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Pirates are a professional team? I thought they were the farm system for the other 29 MLB teams.

We should have I believe 3 tough games in the Maui Invitational and play what should be an okay Marshall team. Have any other games been announced?

In this case I've seen what Aaron Jackson could do for 3 years at Akron and the only thing I was impressed by was his character.I don't know if Riak will be better or not, but I'd gladly trade the known in Aaron Jackson (a huge liability when on the court) with the unknown player in Riak who has potential.

I wouldn't be surprised to see PSU drop 50+ on our defense. I'd be stunned if the Zips stay within 20.

One of my most fond game day experiences at Infocision was the 41-0 Morgan State game. The packed stadium and packed tailgate lots made it exciting despite the game itself being a snoozer. For 1 game Zips football felt big time. I think what a lot of people lose track of is many of these kids who walk around campus with OSU gear were OSU fans for ~10 years before even deciding to attend Akron. I personally didn't watch an Akron game until I was on campus as a freshman and that's true for 95% of the campus. Over time their fandom will grow if they have enjoyable experiences.

Never understood why some Akron fans try to shame fans wearing OSU gear to games. Driving away people who are actually attending games is the last thing we need.

People like myself will always come up with reasons for not attending. The only way to get guys like me to commit to attending more than the 1-2 games that I typically do is make the game day experience good enough that it outweighs any reason to not attend. That's why people pay the prices they do and spend the time that they do attending live sporting events instead of just watching it at home where they'll save money, time, and get a better view of the game in a more comfortable seat. I don't know what they could do to change it but 9,100 fans sitting staring at their phones in a 30k seat stadium just isn't entertaining. Edit: I'm not really a soccer fan, but I went to a Columbus Crew game a few years back and had a hell of a good time as the fans were into the game and the tailgating was top notch. Now anytime my buddy asks me if I want to go down for a game, I almost always say yes.

I show up to games with the hope of watching a good game and hoping to see my team win. Losing to TCU by 40 at home doesn't sound fun to me.

I typically go to only 1-2 games per year. There are many reasons I don't attend more, but poor wifi has nothing to do with it. Here is a list of reasons why I don't bother attending more: 1) I enjoy the comfort of watching multiple games at home instead of committing an entire Saturday to 1 game 2) The games that I want to see most typically are played on Tuesday and Wednesdays in November 3) The game day atmosphere is pretty terrible. I don't really feel I'm missing out on anything by watching at home.I wish they built Info smaller so that fans would be closer together 4) 2 of our home games are midweek November games and additional one is against an FCS opponent. That's 50% of our 6 home games that I refuse to ever attend There are scheduling conflicts and other stuff that factor into it too, but I'd say these are the 4 biggest factors for why I pass on a game that I'm available to attend.

I wasn't referring to Woodson. If he's healthy week 1, that's great.

IMO we're going to need to have success on the ground if we're going to have any chance of bowling this season. We're going to be starting the season with an inexperienced QB, we have an entirely new crop of receivers, and we have a defense I have little to no faith in. We need to be able to eat the clock and keep ourselves in manageable 3rd down situations.

The key word is healthy.

Seems a bit high considering a players best ability is his availability and we don't when we'll get Woodson back nor do we know the kind of player he'll be after his surgery.

A Kent State player passed away after a team work out. The exact cause is still tbd. https://www.google.com/amp/deadspin.com/kent-state-football-player-dies-after-team-workout-1796080616/amp

Especially when Groce will be making something in the neighborhood of $300k less than what we would have paid Dambrot. There are countless examples of how the University and athletic department blow money, I just don't think this is one of them.

A 1 time time $60k expense in a ~$35M annual budget seems like such a small figure to make a fuss about.

I'm going to say no. Groce couldn't get the Illinois transfers whom he coached. If those kids wanted to play for Akron, they'd be here. It's far more likely one of or both would transfer to OSU. Edit: It's not meant to be a knock on Groce. I think he has done great in his short time here. I just don't see kids wanting to drop from the Big East big stage to the MAC unless they are being forced out.

Every month when I pay my student loan payment I realize how blessed they are.

I was glad to see McDermott stay at Creighton. That's a community that supports their team. They're consistently among the tops in the country in attendance despite not making a Sweet 16 since 1972. Those are real fans. I wish Akron had a fan base that was half as good.

Archie Miller would have been the no brainer choice had they made this decision in March.I suspect they end up hiring someone that is currently a head coach at the high major/mid-major level instead of settling for the scraps that are left on the unemployment line. That would create a trickle down effect.

It's kind of a dead period for Zips athletics. People, myself included, don't frequent this board as often in the offseason. I also come to this place to talk Zips athletics because I really can't get that anywhere else. I'm regularly talking Cavs with family, friends, coworkers etc. so I see no point in talking about it here.

Yeah, I can't imagine firing him was the plan initially or else it would have happened in March/April. I wonder if it was just a matter of his health worsening and OSU feeling its move to move on now instead of ruining next years recruiting class with a lame duck coach.

Thad Matta canned at OSU. Seems kind of late in the offseason for such a move.

Seems kind of late to be adding a QB. Wonder if this is any indication the staff isn't 100% sold on Kato or Johns?

As Skip pointed out it's a pretty empty stat. Only 2 have appeared in an NFL game and only 1 is a lock to make a 53 man roster out of camp.