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$1 beers is an incredible deal. Kind of sad not even that can get a few hundred people to show.

I would hate to see it happen, but if Groce has an itch to test his luck at a P5 programs there isn't much we can really do. I would hope Dustin Ford would be in consideration as the next coach in such a doomsday scenario. Considering Oats job looks secure in Alabama and no way any of us would want Hurley, I can't imagine there being another Groce falling into our laps.

Yes, especially once you consider his wife's family has a $4.5 billion net worth. That would be like you or I getting fined $1.

I'm not really surprised. Some voters throw a vote to a mid-major, even if they might not think they're really top 25, just to give a school some recognition that might not otherwise be getting attention. It seems those votes are going to High Point, Navy, and Santa Clara instead. Probably because they think giving Miami votes is already drawing enough attention to the MAC. If I'm to shed my Zippy colored glasses for a minute I can't really argue with Santa Clara. They probably should be ahead of us. High Point I don't think should be, but they're close enough that an argument could at least be made. There is no reason that Navy should be getting votes if we're not. That's the lone outrageous one IMO.

I mean if we leave Cleveland with a win over Miami, Ohio, Toledo, or whoever that's entertaining, at least to me. Regardless if it's by 1 point or 20.

Not to mention I would expect a good number of Miami fans who rarely or never make the trip to show up. It should be a decent day or two for downtown Cleveland hotels.

A big part of why our games get pushed to Fridays is the lack of compelling matchups in MAC play. If UMass was competently run there would be at least 3 intriguing teams in the MAC. Meaning on weeks that 2 of the 3 didn't play one another one of Miami, Akron, or UMass would keep their Saturday game since only 2 games get flexed per week. Majority of the time it was Akron and Miami getting flexed even when they played MAC bottom feeders. Personally, I think if we call sell out Kent at a 6PM start time on a Friday then we can't really make an excuse that our other Friday games don't draw better. Not saying they need to all be sell outs, but it's disappointing we can't get 3000+ to show up. It's not like we're in Athens where only a small number of alumni live in the area and most have to drive in a far distance. Under the current format you only host 9 MAC home games. You have to remember half of those would automatically be on a Tuesday. Meaning at most you get only 4-5 weekend home games. The MAC could do a better job guaranteeing 2-3 of those are against your rivals, but it's not really possible to guarantee 5-6 games, especially since many teams would want to host an Akron or Miami but not everyone can. For Akron I'd say our two top rivals are Kent and probably OU. After that it kind of just fluctuates based off who is good at the time. Buffalo was up there a few years, then Toledo, and now Miami. Edit: When the MAC used to have divisions we were guaranteed to play all the Ohio teams (besides Toledo) twice. Along with UB. Many complained back then because it wasn't fair that Toledo got an easier schedule than us because the MAC East was so much better. It seems no matter what people will find something to complain about.

I'm not sure if we're in a good place to judge. I didn't fact check it, but someone on the Miami board said we drew ~5k for the Kent game, but our next highest home attendance was ~2,500.

I know the new one in North Canton has them so I would imagine Boston Heights does as well. I buy a lot of my clothes from Costco. The Akron stuff I've seen has just been very bland so I haven't bothered purchasing anything. Maybe if I didn't already have a closet full of Zips gear I would have picked up a piece or two.

This is pretty much me. I think for me it was a $40 hoodie I got on sale at Dick's sporting goods, which isn't much more than what a t-shirt would cost at the team shop.

I choose the wrong field as well.

It seems like a foregone conclusion that Boals, barring a miracle, is canned at seasons end. I peaked at UMass message board and it seems they want Frank canned as well. The problem is they can't fire him because his contract is fully guaranteed through 2028-2029 with a reported $6-$8M buyout. Between giving out that large of a guaranteed contract and the performance of the football team that AD needs fired.

For me it's not that I'd be concerned with losing to UMass (although anything is possible in single elimination tournaments). It's more that having to win 3 games in 3 days requires being able to recover quickly. The bumps and bruises we take on Thursday can have an impact on Friday or Saturday.

If Buffalo (who might be without Frietag) and UMass (play OU) lose CMU losing to us shouldn't matter.

Out of curiosity I looked and found Akron's longest win streak vs Kent is 9 games. That streak occurred from 1941 to 1947. Kent has never had a winning streak last longer than 5 games.

A few things here. 1) Surprised to see Sendy take accountability for once instead of trying to blame an injury, not having resources to compete, or whatever else. 2) Evan has played the PF position for Akron all season. This isn't some new revelation. Is this his first Akron game that he has watched/covered this season? I will say the breakdown was otherwise very good. I do wonder if how much energy and focus Amani played with on the defensive end impacted his offensive play. I said before this may have been his best game defensively. Certainly it's up there.

I read on the Miami forum that the speaker belonged to that DJ and wasn't even WMU property. That's likely why there was a confrontation in the tunnel with thr DJ. Definitely something should be done.

Tweet was about Skaljac, but Steele in post game conference says its fake news and that he will play Tuesday.

They would have to lose both and we would have to win both in order for it to matter for seeding

I don't think anyone here was really arguing that a new arena wasn't needed. More that it could be completed at a fraction of the $280 million proposed cost.

I felt Amani finished the game strong after being non-existent offensively for the first 30 and having a few early miscues. If you told me before the game that he would match Gillespie in rebounds and only score 2 fewer points I would have taken it. I know he had some help defensively, but he was still the primary defender on Gillespie and holding him to 3/15 from the field and not getting bullied by one of the nations best rebounders makes this one of his best performances defensively this season IMO.

Connor Groce sighting

Are you assuming his species? If Kent fans could read this they would be very upset.

Time for another half-time show that spends the entire break glazing Miami and spending only 30 seconds talking about the game at hand.

They have 2 Gonzaga's of the midwest within an hour drive of them. Both Xavier and Dayton are better positioned. Xavier I suppose shed that title when they moved to Big East, but that's generally why there isn't a "Gonzaga of the Midwest". When a team reaches success they move up. Gonzaga was isolated and there was no Big East type conference on the west coast. They would have otherwise bolted the WCC many years ago had geography allowed it.