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Sayler is getting destroyed in the comments. The facade is fading quickly for Miami OH.

I know Dakich is polarizing - and I don't know if I was naive for thinking otherwise here - but I did not realize refs are paid differently depending on the home team's conference. If that's true, that's one of the biggest flaws in the entire system.

There is so much nuance to that hypothetical, though. If Akron or Miami OH were in the Big East, they'd likely have a few better recruits, more familiarity with those schools in terms of game planning, and they'd automatically get home games vs the better competition - something they don't get now. The best counterargument I've seen is posing the question if his son was one of the best 68 candidates for the job as they are currently 11th in the SEC (bottom half) at 6-10 in conference.

When politicians figure out how to enrich themselves and concentrate wealth even more for their friends.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. 🤷‍♂️

NIU is going to be a welcomed addition.

Fashion school.

Won't be too difficult to find matches. Not sure what this says about me that I'm actually watching this game. Btw, no Josiah Harris for CSU. Not sure if he got hurt in their last game. This is a really pathetic basketball game. CSU was up by 14 and are only up by 3 now after they turned it over on an inbounds violation for running on the baseline without a previously made basket. 3 straight turnovers by CSU on inbounds plays.

He didn't have the decency to apologize after the game, or call on Saturday? An apology didn't occur until today, which was probably a stipulation with the $2500 fine to avoid further punishment. What a "leader."

Played around with the simulator a bit. 5 teams are vying for those final 2 spots. Kent, Toledo, Ohio, and BG are pretty well locked into that order. EMU, CMU, Balls, UMass, and Buffalo are all sweating. Tomorrow night is the most excited I've been in quite some time for non-Akron MACtion.

This is why the best they deserve at-large wise is Dayton.

I could care less about how the MAC looks. The MAC does enough to embarrass themselves, including their handling of this situation. However, I'm tired of the kid glove treatment of Miami OH this year. Schedule, officiating, opponent mistakes - everything has favored them this year. If Steele is ejected in that WMU game, do they win? If he's suspended for tomorrow night, do they lose?

Slap on the wrist for Steele.

They don't have to travel well. Their high attendance in previous MAC tournaments isn't because Athens County is heading north; a large chunk of their alumni base lives in NEO or at least much closer than NW West Virginia. Path of least resistance is my preference. That being said, Akron vs. Miami OH at 8pm on ESPN2 would garner a lot of national headlines. Amen.

I can tell your yearbook has you labeled as "Most Likely to be the Life of the Party."

Because what else is there to do in Athens? Going to the basketball game gives them an excuse to drink, and the state of the team is their excuse for drinking more.

So we're getting 50% attendance for opponents who give 50% effort for building a solid basketball program. Math checks out. Per Google, Miami's 5 year average prior to this year was 1500-2600 in a 10k arena. The sweaters should really be careful about throwing stones in a $281M glass house.

Per Kitty Attack Jeff Boals career record against these three teams (Year 7 of Boals Era) Akron 5-9 Kent State 6-8 Toledo 1-13

Kent sure can't.

Bobcat Attack's game thread today for Toledo barely has 2 posts on the second page. Apathy is setting in for the Athens crowd. They also can't stand Hadaway so for him to whine like this is hilarious. Boals will likely not survive this season if he doesn't cut down the nets in Cleveland.

We need to root for Ohio on Tuesday. Very real scenario where Miami OH's side of the bracket becomes Buffalo in the quarters and either Toledo or Ohio in semis. Akron would play CMU in the quarters and either Kent or BG in the semis. A Miami OH vs Ohio and Akron vs Kent semifinal would be the best case scenario for the MAC.

A couple years ago, when Freeman was here, we had a pretty comfortable 20 pt lead for most of the game but the refs took over and ruined the final score. I think we still won by double digits or almost double digits. Outside of the 2024 MAC Title Game, this series hasn't been competitive since 2023.

How large was Kent's series lead when Pinky was hired as HC? I believe it's now Akron +5.

Anybody but UMass. Their physicality is something both Miami OH and Akron want to avoid, especially on Thursday.