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Former South Florida G Xavier Castañeda is transferring to Akron. @castaneda_x http://verbalcommits.com/players/xavier-castaneda PG from Chicago, worked out pretty well last time

Article in the Sunday morning Beacon...said that the Zips would be without 5 players...that were not cleared yet to play https://niuhuskies.com/documents/2021/4/4/Game_11_NIU_3_Akron_1.pdf From looking at the minutes played in the box score above....here are some of the key regulars/key subs that I do not see 1. Marco Milanese 2. Pol Hernandez 3. Will Jackson 4. Jason Shokalook 5. Johnny Fitzgerald 6. Federico Serra 7. Nick Scott that is a lot of talent...to be missing Sunday Beacon article...said that 3 players only got to practice for the first time in over 2 weeks on Saturday I was doing Easter family things today...and did not see the game... I am not making excuses for the team....but Bowling Green, the league leader with a 3-1 record...has also had to postpone 3 games due to Covid... Bowling Green will face similar issues .....to what Akron did today......when they are able to return BGSU will not be sharp when they return...and they will lose some matches Akron still gets to play them one more time (beat them 2-0 in MAC opener) current MAC Standings Bowling Green 3-1 West Virginia 3-2 Northern Illinois 4-3 Akron 2-2 Western Michigan 2-3 SIU-E 1-4 Wednesday night match against West Virginia is a must win...... Northern Illinois had no games ...against BGSU or Akron...that were cancelled due to covid NIU will get to play all 10 games..... no clue how Akron and BGSU will get to play all 10 games they each will make up 1 of the 3 post poned games on Wed. April 14 Sounds like a very depressing game today....but the zips need to put one foot forward.....and get a win on Wednesday night

Oh my, where will you get your 3 day old news now?

I don't see anything about transferring being a choice. He said he could never see himself playing for another university. There was no choice. It's time for him to enter the next stage of his life.

Mass exodus from USF.

Don't feed the troll

This doesn't have to be the fate of Akron or G5 football. It can be better...much better. G5 schools can use football to have a positive impact on the athletes, students, alumni, fans and the greater communities where they exist. At some point they have to stop tilting at windmills and develop a reality based plan that allows the schools to be impactful in these areas. People will say that this line of thinking isn't "dreaming big". Really? What have G5 schools gotten for dreaming big over the past 25 years? Stadiums they can't afford? Salaries they can't afford? One incompetent AD after another delivering another broken "building process"? Weeknight games in front of empty stadiums? Dwindling community support? Apathetic alumni? Fans that can't even muster enough enthusiasm to at least show up at the stadium to tailgate, play some cornhole and get drunk with friends? When someone says, "Dream big", they normally mean they want what someone else has. It's called envy. Envy is one of the seven deadly sins and not something you want to base your decisions around. How is this envy working out for G5 schools? Are G5 closer or further away from the P5 schools in football right now? G5 schools need to go on the pursuit of what is best for them in lieu of what someone else has. When we do that, schools can be more impactful to the athletes, students, alumni, fans and greater communities.

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, AFTER HIS NATIONALLY BROADCAST PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT, MAYBE HE HAS A SHOT.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNLKOGwg84n/?igshid=1gm5146no4xju

Not a soul on this board disagrees with that, the thing that bothers me is they didn’t even get a chance. That absolutely blows.