on the program and leave en masse if he doesn't give them some offensive help and hope for the future. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 9 hours ago, 1981 grad said: I just checked our record in the last 5 years (2018-2023) and we are 6 and 43 with a total of 3 conference wins. We have watched some really bad football the last 5 years. It is amazing that Akron football has any fans. Watching our offense last week for 3 quarters was painful, especially the decision not to switch quarterbacks until the 4th quarter. However, the defense this year except for Northern Illinois has been good and has kept us in games. The Indiana game was fun to watch until the very end. I am just hoping for a competitive game where our defense keeps us in the game and our offense is watchable. So you're the one who jinxed the defense. I checked in once at halftime and once after the game when I couldn't resist checking out the box score. It is crystal clear after today's performance that Undercufffler should be the Zips QB for every second that is left in this season. He has got to be on the verge of a team single-season record for most turnovers per minute played. Do not let even one of the young QBs play AT ALL. To do so might cost the Underman a record that will probably stand forever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips86 Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 Nothing to say. This team is a joke. May not win another game this season. Attendance going to be (even more) embarrassing moving forward. Start Jennings or Wasel next, season is over so may as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-zip Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 A college football player can play 4 games in a season and still redshirt. Just sayin' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 They say when you have two quarterbacks that you have none. So, the Zips have -3 quarterbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted October 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 We may have the privilege of watching the two worst teams in FBS football in two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoZip Posted October 21, 2023 Report Share Posted October 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: We may have the privilege of watching the two worst teams in FBS football in two weeks. Truly the Ohio Toilet Bowl 🚽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 I did employ the strategy of not watching and only listening today. I really didn’t miss it, either. I spent time doing other things, watching other games. That was actually more enjoyable than I expected. Maybe quitting Akron football isn’t so hard after all. This is just as bad a feeling I had in 2018. QB situation was maybe a bit better then, but the same principles applied. Talent that’s good enough to win games, but just never put it together. I knew expectations were dangerous for this program. It’s the hope that kills you. I am still very much in the Moorhead camp, but if we lose to Kent, that will teeter the other direction. And what bothers me the most is, how on earth is Akron ever going to be able to hire a competent coach? People can call Moorhead overrated or a fake genius or whatever. Believe me, I am totally disappointed in him and his staff’s efforts this season. But schools like Akron don’t hire accomplished coaches like this very often. Especially considering how the MAC has fallen into the basement—I mean the sump pump—of FBS football. IF Moorhead doesn’t pan out, then Akron needs to take a long look in the mirror, and totally change how things are done. I can’t even really begin to tell you what that would mean. In the last 20 years, we have hired: P5 Coordinator P5 position coach D2 HC, former P5 HC 25 years prior D3/FCS Head coach P5 Head coach/P5 Coordinator None of them have been able to sustain success. Not one. Meanwhile, Kent hires a P5 receivers coach and Syracuse OC and has a couple crazy seasons. Maybe it is an Akron problem after all. Then that leads us to, what the hell is Akron doing wrong? How can Akron sustain success across multiple decades in basketball but hardly ever have a winning season in football? Anyway, that got away a bit. A couple weeks til basketball! Then we can hear how overrated that coach is after dropping the opening game in South Dakota. Go Zips! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewbrooman1 Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: We may have the privilege of watching the two worst teams in FBS football in two weeks. Great game to schedule on the Day of the Dead! 💀 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 In the first 7 weeks of 2023 Ohio State has 7 wins. Since 2019, the Zips have 6 total wins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris buttermaker Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 This is just a train wreck of a program, year after year. I gave up caring a few years ago. It truly is hard to be this bad every year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted October 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 They've won one game this year and it was a gift from an FCS team. I don't think they have the talent some of you believe them to have. They are losing to average and bad teams in what some believe to be the worst conference in the FBS. Talent could occasionally overcome some of this misery. To be this bad, it can't just be coaching, talent or bad luck, it has to be a fatal combination of talent and coaching issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted October 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 19 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said: In the first 7 weeks of 2023 Ohio State has 7 wins. Since 2019, the Zips have 6 total wins. Well.....sure, but it makes us appreciate them more!! 