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I wonder what kind of deal Pinky made with the ABJ to have the article written in this manner. Hopefully Kent has a NIL deal with a cosmetics company for all the lipstick needed for this pig (and Pinky's rosy cheeks/clown makeup). "They are third in the MAC in scoring" Based on what metric? They are currently 325th in the country in Points Per Game at 64.6. Only NIU is lower from the MAC with 62.8 ppg (335th nationally). "fourth in 3-point percentage" Again, what? They are shooting the 3 ball at a 28.4% clip, which is good for 317th in the nation. Only WMU is lower from the MAC at 28.1% (321st nationally). In fact, coming at this article from a positive offensive standpoint at all is erroneous on all accounts (to quote the AK Rowdies). "How are the Golden Flashes doing it?" It ain't by offense, ABJ dumb butts. Offensive National Rankings... Effective FG%: 343rd Shooting %: 349th Personal Fouls per Game: 305th Lastly, citing bench production on offense as a key for Kent is incredibly disingenuous. Kent has failed to score 70 points in 4 out of their last 6 games (all vs G5, and all but 2 ranked 200 in NET), including a 39 point performance vs. UC Irvine. Their offense blows, and one of their main bench players is seemingly only coming off the bench as punishment for failing to stick at Furman (Jalen Sullinger), as he was their starting PG last year and an All MAC Tournament team member. If the ABJ wanted to cite Kent's defense, this would've been an acceptably positive article as Kent's defensive metrics are quite good (albeit against lesser competition as most of their opponents are 200+ in NET). The ABJ can reference this source the next time they want to try to polish the turd that is Kent State. Also, they should think about changing their name to the KBJ - Kent... You fill in the rest. z.i.P.S. Kent has a typo on their website under Jalen Sullinger's page. "2022-2024 season" The epitome of "failure".

Joe is not responsible for putting together a collective for football. But why not former players? Can't they get in touch with Bud Wentz to understand the mechanics of putting it together? Once they set it up they could find events to fund it like: Toledo had pilates on the 50 lead by Candle's wife. It sold out. Repeat what basketball did with a night with the coaches. Bring back former coaches and players. Have an open Q & A with Joe on what he expects in the season, or maybe at mid-season. Sign gear and memorabilia by the players for a small fee, If legal. Basketball sold out at $100 per ticket. Host a golf tournament in the stadium like OSU does. All 9 iron shots from fun locations. afterwards is a buffet and cash bar. Offer guided tours of the facilities such as the Info, the field house and the JAR. Do a night with a coach once a month. Charge $50 to attend. Have Joe or the DC or STC take questions at a pub with a separate room. Seek donations from those who support NIL. Members of the collective could organize all these and the U would have little if no cost. If football needs a collective the alumni should be first to make it happen. Personally I don't believe in the NIL concept, but there are many who would support it. If they want to be part of a collective, like basketball has shown, give them a chance to help.

Cody Grice.

This 0 kid must be pretty good. When was the last time we got a recruit that went both ways?

It’s impossible to f#ck things up more. Build a big beautiful stadium and then spend money on changing logos for Roos, Zs and settling on an A. Then you cut training table because you can’t afford it. We are in no mans land - can’t recruit against D1, hell now can’t even recruit against D3 because they are different types of student/athletes. At one point we had Jim Dennison, Gerry Faust, Jim Tressel and Terry Bowden on campus at the same time (not to mention one of the worlds richest athletes LJ) and they f#%ked it up. Unreal!!!

Can someone contact the Pope or the Dali Lama and see if they will talk to God about our players leaving the program? It seems He or She is the one common thread in all their announcements regarding their departure. What's God got against Zip football? We are facing a tough off-season and He/She doesn't have to pile it on.

I mentioned this in another thread. These are great ideas, and I think are all possible. You list the alumni as leaders. Who would it take to really get this going? Until this happens Akron will be trying to rebuild its team each portal season. Coaching staff has hit on a lot of under recruited talent, but once they shine they’re off to a “better situation”. Not the kids fault, but there needs to be something done. I can’t imagine Joe puts up with it much longer.

Good grief. Gage Summers just entered the portal.

Offer to JUCO DE Micah Wing.

Good to see Liisa having a break out game.

With that being said…

On3 reporting McCoy in the portal. If true, that’s a clean sweep of our All-MAC players.