Week #5- Zips at Ohio @3:30pm ET

[1981 grad]

Every year I keep hoping this team can turn it around but every year it is the same thing, bad football.  This game it was the offense.  Why Finley is still the QB is beyond me.  He has been hit way too much to have any confidence.  Tahj is a good running QB.  Why not give it a try when you simply cannot run the ball.  Not sure how I can watch this offense any more.

[Blue & Gold]

 

[akzipper]

A slightly below average offense and the Zips win today. Unfortunately we have probably the worst offense in college football. 

[GoZips88]

Is Finley hurt or is he just prone to throwing balls into the ground?

[GoZips88]

Take a knee, Joe.

[zipsrule]

OU should have taken a knee.  Why keep trying to score?

[exit322]

6 minutes ago, zipsrule said:

OU should have taken a knee.  Why keep trying to score?

I suspect something annoyed them

[clarkwgriswold]

10 minutes ago, zipsrule said:

OU should have taken a knee.  Why keep trying to score?

Point differential is considered in the polls.  Beating Akron by 20 could get them into the top 100.

[ZipCat]

53 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

Glad we extended Moorhead! 

 

Let's not pretend Akron could get anyone better. Especially after Arth.

[dre22era]

Only One man can fix this 

 

[GP1]

7 minutes ago, dre22era said:

Only One man can fix this 

 

Coaching at Hoban has been good to Jim Grobe. 

[MangoZip]

2 hours ago, MangoZip said:

So inept on offense. Hope I’m wrong but I’m predicting 31-10 final

Can I claim this as spot on?? So disappointed to be right 😠

[MangoZip]

25 minutes ago, exit322 said:

I suspect something annoyed them

Akron called a time out to stop the clock, so why not try to score?

[exit322]

14 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Coaching at Hoban has been good to Jim Grobe. 

I don't get the Jim Grobe reference.  A little help please?

[exit322]

9 minutes ago, MangoZip said:

Can I claim this as spot on?? So disappointed to be right 😠

Given the difference was giving up a safety instead of field goal, let's call it good

[Lee Adams]

I'm looking at the stats. Akron RB's run the ball a total of 4 times each! Finley has to throw the ball 38 times completes 25. Has 2 picks. Never expected this kind of crap when they hired Moorehead. This is not about 'nit picky' things. Moorehead has made no progress with the program. They needed to win today. Lose by 20!!!! Unlesss there are 4 more wins in this sched. Some really hard decisions HAVE to be made about the future of football at Akron. Not just talking about coaching changes. Talking about where this program wants to compete.

Edited September 29, 2024 by Lee Adams
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[zipsrule]

45 minutes ago, MangoZip said:

Akron called a time out to stop the clock, so why not try to score?

This was after Ohio continued to run the ball.  If they would have taken a knee, I'm guessing there would have been no timeout.

[GP1]

1 hour ago, exit322 said:

I don't get the Jim Grobe reference.  A little help please?

It's a long story.....

[GP1]

36 minutes ago, Lee Adams said:

I'm looking at the stats. Akron RB's run the ball a total of 4 times each! Finley has to throw the ball 38 times completes 25. Has 2 picks. Never expected this kind of crap when they hired Moorehead. This is not about 'nit picky' things. Moorehead has made no progress with the program. They needed to win today. Lose by 20!!!! Unlesss there are 4 more wins in this sched. Some really hard decisions HAVE to be made about the future of football at Akron. Not just talking about coaching changes. Talking about where this program wants to compete.

I get how pissed you are. There are a lot of things to be mad at. 

 

Here is a different perspective. Joe is coaching at a school that at every turn under mines him. If you are going to go down, you my as well go down swinging with what you believe in. There is nothing for Joe at Akron. In 15-20 years he will look at taking the Akron job as one of the worst decisions in his life. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, Lee Adams said:

I'm looking at the stats. Akron RB's run the ball a total of 4 times each! Finley has to throw the ball 38 times completes 25. Has 2 picks. Never expected this kind of crap when they hired Moorehead. This is not about 'nit picky' things. Moorehead has made no progress with the program. They needed to win today. Lose by 20!!!! Unlesss there are 4 more wins in this sched. Some really hard decisions HAVE to be made about the future of football at Akron. Not just talking about coaching changes. Talking about where this program wants to compete.

 

Dropping down a division isn't an option. The University will fold athletically. 

 

JoeMo has every resource he needs to be successful - more than many schools, actually. Tremendous stadium, good location (NEO is a hot bed for talent), etc. Tibesar has the same resources, and his defense seems to be fine. Special teams might be some of the best in the country, at least for G5. It's simply the offense that absolutely sucks and that's solely on JoeMo. His scheme/play calling/philosophy SUCKS, especially for an "offensive genius." He doesn't need additional resources to fix that. He needs to get his head out of his Kent hole and rediscover the Fordham/Penn State/Miss State/Oregon magic. 

[GP1]

26 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

JoeMo has every resource he needs to be successful - more than many schools, actually. Tremendous stadium, good location (NEO is a hot bed for talent), etc.  

Don't forget he has an administration that submarines the program at every turn. That's a huge benefit. 

[zippy5]

53 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Dropping down a division isn't an option. The University will fold athletically. 

 

JoeMo has every resource he needs to be successful - more than many schools, actually. Tremendous stadium, good location (NEO is a hot bed for talent), etc. Tibesar has the same resources, and his defense seems to be fine. Special teams might be some of the best in the country, at least for G5. It's simply the offense that absolutely sucks and that's solely on JoeMo. His scheme/play calling/philosophy SUCKS, especially for an "offensive genius." He doesn't need additional resources to fix that. He needs to get his head out of his Kent hole and rediscover the Fordham/Penn State/Miss State/Oregon magic. 

What don't you like about his scheme and what should it be?

[GP1]

If you think Akron can coach itself out of the hole the administration has created for this football program, you don't understand how important it is that an entire university administration support a program in order for it to be successful. 

 

Look at it like this. Joe is a mid level many at a badly run company. There is no winning and the only way for a person to advance their career is to leave the organization. 

[ZippyforPresident]

Peden is a tough place to win, especially on homecoming. Tim Albin is a good coach and Ohio is a damn solid football program. I thought our defense played great when they weren't tired. I thought Marcus Moore Jr. was disruptive. I believe Golden-Nelson had a few nice plays. Guys were playing with intensity on that side of the ball. Special teams were very solid too.

Defense and Special teams are good enough to put this team in a position to win every game left on the schedule. However, it's gut check time for the offensive line. Seeing that type of discrepancy in rushing yards and time of possession against an opponent that is much more similarly talented than the teams we've faced out of conference makes that abundantly clear. I really think the rest of this season will come down to offensive line play. Gotta shake it off, get the headspace right, and get ready for another very good opponent in Bowling Green. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

48 minutes ago, zippy5 said:

What don't you like about his scheme and what should it be?

 

It's a RPO scheme that takes way too long to develop behind an offensive line that doesn't provide the necessary time very often. Nobody fears Finley's legs, and they play calls require him to make some of the toughest throws (mainly out routes). There is hardly any WR separation, and we aren't scheming to get the ball into the hands of our playmakers in motion so they can beat defenders. It's an atrocious offense to watch.