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At the half when Big Dog had 3 points and the Zips had 9 3s made, I thought I was a lock to get all 3 right assuming the Zips won. I was wrong...

What I'm interested to see is if more teams begin to front Big Dog in an attempt to deny him an entry pass. Got to give it to Miami. They found a way of limiting Big Dog.

And we still managed to win at a place we haven't won at since 2012. It doesn't matter to me how we win as long as we keep winning.

If Hughes could get back to being healthy, that would be great.

Let's play some D and protect the ball.

10 turnovers and 3/8 from the charity stripe is the only reason this is a game right now.

And Kwan is now in the game ???

Correct. I say WMU wins more games. You have Akron winning more games. PS: This is 1 bet I actually hope to lose.

I'd be willing to wager a $60 donation to the Z-Fund (value of 1 season ticket).

I still say WMU wins more games this season than Akron...

Its not like Mid-Majors are getting at-large bids under the current format. Edit: But yes, I'm sure Ohio's AD, 1 of the 2 guys spearheading this, is looking to screw over all mid-majors.

I don't see the selection committee going away in basketball. At the end they will still be the ones making the picks. It's just been a pretty known fact for years that RPI is outdated and is a pretty terrible metric. They are just looking for a new formula to be the go to like RPI once was.

It appears the selection committee is looking for a new metric to help standardize the process. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18468008/ncaa-tournament-officials-meet-analytics-experts-consider-creating-new-metric

Odds are looking pretty good OSU finds their way into the NIT. I'm praying and hoping the Zips don't join them. As fun as it was to play them last year, despite the sloppy play on both sides, I have my eyes set on a bigger prize.

We'll be better than 125/128 if for nothing more than the fact the University will buy tickets to make sure we stay over 15k threshold to maintain FBS status.

This is what I was meaning when I said Akron needs to mix up the boring same old entertainment and bring in new acts.

There is always a trickle down effect. If a player normally would have went to OSU but elected to do this semi-pro league instead that means OSU would instead take a player that went to MSU. MSU would then need to take a player that would have went to Minnesota. Minnesota would then take a player who would have otherwise went to Cincy. Cincy then takes a player that would have otherwise went to a MAC/C-USA or lower profile G5.

If the league flops, it will be terrible for the players. They would have declared themselves pro therefore couldn't return to CFB and they wouldn't be draft eligible for 2 additional seasons. Even if the league was to succeed you would be seeing some players cut from teams after 1 year to make room for some up and coming 18 year old. Where is that player to go?

TBH I expect the league to flop. A big reason why college football is as successful as it is is because of tradition and each school has 100,000+ living alumni that have a connection with the school not to mention the people that might not of went to college perhaps had a sibling, parent, kid, cousin, etc. that went there.

I'm not asking for a 3rd top 10 game. We played 2 top 10 teams then played nobody else in the top 100. I'd more so be looking for some team that I'd expect to finish in the 25-50 range. It's why I mentioned Cincy and Pitt specifically. It's been a while since I can remember either being a top 10 team, but each are normally very solid teams.

No offense taken. My apologies for misconstruing what you were saying.

@Zipgrad01 it appears the cavalry I was forewarning you about has arrived. Not all of us shrug these things off, I certainly don't. As I've stated before I feel had we finished the season as strong as we started it, I don't think we would have seen as much as we did make it to social media. If we get back to winning a lot of these things will fix themselves. Keep losing and the voices will just get louder. Edit: Adjusted

That's assuming we were on his radar in the 1st place. What's a good sign is when we are able to beat out Cincy for a recruit/transfer that they actually want. I think that's the message you were wanting to try to convey.

In general I feel when things are going good and you're winning, players are less likely to take to social media to voice their petty concerns. When things are going bad finger pointing happens and players start wanting out.

You opened up a can of worms with this post. Enjoy the backlash from the fans that think Bowden is God's gift to Akron football.