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Any idea when the full OOC schedule is expected? A decent number of programs have released theirs so far and when I come across them I quickly look to see if Akron is listed, but I haven't seen them.

I'm perfectly content with 2 P5 games a year. We desperately need the money in order of having any hope of staying competitive in the MAC. Also, if we can't go 5-3 in MAC we frankly don't deserve to go bowling. The payouts for these P5 seem decent and as @LZIp stated for the most part they're 2nd or bottom tier P5 programs. The type of opponents that an upset, while unlikely, is possible.

TBH I'm in support of his outrage. All these micro transactions in games you pay $70 for is ridiculous.

This would be my guess as well. I'm traveling today so I haven't listened to any podcasts or anything, but based off what I've seen online there is talk about Akron football. Maybe not to the level it was two weeks ago, but much more than what it would have been had they just announced some random winner yesterday.

I think what's getting missed by many is the referrals. Both had millions of viewers and both of their followers fit the demographic of someone who would be interested in this promotion. Someone like Big Cat might have bought 18 tickets, which is probably the most, but he might have had several hundred people that put him down as a referral. The drawing was always going to favor influencers because of the referral piece. They have more reach than Joe from Tallmadge.

I watched the press conference. Two influencers made it as a top 9 finalist (1 finalist declined participation). One a pretty household name in Big Cat from Barstool. The other was Bordeaux who is one of, if not the biggest, EA Sports College Football game influencer out there. I'm sure both had their odds helped by being listed as referrals. Edit: Something worth noting it wasn't mentioned exactly how many season tickets were sold, but it was said that about 50% of all season tickets sold this year were sold within the last two weeks. https://x.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/2090202037057126647

Calls are being made to the finalists. Any of you get get the call? https://x.com/ZipsFB/status/2090124791323799643

Maybe Akron can expand it's law school to add some specialities in NCAA and NIL litigation. It seems to be a growing segment /s

Louisville signed a G League player named London Johnson so I'm not going to pretend to know the rules these days. We're at our roster limit though so we can't sign anymore players anyways.

All I know is the real winners with all this litigation is attorneys and their billable hours.

It ended up being Sam Houston State.

I imagine they will play a lot of 3-guard line-ups. Considering their top 3 guards are all 6'2" and under and not great defenders, I think their success will depend on their 7 footer. They will need rim protection from him to make up for their defensive deficiencies elsewhere.

The max salary for Amani Lyles in the G-League this year would be $130K without a two-way deal. He could probably make around $1 million on a P5 roster, especially after his NCAA Tournament performance. He could be a starting PF on a lot of P5 teams or at least be good enough to be the first big off the bench. That said, Akron has no roster spots available so I don't expect him to return to Akron regardless.

Fairly big pickup for them. They should have one of the best backcourts in the MAC next year and Simmons to accompany them. Definitely a contender for one of those top 4 MAC seeds.

It certainly increases the odds one of the celebrity online personalities makes it to be a finalist. Particularly if they bought a number of season tickets. In that case I'm sure they would spend several segments talking about it. Edit: Big Cat is evidently up to 18 tickets purchased. Eric Sollenberger, his co-host, said on another Barstool podcast he himself bought 10. If you add up all the Barstool employees they probably have 100+ tickets. There is a realistic chance of one of them making it to be a top 10 finalist.