[Class of 82]

Was talking to some fellows while having lunch at a local watering hole today, and I brought up the subject of the new stadium, and how excited I am about it, and the future of Akron football and athletics generally. Wow. Sometimes I wonder why I live in Akron, a city that just seems to breed negative, pessimistic, pathetic bozos like these jokers, who simply have nothing good to say about anything or anybody.

I not sure why this is bothering me so much, since the majority of people I've talked to are pretty juiced about the new stadium, or at least think it's a good idea and good for the city. But this isn't my first experience like this, and these a-holes have put me in a really crrappy mood.

GO ZIPS!

P.S. And yeah... they were Suckeyes fans. the OSU

[Big guy in GA]

Was talking to some fellows while having lunch at a local watering hole today, and I brought up the subject of the new stadium, and how excited I am about it, and the future of Akron football and athletics generally. Wow. Sometimes I wonder why I live in Akron, a city that just seems to breed negative, pessimistic, pathetic bozos like these jokers, who simply have nothing good to say about anything or anybody.

I not sure why this is bothering me so much, since the majority of people I've talked to are pretty juiced about the new stadium, or at least think it's a good idea and good for the city. But this isn't my first experience like this, and these a-holes have put me in a really crrappy mood.

GO ZIPS!

P.S. And yeah... they were Suckeyes fans. the OSU

It's sad but, there always a few bozos around who seem to have dark cloud over them about everything Akron wise.

[johnnyzip84]

Zipsnation Therapy is 100% free and roughly 85% effective. Stay for as long as you like Class of '82 and have your fill

[Class of 82]

Zipsnation Therapy is 100% free and roughly 85% effective. Stay for as long as you like Class of '82 and have your fill

Yeah. And I appreciate it.

Later, I plan to drink heavily.

[ZachTheZip]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Just ignore them. Stop acting like a Clevelander.

[xu9697]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Just ignore them. Stop acting like a Clevelander.

Cleveland+ baby!!! C'mon. Being negative about Cleveland isn't helpful either. If you want to grow the Akron brand, Cleveland area will be a part of things.

[Class of 82]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Well, kid, I guess I just wish people could take a little more pride in the community in which they live. I've lived in two other states, and the way so many Akronites dump on their own town is a phenomenon I've only witnessed here.

I'm not negative about NE Ohio. Not in the least. I am negative about people who seem to actually hate their own hometown. I wish they would leave and not let the door hit their a** on the way out.

[meatwad]

Was talking to some fellows while having lunch at a local watering hole today, and I brought up the subject of the new stadium, and how excited I am about it, and the future of Akron football and athletics generally. Wow. Sometimes I wonder why I live in Akron, a city that just seems to breed negative, pessimistic, pathetic bozos like these jokers, who simply have nothing good to say about anything or anybody.

I'm confused... what did they say to you? This story seems incomplete.

[Zipgrad01]

Was talking to some fellows while having lunch at a local watering hole today, and I brought up the subject of the new stadium, and how excited I am about it, and the future of Akron football and athletics generally. Wow. Sometimes I wonder why I live in Akron, a city that just seems to breed negative, pessimistic, pathetic bozos like these jokers, who simply have nothing good to say about anything or anybody.

I not sure why this is bothering me so much, since the majority of people I've talked to are pretty juiced about the new stadium, or at least think it's a good idea and good for the city. But this isn't my first experience like this, and these a-holes have put me in a really crrappy mood.

GO ZIPS!

P.S. And yeah... they were Suckeyes fans. the OSU

Yeah!! Its OSU fault!! I love people on here. If I have said it once, I have said it a million times......OSU has been the big school in Ohio from the beginning. They play on national tv every week. They are ranked in the top 10 every year. They play in an enormous sold out stadium every week. They play the likes of Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State, USC, Texas, etc... every year and play in big bowl games. They have names like Woody, Eddie George, Archie Griffin...blah, blah...They had 14 guys drafted in one year!!


Akron has only been D1 for 20 years. We have had what?....2 or 3 winning seasons? We have been to one bowl game, which we lost to Memphis. We play in the worst conference in the country. We play teams like Can't State, Temple, Eastern Michigan, Morgan State and Buffalo every year. Up until now our stadium was a 30,000 seat decaying dump in the middle of a muddy field that we can't even sell out on a sunny day when we play our arch rival!! If we played on tv it was on ESPNU or Fox sports Ohio where nobody saw it. We haven't had as many players drafted in our history as OSU had in one year. I could go on and on.....

