We HAVE TURNED THE CORNER

[Zipmeister]

after our game with the golden flashes I'm ready with my w/l prediction for next year. 

8 - 4 with Norton

6 - 6 without him

it would help if we replaced a couple of teams already on the schedule with two games against new mexico state.

whats your o/u on the amount of nil money a halfway decent team will have to offer Norton in order to get him?

[blueandgold]

7 minutes ago, Zipmeister said:

after our game with the golden flashes I'm ready with my w/l prediction for next year. 

8 - 4 with Norton

6 - 6 without him

it would help if we replaced a couple of teams already on the schedule with two games against new mexico state.

whats your o/u on the amount of nil money a halfway decent team will have to offer Norton in order to get him?

Unfortunately, I feel like there is no way Norton comes back. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see it. He'll get a really good NIL deal from somewhere and Akron can't afford him. 

I'll go with 5-7.

Edited yesterday at 04:15 PM by blueandgold

[GP1]

There is a lot outside of just the players and coaches that has to change before I believe a corner has been turned. 

 

The Zips had a really good win last night, but that's short term. If the Zips played as well last night against top tier mac schools, they would be going to a bowl, but Kent has a way of making teams look better than they are. 

Edited 21 hours ago by GP1

[Dr Z]

(GP1) word for word what I would have responded. 

[UAZipster0305]

1 hour ago, blueandgold said:

Unfortunately, I feel like there is no way Norton comes back. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see it. He'll get a really good NIL deal from somewhere and Akron can't afford him. 

I'll go with 5-7.

Isn't it sad that this is what college athletics has become? It's just another free agency market. I wish there were a better system in place to compensate student-athletes.

[MangoZip]

They need to show up next week and play a really good game against Toledo. Obviously a win would be ideal and prove that maybe, just maybe, things are changing but playing them tough is a must. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Just now, MangoZip said:

They need to show up next week and play a really good game against Toledo. Obviously a win would be ideal and prove that maybe, just maybe, things are changing but playing them tough is a must. 

 

Rooting for Ohio tonight. Toledo not playing for anything next week would be ideal. 

 

[kreed5120]

If we beat Toledo next week then I'd say a corner might have been turned. Beating a team that might be the worst team in all of division 1 (including FCS) that we were double digit favorites against doesn't really mean much.

 

It's too early to predict what our record would be next year. I'll make a guess once the transfer portal period is over.

[Lee Adams]

21 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

If we beat Toledo next week then I'd say a corner might have been turned. Beating a team that might be the worst team in all of division 1 (including FCS) that we were double digit favorites against doesn't really mean much.

 

It's too early to predict what our record would be next year. I'll make a guess once the transfer portal period is over.

Nice to beat KSU. But, please curb the overall enthusiasm. Coming up a 7-4 Toledo team that just got beat by one of the 2 best teams in the MAC. They are in a bowl game. Don't know what their attitude will be on Tuesday. If you can beat them that might change the equation for what happens the next day. But, a sign of progress would be beating a really good MAC team, finally. Stay tuned.

[Captain Kangaroo]

On 11/20/2024 at 11:09 AM, Zipmeister said:

whats your o/u on the amount of nil money a halfway decent team will have to offer Norton in order to get him?

$35,000

 

Taking this in a slightly different direction - when Konata Mumpfield ditched the Zips for Pitt, he flat-out gave up the last couple games. His body language and effort screamed that he was headed out the door. 

 

By comparison, Norton is balling-out. He's had zero drop in production or effort over the last few games. That gives me a little hope that he might stick around if Joe was here in 2025 (which I believe he will be). If he does leave, I'd have good feelings towards him because he gave us his best on game days despite the dearth of Zips "W's".

[ZippyRulz]

1 hour ago, Lee Adams said:

Nice to beat KSU. But, please curb the overall enthusiasm. Coming up a 7-4 Toledo team that just got beat by one of the 2 best teams in the MAC. They are in a bowl game. Don't know what their attitude will be on Tuesday. If you can beat them that might change the equation for what happens the next day. But, a sign of progress would be beating a really good MAC team, finally. Stay tuned.

 

+1. Hard to say how motivated either team will be. If we had beaten a Buffalo and one of BG/WMU/NIU we could be playing for a bowl game ourselves. With another strong performance on Tuesday, the corner may at least be within sight. Big portal season coming up..