Looking Ahead to 2026

[Zippy87]

The biggest potential news of the offseason will obviously surround Moorhead. Is there legs to the Virginia Tech rumor? If he does stay, will the investment in the program increase from UA? 

 

I assume we will have a few players who will garner good interest elsewhere. Are we able to retain any key players?

 

Who will the starting QB be? 

 

Non-conference opponents are:

09/05 - at Wake Forest
09/12 - Robert Morris
09/19 - at Minnesota
09/26 - UNLV

[Lee Adams]

11 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

The biggest potential news of the offseason will obviously surround Moorhead. Is there legs to the Virginia Tech rumor? If he does stay, will the investment in the program increase from UA? 

 

I assume we will have a few players who will garner good interest elsewhere. Are we able to retain any key players?

 

Who will the starting QB be? 

 

Non-conference opponents are:

09/05 - at Wake Forest
09/12 - Robert Morris
09/19 - at Minnesota
09/26 - UNLV

Well no VT is no go. At best 1 win in the first 4 again.

[GP1]

19 hours ago, Zippy87 said:

The biggest potential news of the offseason will obviously surround Moorhead. Is there legs to the Virginia Tech rumor? 

I don't know, but he has a two week head start on the rest of college football and Franklin is already in place. Announcing a coordinator hire this early in the recruiting process could be helpful in securing key players from the TP. 

[csims0917]

QB will be by far the biggest factor this offseason

[Blue & Gold]

48 minutes ago, csims0917 said:

QB will be by far the biggest factor this offseason

I'm stoked to see JoeMo's read-option finally run with a dual threat QB. That's kinda the whole point of the scheme. Finley wasn't keeping too many defenses off balance with his playmaking ability. 😂

But our Dual Threats are only going to be a redshirt freshman & a true freshman, so... yeah.

[Zippy87]

Just received this email...doesn't sound like Moorhead is leaving

 

Hello Zips Nation!!

 

Thank you for all your support this football season. We had energetic crowds, especially in the suites and club spaces. We had a lot of fun with a big Homecoming victory over Central Michigan, and we had great student support from the AK Rowdies, Spirit Squads, and Pride of Ohio Marching Band. 

 

While the year certainly had plenty of drama, our 2025 campaign ends on a high note. Our victory over Bowling Green this week gave us five wins this season, which is the most we’ve had since the 2017 campaign and gives us plenty of hope for an even brighter future.

 

While I am pleased with the progress, like so many of you, I have higher expectations for our football program. Trust that our coaching staff and student-athletes share in these higher expectations.

 

In our first meeting after the conclusion of this football season, Coach Moorhead and I reviewed the calendar and came to the same conclusion that so much of our success next year will be dependent on the next eight weeks. Over the next eight weeks, we will evaluate our football staff, operations, roster, academic efforts, and recruiting and retention strategies as the transfer portal opens and closes. Inevitably, we will see some of our young men enter the transfer portal and we will also identify many new faces who are eager to join the Akron Zips football program in pursuit of a MAC Championship and University of Akron degree. 

 

In an effort to help us recruit and retain the highest caliber student-athletes, persons who possess both talent and high character, we are asking you to please make a gift to the Akron competitive excellence fund today. 

 

Click Here to donate to the Akron competitive excellence fund today.

 

We acknowledge that many of our peers have more resources than we do, however, that does not scare us. We will confidently move forward as we believe that the most important resources are a healthy team culture and support from all stakeholders throughout our Akron community. Trust that we will never use financial resources as an excuse. While they do help, we identify as and aspire to be the pound-for-pound best athletics program in the nation

 

I hope that over the past six months we have demonstrated that our new “Make The Climb” culture of competitive excellence will bear much fruit and that your investment will be put to good use.

 

Join us, as we “MAKE THE CLIMB” and help us as we work to as hard as possible over the next eight weeks to get to eight victories next season.

 

Best wishes and Go Zips!

 

Andrew

 

Dr. Andrew T. Goodrich

Director of Athletics

University of Akron

Go Zips! #MakeTheClimb

[kreed5120]

I don't necessarily think it means anything other than he hasn't left yet. That's not to say he will or won't be leaving.