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It was certainly encouraging after a rough first half. On the other hand, South Alabama was predicted to be the 14th of 14 teams in the Sun Belt preseason poll.

Doesn’t get much better

Really can't ask for a better start

44 point 2nd half? That bodes well.

Can't ask for a better start to this one

Yikes. The aggression they lacked against PCCC and Buffalo apparently finally came out.

That stuff won’t happen under Tim Tyrrell’s watch.

Isn't that true for literally EVERY MAC team? 🤣

Ohio.com article on the game- https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2025/11/04/akron-zips-mens-basketball-season-opening-win-james-madison/87071260007/?tbref=hp

Right, where is the viable back up big?

In the post game interview Groce said in a round about way that MMK is outperforming them in practice. He plans to play them, especially against bigger teams, but they need to earn their minutes in practice.

It's a dangerous place.

I'm not so sure you could sit in the home side center sections with a GA ticket. They do have some ushers on duty.

did it work?

My thoughts in the game. 1. The returning starters. Lyles, TJ and Scott all played great. 2. Young needs more minutes. He is a star. 3. The Mahaffey brothers looked solid. 4. Stankovic had some flashes of greatness. I think he gains playing time as the season goes on. 5. Hardman struggled 6. I love Marvin style of play and hustle but if he is our back up big, that's going to be a big problem. 7. Where are the big guys? Halligan got in before them?

Maybe for quality D1 football. This is a matchup featuring 2 bottom 15 programs (per Massey). I'm seeing tickets to the Browns for under $15 on Stub Hub. To me that's a vastly better deal if I wanted to pay to see bad football get played.

$19 for a D1 football game is a steal

You can sit anywhere you want in the stadium. If you really tried you might even be able to make it up to the suites with a regular ticket

I'm not sure if it's feasible, but if they could schedule them in a way that there were 3 midweek games per week and each team was required to only play 2 (1 home and 1 away) I think that would be ideal. That way ESPN still gets to fill their time slots, MAC programs still receive the money they desperately need, and fans/students get another Saturday home game. I would think it would be achievable as you would have 6 teams used a buy to set themselves up for midweek games the first 2 weeks while the other 6 teams play on weekends. Those teams can just rotate opponents those weeks. Then after 2 weeks the 2 groups rotate.

Buy the cheapest ticket and you can sit anywhere in the stadium

I think the weekday games were 100% worth trying. But it's just reached well past its expiration date in usefulness.

am i doing something wrong? I was looking to buy tickets and the akron site says that tickets on the Zips side are 50.00 on the fifty and 30 anywhere else and but anywhere on the visitor side are 19.00?

They did do a 2 for 20 combo deal with the basketball game yesterday