Early Look – Akron
June 2nd, 2010 by LvilleOrange
Any reason to fear the roo?
Time to take a deep dive into our opponents for the upcoming 2010 season. Our opener is against a team we fans should be plenty aware of as we have played them the last two years. So let’s get to it!
2009 Review
To say it wasn’t the type of season that Zip fans had hoped for would be an understatement. The season started rough with the dismissal of QB Chris Jacquemain, nose dived with a six game losing streak and ultimately crash landed to the tune of 3-9 ending with the firing of coach JD Brookhart. The Zips did open their new stadium with a win over Morgan St. and their two remaining wins to Kent St and Eastern Michigan were at home as well. The losses were to Penn St, Indiana, Central Michigan, Ohio, Buffalo, Syracuse, Northern Illinois, Temple and Bowling Green. This marks the fourth straight losing season for the Zips.
The Orange was able to avenge 2008′s disappointing loss with a 28-14 win last season. That was the first game without Mike Williams and Delone Carter had a huge day with 30 carries for 170 yards.
Spring Developments
Now the rebuilding job falls on former ND assistant Rob Ianello. Ianello, who has never had a coordinator gig, pretty much decided to retool both sides of ball. The offense is scrapping the spread (gasp!) in favor of a pro-style offense. The defense is abandoning the funky 3-3-5 alignment and returning to a more natural 4-3 defensive scheme. Former Cuse assistants Mitch Browning and Derrick Jackson are tasked with developing the Oline and Dline; so there will be some familiarity for Cuse fans on the Akron sidelines.