Please....tell me why everyone should be all juiced up because we have a new stadium? You think because they live in Akron that they should abandon their generations of OSU fandome to root for Akron? My answer is why? Until we give people a reason to be excited, why should they be? A stadium is a good start, but it is only a building. Until we put year after year winners on the field, nobody will care. Say what you want, but that is the honest truth of the matter. We are excited because we went to Akron and we are sick of hearing about how we stink and are irrelevant. You can't make people excited and you can't make people care. Well, you CAN make them care. Its called winning and beating teams people know.

Also, don't give me this "go away" speech. I dish out a grand a year for Akron season tickets. I am excited as hell for the season to start, but I am not naive enough to believe that everyone should be a Zips fan because they live in NE Ohio. I am also not blaming OSU for their success. That reminds me too much of class envy and I cant stand it.

[ZachTheZip]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Well, kid, I guess I just wish people could take a little more pride in the community in which they live. I've lived in two other states, and the way so many Akronites dump on their own town is a phenomenon I've only witnessed here.

I'm not negative about NE Ohio. Not in the least. I am negative about people who seem to actually hate their own hometown. I wish they would leave and not let the door hit their a** on the way out.

You have the right attitude toward your community, and I get where you are coming from, but you have to understand what these people are like before you can try to talk to them with out them spewing negativity.

If this place was so bad, they would have left already. If you want an example of what that's like look at Detroit. The problem is that people see some bad areas in the major cities and project that onto the entire region where they live. No other city does that, despite them all having some horrible areas. I don't know why the mindset is different here, but everywhere else they either ignore or try to improve the problems while here we magnify them in the public's mind. The only way to combat it is to take an example from the rest of the world and ignore them. It won't go away but it will become irrelevant.

[scottditzen]

I spent a few hours walking around the vicinity of the stadium yesterday. I've got to say, aside from the Stadium and the newer campus construction, there is still a long long way to go. Broken down housing, faded storefronts, the feeling of depression and malaise hanging in the air. For far too long there was little or no "Pride in the Community" and that is precisely why things have gone so down hill.

Face it, we are at ground zero; a place that is basically back to square one, starting from scratch.

Recently someone wrote the Beacon Journal saying that "anti-education hicks were dragging the City down with their negative attitudes, always against the UA and against progress." I think the truth is that instead of being anti UA, most in the region are in fact just waiting on the sideline, neutral, waiting to see if this campus rebuilding will be completely successful. Only then will they come around because that's human nature.

But we have seen the positive steps. The new stadium is a tremendous catalyst for change, certainly. But it's going to take years for the surrounding area- and this even includes campus, to truly become a beautiful, lively place with a positive energy. (Okay, I will not tolerate the Skyway being on the same idiotic 10 year plan as Ohio Brewing!!!!)

But we will be there on game days helping to make a great college atmosphere. It's great to know that so many people on this forum will be taking part in the change that is coming.

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Well, kid, I guess I just wish people could take a little more pride in the community in which they live. I've lived in two other states, and the way so many Akronites dump on their own town is a phenomenon I've only witnessed here.

I'm not negative about NE Ohio. Not in the least. I am negative about people who seem to actually hate their own hometown. I wish they would leave and not let the door hit their a** on the way out.

[zip81]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Just ignore them. Stop acting like a Clevelander.

Love your signature shot uakronkid. Can I put it on the ak-oldies web site?

[ZachTheZip]

Typical NE Ohio negativity: somebody makes fun of what you like and you let it get to you instead of brushing it off.

Just ignore them. Stop acting like a Clevelander.

Love your signature shot uakronkid. Can I put it on the ak-oldies web site?

Sure. I found it on Google. I don't know who took it or where it was originally posted to the web.

[mivid12]

apathy runs amok....esp in some of our youth

winning consistently might help remedy that tho

[skip-zip]

The majority of the Suckeye fans I know just simply think Akron Zips Football is nonexistentent. You try to tell them about a good game we played, or a good recruit that we landed, and they look at you like you're talking about a 6th grade team. Tell them about your great season tickets, and they look at you like "They charge for Akron games"? And believe it or not, some of the people who act this way and think that Akron is just a little pebble that people like OSU can step on are actually AKRON GRADUATES!!

Until we do something big, it will always be like this.