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Maybe, maybe not. I really don't know. I'd like to ask the Sun Belt about this. What I am confident of is the athletic department should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron. The current TV model does not accomplish this. Taxpayers support UofA and their access to the athletic department isn't as great as it should be, and that goes for all schools.

a step up from akron I guess.

I think Groce is pretty clearly a finalist and wants the job. Otherwise, he does what Holtmann and Shrewsberry did today and either directly or indirectly squashes it. If he does leave, I'd expect Ford to follow him there. It would be challenging timing for Akron, as they'd be limited to "second wave" options to be their next head coach. Pretty huge 24-48 hours coming for the near-term future of Akron basketball.

There's a reason you don't leave Notre Dame or even DePaul for Butler. It's not a step up.

Suddenly feeling very uneasy. Ugh.

Not great.

Uh oh.

Does anyone want to predict what Josh Henderson will be next season. I have never seen him play. We really need either him or Cody Head to be a 10 points 20 minutes a game guy next season.

Haven’t heard anything from anyone… retain Eric and Sharron, hope the redshirts and freshman can contribute and find a starting center and starting 2 guard. And I think we can 4peat! the question is do we go after a power 5 bench player or a D2 all American.

If you're going to play on Thanksgiving weekend when no one's on campus, I agree that Black Friday is the better choice.

7.9 ppg on a team that was starved for scorers.

How long before we start hearing the stories about all of these uncertified NIL agents ripping off athletes and their families (or in some cases it is their family members serving as agents to take a cut) etc. I have to imagine it’s going to get ugly once cases of this start coming to light.

The agents do a good job convincing these young people that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

If Bobby Hurley can get a job anyone can.

Steele's personality might have something to do with it, too.

Sounds really familiar.

I would agree his run at Illinois is the bigger deterrent. I was more commenting because I was pointing out that tournament wins is not a requirement to get a P4 job. Steele's performance at Xavier is probably also why he wasn't taken as a more serious candidate. Had he went from assistant at Xavier to taking the Miami job and after 3 or 4 seasons put together the season he did I think given he is a Butler alum he would be the no brainer candidate.

I do think his lack of success in his only P4 gig could potentially be held against him. That doesn't mean he can't be successful with a second chance - just saying it's possible that is something attached to him in these discussions.

Not to mention by playing the games on Friday you don't have to compete with rivalry Saturday. OSU-Michigan attracts a ton of attention. Usually a friend of mine hosts a watch party for the game. Even those who don't care much about OSU or even football still attend because who doesn't enjoy having an excuse to hang out with friends, drink beer, and eat pizza/wings. Trying to compete head-to-head would the game would be disastrous for any Ohio or Michigan MAC school from an attendance standpoint.

I was responding to the two midweek games being both Tuesday, sorry for the confusion. Traditionally the MAC Black Friday games have been noon or mid-day kickoffs, so hopefully that continues.

Actually, the last game is on Friday. I think the day after Thanksgiving can be a good opportunity for fans who have the day off and need to get out of the house after a busy Thanksgiving. If I lived in NE Ohio, I think an early afternoon start could lend itself to a potentially nice day outside and maybe eating a nice dinner out after being in all day the day before. Everything I just posted makes sense, which makes me think the MAC will schedule the game when it is most likely rain during the fall, in the evening, so I predict the game will start at 8 PM.

I feel that job goes to Flynn Claymann.

I'd like to see what the dollars look like if you just go to the Saturday model. Also wondering if some of these FAST channels and such wouldn't be able to bid for content in that regard. It seems the MAC is starting to think a little outside the box, so I wonder if there's something to be done there. The dollars WOULD be less, I'm sure. But how much less? What would attendance do for the MAC football schools if you didn't have these midweek games? That's the key part...can that be made up by greater attendance throughout?

Came here to post the same thing. 6'6" - WOW.