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The Pacers brought in some competition for the position. They traded a 2nd rounder to Memphis for Jay Huff, a 7'1" C who shot over 40% from 3 last year.
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13 hours ago, GP1 said:
It isn't supply and demand. It's a simple question. How much are P4 schools willing to pay for one tune up game a year that almost guarantees a win?
$5 million is a lot to Akron, but considering TV money it's a drop in the bucket for P5 schools. I would bet schools like Alabama and OSU could get a sponsor to pay the $5 million.
What they can afford is irrelevant to the conversation. Why pay Akron $5 million when they can just pay Youngstown State $500k? They can still get that $5 million sponsorship you speak of, but instead pocket the $4.5 million difference. Perhaps use it to sign a heisman contending QB.
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3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:
Replacing Texas St with LaTech is exactly why the MAC and the Sun Belt need to combine.
Create a North Division and South Division to keep travel school-friendly, and possibly shed some dead weight along the way (directional Michigan's minus Western).
Football generally is what drives realignment. In that case the dead weight you speak of shedding would likely be Kent and sadly Akron.
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15 minutes ago, RoyalBlu said:
Seems like the better opponent, based on NET, would have been a return game by Ark. State (NET 94). Zips opened at Ark. State last season and lost in OT. Essentially would have been a 'home and home.' Nothing wrong with that. Would have added a little buzz for the opener, IMO.
JMU (NET 158) is not bad, considering Miami drew a dud in NET 293 Old Dominion. So it could have been worse.
But it also could have been much better.
Looking at last seasons NET numbers is pointless, especially in this transfer era. Even Akron, which was much less impacted by the portal than many, is looking at 4 new starters in their lineup. It's very much going to be a different team compared to last season. Many mid-majors are turning over half their roster.
From my understanding the first round teams are matched based off preseason expectations. That would mean expectations are that Old Dominion and JMU are projected to be 2 of the Sun Belts better teams. That doesn't necessarily mean that it will play out that way as preseason predictions are educated guesses. It's the 2nd round that uses NET to determine match-ups.
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The bigger impact of the Haiburton injury is it made their decision to let Turner walk to avoid the luxury tax easier. His departure to Milwaukee opens up both a roster spot and an opportunity for Freeman to earn minutes.
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Season opener against JMU announced for November 3rd. Only 125 days away.
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35 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:
Looks like we have our first Sun Belt matchup in place - James Madison. Nice home game for the schedule.
Spradlin did an excellent job last year in year 1 as their head coach. He inherited a 32 win team, but much of their roster was turned over. He still managed to lead them to a 13-5 conference record after an understandably slow OOC start. I haven't followed their offseason, but with a full year of recruiting I imagine they should be one of the better mid-majors this year. A nice home opponent for the schedule.
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42 minutes ago, GP1 said:
I don't know about an easy win, but it's a game Akron should win. Moreover, it's a game Akron needs to win. I don't know how many games are "must win" games in week one, but this is one for Akron.
Other than Kent, I'm not sure there is an opponent that's in the should win category (excluding FCS). There are certainly teams we can contend with and beat, but nobody I can say with confidence that's a win.
In the grand scheme of things until we prove otherwise Akron is just above Kent in the food chain and below ~120 other teams. We are the cupcake that other fans pencil in wins against when they're projecting their teams win totals.
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The college basketball season will expand from 31 to 32 games starting in 2026-2027 season.
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The thing is if you eliminate it you have to put something in place to replace it with. RPI was an even worse system IMO.
Whatever new system gets lobbied for I'd say make it reward teams more for winning on the road against quality opponents. Teams have become too complacent at loading schedules with homes games against cupcakes. You get what you reward.
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12 hours ago, LZIp said:
Makes you wonder if he’s good enough to go to Jacksonville State, why wouldn’t he want to play under his dad?
Maybe he wants an opportunity to actually play in a bowl game
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24 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:
Ironically, the politicians largely ignored the ability for the athletes to earn external income for decades.
Money meant for taxpayers has long found it's way to athletics in SEC. The difference before that money was used on facilities. Case in point the Mississippi scandal that Brett Favre was in the middle of.
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7 hours ago, GP1 said:
Gross. Let's think this through.
As a fan who doesn't gamble, thinks legalized gambling should be legal, believes legalized gambling is horrible for society,and likes good analysis of a game, I lose even more. In order to raise even more revenue, schools will sell even more advertisements to get people, in a very poorly state, to blow even more money they cannot afford to blow on gambling. That means the endlessly silly in game comments about the percentage of the right guard going into a three point stance on third and four.
Further, the "analysis" of a game will become even more about telling us about stats and not analyzing the game. Facts aren't reasons. I want someone to tell me why something happened, not the RPMs of a pass.
