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Oh no. No. Definitely no.

College basketball for the most part has this sorted well. Football...just does not.

Yeah you get this victory lap

Unless Bud's contribution magically quintuples from its already significant amount, Groce hit the program's ceiling in today's NIL world.

Likely there's less generational consistency in a lot of these areas, causing at least the high school issue. How many of us live in the same high school district we graduated from? I know I don't!

If "MACtion" were tied to things like the standing-room-only crowd in Bowling Green for the Battle of I-75...yeah, "MACtion" would be a great branding. But, like you noted, it's tied to the usually tiny crowds (again, Akron's biggest butts-in-seats was that Tuesday Kent game, so good on them) on freezing weeknights.

With the way bowls are crumbling, perhaps with a 6-6 record Akron can find a neutral site game in Florida this year.

I mean, if it's something that would make living in Ohio worse, you gotta figure they'll consider it.

That the "premier" MAC schools are basically coming out and saying "this sucks" may be the catalyst to get rid of the weekday games. What I wonder is...is there a different TV network (or streaming partner, whatever) that's interested in getting into the game that can make the MAC a centerpiece of their (admittedly smaller) network. In a world where the NAL and IFL are getting streaming partners and games aired anywhere (not exactly for the MAC's dollars, but still)...

I think you can alleviate some of those other (valid) points if this one is accomplished. It's not a short term fix, unfortunately

Yeah if that conversation happened, hopefully the Toledo guy told Steinbrecher "I can schedule my other four games however I want, thank you very much."

That's certainly his hardest challenge, 100%. I don't know if he can solve it, but I do have some hope.

I'm not saying they're reasons that make sense or that are particularly defensible. Because I agree with you, they're not. I'm just saying if the Akrons of the world aren't giving people a reason to care, they're going to make that decision. But as I've said a few times...they got their best crowd of the year for a Tuesday night Kent game in awfully cold weather. I do legitimately have hope they're turning that side of it around a little bit.

I mean...as much as I hate the midweek games, this isn't wrong.

They aren't yet eligible, but it seems they'll change that at some point.