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This was the email they sent out: Akron Zips Fans, now you have access to the same sideline gear as our teams! We have partnered with Nike and BSN to open our Zips Fan Shop, available until Monday, June 8th! Don’t wait, hit the button below to secure your official sideline gear today! Going forward, each of our sports will launch four (4) of their own fan shops throughout the course of the year, and we will launch this Fan Shop four (4) times each year too, so fans can rep team specific gear and exclusive Akron Zips gear! Be sure to keep an eye out as more information will follow! The prices seem to be pretty much in line with Nike team gear. At least it's another option for people to buy?

I think Cravaack has the potential to make it. He’s another player I’m not sure we’ll be able to keep if he takes the next step in his development. Hopefully our specialists will have a great year, but we’ve had a lot of inconsistency there.

It's just a result of how BSN operates. They take orders for a few weeks, then when the shop closes, they produce all of the orders and ship them out. So they are only producing what is ordered and there is no excess.

It's probably part of their business strategy. The thought process is drops drive demand as it creates artificial scarcity and FOMO. Not to mention it reduces expenses by eliminating the amount of inventory those websites need to keep on hand. It's actually growing more common in e-commerce.

I get it, but I am: 1) a grumpy old man; and 2) frugal (Cheap).

It's great to for have the opportunity to purchase a $100 sweatshirt.

The Toledo/BGSU rivalry game got moved to a Friday night during Midweek MACtion. It's not Saturday, but Friday night will be a lot better than Tuesday. Hopefully this is a step towards killing the midweek stuff altogether leaguewide. Not ideal against HSFB, but it's regional finals so statewide there'll "only" be 56 schools left playing. In 2025 at least (obviously things change year-to-year), there were only a couple Toledo/BG area HS teams playing that weekend.

Bowden's Greenheads kick off on Saturday in Iowa. In their first two TAL seasons, the Iowa Woo (yes, Woo) have gone 2-8 and 4-5 (including playoffs), so probably an average opponent to see what's what for the expansion team. Almost assuredly, I'll be the only one here taking a peek haha (but that's more because I've followed indoor football for 26 years now). They've done a...reasonably poor job...of getting roster information out, but Monroe's defensive coordinator is a guy (James Shiver) who's been involved in indoor football coaching on and off since 2001. So, Bowden will at least have coaches that have worked with the walls before. Though Shiver was always an offensive coach indoors, but whatever. With the caveat that Iowa hasn't always produced stellar broadcasts, the game can be seen on YouTube on the TAL channel. Link below (though I think they embed on here)

Men’s wise yes. Women’s can still use some work but it seems soccer and volleyball are on the rise