Zips Today 9-7-23

Zips Today 9-7-23

On today's episode, Football Head Coach, Joe Morehead discusses the strides made in the team's run defense. We also hear from Senior Soccer Captain, Sam Tojaga. He believes the team's experience is paying off.

Episode Transcript

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This is SIPs Today, a lookat University of Acron Athletics. Here's your
host, Dave Skosen. The homeopener for Acron football is two days away
and the men's soccer team has crackedthe top five. More coming up on
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is the Acron football home opener againstMorgan State. Head coach Joe Moorehead says
the Zips have made huge strides overthe last couple of seasons defending against the
run. Yeah, throughout fall campin spring ball, we talked about improving

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our physical toughness and competitiveness to holda team like Temple to sixty one yards
rushing in a long run of ninereally talks about the play of our front
six and then our secondary and support. So definitely, please away we come
out. I think two years agois two hundred fifty yards a game rushing
got it down to about one fiftylast year, and if you could keep
it under a hundred yards at that'selite run defense. Coach Moorehead and several

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ZIP student athletes will be among thefeatured guests at the University of Akron Fall
kickoff this afternoon from five to sevenon Main Street in downtown Akron. The
free event will also feature Acron's marchingband Zippy, and much more. Tickets
for football games, including Saturday's opener, can be found at gozips dot com.
The acronman's soccer team has moved upto number five in the national rankings
after playing to a draw at Michiganon Friday, then beating Southern Indiana Monday.

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Akron's Jonas Bischer was named the BigEast Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
Senior captain Sam Toyoga says this team'sexperience is paying off. It's always
good to have a lot of experience. Obviously, we learn a lot over
the years, this group, especially, you know, ups and downs as
you've been going. But our expectationsnever change every year. We want to
go all the way. That's ourgoal every single year. So and the

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boys know that when they come in. We teach that to the new guys.
We still have those those thoughts inthe new guys and listen, we're
gonna use our experience best we canto try and come together and you know,
make a run. This year,you've been listening to ZIPS Today,
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app or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Dave Scosen on six forty wh alone