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I would have to agree with @zipsrowdy88 I do agree that Charles has been an overall successful hire as AD. He does talk a big talk at times, and that is okay, but it isn't always backed up, which still is a normal thing for anyone to do. With the OSU game situation, I don't think most people would care if we were to be playing on the road against Fill in the Blank P5 school and it got moved to OSU. If we are being realistic, Kentucky probably was never going to come to Akron, the timing of the move seems unfortunate. I haven't lived in Akron long, never seen a game at the Rubber Bowl or the Acme Zip game, but it doesn't take much to see that Akron does not support the Zips. There are many avenues UA can go to get more local support and hopefully they are trying it. And most people do say that winning is the cure all to athletic problems, I wouldn't say that is the only remedy look at soccer attendance and basketball attendance, consistently good programs for years and still it isn't a crowd of 5k people every night. It has to take a lot of change to get to the level a lot of us want to see, but we are still a MAC school in one of the greatest pro sports markets for fans in the country, with one of the top 5 greatest college football programs an hour and a half away. I hope we can improve, and it seems like we have in terms of an athletic department so far. Either way it isn't going to stop me from supporting the Zips

Thank God its basketball season

And one of the tarps is the UA Alumni Association! Wouldn’t the whole point of these to be to get money from sponsors? It looks to me Charles has completely dropped the ball on corporate sponsorship in venue. Crystal Clinic is gone from everything even the JAR scoreboard, the ads on the Infocision scoreboard look like they have been there since 2009, total lack of in game promotions, etc. This is how you make money, especially lower tier athletics.

28 yards in the second half

#Finish

Underthrown and behind the receiver. That is a brutal INT

Was Gathings signaling First Down after going out of bounds 5 yards behind the marker?

Akron Moneyline is now -175! Who would have thought

Solid 2 drives!

Feed Lingard! Touchdown!

How would a neutral site game in Florida benefit anyone? If fans aren't going to games where the actual school is, who is going to go to a MAC game in Florida?

Red zone stop, gotta take the little wins

I have 2 GA tickets if anyone wants them

Utah State beats SFA 79-49 Crazy 4 results from the winners bracket

If winning a MAC championship is overachieving, that's good enough for me

I honestly like playing OSU, it at least gives us the opportunity to see Akron football on the biggest local stage we can. But playing 3 P5s on the road and 1 FCS school at home doesn't make me excited for next season. If Kentucky was never going to come here to play I would us much rather us play another G5 at home. Two years in a row with 5 home games, at least 2 of those are week night games. As a regular fan it just looks bad (right now), if the team goes 6-6 next year I won't complain

True road game to a solid opponent after that tournament. Need a good showing in this one

0 threes made in the second half. 5-21 overall, not doing yourself a lot of favors like that

Thinking about it, shouldn’t we actually be 5th place? There’s is a team in the losers bracket that went 2-1, but just happened to lose first

Akron challenge: Do better than 1-2 on a November tournament. Impossible

Thornton can’t make a free throw but makes the sideways fadeaway 27 footer

Our one chance at a decent crowd next year gone, especially with the Wagon Wheel on the road

Again, he has to do both or this team doesn't improve. Really interested to see what version Ali we will see eventually. Nate Johnson might be the best chance we have at a guy that can create his own shot like the previous two. He has a good outside shot, it just needs to find him more often beyond the arc.

Today's Kenpom has made some movement with the top 4 in the Caymans 67. Stephen F. Austin (pretty sure they were in the 80s yesterday) 87. Utah State 91. Akron 97. Drake (Huge drop down)