kreed5120

It's not like NEO produces only blue chip players and nothing else. I'm looking at last years recruiting rankings and I see tons of NEO who were 3* players. The problem is they're going to other MAC schools instead of Akron. We only recruited 3 Ohio players ranked in the top 100 and none higher than 89. Below are some of the players we missed out on. DeAmonte King - 47th rated from Akron - Committed Toledo Adam Mehelic - 52nd rated from Hudson - Committed Miami (OH) Kyle Vantrease - 53rd rated from Stow - Committed Buffalo Travis Koontz - 54th rated from Youngstown - Committed BGSU Victor Williams - 56th rated from Warren - Committed Toledo John Spellacy - 59th rated from Cleveland - Committed ECU There are plenty more that I could point out, but I don't feel like listing each and every single one. I get we can't get every single one of these guys. Some guys want to get away for college and that's fine, but it would be nice to get a few of them. Also, it's not like we have to recruit only NEO, we could target some players in the Cincy, Toledo, or Western PA area as you previously mentioned. A lot of kids like getting away for college, but still like to be close enough that they can be home within a few hours of driving. https://247sports.com/Season/2017-Football/RecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&State=OH

From 2013-2017 Ohio produced 79 blue chip recruits. That's 5th best in the entire country. Argue with facts all you want, but Ohio still produces lots of elite talent comparative to other states. I live in Stark county that's N/E Ohio last I checked. Every year Stark county sends several players to big time D1 programs. https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2016/6/28/12040586/rankings-state-stars-florida-texas-california

I'm sorry, I didn't realize everyone in NEO lived in Cleveland city limits. Something happened called white flight and people moved to the suburbs. You're right NEO population has decreased, but it's by about 250k in a 40 year span. Other states with growing populations, particularly Georgia, Alabama, and Florida have been able to close the gap or even pass Ohio in producing talent, but Ohio still produces a lot of talent itself and that talent is mostly coming from NEO & Cincy, not Columbus.

Frankly, I don't care what he does. He made a couple million off of UA so he'll be doing just fine. Some G5 program would be wise to add Mounds and Stroud. Both should have a job somewhere in college within the next 15 months.

The NFL is going to call that 99% of the time. You don't have to like the rule, but that's textbook helmet-to-helmet contact to a defenseless receiver.

Looks like I'll be listening to this one on the radio.

What's most important is making the right hire. If it takes us two weeks to find the best candidate and we lose out on a handful of recruits so be it. I'd rather that than for us to rush a decision and hire someone we'll have to fire in 3-4 years.

It was most likely some sort of combination of the two.

Georgia passed Ohio

I've read them, they just don't make any sense. Nobody here is expecting Akron to contend with Ohio State, Clemson, or Alabama for national championships. We play 8 games against other MAC teams, 1 against a FCS, and typically another 1-2 games against other G5 OOC opponents. If we were Rutgers and had to play Penn State, Michigan, and Ohio State on a weekly basis, your post might actually make some sense, but we don't. We play PCCC, Miami (the crappy one), and a host of other extremely winnable games against G5 competition. Please explain to me why NIU or Toledo as a G5 school can recruit players that can win the MAC, but by your logic Akron can't?

Does anyone know if this game is part of a home and home series?

Is your opinion that low of Akron that you don't think they can attract someone who can win 50% of their games? That's all it would take to be better than Bowden.

Yes, the Zips have notoriously had some pretty bad 1st halves this year. We played much better in the second half.

Personally, I wanted him gone after the 2016 season.

Better late than never...

Our poor free throw shooting is going to cost us a game at some point this season.

We've been a second half team most of the year. Lets see if we have a strong 2nd half.

So did Channel Banks

The All-MAC teams for 2018 have been released. No Zips offensive players made it, no surprise there, but we did have a fair number of players make it on the defensive end, rightfully so. 1st Team DB - Alvin Davis 2nd Team Outside Linebacker – Ulysees Gilbert III Down Lineman – Jamal Davis Defensive Back – Kyron Brown 3rd Team Outside Linebacker – John Lako Inside Linebacker – Brian Bell For a complete list you can go to the below link. https://getsomemaction.com/news/2018/11/28/football-mac-announces-2018-all-mac-first-second-third-teams-and-postseason-awards.aspx

PCCC was down 8 with 1 1/2 left last night and then went on a 14-2 run to win. It should be a decent test to see how we stack up against some of the other MAC teams considering we're the 5th MAC team to play them.

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Yes, I was most impressed with Cheese. He got in a groove where everything was falling. Another player I was impressed with was E-Man. He seemed to actually have developed some some offensive moves. It's too be seen if this production will continue when we face bigger, stronger centers.

Is it just me or are others getting annoyed seeing that Ohio Lottery commercial 2-3x each tv break?

Oklahoma defense actually regressed when they let him go. For Stoops I'd like Akron to interview him because he's a local guy (from Youngstown), his dad coached at Cardinal Mooney for years so he has local connections, and he has prior head coaching experience. I'm not saying I'd give him the job, but I think he's worth at least a look.

I like it. I hope they move more games there. Paying $60 for a year membership certainly beats the $75/mo I was previously paying for cable.