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48 minutes ago, GP1 said:
"I'm blessed to have such little respect or caring for my teammates and friends, none of which I really cares much about because I'm a narcissist, that I can take the easy way out and abandon them for another school."
Go "F" yourselves a-holes.
hard to be mad at kids for operating within the environment they are given. You want them to not take advantage of the portal and NIL opportunities? You also don't understand how many of these decisions are out of their hands, we dont know how many are told to leave.
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11 minutes ago, zvillezip said:
It is a money making scheme for OHSAA. Started with COVID and OHSAA is making so much money from it they won't go back to 8 teams per region. Some schools make the playoffs because there are 16 spots and only 17 teams in the region.
And the coaches hate it. Most coaches were very vocal about it with concerns for the safety of the players. It's going to take teams forfeiting the playoffs, which is a hard thing to do. I would love to see it changed, and also to finally give open enrollment/private a separate playoff bracket.
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12 minutes ago, MarkWiley said:
We are friends with the Stolarski's, Avon is our rival High School. Our coaches are high on Ryan and offered him in the first five minutes he was on campus. Great kid. Holds offers from Toledo, Buffalo, Lehigh and I think OU and Miami.
Forgot Eastern Michigan too. Basically every MAC school has or will offer him.
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1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said:
Kent State signed Avon's QB. He was a finalist for Mr. Football. Avon won the D2 championship last night. He threw for 1 TD & ran for another. He's pretty tough but I'm not too upset we didn't go after him.
Avon also has an OL committed to Cincy.
We've been recruiting Avon junior LB Ryan Stolarski. Idk if we've offered yet but he's been on campus.
We are friends with the Stolarski's, Avon is our rival High School. Our coaches are high on Ryan and offered him in the first five minutes he was on campus. Great kid. Holds offers from Toledo, Buffalo, Lehigh and I think OU and Miami.
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10 hours ago, zipsfan33 said:
Does anyone know why they didn't honor any of the seniors this year?
The Buffalo game was Senior Night.
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10 minutes ago, UA1996MAENG said:
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but who is PhotoShopping these high school recruits into UA uniforms? Is this some kind of easily accessible filter or is UA doing this as part of the recruitment process?
These are from recruiting visits, they have a photo shoot as part of the day.
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50 minutes ago, LZIp said:
Yep. Why even recruit high schoolers if they just try to leave after 1-2 years of production?
When the coach leaves for a P4 job after 2 years he can pull that now junior saying “remember I believed in you first”.
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The seniors get to walk off a winner. That’s special.
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Lol kicking is hard.
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8 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:
Zips down 17. Band playing 99 Luftballoons. Shoot me now. This is what hell must be like.
Hey now! Don’t drag the band into this 😂
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This scoreboard is too effing loud.
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Run. The. Ball.
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Just now, GP1 said:
Those are all for the fans and students. The players don't care anymore. I wish I was wrong.
I can tell we are on different sides of this conversation, so no need to continue it, however I can tell you from first hand knowledge, a lot of players are looking for that kind of tradition and connection. Especially those that understand that they are not going pro.
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21 minutes ago, GP1 said:
There is no more tradition in college athletics, only money.
that's a cynical view. Every away game we see loads of tradition at other schools. The way the players take the field, school chants, coordinated mascot cheers, etc. I think it seems small or insignificant but those things build a tradition and build pride.
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15 minutes ago, GP1 said:
Why? With the transfer portal, half will never graduate from Akron.
It's bigger than the individual players, it fosters a connection with the football team, the school, the band, TRADITION... maybe if these things were addressed and a sense of tradition and connection started they'd be a few less portal transfers. Regardless of all that, you are playing for the school, the football teams are typically the face of the school, show some pride.
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A small thing that bothers me, I think the team needs to go to the band with the cheerleaders for the alma matter after a game win or lose.
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Blatant missed hold.
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Noah Perez started in the ECU win yesterday, went 3/3 on field goals and 3/3 on XPs in a ten point win. Got the game ball too.
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Zippy just beat the OU bobcat in a game of rock paper scissors.
so, there’s that.
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If you suffer from epilepsy do not come to a SC home game.
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I don’t want to hear about how loud our speakers are anymore. I can’t talk to the person next to me.
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Am I wrong that if we just ran the ball this game would be over??
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There’s actually a good crowd too.
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2025 Portal Departures
in Akron Zips Football Recruiting
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Coaches abandon programs, abandon kids they've recruited, abandon the fans all the time. Now kids get the same flexibility and everyone wants to take shots at them now.