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According to the ticket office, the allotment tickets are located in several (4?) different sections for the game. Some are down on the 100 level, some in the 200 level, and some in the upper 300 level, supposedly each located above the other. Ticket department said big donors get the best tickets and down from there. If you want to know which section you're in, tough. "Ticket manager already left with the tickets."

I have 4 tickets available to Session 1. Section 321 Row 3 Seats 1-4 Send me a PM.

If you're interested, send me a message.

BirdZip and family will be there!

I have 4 General Admission Winthrop tickets for sale - $10 for all 4. The game is at the JAR on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Send me a personal message if you are interested. I can give them to you at the Canisius game this Saturday.

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Does anyone know if there is going to be a "Meet the Team" event like there was last year? If so, when is it?

I have an opinion on those types of posts too, but I can't tell you what it is.

I am tired of KD constantly bringing up Dru & Romeo. It seems like every other game in his post game comments or weekly press conference he makes some statement about how we aren't as good as last year in some way, shape, or form because those 2 players graduated. I understand he was close to them & I loved them too, but move on. How do you think the team feels when he makes those comments? This season is over halfway over. Focus on now with the talent that we have.02/04/2008 "Ways to improve our team, last year was pretty cut and dry with the likes of Dru (Joyce), (Romeo Travis),..."01/28/2008 "I think we have room for development. I don’t think this team is as good as last year’s team at this point, because you are not only talking about losing two really really good players (Dru Joyce and Romeo Travis) but two really really smart guys."01/14/2008 "Losing Romeo Travis, who was the best man around the basket with shot blocks, although we are improving around the basket these days. "

I have 1 extra Can't (March 9th) & 1 Toledo (Jan 30th) GA ticket. Face value: $8.75 each.I'll be at the Miami game tomorrow. Send me a message if you are interested & I'll bring them tomorrow. (Go to My Controls - Compose New Message)

OK, it appears as though we've deviated (once again) from the original topic and turned it into a bitch session about how much the Administration stinks. This board is a great place to vent, but venting doesn't get results. It's the people who created this board, who created AK-Oldies, who are active in the Rowdies, etc. are making a difference. And a Rowdie cared enough to ask what they can do better.We've got to work with what we got. I go back to my original post.1. You need to be louder.Use megaphones, yell, scream, chant together.2. You need MORE ROWDIES. Someone said you have 900 but only 20 show up. KUDOS to you 20! The other 880 are missing out. If they are not showing up because it's raining, that's just lame. If they don't want to sit down below, fine - but they can still cheer. If they are peeved because of the Nevada game, then write letters, make phone calls, complain to the administration & get your opinion heard, but in the mean time - move on and get your butt to the games.3. You need cheers for the starters players. Sounds like you do, but they should only be cheers you would say if your mother was standing next to you.4. You don't need to use the word "suck" in every cheer. OK - I get it, immature Freshman. But the more organized cheers you have the less time they have to yell "You suck."5. Make signs. You said you made some. Great. I'll be looking for them Saturday.6. Know our opponents. (Singing Christmas carols would have been hilarious! )Wyoming Cowboys - how about some "Mooooooooooo"s at the foul line? 7. Work with the cheerleaders. Can't do it. That's fine.8. Remember that you represent UA. Be crazy. Be creative. Paint your face. Paint your hair. There are a lot of children watching you and following your lead. The cheers and the chants definitely increased the excitement and school spirit in the JAR last year.

1. You need to be louder.2. You need MORE ROWDIES. 3. You need cheers for the starters players. My 3 year old daughter STILL chants "RO-ME-O" and does the arm movements. I think I heard 1 J-Wood chant on Saturday.4. You don't need to use the word "suck" in every cheer. Of the few cheers I did hear, I heard that a few times. Be a little creative.5. Make signs. Last year you posted "3" signs every time a 3 pointer was made. What about some free throw signs? They need all the encouragement they can get there! :)6. Know our opponents. My 6 year old can't wait until he can chant Boo & "Bubba scored 1 point" again. 7. Work with the cheerleaders. Go on the floor with them to get the Z-I-P-S cheers going.8. Remember that you represent UA. Be crazy. Be creative. Paint your face. Paint your hair. There are a lot of children watching you and following your lead. The cheers and the chants definitely increased the excitement and school spirit in the JAR last year.

