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NC Central "tournament success" is by being the tallest midget in the MEAC. They went 5-9 last year during OOC play last year with 3 of those 5 wins being against non-D1 teams. If they were in the MAC last season, they may have finished just ahead of WMU in the battle for last place. Akron by 15.

Yes, if this was China or one of the top European leagues he'd be making 6 figures. If he was a star in one of those leagues he'd be making low 7 figures. This is Tunisia we're talking about where the average per capita nominal gdp is ~$3400. Out of 186 countries ranked by the IMF it comes in 120th.

Considering we're averaging 1.9 ypc this season I wouldn't count on it. Difference is instead of losing by 35+ we might only lose by 21.

One would think he'd make more with his computer science degree, but maybe he doesn't want to give up on his dream.

I'm having the same issue.

We were fortunate to have KD as long as we did. The NCAA has loosened the rules and have made it much easier for players to transfer, which has led to a steadily increasing numbers of transfers at the D1 level year over year. Even KD has steadily been losing guys to transfer at Duquesne. It's just the way the game has transformed.

Honestly, I feel the uniforms for both the basketball and football program are top notch. It's the one thing the athletic department does a great job at.

This will be WVU first game of the season so Akron's best bet is they come out rusty and we can jump on them early. I expect Akron to keep it interesting for the first 30 or so minutes with WVU pulling away in the last 10.

Bo Pelini won 9+ games in each of his 7 seasons at Nebraska and was still fired. I guess he must have been too busy scoring off the field too. Nebraska's problem is they try to hold their coaches to the standards that they're coaching at Alabama or OSU even though the program hasn't been at that level since the 1990s.

Actually having a full bench should help a ton this year. It should better allow us to push the ball in transition while also still exerting the same level of energy on defense.

Frank Solich was hired at OU when he was 60 and didn't really turn them into a consistent winning program until he was about 65. If he was 25 years younger, he'd have most likely left Ohio years ago.

Akron certainly has had issues finding and hiring quality coaches. I don't feel the issue is they have been moving onto new coaches too soon. If anything they have a track record of holding onto sub-par coaches too long. Below is a list of coaches they have had since 1987. Gerry Faust - 8 seasons (1987-1994) (36-49) Lee Owens - 9 seasons (1995-2003) (40-61) JD Brookhart - 6 seasons (2004-2009) (30-42) Rob Ianello - 2 seasons (2010-2011) (2-22) Terry Bowden - 7 seasons (2012-2018) (35-52) Tom Arth (2019-???) Everyone of these guys got 6+ years to prove themselves (besides Ianello). I know there is a contingent here that is still pro Bowden and I'm tired of beating that dead horse so I'll exclude him from this discussion. Do any of you think we needed a 9th season of Faust, a 10th season of Owens, or a 7th season of Brookhart?

We got $1.3 million from South Carolina.

Sure, if those kids want to drop down to FCS or division 2. Akron has holes everywhere this year. If you aren't good enough to see the field as an upper class men this year, you're probably not good enough to see the field at any FBS school next year.

Not to mention every year they give season tickets some sort of gift around November/December.

I'm operating under the assumption that all the conference games that aren't on cable with for the most part be on ESPN+. I'll be disappointed if that doesn't end up being the case.

They are for the most part public. The costs typically range between $1.2-1.5 million with the cost for future games steadily increasing year over year. Basketball and soccer generate some revenue, however, I don't think there is any denying the fact football generates the bulk of that $10 million in real revenue. https://deadspin.com/akron-and-south-carolina-will-play-the-most-meaningless-1830780166

Whoever gives us the best chance of winning should be the one who starts. Back in 2016 Akron was sitting at 5-6 and needed to beat Ohio to gain bowl eligibility. We elected to start a WR at QB instead of Kato because we didn't want to burn his redshirt. Who knows maybe had Kato been our QB we could have won. Three years later and people are talking about benching Kato and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he transferred this offseason so he wouldn't even be on our roster for his 5th year. You know the year we redshirted for the purpose of keeping him for. With the way the portal is and the way new players are constantly coming in to compete for jobs, I don't see the value in red shirting unless you don't think that player can help you year 1 as you already have better players at the position. Someone might argue that this season is a lost cause because we're not going bowling. The thing is recruits are still watching these games and if we're able to build any kind of momentum instead rolling over and losing our last 4 games by 20+, that may help to land a few that are on the fence.

The NCAA knew they couldn't fight off the state and potential federal laws that were coming. This just allows them to save some face and in their minds gives them a seat at the table with legislatures to have an influence on how this gets rolled out.

The football program bleeds money because of the football stadium. A cost that doesn't go away regardless if we drop down or eliminate football entirely. I've made more detailed posts in the past on the matter, but a quick rundown the football program costs ~$10 million to run. $4 million of that is tied to the stadium debt payments. This means the operating costs are $6 million. We get ~$1.5 million per body bag game, which we have been scheduling 2 per year so that's $3 million in revenue right there. Next we get ~$1 million for the MAC tv deal. The college football playoff distributions pays something in the neighborhood of $500k-$800k. Just between those three revenue sources we're looking at $4.5 million in revenue. This doesn't even include ticket sales, parking, concessions, advertisements, etc.

You're dating yourself with that seat cushion. It looks like it's from the 70s.

Any reason we don't schedule Robert Morris in the regular season? They're probably better than any team we play at home this year in OOC play outside of maybe UMass.

Buffalo received some good news today. Buffalo AD tweeted out today that the NCAA approved Texas Tech transfer Josh Mballa waiver so he'll now be eligible this season.

I was watching "The Boys" on Prime Video last week and noticed a reference to Akron. "Well (SIGHS) I mean, what about my crime itinerary? I think the best thing's just to, you know, get out there and put some points on the board." - The Deep "Not much crime in Sandusky. I mean, we're not a shithole like Akron." - Jeff

This poll is like voting for whose the tallest midget. Four of the six candidates don't even have winning records. Edit: I've changed my mind and am going with John Heisman (even though he's not listed as a choice) for his contribution to the game of football.