2025 Akron Zips Football: "Our goal is_______."

[egregiousbob]

Can't compete for league title. Can't accept a bowl invite.  What should the team goal be and how the hell does the HC motivate them? "Our goal is _______."

 

 

[Ham]

... to use some of our NIL money to get this suspension tossed.

[GP1]

59 minutes ago, egregiousbob said:

Can't compete for league title. Can't accept a bowl invite.  What should the team goal be and how the hell does the HC motivate them? "Our goal is _______."

 

 

Wrong, they can complete for a league title. That's the goal. 

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, Ham said:

... to use some of our NIL money to get this suspension tossed.

 

What NIL money? Odds are we weren't going to go bowling anyway this year.

[ZippyRulz]

Win 6, including OU.

 

[egregiousbob]

8 hours ago, GP1 said:

Wrong, they can complete for a league title. That's the goal. 

 

 

Not according to the MAC or the NCAA.  Conference title games are postseason. Akron is banned from postseason.

[GP1]

10 hours ago, egregiousbob said:

Can't compete for league title. Can't accept a bowl invite.  What should the team goal be and how the hell does the HC motivate them? "Our goal is _______."

 

 

Our goal is to stick it up the @$$es of the rest of the league and the NCAA. 

 

Come up with a bad guy. Frame yourself as a victim. 

[MangoZip]

Win 6 to become bowl eligible which will create a national “Free Akron” campaign that will shine the light on the ridiculous irony in the NCAA rules. 

[egregiousbob]

12 hours ago, GP1 said:

Our goal is to stick it up the @$$es of the rest of the league and the NCAA. 

 

Come up with a bad guy. Frame yourself as a victim. 

 

Can't think of a worse PR strategy - call more attention to the program's academic ineptitude. Great for the program image and U image.

[Let'sGoZips94]

2 minutes ago, egregiousbob said:

 

Can't think of a worse PR strategy - call more attention to the program's academic ineptitude. Great for the program image and U image.

 

Fighting the NCAA and their ineptitude isn't a bad image at all. 

[egregiousbob]

I wouldn't disagree if the facts in this case were untrue. They're not untrue. Nor did we fight last year's penalty.

[exit322]

To have Moorhead do something dumb enough to get out from under the contract?  Or is 8-28 and academically ineligible OK now?

[catdaddyp]

On 5/11/2025 at 9:19 AM, egregiousbob said:

Can't compete for league title. Can't accept a bowl invite.  What should the team goal be and how the hell does the HC motivate them? "Our goal is _______."

 

 

At least 6 games should be the goal. And he motivates them by having far more intel on the situation than the forum does. 

[kreed5120]

It's worth remembering that these penalties come with a reduction in practice/meeting time. That's going to impact on the field performance. 

[Blue & Gold]

Six wins & hypothetical bowl eligibility. Beat KSUcks & Ohio.  Hate to say it but maybe the players are individually motivated to play well enough to go earn NIL somewhere else? This sucks.

[Dr Z]

Joe Moorhead: [Joe stands up] Well, then, I guess there's only one thing left to do.

ZipsNation: What's that?

 

Joe:

[GP1]

2 hours ago, Dr Z said:

Joe Moorhead: [Joe stands up] Well, then, I guess there's only one thing left to do.

ZipsNation: What's that?

 

Joe:

Toga!!!!!!!!

[blueandgold]

23 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

It's worth remembering that these penalties come with a reduction in practice/meeting time. That's going to impact on the field performance. 

I've always wondered who even monitors this kind of thing for compliance? Seems like it would be easy to just practice/meet as much as you want to.

[catdaddyp]

1 minute ago, blueandgold said:

I've always wondered who even monitors this kind of thing for compliance? Seems like it would be easy to just practice/meet as much as you want to.

Honestly, it should be pretty easy to work around. For instance, if it's just two hours a week, players could easily warm themselves up for 15 minutes without coaches on the field and then do a "voluntary" lift for another 15 minutes. Something along those lines. It really shouldn’t make much of a difference.

 

And if the APR ruling ends up going to court, all this back-and-forth is pointless anyway.

[NWAkron]

A bowl game waiver

[kreed5120]

23 minutes ago, blueandgold said:

I've always wondered who even monitors this kind of thing for compliance? Seems like it would be easy to just practice/meet as much as you want to.

 

I'm not sure to be honest. From what I read the 4 hours of reduced practice time is supposed to be replaced with 4 hours of mandatory study tables.

[clarkwgriswold]

18 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

 

I'm not sure to be honest. From what I read the 4 hours of reduced practice time is supposed to be replaced with 4 hours of mandatory study tables.

 

They can use the tables abandoned from the training tables.