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Hawkins contract is set to expire at the end of the season, which is why I said what I did. I'd find giving him an extension would be a tough sell to any fan base if they do indeed finish last place in the MAC for a 2nd straight year. I'd be glad to see them keep him. I enjoy picking up some easy conference wins. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/2019/10/08/wmu-hoops-mainstay-steve-hawkins-entering-final-year-contract-he-says-hes-not-worried/3910217002/

The schedule makers were nice to Akron this year. The two MAC West teams we play twice are EMU & WMU. We play the 2 best MAC West teams (Toledo & Ball State) at home. I do hate having to travel to DeKalb because we always seem to struggle winning there, but that is the only downside this year.

Below are the updated NET rankings as of this morning. 51 - Akron 85 - Kent 132 - Ball St. 134 - Toledo 175 - Buffalo 178 - BGSU 197 - NIU 200 - CMU 214 - EMU 217 - Ohio 227 - Miami 239 - WMU

If Bobby Bowden was the coach, Akron would have had good recruiting classes. It takes more than just a famous dad to succeed as an FBS coach.

What fan base?

Despite WMU beating OU, I still think they'll end up finishing last in the MAC this season. I'm guessing this is the season Hawkins gets canned.

I'm selling LCJ winning POY. Akron spreads the ball around so much that I just don't see anyone on Akron putting up the numbers needed to win that award.

Some quality parenting.

The Zips have shown the ability to beat the teams that they're supposed to beat. In a year that might only take 13 wins to win the MAC that's an important trait. I'm not sure the Zips are necessarily the best team, but they look the most consistent.

Given that Jackie does some basketball officiating on the side, I like the officiating perspective she provides throughout the games. She's also really knowledgeable on the X's and O's of the game.

We need to quit giving UMass 2, 3, 4 shot attempts each possession. Box out and secure a rebound.

Marshall is 0-3 against the MAC and in those 3 losses they were outscored by a combined 48 points.

I wouldn't even label YSU a good FCS team right now. Their records the last 3 seasons have been 6-5, 4-7, & 6-6. I'm not saying we'll win as with the season we just had we can't afford to take anyone for granted, but this isn't your Jim Tressel era YSU.

I'm not exactly sure how YSU got the game. I did notice the game was actually played at the Covelo Centre instead of YSU home court. If the HoF village ever gets around to building that arena they were talking about, I wonder if we could ever get someone to agree to play us there since it's a "neutral court".

We need to start packing the paint. It's clear we can't stop them in the paint. We need to at least make them shoot over us.

Towson-Tulane is in OT so expect a delay in start time.

Liberty's strongest opponent coming into today was Vandy. Akron's nearly 40 spots ahead of them in kenpom rankings so I'd say it's an accurate statement.

I came a crossed the below article written by a Liberty fan previewing the match-up. It looks as though we should have a decent size advantage. https://www.aseaofred.com/liberty-vs-akron-preview/

Akron always has at least 1 game they have no chance of winning of the schedule. New Mexico State and UMass are FBS bottom feeders and YSU is an FCS school. If we were just mediocre MAC, we'd have no trouble going 3-1 with that schedule.

This has to be the easiest OOC schedule we've had in years.Hopefully it translates into wins.

SOS can be a little misleading. It doesn't factor non-D1 games into the equation. EMU has played 3 of those games thus far. Tulane has actually played 0 of those games. Sure Alcorn State & SE Louisiana are terrible teams, but they're still better than D2 and NAIA teams. Tulane could quickly improve their SOS by dropping those low D1 opponents and schedule 2-3 D2 teams instead.

I would say as an added bonus he comes at a position of need, but that pretty much summarizes every position. Are any of these OL expected to start day 1? It doesn't matter who we have carrying the ball if we don't get better blocking up front.

I wouldn't look too into EMU record. They've beaten a lot of very bad teams by very narrow margins. I'm guessing they will be their usual 7-11 or 8-10 during conference play.

Boise State isn't considered a P5 in football, meanwhile, Rutgers and Kansas are. It has always been a measurement of what conference you're affiliated with, not the quality of the team.

Williams still played 4 games this season and only amassed 10 catches for 96 yards. Its not like he transferred before the season began. Overall I felt WR was the 1 position we had some talent at in the beginning of the season before injuries and transfers started taking their toll.