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Regardless, it's not a good sign when multiple current and former players take to social media to voice their displeasure with the Zips organization.

I'm not sure if you guys have viewed the Woodson thread, but on twitter Woody and a few other players were alluding to the fact Woodson felt he could and should have played, but someone on the Zips staff prevented him.

So if I'm reading this right Woodson feels he was healthy enough to play, but coaches said no. Even with a 70% Woody, I feel we win last night and make it to a bowl game. *Picks back up pitchfork*

Georgia Southern's zone certainly gave Akron's offense some fits, particularly early on. IK there is a lot of complaining about home scheduling, but I think bringing in an opponent early on that plays that style of play should better prepare us for when (if) we see that type of defense later in the season. Edit: As I said last night, I don't think they were all that bad of a team. They should be competitive in the Sun Belt.

I expect Ivey's minutes to keep trending upwards. Outside of Big Dog he's probably been our best player. There was 1 point in the game where I could of sworn he was playing the "4" as him Antino, Noah, and Williams were on the court all at the same time. Not necessarily a lineup I'd want to run with for long stretches, but if he's able to squeeze an extra 2-3 minutes out of it against smaller front courts I'll take it. With him out there we actually got a guy that can finish at the rim and he can generate fast break opportunities.

I've put down my pitch fork. They played with tremendous effort. Bowden has to put up or shut up next season though.

I've been giving the D crap all year, but the are bending not breaking tonight. Offense needs to make a play to help them out.

This Georgia Southern team should be able to pick up some wins in the Sun Belt with their length and athleticism.

Views great from these rock hard bleachers

How about we get some better ball movement and actually run some offensive plays.

They are doubling Big Dog really hard anytime he touches it. We will need to hit our 3's tonight to keep them honest.

This is more dysfunctional than Scarborough's Presidency. Fortunately I'll be at the basketball game and if I catch the football game, I'll be watching it on ESPNU.

I'm not sure how many of you guys have seen "The Producers", but given the current state of the athletic arms race and the TV money P5 schools already have at their disposal perhaps "You can make more money with a flop than with a hit."

If there is a player that I'm concerned with on their team it would be their guard Tookie Brown. He puts up a lot of 3s and shoots them at a decent clip. Also, he has a knack for getting to the charity stripe as he averages over 5 FTA per game.

I wouldn't read too much into it. It's pretty common place for recruits to tweet anytime they receive an offer. If he's an upgrade over Chapman (won't be hard to be) I don't care how many FBS offers he receives.

I'm going to the basketball game, but will head to Score if it's still a game come the 4th qtr. I'm not too optimistic that'll be the case.

Akron was 9-0 last year in MAC play at home and 4-5 on the road. 4 of the 5 teams we lost to on the road we beat at home (Toledo we never played at home). There is no denying the fact the Zips have built a home court advantage at the JAR. That success I'd guess would transfer to a new arena. New arena or not I don't see that being the reason teams won't come play at Akron. Oregon State really hasn't been a great basketball program since the late 80s and Kent had to do a 2 for 1 to get them to agree to come to Kent for a game. Bigger name schools won't agree to come to Akron for the same reason Akron wouldn't agree to go to play at Coppin State. They feel it is beneath them. Our best hope to get a Purdue or Iowa State to agree to play at the JAR is we have it built into the 1 and done football contract. Personally as a general admission STH that breaks out to $4 per game it's kind of hard for me to bitch about who we play at home. I can see how those of you that pay $400-$1000+ could be disappointed not seeing higher level competition.

I'm looking forward to hearing the national TV guys that have absolutely no exposure to the MAC coming in. At least the other MAC announcers will recognize some of the faces.

Where in my statement did I say I wasn't enjoying this season? All teams should be looking to improve as the season progresses so they are peaking at the right time. This team might have more improvement needed than some Akron teams of recent past, but that doesn't mean I don't think they can compete in the MAC this year.

I agree we made a few too many unforced errors. I'm glad to see Antino and Noah finally came around on offense. Georgia Southern and in particular Air Force should provide to be tougher tests. Just keep working on improving week to week and hopefully we are performing at our best come that final weekend in Cleveland.

With Kwan and Big Dog leaving at the end of this season there certainly will be minutes that will need to be filled.

I wouldn't read too much into Poke playing the 5 for a brief moment last night. Big Mike was battling foul trouble most of the night and Radford was pretty undersized themselves. Between Big Dog and Big Mike I wouldn't expect for him to get many minutes playing there this season.

I wouldn't really call Georgia Tech prominent. They've made a grand total of 1 Sweet 16 this century and haven't made the tourney since 2010. To Joe Akron they are no different than Arkansas, USC, or Penn State, all teams Akron has beaten in the recent past. Gonzaga is actually a school Joe Akron knows for being good. I'd rather have them on my schedule than Georgia Tech.

Gonzaga and Creighton (our money games) are both much better teams than a Georgia Tech team that is expected to finish last in the ACC. Akron needs to improve it's OOC scheduling, but OU has probably the worst OOC schedule in the entire MAC. Don't believe me, look for yourself. http://www.bobcatattack.com/basketball/schedule.asp

I'm scared for next season when we lose Big Dog and Kwan and will be led by Antino and Robotham...