MangoZip

Great report, thanks!

I think they play those games to survive - not make money. All MAC teams play those games (maybe not as many as this coming year) but they are good to some extent. Next years out of conference is much more manageable.

Well they are losing their ass because they mostly lose. Their only chance of making some money is by winning. Your logic doesn’t make sense. I would also argue that they are trying. They could have signed a much younger, cheaper first time head coach if they truly were about saving money but they spent a lot more (by MAC standards) and signed JoeMo. I agree with you that the results just aren’t there and it’s very frustrating, but you can’t convince me that the AD and President don’t care about it.

You actually believe that they don’t want to win? That’s just stupid. You think the university and the athletic department don’t care? For the sake of argument let’s just say they don’t give a dam about football - they would still want them to win because of all the benefits that go with it: more income, more university exposure, etc etc. Unfortunately, they have backed themselves into a position where it’s a catch 22. They aren’t winning so nobody goes to the games, nobody goes to the games so they don’t get any revenue, then they have to schedule Ohio State away games to get the paycheck. Viscous cycle

Look, the kid has had one week of spring practice. Not saying if there was a game today that he would go in ahead of Wassel. I just heard that he was looking very good at this point - which isn’t very far along in the big picture.

Better. It’s early, so take it for what it is.

A little birdie told me that the early enroll freshman, Roggow, already looks pretty good. Maybe he’s that guy?

Creighton can’t miss! 60% - that needs to change

It’s amazing how many national outlets still use the old Z logo in reference to this team in the tournament

I guess this is the most press we’ll be seeing from spring practices

Does anyone know what time the spring practices are? Open to the public? Will we have any boots on the ground to give us some reports?

That’s bullshit!

So Zips spend less than on football than any other team in the MAC?

That Indiana team was 3-9 and beat a bowl team (Wisconsin) had several close losses to some pretty good teams, so they weren’t completely horrible

I don’t think it’s a solution but I don’t see any downside either? I wonder what makes this attractive to the MAC?

Wouldn’t it make sense to add another school to get an even number of teams again? Although I guess it doesn’t really matter in the new football format, but for basketball and other sports, that might help.

Definitely didn’t see that coming but then looked up their 2024 schedule and saw they are already playing 5 MAC games this year!

Saw an article that this is coming back this summer and every kid will get around $600 payment for using their name and likeness. Probably the only NIL money that Akron kids will get.

Good interview, and very timely for this discussion. Assuming that he was telling the truth, it sure sounds like Syracuse decided to go a different direction. Maybe the new coaching staff will be running a defense that they don’t feel is a good fit for Tristen. Regardless, this is a very good signing for the Zips. I think this type of thing happens way more than people realize.

This is really odd…he commits to Syracuse on August 1, takes his official visit on December 13, de commits on December 19 one day before signing day. Did something happen on official visit that he didn’t like? Did Syracuse kick him to the curb last minute? Would love to know the story of what happened. Dino Babers was fired in November, maybe the new staff didn’t want him, but if so, very odd to pull the carpet out from him right before signing day. 🤔

He’s impressive. He will be a big asset to this program

I agree, there really wasn’t any commentary in your comments, you were just explaining the lay of the land. I think he expects you to say that Zayden Taylor is a sure fire starter and likely All MAC this season 😂

Is anyone familiar with how the athletic department budget works? It seems that at most big schools the football department helps support other sports. At Akron the ticket sales obviously don’t help much but I’m curious about the big paydays that they receive against Ohio State, Tennessee, etc. Does the football team keep this money or does it all get absorbed into the entire athletic budget? Thanks, I’ll hang up and listen.

Chicken or the egg?