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Thanks for posting. What a fun listen. Ford has the hype factor. That makes me want to run through a brick wall.

It was good. Dustin seems very excited for this opportunity. https://www.audacy.com/stations/923thefan/shows/baskin-phelps-f7cad/episodes/b95e8f2423e2 It is part 11.

Oh was he?! Bummer I missed it. How was the interview?

Maybe he's not always a Zip. I feel used

He was also on Baskin and Phelps this afternoon.

Tod's going to need a moment. Just a little dust in his eyes.

Ford is doing a social media tour on X. Wonder if we'll start to hear some Portal/Returning news tomorrow.

What a time for Toledo to post this.

Because there would be no athletic department.

I'm not. The press conference with Goodrich made it clear that saying goodbye to the team and moving on to a new opportunity were the main things on his mind. Once a Zip, always a Zip? Maybe. But he is definitely a Cougar.

Melissa is very happy. She's found what works for her and benefits her squad overall and she just signed an extension. She's not going anyhere.

Longtime Cleveland St womens coach leaves for Texas State. Talk about a lateral move. Wondering if Melissa Jackson who coached at CSU after leaving Akron and lives in greater Cleveland will be interested. CSU budget woes are worse than Akrons. My guess is YSU is a better situation

baseball was brought back courtesy of a big donation from the Skeeles family who also support other athletic programs at UA. Still probably the lowest budget in the MAC but a repectable 13-14 so far this season (5-7) in conference

How will they ever replace her 2.5 ppg?

Surprised no thank you message/post from Groce

Women’s lacrosse is a net revenue generator I believe. Many are on only partial scholarships.

Ford has been the guy behind the defense so that should remain solid. As for the offense, he's smart enough to let the talent determine the scheme, but I suspect he'd prefer up tempo. I was considering opening a thread on this.

We brought baseball back, but axed cross country so that was a wash. Although baseball is one of the biggest money losers in D1 sports so that probably still wasn't a wise decision. Should have probably just left baseball dead. With women's lacrosse I think that would put us at 17. We might be able to eliminate 1 women's sport. Not sure which would generate the most savings.

I believe we brought baseball back after being cut and also started a women’s lacrosse program.

Can't drop women's sports. Baseball was dropped and just came back.

What's the pathway to respectable? Miami (OH) will have a $6M-$8M roster at a time that we can't even afford a training table. Where are we going to come up with the money like that? Is Kaulig going to bankroll the roster? I don't think we can cut anymore sports. We shaved off all the sports we could during covid. FBS schools are required to support 16 sports. Non-FBS 14. I'm pretty sure we're at 16. Unless we added any since our last cuts. If so, I wouldn't be opposed to slashing to get back down to 16. Revenue share and NIL has widened the gap. The math has changed and the amount needed to compete, at least at a respectable level, has considerably increased. In fact, it's going to continue to increase as more and more schools are contributing to revenue share at levels Akron can't keep up with. If there was a good plan in place to make Akron football competitive and relevant I wouldn't have such a harsh look. I just don't see light at the end of the tunnel that leads me to believe we can consistently win 6+ games under the current circumstances.

Just curious…has it been done where you just drop it all together

The math has been done on this board many times. The U comes out ahead staying in FBS compared to dropping to FCS. The A10 and MVC are basically 1 bid leagues anymore. Don’t see the benefit of joining a tougher bball conference when there aren’t going to be anymore spots available.