kreed5120

A big part of why our games get pushed to Fridays is the lack of compelling matchups in MAC play. If UMass was competently run there would be at least 3 intriguing teams in the MAC. Meaning on weeks that 2 of the 3 didn't play one another one of Miami, Akron, or UMass would keep their Saturday game since only 2 games get flexed per week. Majority of the time it was Akron and Miami getting flexed even when they played MAC bottom feeders. Personally, I think if we call sell out Kent at a 6PM start time on a Friday then we can't really make an excuse that our other Friday games don't draw better. Not saying they need to all be sell outs, but it's disappointing we can't get 3000+ to show up. It's not like we're in Athens where only a small number of alumni live in the area and most have to drive in a far distance. Under the current format you only host 9 MAC home games. You have to remember half of those would automatically be on a Tuesday. Meaning at most you get only 4-5 weekend home games. The MAC could do a better job guaranteeing 2-3 of those are against your rivals, but it's not really possible to guarantee 5-6 games, especially since many teams would want to host an Akron or Miami but not everyone can. For Akron I'd say our two top rivals are Kent and probably OU. After that it kind of just fluctuates based off who is good at the time. Buffalo was up there a few years, then Toledo, and now Miami. Edit: When the MAC used to have divisions we were guaranteed to play all the Ohio teams (besides Toledo) twice. Along with UB. Many complained back then because it wasn't fair that Toledo got an easier schedule than us because the MAC East was so much better. It seems no matter what people will find something to complain about.

I'm not sure if we're in a good place to judge. I didn't fact check it, but someone on the Miami board said we drew ~5k for the Kent game, but our next highest home attendance was ~2,500.

I know the new one in North Canton has them so I would imagine Boston Heights does as well. I buy a lot of my clothes from Costco. The Akron stuff I've seen has just been very bland so I haven't bothered purchasing anything. Maybe if I didn't already have a closet full of Zips gear I would have picked up a piece or two.

This is pretty much me. I think for me it was a $40 hoodie I got on sale at Dick's sporting goods, which isn't much more than what a t-shirt would cost at the team shop.

I choose the wrong field as well.

It seems like a foregone conclusion that Boals, barring a miracle, is canned at seasons end. I peaked at UMass message board and it seems they want Frank canned as well. The problem is they can't fire him because his contract is fully guaranteed through 2028-2029 with a reported $6-$8M buyout. Between giving out that large of a guaranteed contract and the performance of the football team that AD needs fired.

For me it's not that I'd be concerned with losing to UMass (although anything is possible in single elimination tournaments). It's more that having to win 3 games in 3 days requires being able to recover quickly. The bumps and bruises we take on Thursday can have an impact on Friday or Saturday.

If Buffalo (who might be without Frietag) and UMass (play OU) lose CMU losing to us shouldn't matter.

Out of curiosity I looked and found Akron's longest win streak vs Kent is 9 games. That streak occurred from 1941 to 1947. Kent has never had a winning streak last longer than 5 games.

A few things here. 1) Surprised to see Sendy take accountability for once instead of trying to blame an injury, not having resources to compete, or whatever else. 2) Evan has played the PF position for Akron all season. This isn't some new revelation. Is this his first Akron game that he has watched/covered this season? I will say the breakdown was otherwise very good. I do wonder if how much energy and focus Amani played with on the defensive end impacted his offensive play. I said before this may have been his best game defensively. Certainly it's up there.

I read on the Miami forum that the speaker belonged to that DJ and wasn't even WMU property. That's likely why there was a confrontation in the tunnel with thr DJ. Definitely something should be done.

Tweet was about Skaljac, but Steele in post game conference says its fake news and that he will play Tuesday.

They would have to lose both and we would have to win both in order for it to matter for seeding

I don't think anyone here was really arguing that a new arena wasn't needed. More that it could be completed at a fraction of the $280 million proposed cost.

I felt Amani finished the game strong after being non-existent offensively for the first 30 and having a few early miscues. If you told me before the game that he would match Gillespie in rebounds and only score 2 fewer points I would have taken it. I know he had some help defensively, but he was still the primary defender on Gillespie and holding him to 3/15 from the field and not getting bullied by one of the nations best rebounders makes this one of his best performances defensively this season IMO.

Connor Groce sighting

Are you assuming his species? If Kent fans could read this they would be very upset.

Time for another half-time show that spends the entire break glazing Miami and spending only 30 seconds talking about the game at hand.

They have 2 Gonzaga's of the midwest within an hour drive of them. Both Xavier and Dayton are better positioned. Xavier I suppose shed that title when they moved to Big East, but that's generally why there isn't a "Gonzaga of the Midwest". When a team reaches success they move up. Gonzaga was isolated and there was no Big East type conference on the west coast. They would have otherwise bolted the WCC many years ago had geography allowed it.

That was mainly why I said it would improve the game. I don't mind the buy out language in some of these contracts. Like the Cincy QB contract stipulates that if he leaves he owes Cincy $1M. The problem is even with that language in the contract whenever it tries to be enforced it turns into a legal battle.

AD reported on X that they are confident they can get $75M-$100M in donations to help fund. Even so that would leave ~$170M-$200M that they will have to finance. That's going to make our debt servicing on Infocision appear awfully small in comparison. Edit: Frankly if they were able to secure $100M in donations they could have fully funded this project with a more modest build. Maybe needing to borrow just a little if they had a few over runs. Georgia State just completed a very nice arena for $85 million and that was in Atlanta where I imagine labor costs are much higher.

When we were an Adidas school before the basketball team still had LeBron's. I wouldn't see why that would be an issue now if Groce sees value in keeping the brand connected to the basketball team.

Nothing is preventing these players from unionizing and forming a players union. In fact, it would be a huge positive to the game as it would open the door to collective bargaining.

My better half asked if I wanted to go to the game, but I let her know I didn't want to be surrounded by the stench and filth. You're a braver man than me.

I'll be interested to see if Kent tries to use the press early seeing how badly we struggled with it against UB.