Dr Z

MAC to implement replay for football Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Replay is here to stay in Division I college football, and that includes the Mid-American Conference. One season after the Big Ten experimented successfully with instant replay, nine of 11 Division I-A conferences will utilize replay to review decisions. On the first day of MAC Football Media Days in Detroit, assistant commissioner Bob Gennarelli said he expects by next season that replay will be a NCAA rule, not just an option. "We're going to follow the Big Ten prototype to the letter," Gennarelli said. For non-TV games, the MAC will provide a video crew to produce replays, according to the Star Press of Muncie, Ind. Each MAC school will pay between $12,000 and $14,000 to cover the cost of crews at non-televised games, plus install equipment for a replay booth in the press box at a cost of about $3,000, the paper reported. There are 11 calls that can't be reviewed by replay, including holding, pass interference, personal fouls, face mask or roughing the passer or punter. There will be no charged timeouts on replays, and all replays will be generated by an official in the booth. Last season in the Big Ten there were 21 plays overturned out of 43 reviewed, with an average time of 2:39 before a decision was made. "We've got a great road map with what the Big Ten did," Gennarelli said. "This is going to give us the ability to make sure we get things right." Bowl-ing: MAC Commissioner Rick Chryst said the league continues to pursue another postseason bowl game to go with the two tie-ins with the Motor City Bowl in Detroit and the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala. "We continue to work on a permanent third spot," Chryst said. "We continue to work hard to build a game in Toronto." Privately, MAC officials indicate this should come to fruition by next spring, with the Big East as a bowl partner. Face time: The MAC is scheduled to have 34 football games on TV this season, with ESPN showing most of those games on its family of networks. "Everybody likes to talk about the best-kept secret," said Dan Shoemaker, vice president of ESPN Regional. "The MAC can compete. The MAC, from their institutions to their coaches to the players on the field, have given us tremendous national stories. That's the reason the league has become a national fixture. Fortunately for us we've been able to chronicle a lot of this."

Last I heard (two weeks ago), from a very reliable source, was that Dennis was cleared by one doctor and waiting on a second opinion to be cleared. Sounded pretty positive, did something go bad ???

Thursday, Aug. 4 - Tommy Evans Lounge, Rhodes Arena (5 p.m.) Schedule of Events 5:00 p.m. - Cocktail Hour 6:00 p.m. - Welcome 6:10 p.m. - History 6:15 p.m. - Essentials of College Football 6:25 p.m. - Offensive Breakdown 6:35 p.m. - Defensive Breakdown 6:45 p.m. - Special Teams Breakdown 6:47 p.m. - Downs/Scoring 6:50 p.m. - Pro vs. College Game 6:55 p.m. - Enjoying Game Day/ ZIPSFest 7:00 p.m. - Recruiting 7:10 p.m. - Academics 7:15 p.m. - Referee Signals 7:20 p.m. - Dinner/Coaches' Wives Panel - Q and A 7:45 p.m. - Field House - Facilities Tour 8:00 p.m. - Highlight Video of Football 2004 8:15 p.m. - J.D. Brookhart Q&A The fee includes a playbook, t-shirt and pizza. Participants will also receive on-field instruction. I will be REAL interested in the playbook. I'm guessing it would be pretty watered down since it could fall in the wrong hands. I better not see any Purdue staff there.

No. I couldn't care less if the Zips were on Nazi radio, as long as there on. If the broadcast is clear and strong I am happy. I don't listen to any of that other crap anyway. If you don't like it, turn it off. This is America. As far as anything having to do with Can't on the radio.....

Hope it doesn't wind up on ebay like this one for 8.99 (hurry it says last one)

Pretty good, thanks.

Looks like Charlie is learning some valuable painting skills with the Browns. I also learned that he is now playing golf with Braylon Edwards instead of the Varsity A Association. PS Has that interviewer ever heard of a two mic interview?

Yeah, no way a rookie QB from the MAC could fill in for an injured veteran starter and lead his team to the AFC championship game his first year, that would be CRAZY.

Doug Johnson? I would say this is nothing for Charlie to worry about. He will, and it will push him, but that is why EVERY team in the NFL does this. If Doug Johnson was any kind of number 2 QB, he would not be signing a contract on June 20th.

Check your PM's Rockhopper I sent you something.