They're catching up. We need a Rally Cap!It worked...Might as well start revising this banner now...

Has anyone seen this? Have any information? What does this mean for the athletics?CSU-Akron merger complex but not impossibleSaturday, September 29, 2007Janet OkobenPlain Dealer Reporter Merging two large public universities like Cleveland State University and the University of Akron would be an unprecedented move, forcing adjustments in union contracts, employee health care plans and myriad other details. But it wouldn’t be impossible. “It would be a tremendously complex process,” said Dan Hurley, director of state relations for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, of which CSU and UA are members. How would any of this work? Here are some details: Q: What has to happen legally for state schools to merge? A: The state legislature must vote to change the state laws that created the schools. University trustees would not have to approve the change. When the Ohio House and Senate voted to merge the Medical University of Ohio and the University of Toledo, 34 sections of the Ohio Revised Code had to be amended, repealed or enacted to make it happen. It took five months from the time plans were announced until Gov. Bob Taft signed the change into law. The closest thing Dan Hurley, director of state relations for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, could think of was the merging of three community colleges in Kentucky in 2003. But that seems like small potatoes in comparison, he said. No one is saying it can’t be done, though, including Eric Fingerhut, the state’s higher-education chancellor. As a state senator, Fingerhut pushed for creation of the Northeast Ohio Universities Collaboration and Innovation Study Commission, which will issue recommendations for changes by the end of the year. As chancellor, he’ll give the governor a plan for the entire state system by March. He has said over and over that the status quo won’t do. In addition to talk of a CSU-UA merger, proposals have been made about expanding or moving the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy from Rootstown to Cleveland. That would potentially unravel a relationship with 17 hospitals and three other colleges, but last year’s merger of the University of Toledo and the Medical University of Ohio provided some precedent. Q: What about all the construction going on now at UA and CSU? A: Both campuses could continue pretty much as they are now. The University of Toledo and Medical College of Toledo both were in the middle of construction projects that had to be reassessed with the merger. That caused some delays, but nothing is being scrapped. In fact, a new pharmacy building is going up on the medical school’s campus that wasn’t planned before. Q: How much duplication already exists between UA and CSU? A: Both campuses have schools of engineering, education, nursing and law. But Fingerhut has spoken often about the need for “centers of excellence” at Ohio’s colleges, meaning schools shouldn’t all be offering the same courses. The engineering schools, for example, could be combined and centered at Akron. That might mean an engineering student would have to take at least some classes in Akron. Q: How much time would it take to accomplish? A: Officials in Toledo estimate it will take five years for them to fully merge the university and medical school there — and that involves far fewer parties than what’s at stake with CSU, UA and NEOUCOM. Toledo has 16 work groups settling details, from health benefits to the roles of alumni associations. The issues to be resolved can be surprisingly minute. For example, administrators in Toledo found their combined police forces were carrying two different kinds of guns, which is prohibited by law. The two sides had to choose a single model for the 39 officers in the merged department. Q: Why should NEOUCOM be in Cleveland versus Rootstown? A: Fingerhut thinks the Portage County school isn’t living up to its potential. It was set up in the 1970s to train primary-care physicians. The presidents of Akron, Can't State and Youngstown State universities are on the NEOUCOM board, and their students can go from college freshman to medical-school graduate in as little as six years under the blended arrangement. The school turns out about 100 physicians a year but does little in the way of research, winning only $2.4 million in grants from the National Institutes for Health last year. That’s paltry compared to a powerhouse like Case Western Reserve University, which brought in $163 million last year, or even the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, which brought in $13 million. Bringing the medical school to downtown Cleveland would put it closer to other researchers and hospitals, but it would substantially change the mission of the school, something that Youngstown State University President David Sweet objects to. NEOUCOM President Lois Nora said she would be “very enthusiastic” about expanding the medical school’s presence in Cleveland. She insists there’s no plan to abandon the 12-building campus in Rootstown. Several members of the regional study commission have ideas about the medical school. CSU President Michael Schwartz made two suggestions: add his school to the partnership or move NEOUCOM to Cleveland. William Demas, president of the UA trustees and officials from the Summa Health System would prefer a move to Akron. Q: Why is all this happening now? A : Fingerhut and Gov. Ted Strickland, both in their first year on the job, have made it clear they want change. At a speech last week in Akron, Fingerhut said: “We have good public universities in this region, but we don’t have a great public university. We have some worldclass research, and some worldclass talent, but we don’t have a world-class university. This is not acceptable. “We cannot move as a region into the global economy with mediocre or average colleges and universities.” To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: jokoben@plaind.com, 216-999-4535

