94zipgrad Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) https://gozips.com/news/2022/1/27/akron-mac-unveils-akrons-2022-league-opponents.aspx Edited January 27 by 94zipgrad 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Guessing Buffalo will be the homecoming game. Hopefully it will be on a Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 There's a possibility of a 3-2 start? That's three season's worth of wins in "Arth Years." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips86 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) Thursday night season and home opener. Hmm...wish it was a Saturday, but I'll deal with it lol. Should be a WIN! EDIT: Also, only 5 home games? Edited January 27 by GoZips86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 minute ago, GoZips86 said: Thursday night season and home opener. Hmm...wish it was a Saturday, but I'll deal with it lol. Should be a WIN! I'm usually out of town that weekend, so I'm a fan. I imagine many will have off that Friday. Night game, nice weather, easy win, and new coach/players to be excited about. Should be a fun time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips86 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Just now, LZIp said: I'm usually out of town that weekend, so I'm a fan. I imagine many will have off that Friday. Night game, nice weather, easy win, and new coach/players to be excited about. Should be a fun time. True, good points! I just got new tailgate stuff too, so I'm going to do it right for the season opener, dammit!! 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 26 minutes ago, ziptrumpet87 said: Guessing Buffalo will be the homecoming game. Hopefully it will be on a Saturday. Buffalo is an Away game. Fun schedule. Tough, but I expect JoeMo to have the boys ready to play and compete every single week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 23 minutes ago, GoZips86 said: Thursday night season and home opener. Hmm...wish it was a Saturday, but I'll deal with it lol. Should be a WIN! EDIT: Also, only 5 home games? Hopefully that's a typo. Thursday night season opener better be on ESPN or ESPN2 if it really is on a Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 23 minutes ago, LZIp said: I'm usually out of town that weekend, so I'm a fan. I imagine many will have off that Friday. Night game, nice weather, easy win, and new coach/players to be excited about. Should be a fun time. Why would many have that Friday off? Labor Day is the following Monday, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Oh, and also remember that the listed MAC games aren't necessarily in chronological order. They've only released the teams we'll play and whether the game will be home or away. If the BUGS game does happen to line up as falling on the Saturday after our 3-week road trip, that'd be an ideal Homecoming game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Why would many have that Friday off? Labor Day is the following Monday, right? I'm probably over generalizing, but I always like to turn Holiday weekends into 4 day weekends 😀 Just figure there are some that do the same or there isn't much getting done otherwise. Also the chance that all schools may not be back in session...but admittedly I'm just throwing something that might stick at this point lol Edited January 27 by LZIp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Even though it wouldn't benefit our attendance figures this year, I like it when they schedule the KSUcks game earlier in the season before the weather gets nasty. I have the same sentiments with Buffalo & Ohio, but if we play Ohio last game of the year that's a good traditional last regular season rivalry game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Is it too late to drop St. Francis of Assisi? That was Arth caliber, and reminiscent of opening the Info with Morgan State (🤮). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Is it too late to drop St. Francis of Assisi? That was Arth caliber, and reminiscent of opening the Info with Morgan State (🤮). Wins are good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 8 hours ago, LZIp said: I'm usually out of town that weekend, so I'm a fan. I imagine many will have off that Friday. Night game, nice weather, easy win, and new coach/players to be excited about. Should be a fun time. You are correct. A lot of people will be taking Friday off as Labor Day is that Monday. Going to a game the first night of an extended weekend sounds like a good time. I'm not a fan of weeknight games, but will give this one a pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 9 hours ago, GoZips86 said: Thursday night season and home opener. Hmm...wish it was a Saturday, but I'll deal with it lol. Should be a WIN! EDIT: Also, only 5 home games? I'm good with 5 home games. I like the 3 payday road games at Michigan State, Tennessee and Liberty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, GoZips88 said: I'm good with 5 home games. I like the 3 payday road games at Michigan State, Tennessee and Liberty. If UofA is going to be the cultural center of NE Ohio in the fall with the football team being a feature of the University, only 5 home games is unacceptable. There have to be six. I