🤮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisball96 Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 11 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: They've won one game this year and it was a gift from an FCS team. I don't think they have the talent some of you believe them to have. They are losing to average and bad teams in what some believe to be the worst conference in the FBS. Talent could occasionally overcome some of this misery. To be this bad, it can't just be coaching, talent or bad luck, it has to be a fatal combination of talent and coaching issues. To a certain extent the the question is: what do you try to fix fix first when everything seems broken? If I am way off base here please smack me down. But without any semblance of improvement as a program how do you recruit a semi competent QB? I don’t think you can. That leaves another option, get a line that can block, a few RBs that can get tough yards and a defense that can keep things competitive. Try to establish some sort of running game with multiple backs and go back to square one. To be honest I don’t know what the solution is but we aren’t winning anything relying on a QB but we have serviceable backs, maybe they might provide some sort of workable solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: They say when you have two quarterbacks that you have none. So, the Zips have -3 quarterbacks. I watched Wake Forest beat Pitt with their #3 QB. It was a joke of a game. Boring beyond belief. Wake Forest has gone from Wolford, Newman and Hartman to Larry, Moe and Curly in one season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre22era Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 Lol at not being able to get another "accomplished coach" How about we get a coach who can f&^&%in coach. Morehead hasn't accomplished a goddamn thing as a "Head Coach". I wish folks would stop giving him credit he has YET to achieve. Fordham = Not D1 Mississippi State = Had a brief run with players he didn't recruit which turned into an absolute train wreck that got him fired after 26 games going 14-12. Morehead has never built any program on this level. Not every assistant coach can be a Great Head Coach. Lets not act like we need Morehead more than he need's us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said: They've won one game this year and it was a gift from an FCS team. I don't think they have the talent some of you believe them to have. They are losing to average and bad teams in what some believe to be the worst conference in the FBS. Talent could occasionally overcome some of this misery. To be this bad, it can't just be coaching, talent or bad luck, it has to be a fatal combination of talent and coaching issues. Are you kidding me right now? We've been doing nothing but disparaging the abilities of our QBs, OL, kickers, etc. since the beginning of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre22era Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 Today I saw our QB basically yelling at the sideline pointing at the play clock pleading for them to send him a play to run which he didn't get in time and resulted in a Delay of Game. Poor play starts with LEADERSHIP That coaching staff is setting up those players to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsfan33 Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Being an old timer, I recall a Lee Owens team starting off a season something like 0-7, with horrific QB play, and Lee pulled Greg Gromek’s redshirt. And the Zips won their last 4 games. Was this when Matt Kaulig played and had something like 1 td and 14 ints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip JD Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 11 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: In the first 7 weeks of 2023 Ohio State has 7 wins. Since 2019, the Zips have 6 total wins. I was going to post something similar to this but then I followed the example of our offense and didn't execute the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted October 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 10 hours ago, ZippyRulz said: Are you kidding me right now? We've been doing nothing but disparaging the abilities of our QBs, OL, kickers, etc. since the beginning of the season. Nope, not kidding. I could find dozens of posts about the improved talent. There are plenty of posts about how the Zips have the talent to win games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egregiousbob Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 11 hours ago, GP1 said: I watched Wake Forest beat Pitt with their #3 QB. It was a joke of a game. Boring beyond belief. Wake Forest has gone from Wolford, Newman and Hartman to Larry, Moe and Curly in one season. Yeah, gotta hate those games with three TDs in the final 4 minutes. Boooorrring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 35 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said: Nope, not kidding. I could find dozens of posts about the improved talent. There are plenty of posts about how the Zips have the talent to win games. I'm the perpetrator of many of those posts 😔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catdaddyp Posted October 22, 2023 Report Share Posted October 22, 2023 2 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: I'm the perpetrator of many of those posts 😔 I’m probably more responsible of this than anyone. But I also stand by it 100%. Hopefully the QB situation gets resolved and others will see. Unfortunately, we’re a 1 win team until that changes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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