Eastern Michigan Preview (Game Six)

[exit322]

Of course he can't.

[clarkwgriswold]

Some dumb football.  Illegal snap; not getting out of bounds; short inbounds completions...  

Edited Saturday at 10:51 PM by clarkwgriswold

[exit322]

14-40

[AkronAlumnus]

You'd think we'd have a good kicker

[AkronAlumnus]

Wow, such a winnable game. 

[clarkwgriswold]

Just now, AkronAlumnus said:

You'd think we'd have a good kicker

 

Well, a great punter maybe from all of the experience he gets.

[GP1]

Looks like a nice crowd in the lower bowl. 

[GP1]

Gotta win games at home like that. 

[GoZips88]

4th and 2 vs 47yd FG. With a timeout in his pocket, Joe just seemed to say to his offense that he trusted his kicker (based on what?) more than his own wealth of OC knowledge (allegedly), the O-line and today's backfield production to get 2 yards and the opportunity to work the field for a few more plays ...

 

On the season ...

 

 

Rushing today ...

 

 

Edited Saturday at 11:08 PM by GoZips88

[exit322]

Just pathetic.  The team doesn't have MAC title talent.  It does, however, have plenty of talent to win a fair number of games.

 

It doesn't have the coach.

Edited Saturday at 11:14 PM by exit322

[Blue & Gold]

 

[exit322]

15 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

 

Perfectly visible by the alumni band, provided we wore our glasses. 

[kreed5120]

I attended my first Akron football game in about 10 years. Went with about 10 people who also hadn't been to a game in quite some time and they convinced me to get a ticket even though I planned to just tailgate.

 

Honestly, if Akron played like this and were just Browns bad instead of losing by 20+ I wouldn't be opposed to going to games more often. It was actually entertaining despite losing and most of the people I was with expressed interest in returning.

[Lee Adams]

The definition of insanity...well we all know. Same ending different day.

[exit322]

1 hour ago, Lee Adams said:

The definition of insanity...well we all know. Same ending different day.

18 games left

[GP1]

30 minutes ago, exit322 said:

18 games left

Unless you have a pile of cash you aren't telling everyone about. 

[exit322]

3 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Unless you have a pile of cash you aren't telling everyone about. 

 

Yeah I don't have a pile of cash.  Wife wanted new bathrooms this summer 😄

[kreed5120]

9 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

Yeah I don't have a pile of cash.  Wife wanted new bathrooms this summer 😄

 

Plural, those renovations set back your retirement lol.

[ZippyDoo]

the game was very entertaining but extremely frustrating yet again because it was another "winnable" game. stupid penalties, secondary looks lost at times and corners cant tackle at all. 

 

but despite all of that it came down to a wide left field goal. this loss of course is not on the kicker. too many other things to blame it on, but it would have been nice to steal one away.  that was the number one team in the MAC AND THE zips had it right there for the taking

[exit322]

9 hours ago, kreed5120 said:

 

Plural, those renovations set back your retirement lol.

 

Luckily I didn't have to adjust that, haha

[exit322]

9 hours ago, ZippyDoo said:

the game was very entertaining but extremely frustrating yet again because it was another "winnable" game. stupid penalties, secondary looks lost at times and corners cant tackle at all. 

 

but despite all of that it came down to a wide left field goal. this loss of course is not on the kicker. too many other things to blame it on, but it would have been nice to steal one away.  that was the number one team in the MAC AND THE zips had it right there for the taking

 

It's not the kicker's fault the coach asked him to do something he can't do.

[ZippyDoo]

100% Not his fault

[kreed5120]

53 minutes ago, exit322 said:

 

It's not the kicker's fault the coach asked him to do something he can't do.

 

I'm not blaming the kicker as it was by no means a give me field goal. That said, he had the distance so it's obviously a field goal he's capable of making. What percentage of those kicks he makes I don't know, but I imagine Joe was reasonably confident he could make it. It was the right call in the moment. It just didn't work out.

 

The bigger special teams blunder that probably more directly led to the loss was the blocked punt. I don't know how we let that happen.

[ZippyDoo]

agreed about the blocked punt. emu called it at the right time and surely caught zips by surprise. 

 

i've seen enough to see teams just go through the motions on both sides of the ball and they caught akron sleeping. it should never happen. But it did....

Edited 8 hours ago by ZippyDoo

[Captain Kangaroo]

Nice show put on by UA yesterday. The lots were full, lots of beers drank, and good times were had in Lots 9, 10, and in the grass lots along Spicer. Any UA alum that attended had to leave feeling like they'd want to return for Homecoming 2027. 

 

Ruggow played well yet again. For a Redshirt Sophomore with Zero experience, or expectations, coming into the season he's been a revelation. I can't imagine many G5 programs with a better 3rd stringer on their roster.

 

OL blocked well enough to win the game. RB had a good push to run behind, and Ruggow usually had time to scan the field. They aren't perfect...especially with the untimely, borderline crippling penalties, but for hastily assembled patchwork crew they have done a nice job. 

 

WR's still drop too many balls.  Marcel was great.

 

TE position is a strength. Good hands when called upon, and excellent edge blocking.

 

RB was fine. The mix of 70% Gant and 30% Patrick is effective. Surprised to see Marquisse get a chance in non garbage time, and he delivered a TD!?

 

The defense is what it is. The lack of a pass rush hurt yesterday, as it has on most Saturdays. But they played well enough for the Zips to win the game.

 

The LB's are more than serviceable. Again, I expected that crew to be much worse than they are in 2026.

 

DB's are bad.  But yesterday...could you really complain? After watching UNLV WR's run free 20 yards behind them two weeks ago, they were much more effective vs EMU. It was maddening to watch them in all follow the WR's and forget about the QB in successive goal line situations. 

 

Special teams hurt. Missed game winning field goal and a blocked punt hurt in a 2-point loss.

 

It was fun to see the Zips defensive players urging-on the crowd to make some noise in key defensive situations. Usually there's no use doing so in the cavernous InfoCision. Last night, there was.

 

If Schramm's kick had sailed through the uprights it would have been huge. The fans were cheering, the players were bouncing up and down, ready to storm the field...and instead I picked up my folding stadium seat and walked back to my truck on the losing end once again. 

 

The Zips team represented UA nicely on a big stage (by Zips standards) Saturday. Hope they keep fighting. I heard Miami lost their QB (who was awesome against Cincinnati a few weeks ago), so that'll help our cause next week. And a revenge win against Kent in 2 weeks can set the table for an interesting November.

 

If Broughton is healthy next week, do you start him? He looked pretty spry on the sideline yesterday.