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ZIPSWATCHER hasn't lost his ability to spot a former Zip. It took me at least a minute to find Serb even after Zipwatcher identified who I'm trying to find.

Good grief. It's worse than you described. The first game is at home on a Thursday night. Why do they make this mistake over and over again? This is the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. While it is true that many will take Friday off, but why rush them home from work to scramble to make a game that probably won't be over until after 11 PM? It would be better if people had time to prepare for a nice day with their family and friends at what could be a great day for the players, students, alumni, fans and general community around Akron. They can't start this game between noon and 4PM on Saturday? It's all so gross. Prime time games against Nebraska and UAB? These should be "get in and get out" games starting at noon. Players get home in time to have a fun Saturday night out. Akron only has three chances to start games on a day AND time that is convenient for people to attend games. I understand TV is hard to control, but they need to do everything they can to play these games when the sun is up for at least half the game. For the first time in over 15 years, I didn't buy Wake Forest football tickets. Its not about the money because the tickets are relatively cheap. I'm waiting to see when games start and then buy single game tickets for game I want to attend based up a sane starting time. The first game is on a Friday night. The third game is on a Thursday night against NC State. I've gone to games like this before and the fan experience isn't good. The small 27,000 seat stadium they have is half full and after halftime there are only around 5,000 remaining at best. People vote with their feet. College football shouldn't be this hard to be a fan of.

Thanks for posting this. What these schools are doing is gross. It gets worse every time another story comes out. The solution isn't paying minors to maintain what may have been a bad decision made by a teenager. The solution is to prohibt schools from offering scholarships until January 1 of a players senior season. Further, no early graduation. Let's keep kids in high school until the normal cycle ends in May.

Nate got his degree.

Brubaker is on the 15 day DL for the Yankees.