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Considering we have a legitimate question to who would win - last year's Kent or this year's UMass...and they have a lot of the same roster...it's really not all that overhyped. But yeah, let's just Zippy go win by 30 anyways thanks.

This will be Princeton's first game of the season. Advantage Akron and hopefully we'll be 2.5-0 going into our matchup vs. Purdue next Sunday.

no problem, buy a GA ticket and go sit in a loge.

Darrion Baker is doing well at SIUE. 4-4 with 10 pts 30 minutes into the game against UTSA

The last time the Budler's attended a game this season in Akron, they mentioned organizing a tailgate at Creighton for Akron fans. Also hoped to get Akron fans seated together to make their presence louder. GO ZIPS!!!

Yes, athletes careers are relatively short. If he's able to live off his overseas basketball income until he's ~35 that money should grow enough that he could be in a position to retire (if he wants to) without needing to get another 8-5 post basketball.

Awesome, thanks so much! One less game i need to pay attention to tonight. 😂

that is correct...even with a win.....St. John's loses all tiebreakers St. John’s (3-3-1, 10 PTS) (vs. Butler) ^OUT • With a Win, 13 Points o UConn/SHU Tie  SJU OUT o PC Win or Tie  SJU OUT o Akron/CU Tie  SJU Out o Akron Win  SJU Out o UConn Win, PC Loss, Akron Loss  SJU, SHU, PC and Akron tied at 13 Points • Common Opponent: UConn • SJU lost; Akron Lost, Providence Tied, SHU Lost o PC No. 4 seed, SHU, SJU and Akron OUT o SHU Win, PC Loss, Akron Loss  SJU, UConn, PC and Akron tied at 13 points • Common Opponent: SHU • SJU lost; Akron Tied, Providence Lost, UConn Lost o Akron No. 4 seed, UC, SJU and PC OUT

Mitch Budler said in the press conference (after last week's game) that there would be roughly 100 Budler family and friends at the game.

Back of the napkin airport math - assume approx $1mm after taxes and invested in the stock market until he’s 60 - would have about $24mm.

Yep, same stalwarts in cheap seats and lot of lower bowl blue empties.

I saw on Facebook that they're offering BOGO tickets. Looks like it's in the reserved sections. About $21 for two tickets.

Kent State has to be the most overhyped 3-win team to ever exist. I'm so sick of hearing about this apparently miraculous program turnaround. I hope we kick their bird teeth in.

Does this imply that St John's can't qualify on a tiebreaker?

Imagine having the biggest NIL budget in the conference and having by far the worst team. Oof

You know, I'd feel a lot better if this game was at home 😂 but I'm confident in the team to get it done!

For what it's worth, and it might have always been this way, but the Fear the Roo Collective has an option to contribute to football.

Oh Akron doesn't have much trouble distributing the $0.

Wow, that’s amazing. They will not be a MAC doormat for long if those numbers are correct. As far as I know Akron has zero NIL money. Makes you wonder how they distribute that? I assume that QB’s would get the biggest share of the pie but are all starters getting something? Just for the sake of argument if you are dividing that among 22 starters that’s over $90,000 per kid. Is that paid annually?

On Sirius, Full Ride. Rick Neuheisel and Amal Shah were just ripping Kent for their clock management.

Not to compare Akron to the University of Pitt NIL money wise, but I know that the back up offensive linemen at Pitt get paid 100k and the starting qb for the season got an NIL deal of 1.8 mil prior to the season. He is now the backup and will most likely be looking elsewhere come portal time after how well the true freshman is doing. I can't imagine what the true freshman is going to get paid to stay there. But this is UMASS........... UMass has allocated a significant NIL budget of approximately $2 million for its 2025 football roster, a figure that is expected to grow to $3 million by 2026. This money is guaranteed and is intended to help the football team compete, with the university making tangible moves to support it. Budget: The team had a NIL budget of roughly $2 million for 2025. Future Projections: The NIL budget is projected to increase to $3 million in 2026. Funding: This is a guaranteed budget, not just a target, and is a major part of the university's strategy for competing in football. Comparison: This $2 million budget was noted as being the highest in the MAC conference for 2025. Just copied that today....

I'm pretty sure they won't, unfortunately.

I checked out Creighton's presser. They are focused on gaining some revenge tonight. Weather is great right now; should be no factor for the match. My wife and I are making the 2 hour drive to Omaha; hope to see a few other Zips there.

I'm obviously an avid Zips basketball fan. That said, if I had a son who was gifted enough to play D1 basketball and was on the Zips and some school came offering him that kind of money, I would be the one packing his bags. That's life altering money at a young age. Assuming he's not stupid with managing it.