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It definitely sounds like Boals is more on the hot seat than TK. Multiple threads asking for him to be canned. The UT board not so much. I've heard every excuse from injuries to how its unfair since Akron/Kent is 30 minutes away (even though Toledo to Cleveland <2hrs, easily drivable) to how Cleveland is all luck. They all seem like apologists who are content with the regular season and attendance banners. Edit: Frank Martin IMO should also be canned. His program is spending more than double all other MAC school (excluding Akron) but he's still coaching a bottom half MAC team. If I was the boosters paying his hefty salary and giving him something in the neighborhood of $2 million NIL I would be irate with his performance. He's still surviving on 1 single NCAA Tourney run that occurred ~10 years ago.

Still a lot of basketball left. We need to quit with these ticky tack fouls to put them at the line. The Halligan foul was particularly a terrible time to foul.

That ship long sailed. It's more G5 competing against other G5 for the honor of lossing by 3+ TDs in 1st round of CFP.

I'm pleasantly surprised. I thought they would have taken a ranked Miami just because they have that number next to their name.

I admittedly haven't been there in ~15 years. Normally if I'm downtown I go to Luigi's, Lockview, or one of the craft breweries.

I was referring to the general public. You said he attended football alumni events so I took it those were closed off events restricted to former players and coaches. Not the kind of stuff you see general press releases about or the ABJ cover.

The MAC is actually fairly strong this year. Last I saw it was ranked around 13th for conference strength. I would imagine it's still in the top 15.

I still don't think it's going to happen, but going 18-0 in MAC play would be worth an at-large. No team has gone undefeated in conference play in nearly 70 years and the MAC has seen some terrific teams during that time. That's not just a formula that you can easily replicate. I watched the end of both their games against UB and Kent and they appeared to have some bounces go their way. I don't feel they're some unbeatable juggernaut, like UB a few years ago (who ended up losing 2 MAC games), but if they achieve that feat they deserve credit.

If he's involved behind the scenes that's great. I hadn't seen or heard of involvement outside of that brief time around the time he was inducted. In that case perhaps its a relationship the University can better foster.

I don't really think so because in reality Akron doesn't compete with the Hurricanes for players or prestige. If we were a middling program in the B1G then sure. Even if that was the case he just took that job relatively recently (2022). It doesn't really explain the lack of involvement for the decades leading up to it.

It was released on March 5th in 2025. I would expect something similar this year.

I guess LeBron too lol

Maxx Crosby is at the top of his career at the moment and still makes time for EMU. People find time for the things that matter to them. He doesn't even give Akron a shout out on social media or anything. Even LeBron does that 1-2 times a year and he didn't even go to the school. I'm not saying this to specifically lash out at him. He's free to live his life as he wishes. He just doesn't seem all that invested in Akron football, which is okay, his choice.

Honestly, no thanks. I would rather have a statue of Charlie Frye or someone different. Like others said he doesn't seem to care about Akron athletics and isn't even the first person I think of when I think Akron football.

Barley House, at least the last time I was there, isn't really setup to be a sports bar. There are TVs hung around, but there are tons of blind spots and its challenging to watch multiple games at once if you wanted to do that. I don't know why they they don't put a huge projector screen on the stage with the game on. IMO that would greatly improve the viewing experience. I agree that business has been horrible for a number of years. I'm surprised they're still surviving after the corporate offices like Huntington and other went remote/hybrid. Lunch rush seem to be what kept them alive before. The rent and facilities on a place that size can't be cheap. In reality something like a scaled down pins or Wild Eagle Saloon would be good for the area as then maybe it could attract people downtown. There really is no incentive to stop into Barley House unless you're in the immediate downtown area. Even then there are better options (Lockview, Luigi's, Spaghetti Warehouse, etc.).

At the same time UMass has beaten Toledo, Boston College, and Florida State. I agree they're not as good as the rest, but they can still be competitive at times.

Scholarship limit has been increased from 13 to 15, which is equal to the max roster size. There really is no need to track scholarships anymore for that reason.

I agree there is no particular team that scares me moreso than others. There are a lot of great players in the MAC this year though that can get hot and take over games. It could be a wild weekend in Cleveland.

It would be nice if we could get Chabi back for Kent. They have two really good bigs and its not like our interior defense and rebounding is a strength even when fully healthy.

Well it's on a Friday night and you can count on it otherwise being empty. Places like The Score, Euro, and Manny's probably will attract more catering to the youth and blasting whatever music they're listening to these days. Not sure where else you can really have it. Edit: I wouldn't attend regardless.

It should be noted that next season the NCAA regular season is expanding from a max 31 games to 32. That would mean teams would have to sacrifice 3 non-conference games, not 4 from our current total in order to have a 22 game conference schedule.

Playing international games is always a challenge 😉

Exactly, without NIU the MAC would have 12 teams. That means if you played each of the other 11 teams 2 times you would have to play 22 conference games. The MAC only plays 18 conference games.

I still don't see them running the table. They're good and deserve the recognition they're getting, but there have been much better teams in the MAC over the last ~70 years. If those teams couldn't do it, it would almost be a shame to see this team do it. That last Oates UB team was special. Had they achieved it I wouldn't be as disappointed.

Nate Johnson isn't the problem at Kansas State IMO. If you look at his numbers his FG%, 3P%, FT%, steals, and assists are all above last years numbers. His point total is down because his shot attempts are just down because he's Kansas State's 3 or 4th scoring option, not first. I actually don't think Kansas State is all that bad. I actually watched their game against Oklahoma St. the other night. They just play in what looks to be a very strong conference and have lost some close games OSU and Arizona State. Not to mention they lost to #7 Nebraska by 1. They can field a strong starting 5, but their bench looks underwhelming. Instead of giving Nate what they did they probably should have split that money adding 2-3 players instead. They would likely be in a better place.