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K-Roo and Dr. Z get it. This is the time when strong leadership is required. Scarborough...Van Horne...whomever...needs to come out guns-a-blazin' and say: "How the F#*k does some wing nut faculty member's uneducated, self-serving opinions get any media traction whatsoever? We are D-1A, we'll always be D1-A, we have a great team this season that will contend for a MAC title. We have a great coach and great kids whom we support 100%. The last 6 years are ancient history. It is time to move forward and get the football program back on a Championship track. Our team this season will be great. Get your tickets now and come down and have some fun." "Furthermore, to address the issue of revenue - our last AD made a horrific football HC hire. We've been politically correct in ignoring this fact for some time....but in light of the shadow he cast over our program, it is time to call a spade a spade. At a time where it was critical to put our collective foot on the gas pedal he single-handedly set our program back 10 years. The hole he put us in was unprecedented, but we are finally out of it and moving forward. It is short-sighted and ignorant to look at the past 5 or 6 seasons of Akron football and InfoCision and say that is our fate. Instead, the football program and this 30,000 seat stadium are our way OUT of our financial bind. That stadium is a way to galvanize the local community, generate revenue, get alumni and prospective students on our campus...it is a sleeping giant that we are committed to awakening in 2015." "There is one reason to drop to 1-AA. That's to save 22 scholarships. But why would we do that? You can't tell me with the facilities you see on campus, the coaching staff, the student athletes...that Akron football can't compete with Bowling Green, K.e.n.t. State, Toledo, Ball State, etc? That's insane. We can compete at the 1-A level. We can, and should compete for a MAC Championship every season. And after enduring and overcoming what Tom Wistercill and Rob Ianello did to the football program, the winning starts now. If you want to discuss dropping to 1-AA, have an educated discussion with me after the 2015 season. Until then, discuss Cate Jenner or deflated footballs or Johnny Manziel or whatever other "sports" topics you "sports" guys discuss for 12 hours every day. Leave Akron Football alone, because, to be quite honest, you know nothing about it."

It really should be no surprise that the presidents don't want to speak publicly of a potential merger right now. They know that would trigger heavy pushback from alumni who fear the university they graduated from would be losing its identity. Look at the pushback at UA about something as simple as changing the name. This could be a real problem if the biggest donors objected and cut back on their financial support. It's much, much smarter to take it slowly a step at a time. Educate the public that the survival of some Ohio universities is at stake if the financial situation is not resolved. Start with something simple, non-controversial and non-identity threatening such as combined purchasing. Put it in place, document money saved and report that out to the public. Then pursue similar areas that save money and make all of the cooperating institutions financially stronger. After proving that works, do a study projecting how much more could be saved by a full merger and how that would enhance the longterm viability of the universities.

Good interview with Pluto. That sounded like an audio version of our ZN.o conversations with the language cleaned up. Puts it all in proper perspective. That won't stop the biggest opponents of athletic spending at UA from protesting. They'll just want to drop further down the college football chain to the least expensive option or drop football completely. They exist at every university that isn't bringing more money in from sports than is going out. They tend to get the most media attention in times of financial distress. This is all understandable because the primary purpose of institutions of higher learning is ... (drum roll) ... higher learning. Many people have traditionally believed that athletic competition has a role in higher education. But there's always been a debate about how big that role should be and there always will be. Nothing wrong with a healthy debate as long as it remains focused on facts.

This us a valid point about SS and the AD. The faculty senate acted irresponsibly by creating public turmoil with a superficial understanding of how things work and intentionally put their new prez and interim AD in a bad position. Compete lack f professionalism.

I vote for CK to be AD of ZN.o, an internet sports forum where fans can vent their spleens and talk trash to each other with no real-world repercussions. Oh, I guess he already is.

http://gozips.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/releases/20150717bi9pa9

Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush wins Save of the Week for second time in 2015

I can't give the faculty douche bag any more exposure in the football forum, so the thread was moved. If people want to try and bring the football program down, they can do it here in the Jokes Forum.