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Figured I would share this. I've been keeping track of every game MAC teams have played and using the KenPom rankings (personal preference). I think everybody who follows realizes this Zips team still hasn't reached its full potential (KD has been saying that for weeks). Still, how much better Akron has been compared to the rest of the league (both in and out of conference) is clearly evident. BTW, these numbers were updated through Thursday night, so didn't include movement from the dozen or so games played last night (though I did include EMU since I saw they still stayed in the top 100 despite the loss): Top 100 wins: The MAC now has three (which is awful; I think Akron alone had 3 by this point last season). Anyway, those belong to Kent State (Texas), Akron (Eastern Michigan) and Buffalo (Eastern Michigan) Top 150 wins: The MAC has 12. Akron leads with 4 (EMU, Ohio, Marshall, Georgia Southern ... UC-Irvine is at 152 btw). After that, Buffalo at 2 (EMU, Weber State) is the only other with more than one. Top 200 wins (I readily admit that I hate going down this far, but that's how poorly the league as a whole has played): The MAC has 43. Akron has 10 (or nearly 25 percent). Next highest is Toledo and Ohio with 5. If you look at the league's overall top 25 wins (this also includes conference games), the Zips have 6: No. 2 EMU, No. 6 Ohio, No. 8 Marshall, No. 9 Georgia Southern, No. 13 UC-Irvine, No. 25 Mercer. Toledo, and somewhat surprisingly, Kent, are next with three ... though after Texas, the Flashes' other two are No. 22 Wofford and No. 24 Ball State. In summary, the Zips own 33 percent of the league's top 100 wins; 33 percent of the top 150 wins; 23 percent of the top 200 wins; and 24 percent of the league's overall top 25 wins. Granted, these numbers are fluid, and aren't anything that is going to put this team in at-large territory, but just shows the amount of separation between Akron and the rest of the league. It's something I plan to continue to keep track of, so will periodically post updates if there is interest.

I think we should get blow up dolls for the empty seats, like the auto pilot from Airplane but in Zips gear. The Zips aren't going to let people move into already purchased seats.

We've got enough on our plate this week alone, playing @ WMU and then at home against UB.

30-4 would get an at-large. My thoughts are, it's not even worth thinking about that at this time. The odds of it happening are easily less than 1 percent.

That is great. Ken Babby, the owner of the Rubber Ducks, is at a lot of the games. It would be great to see the Zips work with somebody who excels at putting people in the seats.

Ah..the annual at-large talk is back. I thought we wouldn't have to worry about that this year after the YSU loss. Gotta love it.