I'm sure everyone has seen the Screw the Roo t-shirts Can't wears. Why don't the Rowdies or the Oldies or the Team Shop design a t-shirt for us to wear at the Can't games?? I'm sure someone out there can think of something clever (yet PG rated so the kids can wear it too).I know it's too late for this week's game, but there is still of time for something to be designed/ordered/sold before basketball starts. It'd be a great fundraiser.I'll start the brainstorming - how about a toilet with Can't State swirling down it and in writing "Flush the flushes"

Anyone gathering at any particular place in the Mentor, OH area to watch the game on Saturday?

I came across this too - a going away party for Dru & Rome.http://blessedlabel.blogspot.com/

Attitudes for Success by Steve Olenick - Aug 8, 2007 Romeo Travis and Dru Joyce III were a dynamic duo on the basketball court playing for the University of Akron. Both have played together since their early childhood days. Now, for the first time, they will be playing apart from one another professionally. Romeo will be playing for Alerta Cantabria Lobos in Spain, whereas Dru will be playing for Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany. Romeo Travis and Dru Joyce III were a dynamic duo on the basketball court playing for the University of Akron. Both have played together since their early childhood days. Now, for the first time, they will be playing apart from one another professionally. Romeo will be playing for Alerta Cantabria Lobos in Spain, whereas Dru will be playing for Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany.Both have goals to play at the highest professional leagues possible, and would welcome the opportunity to one day reunite with childhood friend Lebron James within the NBA. Romeo was an explosive power forward in college. Professionally, he will play as a small forward, and his game should translate well overseas. One could argue that if his game develops as it did at the University of Akron, the former Mid American Conference Player of the Year should garner attention from the NBA. “I am confident that I can play within the NBA, however, the Cavs Summer League taught me a lot, and I will have to learn and develop my game as a small forward, but I will do whatever it takes to get my game to where it has to be.”Romeo added, “It is you in the gym when you are a professional athlete, I will get better and develop into a dominant small forward, this is my job.” Romeo's game will enable him to showcase his all around skills and will definitely be a fan favorite in Spain. “I will work hard everyday and help the team win.” Like Romeo, Dru has his sights set on one day playing at the highest professional level. Dru is a proficient point guard, who does not get rattled by pressure situations. Dru is an unselfish playmaker who looks to distribute the ball first and control the tempo of the game. He should do very well overseas, and if he continues to develop his game, it would not surprise anyone that the NBA will give him a strong look.In college, Dru's court vision and unselfish play allowed him to post an astounding 2:1 assist to turnover ratio, and he should be able to continue this play as a professional in Germany. Dru adds, “I like to get all of my teammates involved and get them the ball. I look to distribute the ball first, and then finish when I have to finish.” Romeo and Dru will take their games overseas for the time being, but it may be for only a short time. Both have worked on their game throughout the summer, and the NBA could be in the near distant future for both of these college teammates. However, in the meantime, Romeo and Dru will dazzle the fans, work day and night on their games and help their clubs win. This attitude for success and passion for basketball will enable both of these individuals to have successful careers as professional athletes.Steven Olenick is a contributing writer to EuroBasket and USBasket

Does anyone know if they are doing the kids' Zippy Pass program this year?

Signed.

Whoever is in charge of the Zippy passes should send an email out to all Kids Club Members (they have our email addresses) about Celebration Night. I bet there are other Zip Fans (especially with kids) who do not read GoZips.com, zipsnation.org, or even lives in Akron and gets the ABJ. They need to use all their resources to get the word out regarding this event.

What's the score? I can't get RealPlayer to work.

Has Dials had a rest yet? GameTracker says 38 minutes.