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He inherited a 1-11 team 7 years ago. That's a lifetime ago in sports. He's now the 2nd longest tenured coach in the MAC. That shouldn't be used as an excuse any longer for the cycle of mediocrity we find ourselves in. We should be in a position to compete for MAC Championships by now. No getting smoked by Toledo last year on national TV doesn't in my mind count as competing. I have been critical of Bowden on this forum, but I am very appreciative that he brought us out of that cycle of being bottom feeders. I just have no faith he can lead us to being top contenders in the MAC, which is what I aspire the program to be. This program just reeks of stagnation.

If the team lays a big egg this season I think it would take Williams about 5 phone calls to raise the cash.

Just so many interchangeable 6-3 to 6-7 guys. This could be fun.

I can't wait for the season to start. Unis are sharp, boys look to be in serious shape yet again - let's go Zips! P.S. And our secret weapon is back - Lucas Smith.

Joe's p!$$ed. He's going back to only attending high school games at Infocision.

I had the opportunity to interview Jabari Arthur last week prior to his UA Hall of Fame induction. Here's how it went: Jabari Arthur Interview Thanks as always to Dr. Z for the layout.

There is a Big10 app. Can watch with TV provider log on.

Any Chili's that's worth its salt (ha ha) should have the Zips on the big screen. :-)

Gotta pay extra on Directtv for it....

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What a difference real tv analysts make vs. live stream Saturday nite...

Good start, 1-0 good guys!!

And that would be good for both of them.

PG: Jackson SG: Hester SF: Ivey PF: Utomi C: Riak I could see Sayles instead of Riak, and I could see one of the JUCO guys instead of Jackson. This roster is LOADED on paper. Let's hope they execute!

Not just one loss. The body of work. He gets lucky on occasion. That's about it.

I am the biggest Bowden supporter here (I think) and I'm losing my patience as well. Now that I've had a couple of days...and at the very least got to celebrate a Browns win...I'm still angry as hell and glad I didn't finish watching that shitshow; but they could move me off the ledge if Bowden could pull off a miracle against buffalo this week. Any given day in the MAC a team can lay an egg...perhaps Miami is the mulligan this year and they go out and beat Buffalo this weekend. But until I see that happen, I am growing restless myself.

Who is #10? Is that Riak? He's gotten a lot bigger.

More profilin'.

New uni's for 2018-19 Beautiful. Me like. Blue & GOLD in the color scheme. Beautiful script Akron on chest & right leg. Zippy Fear the Roo head at drawstring. Z (literally one of the coolest logos in all of sports) on left leg.

I know in my house, we lost our patience.

Kudos to you for sticking it out on the east side

From Crains: Akron tries to tackle the sports dilemma - Akron's athletic department budget of $33.1 million in 2017-18 - operating expenses budget of $11,174,159. The figure was a $1,230,159 above the original projection - total payroll budget of $10,181,747. The figure was $173,747 above the original projection - Football for the 2016-17 school year was at $7.25 million. The Zips' total, however, ranked eighth in the 12-team MAC and was about $940,000 below the conference average for the sport. - InfoCision Stadium has an annual debt service of $5 million. Football expenses The expenses for Mid-American Conference football teams in 2016-17, according to data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education: 1. Ohio $10,134,888 2. Toledo $10,046,711 3. Miami $9,346,412 4. Eastern Michigan $9,033,503 5. Western Michigan $8,667,334 6. Northern Illinois $8,035,152 7. Buffalo $7,796,405 8. Akron $7,253,770 9. Central Michigan $7,233,254 10. Ball State $7,044,512 11. Kent State $6,861,750 12. Bowling Green $6,537,321 Total: $97,991,012; average: $8,165,918 Number of sports programs Akron: 19, once baseball and women's lacrosse start play in 2019-20; MAC average: 16.3 Men's teams Akron: 8 (including baseball); MAC average: 6.7 Women's teams Akron: 11 (including lacrosse); MAC average: 9.6 Note: Akron's totals include a pair of rifle (which have a combined 18 athletes in 2018-19) and golf programs (14 athletes). Akron's in- and out-of-state athletes Men's sports: 129 in-state, 123 out-of-state; in-state percentage: 51.2 Women's sports: 98 in-state, 86 out-of-state; in-state percentage: 53.3 All programs: 227 in-state, 209 out-of-state; in-state percentage: 52.1