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October 2007

Bowling Green offensive breakdown

October 31, 2007

Football
The theme — Bowling Green loooooooves to pass. Its 300 yards per game was 12th in the nation. That said, their rushing offense hasn't been much to speak of, until the Kent State win two weeks ago. KSU's Doug Martin said, "I dare you to run." And they won the game by doing it. So [...]

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Brookhart press conference quotes

October 30, 2007

Football

Key points from Monday's press conference…
Dennis Kennedy hasn't been running as well this year, and J.D. Brookhart says he doesn't know why. That's funny, because the coach was raving about DK to me during camp.
Chris Jacquemain has faded in every second half, Brookhart conceded. His overall grade is a "C." I'd move that down to [...]

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The morning after

October 28, 2007

Football

Grades…
Quarterback – I've said enough about the quarterback situation. I may have been too harsh on Chris Jacquemain though. The wind was pretty bad. His receivers dropped passes. My main complaint is his complete lack of accuracy when the Zips had a chance to get back in the game. Grade: D
Running back — Bryan Williams [...]

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Akron stumbles again in loss to Buffalo

October 27, 2007

Football
Is this rock bottom?
Losing to Temple and Buffalo in consecutive games was unfathomable in August. However, Akron is heading one direction. The Owls and Bulls are going another.
The Zips politely declined to take advantage of scoring opportunities throughout their 26-10 loss today.
Akron outgained Buffalo, 327 to 280. Buffalo snatched each possible point. Akron whiffed.
That's the [...]

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Gameday news and notes

October 27, 2007

Football
J.D. Brookhart smartly says Akron has to stop James Starks to beat Buffalo.
On the other side, Turner Gill said his team will still focus its offense on the ground game.
The line is just about even now, according to bookmakers.
I think this will be a game that Zips fans will look back at and say, "Wow, [...]

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Buffalo defensive breakdown

October 26, 2007

Football
The theme — Buffalo specializes in causing negative plays. If the Bulls sniff out the direction of the play, it's probably not going anywhere. The Bulls have 50 tackles for loss in their seven games. Scoring wise, they have been pretty erratic. They allowed 49 to Ball State but only 10 to Ohio and seven [...]

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Buffalo offensive breakdown

October 25, 2007

Football
The theme — I've said Buffalo is one of the most consistent teams in the whacky MAC, mainly because the Bulls haven't lost to any teams they should have beaten. Credit a consistent offense. The Bulls protect the ball and win the field position game.
Key players — Drew Willy has been one of the [...]

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Michigan downs Akron in 2OT

October 25, 2007

Men's soccer
Akron lost in second overtime against Michigan Wednesday night on a goal that broke Evan Bush's stint of more than 100 minutes without allowing a goal.
The Zips outshot the Wolverines 9-6, but UM's Jake Stacy kicked the only ball that mattered.
The Zips will play at conference leader Buffalo on Friday in a game that [...]

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Zips could have conference in their hands

October 24, 2007

Football
The PD's Elton Alexander writes today that Akron will be in control of the MAC East with a win over Buffalo, to whom the Zips have not lost since 1999.
The ABJ's David Lee Morgan wrote an interesting story about how the coaches grade players.

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Mackey back on depth chart

October 23, 2007

Football
John Mackey is listed as backup to Wayne Cobham at rover in the updated depth chart.
I don't think he'll play. Jared Cecchetti was on the depth chart for two weeks (if I remember correctly) before he got serious playing time. And he never tore his ACL.
Still, this is an emotional boost — even to [...]

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