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I know some folks are just going to pay no attention to this assuming it could never happen. Unfortunately, that is not the case. And, to say that a bunch of Clowns masquerading as a professional football team practicing on our pitch would not damage it is crazy. You don't see circuses held and Association Football played on the same grass field on any kind of regular basis for a reason. Successful D1 NCAA soccer programs don't even practice on their competition field. Proenza is gone, and Clowns masquerading as university officials have made questionable decisions in the past: a glorified high school gymnasium for a basketball arena, money thrown at a move to D1-A football when UA D1 basketball could have more easily taken off, hiring a head football coach who didn’t even know to “defer” and had to kick off in both halves, not working with the city/county to properly market a new downtown arena as an entertainment venue for Akron rather than UA’s basketball arena and thus having it removed from the ballot are just a few examples. Then there’s harlequins disguised as intelligent UA students, alumni, and sports fans who say things without really knowing of what they are speaking. Cleveland sucks when it’s sports fans are bashing LeBron for going to Miami, but it would be awesome to have their so-called professional football team come to our campus for 2 weeks each year because it will do great things for UA. Have we seen a cost-benefit analysis? Has one been done? I’d like to see it. In my opinion, working with the City of Akron and Summit County on a downtown arena would be a much better pursuit than trying to bring a “circus” to campus for 2 weeks a year. I don’t have an economic impact analysis to back me up, but Akron seems like a great place to build a moderate-sized arena for concerts and other events as well as UA Basketball. The Akron metro area (Summit & Portage Counties) population is 700k+, Canton city is 72k+, and the Dover-New Philadelphia area is 92k+. Add to this $173k+ in Medina County, and you have 1M+ people within 50 miles of Akron without counting Cleveland. Many of the people in these areas don’t like going into Cleveland, but would come to Akron for events. I live in Medina County now and grew up in Tuscarawas County. I much preferred and still prefer coming to Akron, and I know there are many folks south of Akron who’d prefer to not drive all the way to Cleveland. But, hey, why seriously look at something when you can pursue gimmicks? UA has a history of sinking a lot of money into football at the expense of other sports and pursuits that seem to make more sense. History could easily repeat itself. UA students, fans, and alumni who really care, please don't ignore this. EDIT: Canton-Massillon Metro Area (Stark & Carroll Counties) has a population of 400k+. Thus, about 1.3M+ people within about 50 miles of Akron without counting Cleveland. The contents herein are my opinion formed over about 30 years.

Getting excited about hosting the Browns for training camp is the epitome of #ThinkSmaller. It is beyond irrelevant. Take a look at the colleges that have hosted NFL training camps past & present. It is a list of institutions that just don't matter. Christ Almighty. The Browns used to set up camp at Can't for crying out loud.

Wofford was a dump before the Panthers. Now it is a dump with three grass fields with NFL goal posts. Let's focus on education for a while.

Hey, guys, lurking here for just a bit longer. A few things: 1) I think I was the Penn State fan who said the B1G might be the third best conference. I meant it is certainly no higher than third, and a reasonable case could be made it is lower than that. Again, I'm far from a conference homer, so will not defend the league at all. 2) I appreciate you guys not bringing up the Sandusky scandal during the week leading up to our game. Other teams' fans have not been as gracious. That said, if any of you want to discuss it, email me at nomad733@msn.com Just put "Akron fan" or something in the subject line, so I can BOLO for your email. I like to think I'm pretty rational about the whole situation, but feel free to put me to the test. 3) GP1, had no idea you'd be at the Wake Forest game. I can see their football stadium from my office -- it would have been great to meet you/any of you guys. My older son is a UNC-Chapel Hill grad, and I worked at Duke U for 4.5 years, so have some ACC affiliation. Rooting for you the rest of the way -- you deserve a great season!! Pound Marshall, and please, please beat Pitt!

Really? Rob Ianello. Enough said.

I heard TB might go with Gold Chrome hair for the game with the Herd, but he's not sure about a blue Z on each side; thinks it might be too gaudy. GO ZIPS crush the Turd.

It makes me sick to my stomach to imagine painted football lines on Cub Cadet Field.

Hosting the Browns would offer so many positive opportunities for UA and Akron that many of them haven't even been thought of or mentioned here yet. Every possibility should be considered to try to make this happen. But I understand the concern of Zips soccer fans. The Zips style of play has in the past been enhanced by a pristine home pitch, and no one should want to compromise the potential of UA's only national championship-winning athletic team. Zips football fans need to consider how they would feel if they discovered that hosting the Browns might compromise training for the Zips football team and degrade its newly found competitiveness. I don't think we have enough factual data just yet about the full impact of hosting the Browns to understand all the tradeoffs that need to be considered in order to make an informed decision.

I watched the coaches show last night and I believe his hair was back to normal. Maybe he was auditioning for the stage production of The Year Without a Santa Claus?