ZippyDoo Posted June 29 Report Posted June 29 Zips got their work cut out for them... IF they finally make it to a bowl, I feel comfortable saying that they will have earned it if this preseason prediction is accurate... 1. Wake Forest ACC Preseason #11 2. Robert Morris University NEC Preseason # 3 3. Minnesota Big 10 Preseason 11 4. UNLV Mountain West Preseason #1 5. Central Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 3 6. Eastern Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 8 7. Miami (ohio) MAC PRESEASON # 1 8. Kent State MAC PRESEASON # 10 9. Ohio MAC PRESEASON # 5 10. Western Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 2 11. UMASS MAC PRESEASON # 13 12. Buffalo MAC PRESEASON # 6 Just for the record Athlon predicts the MAC Championship to be Miami (ohio) over Western Michigan.... Zips were #9; Not on our schedule ( Toledo #4, Bowling Green #7, Sacramento State #12) What are everyone's thoughts? Looking at this ranking it is gonna be really hard to get to a bowl... Zips would be the underdog EVERY week except week 2 and week 11... I bet after last year against Kent State and the fact that they would be the home team this year-Zips will probably be the underdog that week too.... Quote
Zips1991 Posted June 29 Report Posted June 29 (edited) 13 minutes ago, ZippyDoo said: Zips got their work cut out for them... IF they finally make it to a bowl, I feel comfortable saying that they will have earned it if this preseason prediction is accurate... 1. Wake Forest ACC Preseason #11 2. Robert Morris University NEC Preseason # 3 3. Minnesota Big 10 Preseason 11 4. UNLV Mountain West Preseason #1 5. Central Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 3 6. Eastern Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 8 7. Miami (ohio) MAC PRESEASON # 1 8. Kent State MAC PRESEASON # 10 9. Ohio MAC PRESEASON # 5 10. Western Michigan MAC PRESEASON # 2 11. UMASS MAC PRESEASON # 13 12. Buffalo MAC PRESEASON # 6 Just for the record Athlon predicts the MAC Championship to be Miami (ohio) over Western Michigan.... Zips were #9; Not on our schedule ( Toledo #4, Bowling Green #7, Sacramento State #12) What are everyone's thoughts? Looking at this ranking it is gonna be really hard to get to a bowl... Zips would be the underdog EVERY week except week 2 and week 11... I bet after last year against Kent State and the fact that they would be the home team this year-Zips will probably be the underdog that week too.... If they could've just gave us Sac State instead of Miami, I think we'd get to 6 wins. I see us beating Robert Morris, EMU, Kent, UMass, and one of either Ohio or Buffalo. Edited June 29 by Zips1991 Quote
ZippyDoo Posted June 29 Author Report Posted June 29 I was looking at EMU, UMASS, Kent, RMU and hoping for BUFF as the season finale at home IF we pulled off BUFF and OHIO plus these others that would give us six.... an upset against any of those other three non-conference teams would be tremendous. I don't know if it is realistic, but it would be tremendous. I think the offense has a lot of fire power if this qb is any good.. The wr's are gonna be studs and I'm excited for the rb's this season. the defense doesn't have to shut the other teams out, the offense just has to outscore them! I think that is an optimistic way of looking at it. (just trying to stay positive as we head into the season.) camp is officially two weeks away. Quote
kreed5120 Posted June 29 Report Posted June 29 I don't think the schedule is particularly gruesome. Wake Forest, Minnesota, and UNLV are all winnable games for a team competing at the top of the MAC. Not saying I'd expect a Miami (OH) to win all 3, but I'd think they would win at minimum 1. The real issue is we're projected as the 9th best team in what is arguably the worst FBS conference. Of course getting to 6 wins will be a challenge. There are only 13 teams in all of FBS that Athlon has ranked below us. Quote
zippy5 Posted June 29 Report Posted June 29 Once we beat Wake and Minnesota we'll be favored in all of them 2 4 Quote
Zips1991 Posted June 29 Report Posted June 29 1 hour ago, kreed5120 said: I don't think the schedule is particularly gruesome. Wake Forest, Minnesota, and UNLV are all winnable games for a team competing at the top of the MAC. Not saying I'd expect a Miami (OH) to win all 3, but I'd think they would win at minimum 1. The real issue is we're projected as the 9th best team in what is arguably the worst FBS conference. Of course getting to 6 wins will be a challenge. There are only 13 teams in all of FBS that Athlon has ranked below us. At least we're ahead of 13 teams. There was a time when we weren't ahead of any! 1 Quote
GP1 Posted Thursday at 08:44 PM Report Posted Thursday at 08:44 PM On 6/29/2026 at 10:39 AM, zippy5 said: Once we beat Wake and Minnesota we'll be favored in all of them Never be surprised when an ACC team loses. We beat a better Big Team in Northwestern than Minnesota years ago. I think NE went to the Big Ten Championship that season, or not.... can't remember. 1 Quote
LZIp Posted Friday at 12:04 PM Report Posted Friday at 12:04 PM 15 hours ago, GP1 said: Never be surprised when an ACC team loses. We beat a better Big Team in Northwestern than Minnesota years ago. I think NE went to the Big Ten Championship that season, or not.... can't remember. They did. Finished very close to ranked as well. I believe also the same year that Bowden was canned. Quote
Let'sGoZips94 Posted yesterday at 01:56 PM Report Posted yesterday at 01:56 PM UNLV is such a good OOC home game. Should be excellent football weather and hopefully we surprise people this season. It's Joe-Bowl or Joe-No-Mo this year. Give me 7 or 8 wins. Go Zips. Quote
exit322 Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM Report Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: UNLV is such a good OOC home game. Should be excellent football weather and hopefully we surprise people this season. It's Joe-Bowl or Joe-No-Mo this year. Give me 7 or 8 wins. Go Zips. This should be a sign at the games. Quote
ZippyDoo Posted yesterday at 05:02 PM Author Report Posted yesterday at 05:02 PM I can't wait for camp to open up next week !!! Right now we are tied for first in the MAC... I don't know how long that will last but I can enter the season cautiously optimistic.... I hope the qb can bring back his Albany numbers.... 2 Quote
exit322 Posted yesterday at 05:47 PM Report Posted yesterday at 05:47 PM 43 minutes ago, ZippyDoo said: Right now we are tied for first in the MAC... I don't know how long that will last but I can enter the season cautiously optimistic.... Sadly, only until August 29th, at which point Akron will only be tied for second. Quote
ZippyDoo Posted yesterday at 06:03 PM Author Report Posted yesterday at 06:03 PM Yep so I can be excited until 6:59 pm at least !!! Go Zips.... Quote
MangoZip Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM Report Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM 2 hours ago, ZippyDoo said: I can't wait for camp to open up next week !!! Right now we are tied for first in the MAC... I don't know how long that will last but I can enter the season cautiously optimistic.... I hope the qb can bring back his Albany numbers.... Next week?? They don’t start practice until August Quote
ZippyDoo Posted 23 hours ago Author Report Posted 23 hours ago i know i was jumping the gun when i said "camp". i should have said the whole team will be reporting. im pretty sure all the incoming freshman should be there for Mondays practice and the whole team start working out together before camp. im easily excited so i get excited over little baby steps 2 Quote
exit322 Posted 21 hours ago Report Posted 21 hours ago 1 hour ago, ZippyDoo said: im easily excited so i get excited over little baby steps eh it's still a sign the season's near. Carry on Quote
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