Game #1 Zips @ Wake Forest - 7:00 pm Thur. Sept. 3rd - Official Game Thread

[ZippyRulz]

16 hours ago, LZIp said:

Nope. One of Joe’s stubborn tendencies.

 

It certainly is.

[ZippyDoo]

out of curiosity i looked at the time of possession by quarter:

 

1st quarter

5:39 akron

9:21 WF

 

2nd quarter

7:59 Akron

7:01 WF

 

3rd quarter

6:48 Akron

8:12 WF

 

Akron had it  for 10 minutes in the fourth...  the defense was on the field for a whole quarter for the first half which was a lot in that heat, but you can also see a steady progression by offense which was good too...

[GP1]

3 hours ago, ZippyDoo said:

i thought the same early on. I don't know how much it would have changed the outcome at all but Zips we're driving when we lost the fumble and on another series they were gaining momentum and gave up a lot of yardage on an unfortunate sack. 

 

Again i'm not saying zips would have won but they were at least two times where seemed like they were starting to gain some momentum and move the ball...  That's football but things they can clean hope hopefully. 

I think what fans should watch for in coming games is not total mistakes or type of mistakes, but who is making the same mistakes. If a player fumbles once a year, it's part of the game. If a player fumbles every game, then that player is a big problem. 

 

A player who fumbles a lot is a fumbler. Turnovers kill teams. If a player commits a lot of penalties, the player is a problem. A player who gives up big plays over and over will kill a team. Players who drop passes over and over again are problems. 

 

What I'm saying is this, in the coming weeks the coaches need to change the players or change the players. Players who are chronic problems are team killers and need to find their way to the bench or stop being problem. I won't see many games between now and weeknight games. I'd be interested in hearing from fans about who is and isn't a chronic problem. 

[GP1]

Just to close this out, if you went to the game, what did you think of Winston Salem and the stadium?

[ZippyDoo]

i got on an hour before the game and left vwry early the next morning. 

 

the hotel was 12 minutes from the stadium so it was an easy drive there and back. my youngest got to see a real live cracked out woman at the intersection of the hotel drive and the main road which led to a "what is wrong with her?"

 

but other than that i thought the stadium was very nice the atmosphere was cool and i have no complaints at all about the environment at the game.

 

except the outcome...