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It can be a warning sign or it can be a kid trying to find the right place. The context of the moves is just so important.

I emailed today regarding the hats…I believe it was Bud who responded. Says shipping today or tomorrow…overwhelming response.

I'm disappointed with the lack of neutral site games held in Florida.

Please don't utter that name. Shudder.

Yes, but we had much greater access and knowledge of Evan. I wouldn't automatically exclude the guy but it's a pretty big warning sign.

We were Evan's 3rd school in 4 years and he was one of the best "culture" players I can remember. With more coach turnover and roster instability in today's college basketball, I wouldn't dismiss a possible addition based on the number of stops he's had.

We need dudes, viable back up bigs, and 3 Peat Gear in no particular order.

Yes and no. Culture is only going to get us so far. Not that I want the Nick Harney experience again, but we need some dudes

i want nothing to do with a guy going on his 4th team in 4 years. Culture...culture...culture...

That’s the nature of the portal. Calls from coaches aren’t always a reliable indicator of genuine interest.

I don't know how many times Akron was linked to guys last year in tweets like this and I never heard about them again.

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It could just be schools gauging the market. Some of those schools he might be their option if their top 10 guys fall through. Either way, if there is that many teams him signing at Akron will probably be unlikely. Odds are some team will value him much higher than we might. I looked at his numbers against D1 competition, 2 of which were low majors. Nothing really jumps out to me that he's a must get.

I assume this is why I immediately thought he'd be a good get for us.

Seems like when you see this many teams announced, the player is just trying to create a bidding war. Akron is the only team on the list who made the tournament.

When did you order the hoodie? Still waiting on mine. 😡

Depends on who you are selling it to. If you are selling it to dimwitted without an ounce of creativity athletic directors who will destroy the institutions they work for in order to get a higher paying job, it's an easy sell.

Got my hoodie in Nashville yesterday, still waiting for the hat - figured they would have shipped together.

My guess, at least for the hats, they probably didn't have too much in stock. They said they had over 1k orders and if they had that many hats pre-made it would have been a huge waste of money had Scott not hit that shot and the Zips didn't 3Peat. As for the hoodies it could be what @Zips1991 said or it's very possible they ran out of stock there as well and had to place another shipment.

It started off on Thursday's and then other conferences started doing it and the NFL. We moved to Tuesday / Wednesday and others play some on those night but its been primarily the MAC. The NFL is experimenting with a Wednesday game this year and has expressed an interest in moving some more games during the week. This will end up burying some these games any way when it gets to this. You add this to viewer fatigue and this model could add more harm over time. Having a 3rd of the schedule on days fans can't attend in person has become a tough sell.

Seems like they may have got backed up around MAC tournament time, either by the number of orders or just by the busy nature of the time. When I ordered at the end of the season, it came about 7 days after ordering.

32 points that game..I think most were in the 2nd half, too.

I am happy with this news. Coach Embick and Coach Groce are both outstanding coaches and Akron is very fortunate to have both leaders. Coach Embick and his staff have done a great job in adding players for next fall. The future is bright for Akron soccer. The Beacon has a long article about the contract extension. One item in the article…..that I did not know….is the first game for next fall. From Beacon article: The Zips are scheduled to begin the 2026 season against Dayton on Aug. 20 at FirstEnergy Stadium.

I received my GV Artwork shirt. It's nice. Very cool, retro style. My kids also love their Yes Way Jose shirts for the Guardians that arrived in the same package. Here's to hoping they make more Akron gear so I can justify more Guardians gear, too.

Has anyone received their FTRC gear?