Game Number One: Wyoming

[1981 grad]

56 minutes ago, exit322 said:

The in game experience wasn't special, but I would not call it "bad."

 

Work to do, sure, but it is relatively low IMO on the problems list right now

The TV experience was worse.  Reghi continued to call out the wrong players when doing the play by play and a few times even got the down wrong.  The TV was showing the player's name on his jersey but Reghi was not watching the monitor.  It was ugly.  And how many times can he indicate our coach is an offensive genius when we cannot score a point.  And how many times can we watch the same wrestling commerical?  50 times and counting.

[GP1]

2 hours ago, Hilltopper said:

They have been do that for years. Last year 15,000 free tickets distributed to various organizations. Around 150 redeemed. Joe Akron just doesn't give a crap about UA football. We would draw the same if we were competing against Mount Union and other D3 programs at 1/10th the cost. Figure out how to let soccer and basketball compete at a higher level without pretending we can compete in football. 

Organizations? No, just give them away to anyone who wants one. 

[GP1]

2 hours ago, Ham said:

Findley is rated the fourth best QB in the MAC. God help those other 9 teams.  Nebraska will be a throw away.  We should treat this like a pre-season game.  We should see at least 3 QB's have a shot.  Just maybe; one will show something under pressure.  I don't mean to put the loss on Findley, but so much more was expected.  If he is going to make mistakes like a true FR, we might as well see them from the back ups.

I watched some of the Miami Wisconsin game and by that I mean a couple of Miami series. They have a seventh year QB (yes, you read that right). He looked like he never played a game. If you plan on playing college football until you are 25, at least look like a star your last year, whenever that may be. 

[GP1]

41 minutes ago, clarkwgriswold said:

Free tickets will not improve the quality of the football and that's the real issue.

 

Also, people will not go to see bad football, even for free.  They've given away tickets before and it hasn't worked.

Are they playing their games on a day of the week and at times that would make it attractive for someone to attend? I would say no. 

 

BG had a great crowd last night, but Eddie George creates more interest than $2 beers and scholarship give aways. I'll be interested to see if they can keep it up. 

 

Is Akron a mess?  Hell yes. Last night was a disaster. There is no positive spin that can be put on a 10-0 loss to a bad team that had to travel cross country. I think the entire league is a mess in terms of football. After a couple of decades, the rot created by weeknight games has taken its toll. I'm so disgusted by it all I can barely bring myself to watch it. 

[clarkwgriswold]

26 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Organizations? No, just give them away to anyone who wants one. 

 

That would be one damn short line.

[kreed5120]

52 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:

The TV experience was worse.  Reghi continued to call out the wrong players when doing the play by play and a few times even got the down wrong.  The TV was showing the player's name on his jersey but Reghi was not watching the monitor.  It was ugly.  And how many times can he indicate our coach is an offensive genius when we cannot score a point.  And how many times can we watch the same wrestling commerical?  50 times and counting.

 

If you're digging on ESPN+ to find an Akron game you're either already a diehard fan or a degenerate gambler. Joe Akron isn't going to be put off from Reghi because frankly he isn't going to be watching the game in the first place.

[1981 grad]

3 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

If you're digging on ESPN+ to find an Akron game you're either already a diehard fan or a degenerate gambler. Joe Akron isn't going to be put off from Reghi because frankly he isn't going to be watching the game in the first place.

I have never bet or sports so I guess I am a diehard fan and have been following the Zips since attending school in the 80s.  Actually, the game was frustrating but it was not a blowout.  The defense had some great stops on 4th down, played well and we had some excellant punts.  Findley had his worst game as a Zip and very dissapointing offense.

[ZipCat]

7 hours ago, clarkwgriswold said:

In today's age of the "haves and have nots" and the continued misery brought on by this program, I think I've heard enough of the "we can't be in the MAC if we don't play FBS football" explanation.

 

Maybe it's time to just blow this damn thing up and figure it out, with an emphasis on concentrating what we're good at (basketball; soccer).  

 

Agreed. Akron Football is NEVER GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE and we need to stop living the fantasy. I watched the first hour of the OU vs Rutgers game too, which was remarkably boring, and both teams sucked balls. There needs to be a reckoning in college athletics, and this crap has to end. 

