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sorry blue and gold, while the people inside zippy may be male, the mascot itself is female. Wikipedia is right, and the student made videos on youtube are actually wrong. also, anatomy beats fashion when deciding on sex. thus the boys wear beanies not girls argument is not very valid. It's a bit of a shame when the fan base doesn't even know the basic history and information regarding their mascot. that there is any confusion is embarrassing.

who cares? we got the td, we won the game. if this, or if that, maybe the circumstances would be different. but they're not and no amount of debating will change it.

I saw that on the table at the soccer game and the whole book is written in a gender neutral way. There is no he or she whatsoever. Actually it's kind of creepy.

i would like to nominate this as a "best of zipsnation" post

I don't have the numbers at hand, but I believe the money from tv contracts etc in CUSA far exceed those of the MAC. I think if you look at revenue vs. expenses we would still be out on top money wise moving to CUSA. Personally, it's not that big of a deal to me and if it happens, great! If not, other things might come our way eventually.

I meant this in a positive way. It's not hard to believe they make more money than before. The presentation of the increase in how much money is made could be one form of manipulation. For example, increasing revenue sounds really good if it is presented as, "increased revenue 150%". That would impress a lot of people.ah... I gotcha now. usually manipulation has a negative connotation, so like you said... it's all how it's presented. just a misunderstanding

a few points:* with all this money quoting I suggest people take a look at this to see the importance/unimportance of having a big money game.* along with a new stadium, it will cost to keep the building in operation. it will be used a lot more than just game day seeing as there are going to be locker rooms and classrooms in there as well. This should be kept in consideration when spouting off the "profit" we should expect to make.* Mack has said he isn't going anywhere for a while. Granted, it is an assumption that he would be an honest guy, but he had given no reason to make me believe other wise. Anyone saying the opposite is a Can't troll. * C-USA would still be an improvement over the MAC because they get more money through contracts. There is more to conference affiliation than just the competitiveness of the member institutions I expect to see the MAC with a better ESPN contract soon. Don't know how good it will be, but should be an improvement. * as far as "manipulating conditions" to show an increase in revenue, why is it so hard to believe that we might actually have made more money than before?* finally, UA1987, while you have made it clear that you disagree with the strategy that is being used, I have a feeling that you are missing quite a bit of information that goes into the scheduling decisions. Now I am not claiming to be an expert on the workings of the athletic department, rather I find your "solution" to be rather simplistic and only take into account a couple of issues. Again, I would suggest going to the source of the decisions for an explanation of the reasoning behind the strategy before you get yourself too worked up.

No one that I've heard has ever proposed asking Penn State or any of the Super Bigs to play here at Infocision, except for you. If a program won't play here then they should no longer be a scheduling target (OSU would be an exception). What you are saying, Skippy, is that we cannot be a viable program with a near sellout home schedule (including specialty seating) and an OOC schedule that only includes teams that will play here, at least once, as part of our game contracts. This was the case at the Rubber Bowl but will not be the case at the Info. We are at a point where we can build a winning tradition by using our new facility to gain a scheduling edge. The old Rubber Bowl mentality is leaving the station... I just wish Rhodes would be going too because I don't have confidence that he is pursuing the right options for the long term success of the football program.Have you ever actually spoke to the man and listened to his reasoning or long term plans for the program and department? or do you like living in continued denial about the reality of the situation? New stadium or not, we are a product of the MAC and as long as we are in that conference that standing alone will give us a harder time with scheduling home games. Seriously, why should Penn State want to come play in a 30,000 seat stadium when they can sell out a 100,000 + stadium? Ok, so we threaten not to schedule them if they don't play a game here and what will they do? They'll go find someone else. There are also so many other things to take into account besides just the money...

kind of like this guy?

Seriously, those old-school uniforms are WACK!!BC's uniforms are WACK!!Why do you think they changed those off-brand ultra-lame 'Lee Owens era' uniforms?THEY WERE HORRIBLE!!!We looked like a dusty crusty Green-Bay wannabe squad.Stick with the Gold helmets, although blue could be considered.White helmets NEVER look that great! Just like white cars NEVER look as good as other colors.Stripes down the pants are very 70's and 80's....it sucks.Stripes on the helmets....another sucky ideaDO NOT put a big Akron on the side!DO NOT put a lame uniform number on the side of the helmet! Look at Alabama's uncharismatic suck-ass uniforms and helmets!!Colorodo's design is a great template. The St. Louis Rams uniforms are a great template.The blue-on-blue is sweet as hell! KEEP IT!Pants: blue/gold/ocassionally whiteJerseys: white/blue/...possibley gold?I like the idea of experimenting with the grey.However, that old-school sh*t needs to stay in the old-school!That sh*t don't sell!!!! It's UGLY!!AMEN!

It's fun to bash them but the additions they made look pretty good. Nice video screen although it could be larger.i briefly had that thought... then i thought about how much better the info is going to be.

Yes except Oregon is the research university for Nike, so Nike pumps a ton of money into the school and tests a lot of equipment and design with the various athletic programs.Most if not all of Oregon's equipment and uniforms is paid for by Nike.first, i'm sure akron would have the same benefits if one of their alumni founded the most successful line of athletic gear in the world.second, oregon's uniforms aren't that ugly. i don't like the yellow, but the whole metal cut pattern in the shoulders and legs are pretty unique and sweet. there seems to be two lines of thought. the first being staying traditional and keeping things the same no matter what and the second being cutting edge and having the newest, flushiest design there is.

even though their bathrooms smell like pot, all of their stalls have doors.

I got the last ones

The University of Akron Department of Athletics has posted its Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act report for 2006-07.This was sent out in zipmail today. I found it interesting, especially the head coach's salaries (or lack there of). Nice to see that we came in just under budget too.

those black squirrels make great target practice

if they want this to be successful they should chose red... assuming that their fan base is similar to ours, 90% of them probably have a osu shirt while only 40% have their own school gear.

found this while stumbling:check out #8 on page 2

only men's b-ball is under nike, but i forget when our adidas contract is up. it's still a few more years i believe. after the contract is up who knows?

i watched a bit out my front window (went right in front of my apartment). only saw one runner, got bored, then hit the video games before heading out to the rubber bowl.

you guys do realize this is a position for the school side of the university, NOT the athletic department marketing.

we dominated that entire game and just couldn't finish on our shots. their goalie had some amazing saves as well. what's really sad is that you could totally tell by the way they played in overtime that csu would have been happy to settle for a tie, but akron really wanted that win and got it in with like 1:36 left on the clock.

It's a back fracture and they're just happy he's able to move his limbs. Anything that serious is scary to see happen.article

personally, i see 'suck' possibly being offensive if it is closely followed by "swallow". in any other way, it is really one of the most mild and harmless (and slightly unoriginal) taunts in the book