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It's when you pee into the wind.

We are nationally ranked year in and year out, bagged a National Championship in 2010, were in the hunt again last year but can't offer our fans and the fans of quality schools that agree to play at our place a decent video stream? Very, very embarrassing and frustrating. I know funds are tight but figuring out how to keep the audio in sync with the video, keeping others on top of the press box from obstructing the camera, leveling the camera and following the action smoothly and with the appropriate amount of zoom doesn't cost a dime. In these respects, the bar is set F-A-R too low. Our apologies, GauchoMike, and others who like to follow their team when they travel to Akron. We'll get there.

The bigger question is...how did people miss the blatant spelling errors on the cover of this video above?

It gets worse. Much worse.

It's the good thing you guys aren't Patriot fans, you would be committing Harakiri if you believed everything in Belichick's pressers. How did I miss the ice-cream truck video?

It's a UCSB home match, so it will be on our much improved video feed.

"Nip & tuck" Bullshit.

The noon start is a tough one. I won't be making the trip. Marshall and App State are where we aspire to be as a football program. We aren't there yet. Hence the large point spread. The last time we played Marshall they out-athleted us at pretty much every position. It wasn't fair how easily their DB's covered our WR's. We'll have better match ups this time, but as K92 pointed out, defensively we downgraded in talent and production at two DL and three LB spots. That's essentially half the defense. I trust that Amato will keep adjusting, scheming and improving. But those 5 holes limit our defensive ceiling. The lack of offensive complexity and scheming...the inability to sustain drives is a big concern. As last season progressed, the simple offensive play-calls and 3-and-outs weren't as noticeable because the D was so dominant at year's end. If we are going to make Marshall work, we really need Milwee to move the chains. We don't need to eschew the splash plays...that's probably our biggest offensive strength. But we gotta do some underneath stuff. A sweep. A reverse. Anything but that slow hand off 5 yards deep in the backfield that never goes anywhere. Tough match up this week...

Can't wait for this game. Lost a tough one to Tennessee. Beat Old Dominion like a drum with limited 1st team play. Have Miami in our sights for Saturday noon kick on ESPN . Finally, play the Zips and see what kind of road team we have this season. Good luck this week.

The last time Akron had any sort of D1-A (FBS) success, it was on the backs of local recruits under Lee Owens. There was a stretch from 1999-2005 where the team had winning seasons in five of seven years. ... the last two being seasons where Brookhart lived off Owens' local kids. Brookhart then turned back-to-back No. 1 MAC recruiting classes (with kids being recruited by the schools you mentioned) back to the basement. It's not the local talent base, it's the coaching. TB has a track record of winning, so lets see where this (and continuing to get P5 transfers) takes us. Still, if you are going to go after HS kids in NEO, why not Summit County? It's the one major county in the region that actually is growing, and the HS football has been making major strides in the past decade. I'd say it has easily surpassed Mahoning and Stark counties (two of the historical hotbeds) and is quickly gaining on Cuyahoga. Look at some of the HS ball being played here. St. V has won two state titles in D3 and made another finals appearance in the past 5 years (with teams that probably could've competed for the D1 title). Hoban, also D3, won it all last year, and is probably the favorite to win it again this year (just took two-time defending D1 champ St. Edward down to the wire last week, 10-7). In Division II, Nordonia just went to the state finals two years ago. Hudson, in D1 two years ago (with wins over St. Ignatius and Mentor) and in D2 last year, made the final four. Stow, last year, made the D1 final four. This year, looks like they could make it back (with a QB UA is recruiting). The City Series, while not having any elite teams any more, probably is the best city league in Ohio. ... The Cleveland Senate sucks outside of Glenville. Toledo sucks. Cincinnati pretty much sucks. Columbus has a couple good teams ... out what 12? Dayton is OK now that it only has like 3 teams. ... The City Series usually has four teams that can somewhat compete with the suburban/private counterparts ... Buchtel/Ellet then usually two of Firestone/East/Garfield ... with only North and Kenmore being dead weight. That will likely change, too, starting in the next couple of years when the city goes from 7 schools to 5. ... It'll be the same number of athletes, just at less schools. That should lead to an even better on-field performance from the remaining city teams. Look at Buchtel. They are 0-3 but lost by 6 to Beechcroft (which I'm guessing is one of the non-shitty Columbus city teams since they are 3-0). Then lost by 7 to Benedictine (a team that won back-to-back state titles in 2013-14); and then by one to Canton GlenOak ... a perennial D1 playoff team that is 2-1 with a win over one of the best big-school teams in Virginia (a state everybody is gawking over in recruiting) and then a 3-point loss to a historically good program in Massillon. Buchtel is probably a couple extra good players (which they could get in two years ... if they don't go to St. V or Hoban) away from potentially being 3-0 against three solid/very good teams. With all that said, even if you focus on Summit, that doesn't preclude you from going to the nearby counties ... Stark/Cuyahoga/Mahoning/Lorain/Lake to get recruits either. Outside of Stark, all are a tougher sell now, but easier if you continue to win ... and then maybe.