[ZipCat]

4 hours ago, 1981 grad said:

The TV experience was worse.  Reghi continued to call out the wrong players when doing the play by play and a few times even got the down wrong.  The TV was showing the player's name on his jersey but Reghi was not watching the monitor.  It was ugly.  And how many times can he indicate our coach is an offensive genius when we cannot score a point.  And how many times can we watch the same wrestling commerical?  50 times and counting.

 

Dear god the ESPN+ experience was awful. Reghi needs to retire, and the ESPN+ crew couldn't even put the proper down and distance. It would just sit there blank. And why are there so many commercial breaks for ESPN+? It makes no freaking sense, and the game was so boring anyways so it's all just insane.

 

Dear god watching the grainy GoZips.com feed of the games back in the 2010s was better than this crap.

[72 Roo]

More thoughts:

 

By the end of the first quarter everyone in the stadium knew Finley didn't have it. Why stick with him? When Johnson came in for the obvious running play the Zips still got the yards they needed. Let him stay in or go to Roggow. That gives us a chance. Finley doesn't give us any. The win is most important. How you get it is not.

 

In the second half my buddy and I started watching Finley as the offense came off the field. Only once did a coach talk to him and it wasn't Joe. For an offensive genius Joe never said a word to his QB. Finley was alone. Only Johnson came over next to him and seemed to try to pump him up. If the guy is having a bad day help him. Coach him up. Nothing was done. Is Joe mailing it in?

 

Finley on the other hand did not pump up his teammates. He sat and stewed. The only emotion we saw was when he attacked a Gatorade water cooler with his helmut. It was Johnson who came over and picked the cooler up and put it back where it belonged. Johnson seems to be a high character kid.

[GP1]

1 hour ago, ZipCat said:

 

Agreed. Akron Football is NEVER GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE and we need to stop living the fantasy. I watched the first hour of the OU vs Rutgers game too, which was remarkably boring, and both teams sucked balls. There needs to be a reckoning in college athletics, and this crap has to end. 

OU had a chance to win the game and only lost by three. OU is what a competent MAC program looks like. There is no reason a top third of the MAC shouldn't be able to complete against a bottom third Big Ten school. 

 

College football is broken in that almost everyone is just playing games and trying to make money to support a bloated athletic department. There are only 5 to 7 programs tops who have a shot at winning a championship. 

 

Akron can compete, but it has to be at a level where money is less important. I don't know that exists right now nationally, but I would bet a lot of universities would breathe a sigh of relief if it did. 

[GP1]

1 hour ago, 72 Roo said:

 Is Joe mailing it in?

Great question. I'm guessing the answer is yes. I didn't think this until I read Captain Kangaroo's report of the event held in west Akron before the season. When a coach openly bellyaches at a public event about all the things he doesn't have, he's finished. If you give a crap about how the program is viewed publicly, you don't do that. 

[ZipCat]

34 minutes ago, GP1 said:

OU had a chance to win the game and only lost by three. OU is what a competent MAC program looks like. There is no reason a top third of the MAC shouldn't be able to complete against a bottom third Big Ten school. 

 

College football is broken in that almost everyone is just playing games and trying to make money to support a bloated athletic department. There are only 5 to 7 programs tops who have a shot at winning a championship. 

 

Akron can compete, but it has to be at a level where money is less important. I don't know that exists right now nationally, but I would bet a lot of universities would breathe a sigh of relief if it did. 

 

You misunderstand my point. That game was an awful bore to watch. As for the Top of the MAC competing with the Bottom of the Big Ten ... so what? It's not good football. The bottom of the Big Ten is awful, which means the top of the MAC is awful. It's not good football, and it's not particularly interesting or fun to watch. And pretending Akron is going to become that is just being silly. It's not, and it's time to STOP WASTING THE MONEY ON IT, all while the University is underpaying professors, cutting programs and shortchanging students.

 

Akron CANNOT compete, and it's time to stop this farce.

[kreed5120]

31 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Great question. I'm guessing the answer is yes. I didn't think this until I read Captain Kangaroo's report of the event held in west Akron before the season. When a coach openly bellyaches at a public event about all the things he doesn't have, he's finished. If you give a crap about how the program is viewed publicly, you don't do that. 

 

He was making similar comments last season as well. To me it just comes a crossed as he's incapable of adapting to the changing landscapes of college athletics. Kent also has a poorly funded football program. Sean Lewis found a way of turning lemons into lemonade. He was too busy finding ways of making due with what he had to make excuses. Perhaps Moorhead is just at a point in his career where he no longer has that drive.