Louisiana universities are now in the business of persuading people to engage in one of the most irrational things anyone can do, gambling. College athletics are becoming more and more gross by the day. It's a real shame and a blight on our society.
I'm not even opposed to sin taxes. To me this just more so shows where the priorities lie for the state. Instead of investing in improving their education system, which is ranked in the bottom 10 nationally, they're prioritizing paying 18-22 year old kids who can throw or catch a football.
I suppose it's an easy sell to those politicians voter base who care more about sitting in front of a TV watching football than they do about developing well paying industries in their communities.
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EA Sports paying schools based off of how frequently the team gets played in the game.
https://www.si.com/college-football/ea-sports-pay-schools-based-game-usage-college-football-26
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7 hours ago, 72 Roo said:
I think in the women's game it is difficult to recruit good bigs, which we need.
It's challenging in the men's game as well. Guards and wings have always been easier to come by as they're more plentiful.
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7 hours ago, Zippy87 said:
Camden seemed to be a pretty big part of the renewed energy around basketball last season.
Didn't he have a similar title at Akron? It seems like a lateral move on the surface. I know there were comments about what Akron was achieving with a very small support staff. I wonder if feeling overwhelmed play a part in his departure.
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13 hours ago, ewbrooman1 said:
I see you can buy basketball season tickets now. Of course they haven't posted a season schedule yet. 🙄
I see they raised general admission ticket prices. It's still not a bad value when you break it down by game. It comes out to ~$6-$7/game depending on how many home games there are.
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On 5/26/2025 at 7:23 PM, clarkwgriswold said:
Nate's going to have some transfer company at Kansas State as they just "signed" PJ Haggerty, a 6'3" guard from Memphis, the nation's third leading scorer last year. It will be his 4th school in 4 years.
Not intending to throw shade, but being the first or second guy off the bench is probably a better fit for him at the P4 level.
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47 minutes ago, 1981 grad said:
Can anyone remember the last time you saw any paid advertising for any Akron sports program?
Billboards and radio advertising I've heard frequently.
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On 5/25/2025 at 3:43 PM, GP1 said:
Good questions. If there are 85 current scholarships, reduce the total number of players to around 60, no scholarships. Reducing the administrative staff will be a savings as it will involve the deprofessionalizarion of college athletics. There are millions of dollars spent on administrative staff that can easily be reduced. The money is all there, just not in the hands of those who need it. Do they really need as many assistant coaches as they have? The bloat in college athletics is enormous. Cap head coaches salaries.
Coaching salaries have become absurd. Sure, guys like Nick Saban did enough to generate buzz and revenue at their schools to be worth their salaries. I just don't see how the math math's that guys like Moorhead are worth $500k and his assistants are worth ~$150k (or more) each. Most of the revenue Akron generates in football is fixed. The other revenue (ticket sales, concessions, parking) that a coach can impact is very minimal at schools like Akron. Camden Stockton I remember in an interview said ticket sales only generated ~$800k in revenue and that was for all sports. Even if we say football makes up 75% that would be barely enough to cover just Moorhead's pay. The whole system is propped up because of institutional support.
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3 hours ago, Lee Adams said:
I would love to see the P4 schools go away. I would love to see the NFL have to do what baseball and hockey do. Develop high school athletes who can't or don't want to attend college in a minor league system. The NFL has gotten a free ride on this. Start spending some of those billions of $$$ developing your own players. That would help eliminate some of the BS that is going on at the college level.
How do schools like Akron really expect to consistently compete the way the system is currently set up?
The simple answer is schools like Akron aren't expected to compete. There are even schools in the P4 (Northwestern, Vanderbilt, half the ACC, etc. that aren't expected to compete. Programs like Akron exist because someone needs to be at the bottom of the food chain to prop others up.
The P4 isn't going to go away because there is no way the NFL can replicate a farm league that would generate the revenue that the top ~30 FBS programs do. There have been how many spring leagues over the years that have failed? There is no market for minor league NFL. College football thrives off tradition and millions of people feeling connected to schools they didn't even attend.
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ESPN posted an article ranking all FBS QB rooms. I thought some of you might enjoy this tidbit.
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1 hour ago, 1981 grad said:
Kent players may suck and include want to be felons, but at least they can read and do not get lost on their way to class.
Akron football players would be very upset if they could read this comment.
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15 minutes ago, UA1996MAENG said:
Akron against the world!
More like Akron against ourselves!
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The World of College Football
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The MAC added UMass, which is an 11 hour drive from Athens, but lost NIU which is an 8 hour drive. It's further travel, but not enough to validate leaving a conference for. Especially considering they would have to fly to most of the SunBelt conference schools. The TV deal would need to be substantially better than the MAC's for them to make that move.