Not that this helps you, but I HAD the game tivo'ed. I always intended on putting it on dvd but figured what was the hurry. I'm going through my tivo list the other day and noticed it was missing along with other key games I had throughout the season. Come to find out that by default tivo erases something after so long, you have to tell it that you want to keep it forever. So now I am in the same boat as you. I have done a bunch of searchs on the net to see if it can be recovered. If somebody comes up with this answer a free dvd of the game is yours.

There are 4 or 5 photos of Frye practicing today if anyone is interested. Click on Day 1 minicamp photos (Frye photos start around photo 15 or so)

Answer to all OSU players problems

I'm not going to fault a guy for being optimistic, that's what being a fan is about, but I agree with your statement King. During that game I kept asking myself that same question. I trust JD will have them looking better by late summer. Zone, if we go 8-3 this year I will owe you a beer. You are the first with brave predictions. We can all agree on one thing though...

Posted on Mon, May. 16, 2005 Owls' football team joining Mid-American Conference By Kevin Tatum Inquirer Staff Writer Temple has accepted an offer to join the Mid-American Conference for football, according to sources close to the situation. An announcement will be made this week, the sources said. Temple is not expected to become a full member of the MAC until 2007. Until then, the Owls will not be eligible for the conference championship, although they will be eligible for bowl games the next two seasons. The Owls played football for 13 years in the Big East Conference until the end of last season, when the conference showed them the door. Though Temple athletic director Bill Bradshaw was not available for comment yesterday, he has made no secret of the university's desire to be a part of the MAC. The Owls' new league does not have the marquee teams Temple faced while trying to keep up in the Big East; the MAC offers a more level playing field as well as some stiff competition. Last season, the Owls faced two MAC teams and were defeated, 45-17, at Toledo, and by a staggering 70-16 at home by Bowling Green. Still, Temple's chances of tasting success are much better in the MAC than they were in the Big East. On its original 2005 schedule, Temple was to play Toledo and Miami (Ohio) at home, and visit Bowling Green. All three are MAC teams. Some expected changes have yet to become official. The Owls are looking to add a fourth MAC opponent, Western Michigan, in place of Middle Tennessee State on Sept. 24. And instead of hosting North Carolina State on Sept. 10, Temple could be making a trip to play Wisconsin

Thanks for the info Zone. Sept 8, 2007 headline in the Sentinal Akron's Carlton Jackson makes Gators pay for not giving him look at QB.

if it were 5 different ones for the home games I vote for these five. First #16 (for reasons stated in my previous post) Second #14 Because I think I am actually in this photo, and I can remember how happy I was at the time. Third #12 Always good to beat your rivals no matter how crappy they are Fourth #2 Good TEAM image Fifth #11 Gotta love JD.

Whomever was at the game knows that #16 is a PROUD moment in Akron football history. I only wish you could see the whole scoreboard. Still got my vote.

Neither Mid-American Conference officials nor Temple officials would comment yesterday on a story in Sunday's Raleigh News & Observer that said the Owls have accepted an invitation to play football in the conference. According to the report, North Carolina State athletic director Lee Fowler said MAC commissioner Rich Chryst had confirmed that the Owls accepted the invitation, effective in 2006. Temple was kicked out of the Big East after last season and is playing an independent schedule this year. Sources have said a deal between the Owls and the MAC is all but finalized. MAC spokesman Gary Richter has repeatedly said that no decision on expansion would be made public until after the MAC presidents meet again in early June

I "feared" him in the open field, that's why I always yelled "Let him pass". I never feared his arm. I've seen him skip balls 5 yards infront of his receivers more than once. I would say on the Browns, he has as good of chance as any of making that team. Good luck to him, the more MAC players in the NFL the better. Maybe he will "crack" the practice squad. PS

His photo in the PD looked like the great pumpkin strapped to his head. Is there any NFL team that needs to redo their unis worse than the Browns? Orange is U-G-L-Y. Use Brown. Might even fit with your name!?!

from ESPN page 2 Let's play "Pimp My Athlete!" In stunning chutzpah, the NCAA added a 12th game to college football's regular-season, then insisted its reasoning "was not just money." Like Moe Szyslak: Whaaaaa?! It's impossible to claim to be about the "student-athlete," then turn around and sell them out for an extra week's ticket and TV revenues. And don't even get started on the ludicrous "12th game is OK, but a one-game playoff is NOT" flaw in reasoning.... The 12th game itself isn't even as bad as the institutional hypocrisy behind it. The group is treading awfully close to "Abolish the NCAA" time.

Two choices: Put it up on a website & use the img link on the board Send it to me and I will do it for you.

Excellent points !