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I live in SC and I like Frank Martin. He's a different kind of guy, but not in a bad way. USC probably held on to him a little long but he did a good job. Martin wins at schools where it is difficult to win by getting marginal players and making something out of them. MAC schools had better be ready when UMass comes to town because they will be well prepared and play hard.

Good points. I think it's possible to have a good team and a respectable scoreboard that functions the way a scoreboard is supposed to in 2024 (give information and provide ads). If the football program should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron, nice experiences have to be provided in addition to a competitive team. Id also say that my experience at the game I went to last year was good. The parking lots were clean. The stadium itself was clean. The bathrooms were clean. The merchandise store has some good items and was well stocked. The food was decent. The potential for a great gameday experience for the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron is there, but the team is just so freaking bad.... Throw on top of all of it that it doesn't appear as if the University is interested in fielding a winner, it's concerning at best.....

There is good and bad with everything. But we are coming and take basketball very seriously. If will be good for the conference. If you listen to this snippet, we are coming and will be competing against you, Kent State, Toledo, Ohio and others for the conference championship. This is good for MAC basketball. This was said at the press conference. This is the follow through. Article on the extension through 2028-29 season. https://www.gazettenet.com/Frank-Martin-signs-2-year-extension-after-first-UMass-20-win-season-in-a-decade-55687570

Agreed. None of our guards took advantage of all the double and sometimes triple teams that were thrown at Freeman. He was hardly a black hole. Freeman would kick it back out in a heartbeat when guys were open. LCJ would have been in heaven playing with Freeman this past season.

This team just didn't have that dynamic guard player that you've seen on Groce best teams (Cooper, LCJ, Castaneda). Even when you have a player as good as Freeman, it's hard to win at the collegiate level without elite guard play.

As a season ticket holder from the Rubber Bowl on I never gave a rats behind about the scoreboard unless the music was too loud(and it certainly is now) or I couldn't find the score or the clock. I would much prefer to see a consistently decsent team on the field than worry about a scoreboard. Don't care who pays for it. OK the 'taxpayers' and students may not 'pay' for the scoreboard. But they ain't showing up to watch the scoreboard. They ain't showing up much at all. Lets hope the football on the field lives up to the expense of the new scoreboard.

Looks like the boys were treated to a little cookout today

Nah, giant seat banners covering the top of the bowl across from us that will never have people in it ever.

Those are three different elephants. Let's focus on the athletic one. I believe the athletic department should benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community around Akron. Giving the taxpayers of Ohio a good gameday experience could make them believe their hard earned money being spent on public universities is a good thing. A paved highway makes taxpayers feel good. A pothole filled highway makes taxpayers bitter. The old scoreboard was a pothole filled highway.

Ryan Prather Jr departs. Zips add Bowen Hardman. Note: Prather was the sole Sophomore on the team going into 2024-25. Now we have Seniors, Juniors and Freshmen only. In 2025-26 we have Seniors and Sophomores. 2026-27 Juniors only. 2027-28 Seniors only. I think it's safe to assume that this class balance will likely change again next year.