kreed5120

Son of a b****. I just burned my last like for the day leaving me none for the game thread. So worth it though.

I agree that's probably how the discussion went. Woodson has shown enough when healthy that I can't see his job being in jeopardy. The back-up job and 2018 starter role would have to be earned, not just given to someone.

Kwan is a very streaky shooter. He had some really good shooting nights and some really poor nights last season (against YSU he was somewhere in between shooting 41.6%). If we had perimeter players that could actually stay in front of their man, I could see perhaps giving Kwan a shorter leash on those nights he clearly isn't feeling it. The fact is so often times Kwan is our only line of defense against an easy lay-up/dunk after our perimeter players get beat off the dribble.

Big Dog put up a 17 7 5 on 6/10 shooting in 26 minutes of play. Those numbers are better than the 13.6 7.6 1.6 numbers that he put up last season to become 1st team all-MAC. There is a lot of blame to go around for the game 1 loss, but I felt Big Dog was one of the few that actually showed up to play...

Isn't telling 18, 19 year old kids things they want to hear part of recruiting? I'm not saying Rourke won't be the backup and eventual starter and the coaching staff very well might feel he can be, but I do feel Kato will have every opportunity to earn those titles in the off-season by outperforming Rourke. It's not like Kato will be given those titles transferring elsewhere as he hasn't shown anything to this point.

Kato would have had to expect Akron would be recruiting a QB this recruiting class. If they didn't, they would be heading into next off-season with only 1 QB on the entire roster. As it stands now Rourke has 1 FBS offer so its not like this guy is some hot shot that Kato has no opportunity of beating out for 2017 back-up or 2018 starter.

Kwan very well might be our best defensive player. For a team that surrendered a 90 point game, we need his defensive presence on the floor. I would like to see him take more of a backseat on offense. He should never be our lead shot taker like he was against YSU. We have plenty of other guys that can put the ball in the net. We don't have many + defenders.

Home opener tomorrow and I see we haven't gotten a thread started yet. IK people are down after the YSU loss, but let's get the discussion going.

Thats the thing about college sports. With so much player turnover strengths can quickly turn into weaknesses. That's why it's so important to constantly recruit and develop talent well.

Sure I'm not saying they all need to be studs, however, it would be nice to have 1 somewhat decent backup. Perhaps Chapman could have been that guy if Akron's coaches weren't so stubborn in not wanting to modify their gameplan to fit the skill set of their starting QB.

So Akron has 4 scholarship recruited QBs on its roster +1 walk on? How many scholarships and roster spots did you expect them to spend on QBs? The real issue is it seems outside of Woodson and the jury still being out on Kato, the coaching staff whiffed on recruiting and developing QBs as we have no serviceable backup.

I have to imagine it isn't that uncommon for teams to carry only 3 scholarship QBs. Let's be real Akron probably isn't getting the cream of the crop when it comes to walk ons. You don't really go out and recruit WRs thinking this guy could be my emergency #4 starter at QB.

Goodman had nearly as many interceptions (3) as completions (4). If there is any QB that can remotely play, including Chapman, I'd take him over Goodman.

Between the years of 1992 and 2016 circulation revenue has only increased 4.6%, not enough to keep up with inflation, and ad revenue has declined by roughly 50%. I wouldn't be surprised if in 20-30 years, maybe sooner, we see the Canton Rep and ABJ merge to form 1 more regionalized paper for Stark/Summit County. http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2013/newspapers-stabilizing-but-still-threatened/newspapers-by-the-numbers/

We got off to a fairly decent start by our standards, but have regressed mightily, meanwhile, other MAC schools have improved as the season has went on. Given our form over the past 3 games, I have no faith we'd beat any MAC team if we were to play them today on a neutral field. That's why IMO and evidently a few others feel the same we have regressed back to playing as the worst team in the MAC.

The answer is yes. In year 5 we have went full circle and are once again are playing like the worst team in the entire MAC...

Based off the AP poll since CFP rankings aren't out this week yet, #20 Washington State plays #12 Colorado and #8 Oklahoma plays #10 WVU so there definitely were some other good options. The reason ESPN picked WMU was because every year they like to host 1 non P5 Gameday and they felt going to WMU was the most newsworthy destination. In the past they have gone places like JMU and NDSU. I don't think the uproar would have been so great had WMU played someone like Toledo this week instead of 2-8 Buffalo. Another thing that has made a lot of people upset is that the Big 12 has yet to host a Gameday this year and they clearly have the best pure match up this week.

I'm all for Gameday heading to a MAC, but wait until WMU is facing a 2-8 school?

Definitely embarassing losing to an in region school we were expected to beat handedly, not denying that. This is game 1 of 31 regular season contests. I'm just not ready to say we can't turn it around and contend for the MAC title.

It's game #1 guys. Let's not try to overreact. UConn lost to Wagner last night. This stuff happens. Perhaps it will be a long year. Perhaps it won't be. Either way we haven't seen enough to say either way with certainty how things will shake out.

On the plus side this nips those at-large hopes in the butt so we don't have to hear people talk about them for the next 4 months.

It's really early. Hard to tell how much rust or getting use to play with new teammates plays a factor in these games. EMU I think could be good mostly based upon how they finished last season and what they have returning this season. I'm still not buying into American yet at least.

I do agree the script Akron is a nice touch.

Mehhh. Not a big fan of the white numbers on a white jersey.

I'm with Hilltopper on this one. Every year some MAC fan base brags about how great their recruiting class is, meanwhile, Akron ends up with NR and 2* players. Somehow we are always there at the end.