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Thanks. I only included players who I believe to be on scholarship to give a clearer picture of impact players, along with how many spots still need to be filled. I think Bivens is a walk-on, so I didn’t include him. If I recall correctly, Mixon was originally a walk on too, but at this point I’d expect he’d be on scholarship.

Good. They pay down a third of their debt, students get renovated dorm rooms, University gets a reduction in maintenance costs and improved dorms contribute to a better student experience.

Working on buying an 1860s Abner Doubleday CDV and I was reading into the backstory behind the lore. Did not realize the rumor of him being the founder of baseball started with an article in the Akron Beacon Journal in 1905.

Just watched Wright State hold on at home vs EMU. I can't decide if I wish I was blind so I could never see that, or if I'm now going blind with how bad that game was.

Congratulations to Mitch Budler and Stefan Dobrijevic They are both included in top drawer soccer's top 100 player list (soph to senior) Mitch was 26 on their list. Stefan was number 36 on their list. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-national-top-100/men

UA announces deal to privatize dorms. https://www.cleveland.com/akron/2025/12/university-of-akron-announces-deal-to-privatize-dorms.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAO2w6xjbGNrA7bDcmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHod-6BB1D_UKaiWzJ-BZHjciiRX12WX8ISOOXAw3qQP4R4JuJ5iEnuz8sXE1_aem_EksRhrSQigqDDhQeRNFCjA

Joe and coach Rodriguez do seem to find talent. But the unfortunate thing is It always seems to take 3 or 4 games to figure things out . We are competitive after that but having 3 or 4 losses before jelling makes a 6 or 7 win season pretty difficult

https://gozips.com/news/2025/12/21/womens-basketball-akron-earns-94-68-victory-past-le-moyne

https://gozips.com/news/2025/12/21/womens-basketball-akron-earns-94-68-victory-past-le-moyne

I do not know how you found that..

RJ Jones & St. Ignatius is playing at STVM tonight.

Hey Cat, you forgot Omari Bivens for D line; he will be redshirt freshman...

I guess it depends on how you measure it. Ohio has 13 D1 teams, 7th in state population, and has 3 schools in power conferences. Not to mention Dayton who is an elite mid-major. Realistically, given the size of the state and the number of teams it should be producing at least 1, more likely 2, top 25 teams per season.

The state of Ohio seems to be doing quite well when you consider there's over 350 D1 schools and only two from Ohio are in the bottom half. Also, love to see that one of them is OU.

Can't wait to shed the dead weight.

Yes, I would imagine since they're hosting the next round they will be the favorites in most of these matchups.

Yes, this was coming but I hate to see that it is finally here. However this occurrence reminds me of the exceptional ability Joe and his staff have in uncovering and developing talent. When I see that we are in a serious rebuild again I take heart in the fact that we are in the same boat as other G5's and that we have a staff that can get us to a competitive level. Joe deserves credit for that. Even when I know Joe will have his annual unbelievable game losing decisions I still feel he will find a way to put a team out there that I can support. For that I thank him and the staff. Now about those decisions.....

Elite offensive team (look between the Yale and Baylor logos).

That note is so lovely to think about

If Wayne Campus had a team and beat Kent we'd never let them hear the end of it

We remember the last time we traveled to Marshall. These teams will still be a rough road trip.

Some NET rankings that may be of interest as of 12/22... State of Ohio Ohio State 49 Akron 51 Miami OH 79 BUGS 83 Dayton 91 Cincinnati 107 Xavier 122 PCCC 144 Wright State 148 Youngstown State 153 Toledo 164 Ohio 204 Cleveland State 349 Miscellaneous Duquesne 191 Conference Rankings (Avg NET SEC 49.56 Big 12 51 Big Ten 62.78 ACC 69.5 Big East 81.45 Mountain West 122.09 WCC 136.73 A10 138.79 MVC 147.73 WAC 156 American 163.69 Ivy 190.25 CUSA 191 Big West 191.45 MAC 193.23 CAA 193.92 Big Sky 197.60 Horizon 216.73 Southland 220.67 Sun Belt 228.43 Summit 233.78 Big South 240.22 Southern 246.70 ASun 251.42 MAAC 257.31 OVC 264.82 Patriot 283.70 NEC 295.50 SWAC 303.58 America East 305.56 MEAC 326.25 Interesting Note: NIU to the Horizon drops the Horizon to 22 with a NET average of 245.64 and the MAC would climb to 12 with a NET average of 182.83.

So OU is playing Miami-Hamilton. If Miami-Hamilton somehow beat them, would main campus Miami brag about it like they won a rivalry game (not the team of course, but like the barstool and student social accounts)

Here is where the schedule sits in NET now that the OOC is behind us. Q1 Purdue 7 Loss Yale 45 Loss Q2 Murray State 69 Loss Q3 Iona 147 Win Tulane 225 Win Q4 James Madison 216 Win Princeton 294 Win Evansville 268 Win Milwaukee 206 Win Bucknell 322 Win EMU 188 Win James Madison, Princeton, Tulane, and Milwaukee are the most disappointing teams on the schedule. All were expected to be top 150 teams IMO, and none of them are. Iona is the biggest surprise. Let's hope The disappointments find their footing and become what we thought they'd be.

The conferences have flipped this year and the SBC is doing the MAC no favors this year with their NET rankings, much like the MAC has done to the SBC in recent years. Marshall 125 Arkansas St 128 Troy 140 Southern Miss 179 South Alabama 192 Georgia Southern 213 James Madison 216 Coastal Carolina 222 Old Dominion 240 App State 249 Texas St 266 Georgia St 326 Louisiana 346 ULM 356 Here's to hoping those top 8 or so continue to improve.