don't care how they get there, but there have to be 6. Three games at Liberty, Tennessee and MSU do nothing to benefit the players, students, alumni, fans and general communities around Akron. Playing games with the primary purpose of cashing checks is morally bankrupt, but we are also talking about athletic directors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalZIP Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 5 minutes ago, GP1 said: If UofA is going to be the cultural center of NE Ohio in the fall with the football team being a feature of the University, only 5 home games is unacceptable. There have to be six. I don't care how they get there, but there have to be 6. Three games at Liberty, Tennessee and MSU do nothing to benefit the players, students, alumni, fans and general communities around Akron. Playing games with the primary purpose of cashing checks is morally bankrupt, but we are also talking about athletic directors. I have been told that Guthrie did all he could to get out of the Liberty game in exchange for a more winnable home game, but the Flames aren’t having it. Conversely, he added the Tennessee game instead of perhaps searching for another home game. So it would’ve been vs. SFU, @ MSU, @ Liberty, vs. winnable home game but instead we lose out on another home crowd for the new staff while the weather is still nice. A big bummer, if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 15 minutes ago, LoyalZIP said: I have been told that Guthrie did all he could to get out of the Liberty game in exchange for a more winnable home game, but the Flames aren’t having it. Conversely, he added the Tennessee game instead of perhaps searching for another home game. So it would’ve been vs. SFU, @ MSU, @ Liberty, vs. winnable home game but instead we lose out on another home crowd for the new staff while the weather is still nice. A big bummer, if you ask me. I'll give the AD a pass for the schedule next year and ONLY next year. The insanity has to stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Guthrie didn't schedule the Tennessee game. LW scheduled that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 2 hours ago, GP1 said: I'll give the AD a pass for the schedule next year and ONLY next year. The insanity has to stop. The 2023 OOC schedule is already full, and 3 of the 4 OOC are booked for the following two years (at Kentucky and South Carolina in 2024). Oh and after that we go to Kentucky and Minnesota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 6 hours ago, zippy5 said: The 2023 OOC schedule is already full, and 3 of the 4 OOC are booked for the following two years (at Kentucky and South Carolina in 2024). Oh and after that we go to Kentucky and Minnesota. Those are ok. Don't want to see another. Praying one of those schools in each of the years buys out the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips88 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 9 hours ago, GP1 said: If UofA is going to be the cultural center of NE Ohio in the fall with the football team being a feature of the University, only 5 home games is unacceptable. There have to be six. I don't care how they get there, but there have to be 6. Three games at Liberty, Tennessee and MSU do nothing to benefit the players, students, alumni, fans and general communities around Akron. Playing games with the primary purpose of cashing checks is morally bankrupt, but we are also talking about athletic directors. Absolutely agree and my first reaction when talking to my son about next year's schedule was "What do you mean there are only 5 home games?!?" We had prostituted ourselves out in the past and I was happy when we got back to 6 and 6. IF sliding to 5 next year helps set us up a bit better so Joe Mo and staff can do their thing beyond that with a full slate of 6 at home, I'm OK with it. I'm also intrigued by the Liberty game in particular. Decent pay day, nice area of the country for a road trip and who knows ... maybe we can steal one down there. I also like the games at MSU and at Tennessee and plan to take in my first SEC game ever in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips86 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I'm with everyone who is a little sad about only 5 home games. Ideally, I think it should always be 6 home and 6 away. I'll get over it, but it looks like there may only be 3 Saturday home games. If one is on a Thursday, then one would surely be on a Tuesday as typical, yes? And there's a lot of talk on here about road trips. True, but maybe I'd rather just see them at home for a 6th game then travel to another state to see them live. Just my personal opinion. NOTE: Now, if they were playing at UNLV, I'd be there!! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Let's not forget, these games are most often planned out years in advance. I know we added Tennessee last year, but I think we replaced another $$ game? Theory at the time was to help pay for getting rid of Arth. Anyone remember whom was on the slate before UT? But I digress...2023 has the dominoes set up big time if this staff can make the progress we're all hoping for: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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