Game #7 Miami @ Akron - 12:00 pm October 11th: Catdaddyp July Preview → Official Game Thread

[Captain Kangaroo]

55 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

They've tried with Ianello...and Brookhart...and Bowden...and Arth...and Motorhead....yet here we are.  

I would have killed to see Lemmy coaching the Zips.

[GP1]

14 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

I would have killed to see Lemmy coaching the Zips.

I thought you might have been a Grobe guy..........,.... just kidding. 

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, ZippyDoo said:

K reed i probably agree with you 90-95 percent of the time, but the taxpayer argument is wrong. The football team does not cost the taxpayer a penny...

Not directly, but indirectly. The athletic program relies on institutional support to make up any shortfalls in the athletic budget.

 

If we have to come up with an extra $1 million that wasn't budgeted before where do you think if would come from? If no booster steps up it would likely need to come from the general fund.

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

They've tried with Ianello...and Brookhart...and Bowden...and Arth...and Motorhead....yet here we are.  Maybe it's not all about the head coach?

I would say we tried with a $60+ million stadium and whatever we spent on the fieldhouse as well. We have poured so much money into football, far more than any other sports, but it continues to be throwing more good money after bad.

[GP1]

5 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

Not directly, but indirectly. The athletic program relies on institutional support to make up any shortfalls in the athletic budget.

That's not true either. 30 percent of all the budget needs of UofA are paid by the taxpayers. If not for the taxpayers, there is no UofA. If not for UofA there is no football team. 

[1981 grad]

I had a great time last week and went to the game today.  They were competitive in the first half but after Miami took the ball and scored in the first drive in the 2nd half we all knew it was over.  What amazes me is how we keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again.  An interception in the end zone after a great drive: Check, a missed field goal: check, a defensive penalty on a kick or field goal that gives our opponent a first down: check, a motion penalty that sets us back that destroys a drive, check, check, check, check, ect. 

 

And a stupid move by our coach was the last play that I could stomach and that was in the beginning of the 4th quarter.  After Akron had a great stop on 4th down and the score was 17-0, I thought I would watch one more drive to see if we could score any points and maybe come back.  Finley made a 3rd down run and dove near the first down marker and the refs gave him a first down.  I told my son they need to snap the ball quickly because it was very close and they had just reversed a similar play on Miami earlier.  Instead, Akron took their time lining up and just before the ball was snapped the refs reviewed the play and reversed their call and then Akron got stopped on 4th down.  

 

I left.  If our coach and QB cannot figure out to snap the ball quickly in that situation then shame on them.  I am sick of losing football and that play just exemplified our losing mentality.

 

 

[ZippyforPresident]

6 hours ago, johnnyzip84 said:

The four false starts were easily as harmful as anything else that contributed to the halftime goose egg.

 

On another note (see what I did there), whoever was responsible for announcing the band's last halftime song today hasn't a clue. For those not here, the band played three rock classics, starting with Joan Jett's I Love Rock and Roll, then the Stones' Paint it Black, then they announced they were closing it out with the final song from The Who's rock opera Tommy, then proceeded to play Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It, a totally different song never played by the band - 

I noticed that too haha.

[ewbrooman1]

7 hours ago, johnnyzip84 said:

The four false starts were easily as harmful as anything else that contributed to the halftime goose egg.

 

On another note (see what I did there), whoever was responsible for announcing the band's last halftime song today hasn't a clue. For those not here, the band played three rock classics, starting with Joan Jett's I Love Rock and Roll, then the Stones' Paint it Black, then they announced they were closing it out with the final song from The Who's rock opera Tommy, then proceeded to play Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It, a totally different song never played by the band - SMH

In his/her defense they were probably just reading off a script provided to them. 

[Blue & Gold]

 

[exit322]

Yep, everyone's right.  It's hopeless.  This is what they are.  May as well shut it down and let the soccer teams play at Infocision so at least it gets used.

[clarkwgriswold]

10 hours ago, exit322 said:

Yep, everyone's right.  It's hopeless.  This is what they are.  May as well shut it down and let the soccer teams play at Infocision so at least it gets used.

 

I don't think anyone wants to shut it down.  They want to see a different approach as the last couple of decades demonstrate that this approach isn't working, and it's not going to get any easier with the changes in the college sports landscape.

[johnnyzip84]

12 hours ago, ewbrooman1 said:

In his/her defense they were probably just reading off a script provided to them. 

That thought occurred to me - regardless, someone dropped the ball.

[Lee Adams]

Was at the game. Beautiful sunny day with wife and granddaughter. She got ANOTHER picture with Zippy. Anyway.

Defensively that unit played well enough for Akron to have won.Miami ain't chopped liver.

The defense should sue for non-support.

Offensively it was pretty offensive. I saw the same QB making the same mistakes he has forever. If he holds the ball longer than about 3 seconds you can see he loses the field and tends to just throw the ball up. Still has a hard time stepping into the pocket. Throws to much off back foot and thus is inaccurate. AND, you can't continue throwing picks into the end zone to covered receivers. Drive and game killers. But, thats Moorehead's recruit and he hasn't been able'to coach him up' much. Whats with the center and wide receivers being called for motion penalties!!!! Thats ridiculous. I thought the O-Line played well considering they were playing a good defense.

Gant can run.

Bottom line Moorehead's offense doesn't score enough. Curious as to why he didn't run even more. 

Did Moorehead lose track of downs at one point in the second quarter when the game was still close? Did he go for it on 4th down and fail? Someone help me with this one. Game management is a bit rocky still.

Y'all can debate whether Moorehead should be fired or not. Thats becoming nauseating.

I said 4-4 in the MAC would be OK with me. Lets play the games and see. Doesn't do any good to speculate about who they can or can't beat.

 

[exit322]

11 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

 

I don't think anyone wants to shut it down.  They want to see a different approach as the last couple of decades demonstrate that this approach isn't working, and it's not going to get any easier with the changes in the college sports landscape.

 

Eh, nope, you get told you're an idiot and to pony up the money if you want anything to be better.  So, better to just be 2-10 every year and not have expectations that a team in Ohio could win football games.

Edited 2 hours ago by exit322

[LZIp]

On 10/11/2025 at 5:31 PM, kreed5120 said:

Not directly, but indirectly. The athletic program relies on institutional support to make up any shortfalls in the athletic budget.

 

If we have to come up with an extra $1 million that wasn't budgeted before where do you think if would come from? If no booster steps up it would likely need to come from the general fund.

And if a booster does step up to fire Moorhead, they need to be ready to step up in other ways. That is, supporting our program to have a respectable operating  budget compared to our peers and NIL, or it’s all wasted money because nothing will change.