kreed5120

I hope none of you degens took the over on points.

My recommendation for that area would be Palombo's Italian Restaurant. It's minutes away and the food gets slept on. If you get a side salad, the white french dressing is a must.

I don't know what to expect from UMass in year 1. UMass, from what I read, seems to be the only MAC program that has NIL that is competitive to what we're spending. In fact, I think it's a slight step up from our spend. Last year they paid a lot of money for players that didn't really pan out or frankly just weren't worth the money they got. I think Groce and Bud have been great at finding players within our budget who fit what we need. It's to be seen if a coach like Martin has learned to adapt to this new age of college athletics. Unlike other MAC programs he won't be able to blame not having the resources to compete.

Oh yes, if you've been recently then there isn't much reason to return. What kind of food do you guys like and what area are you guys staying? It might give us a better idea of places to go that are fast and convenient given your short stay.

Considering that you're a football fan, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is about 20 minutes south in Canton, Ohio. I'm not sure how many days you're planning on staying, but it's certainly worth a visit.

When has Akron finished non-conference play with only 1 loss? Even the year we were momentarily ranked we lost 4 games in OOC play. I don't see how we would only lose 1 OOC game, especially considering that we have 4 new starters and a very revamped bench unit. It's going to likely take most of OOC play before we start firing on all cylinders.

I never stated that 6-6 was impossible, just that it was very unlikely to achieve. Nothing I've seen from Moorhead thus far gives me confidence that he can right this ship given the financial limitations he faces. I'll let the season play out to see the final record, but I would be absolutely stunned if we sniff 6 wins.

Touché

While I like the schedule, that is extremely doubtful. Outside of Purdue I just don't see any Q1 win opportunities. Several Q2 and Q3 opportunities, but that isn't going to be enough given the lack of quality win opportunities in MAC play. We would probably need to win 30+ games before we could even enter the conversation. Not saying it's right, but its the reality of the situation based off how the committee has selected teams in the past.

I agree with everything you stated here. I just want to add that going to court would ultimately just lead to the ABJ publishing several stories on it, which just gives the school and program a bad look. Ultimately it's unlikely the Zips will win 6 games to make bowl eligibility anyway. We've already taken the brunt of the bad PR. No need to make it resurface when odds are we aren't going to a bowl regardless.

That doesn't matter anymore. Starting this year the scholarship cap was increased from 13 to the roster size cap of 15.

With how bad Akron is financially it wouldn't surprise me if they voluntarily allowed him to leave in a cost savings move.

Not a great look getting our coaches poached by a G5 program that has had 1 winning season in their 10+ years being FBS.

Guess that would depend. Europe would pay far better, but G-League would provide him an easier pathway of potentially making an NBA roster in the future.

From the graphic I think it's an Zips Athletics Club event. Probably not intended for us unruly blue hairs.

Then people would just complain that he isn't a 1970s style back to the basket scorer.

Our soccer team has had foreign born players for a long time. This is kind of the first I'm hearing about Akron basketball actively recruiting overseas players. Not to say they haven't before. Just that I don't recall seeing it mentioned. The overseas players I recall Akron landing in the past were either transfers or guys that came to US to play basketball at either a high school or prep school.

Like others I'm surprised the buyout is so low for a 10 year deal. I would have thought it would be 2-3 years of his base compensation so more like 800k-$1.2 million. He still earned about $950k this past season it appears. Given that he seems to like it here, it would seem that would be enough to keep him unless a team from SEC, B1G, Big East, etc came calling.

Since schools are now able to pay up to $20 million directly, the realistic solution would be to schedule a 2nd or even 3rd P4 every year. If OSU is paying $1.4 million, use 300k (or whatever) to cover travel expenses and invest the $1.1 million in NIL. If you don't have money to retain your players, you can't compete in the MAC. Others on here complain about playing a 2nd paycheck game, but I don't see another workable solution.

Of the players you mentioned above only Naz Reid and Julius Randle have done enough in the NBA to earn consistent minutes and figure to play the bulk of minutes for Minnesota this year. Everyone else is either unproven or a JAG (just another guy). If Minnesota is placing Freeman on a two way deal, they're likely not expecting much from him this season. Mainly break glass in case of emergency (fill in in case of injury plague) with the hope he can develop into something a season ot two down the line.

Probably the last place that it makes sense for him to go. The Cavs are good and have lots of depth already. He would have a better opportunity of cracking a roster elsewhere.

If they were planning to appeal one would imagine they would have mentioned it at the time of being sanctioned.

Yes, I bet on occasion, but mainly follow lines and over/unders to get educated expectations. Its not a perfect science

Thats why you hedge your happiness. That way if your team loses at least you made money. If you lose money, at least your team won.

Even before MACtion Akron football was an afterthought. It would be even worse today as live attendance at sporting events is down a crossed the board at all levels compared to the 80s or 90s. I can't speak for everyone, but my undergrad was during the Ianello years. Having a new stadium should have been an exciting time for the program. Instead it was a pathetic excuse for football. People can forgive you for losing by 3 touchdowns to a ranked P4 program. Consistently losing by 20, 30, 40 points to teams in your own conference week after week destroys fan enthusiasm. Often times the games were decided before half-time. More so than just losing, nobody wants to watch bad football. At least when the Browns lose it's often times still a game entering the 4th QTR. The same friends who I used to go to games with as an undergrad quit going and now even if I tried giving them free tickets, they'd rather just stay home and do yardwork or whatever else. The Northwestern win was the most excited I have been as a Zips football fan (wasn't a Zips fan until 2007). The issue is they failed to build off of it. I think they finished 4-8 that season. Followed by Arth's 3-24 tenure. Why would Joe Akron care if after a big win they just go back to being the same old Akron? The last game I went to was in 2016 when App State came to town. If you're wanting 15k-20k people at games I'm the low hanging fruit you should be looking to attract. I obviously have an interest in Akron sports since I post here and since that time I have even attended dozens of other Akron sporting events. Heck, I've even went to several alumni homecoming tailgates, but skipped the game. Deciding on either going to Eurogyro to hang out with friends or just going home instead. I'm telling you the reason I don't attend is because watching bad football, which Akron has played for the better part of the decades I've been a fan, isn't worth spending 4 hours of my Saturday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. You're a former football player if I recall correctly and it seems if you were local you would probably already have season tickets. You're not the Joe Akron that needs to be convinced to attend. Simply playing games on Saturdays isn't going to make 10k more fans show up in the frigid cold. Much more needs to be changed.