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I was surprised too. I thought George was interviewing you.

With an 8-1 loss, I'd say in conjunction.

My son just retweeted this. Cracked me up. Needed to be posted now in case Miami wins the series - LeBron would like to remind everyone, when he said, "Not two, not three, not four..." he never said "Not Zero"

Pretty funny quote from the article - "Since Shawn knows our game from his playing experience in Saskatchewan last year, combined with having a passport, he was an ideal addition on short notice". Apparently I was only missing game expereince with Saskatchewan or I could have been on the radar. I meet requirement two already.

A new arena is definitely in the next UA Master Plan. One Sasaki suggestion of supreme importance to the sports community would be to build a new basketball arena, as many view the existing James A. Rhodes Arena as outdated and inadequate. Options for arena Sasaki pinpoints two options. One site is on UA land at the corner of Spicer and Exchange streets, next to InfoCision Stadium. Or UA could partner with the city of Akron to attract funding to build a new arena across from Canal Park where the Akron Aeros play minor-league baseball. Sasaki does not indicate which of the two sites it prefers, and Curtis has a third idea of his own. He suggests attaching a new arena with 7,000 seats to the Rhodes Arena and converting the existing space into two practice gyms. “Having a totally new facility is even more exciting, and whether it’s on Spicer Street or downtown, a new arena is a new arena,” Curtis said. “I could go for any of the three solutions.”

I have to acknowledge what the Can't baseball team has done (yes I know it is in another thread but I included it here for a reason), it is pretty impressive for a MAC school to make this kind of run (and just about as nationally unlikely as the Zips soccer run), but being our rivals, here's a little synopsis for Public Universities with the worst graduation rates including Can't State Branch campus. Also here. And for good measure here's one for OU and one more.

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Not trying to rekindle the debate over the value that Lebron brings to UA, but here is an ESPN Rick Reilly article on LeBron and Kevin Durant that once again mentions UA. And for you purists, he gets the name right. "They are closer than you think. Both dumped by Dallas in last season's playoffs, they commiserated during the lockout with a two-man, four-day "Hell Week" as James called it, at the University of Akron -- lifting, shooting, and swimming. James saw Durant's drive up close and knew he'd probably have to go through him to get a title. Now, here they are, in Hell Fortnight".

Not trying to make any sort of political statement but pretty cool to see Chase representing the Giants beside the president.

And look at Darren, I think I know why he might not have hung around any longer considering he already had an NCAA championship under his belt. Strikers are apparently the quarterbacks of the MLS pay scales.

Can Caleb run both?

Ah I knew what he meant, but in case everyone hated the idea, I was fine with letting you take the blame. By the way, my idea would not eliminate multiple overtimes, just the PK finish. I'm also fine with regular season games ending in a tie. And finally, what kind of bizarre softball leagues do you play in ... ?

I have long advocated a system where you remove players from the field (therefore opening more space) for each successive overtime, including removing the goalies at say, the third overtime. First overtime, nine players, second, seven, and the third five (goalies are gone). Keep going with five until it is decided (addtional overtimes past three would allow substitutions at the beginning of the overtime but not during). Penalty kicks can be dramatic, but they really shouldn't be the way to decide a well played match.

Pete Milich, would have loved to have seen him play, but his glory days were the very early sixties. Any guy that scores a goal in sixteen consecutive games has got to be worth watching. He also still holds the Zips record for goals in a career (85). This was in the very early days of Akron soccer and got the Zips off on the right foot (pun intended).

Especially when they list Reggie McAdams as a football recruit.

This was the winner. While I think it is clever, it took me while to really grasp it which I don't think is good for a T-shirt. At first I thought it might be a chemical symbol with the subscripts like F2O2 (fluorine dixoide? - chemistry was my weakest subject), but I realized it is supposed to stand for 20/20 vision. Unfortunately, I think it may have another more prophetic message, as the year 2020 could be the time the vision finally comes into focus. C'mon, Coach Bowden I hope you're "near sighted".

Word was he started shortly after Ianello was fired, and they just noticed this weekend.

They might have added a little additional seating but they didn't need it. It wasn't anywhere close to sold out. Terrible weather may have had something to do with that.

I'm pretty sure that the flash change was already made. Edit: Now I'm sure of it.

Not too hard. Here you go. Football Golf Outing as posted by GP1.

I've been to over half of the FBS stadiums in the country (yeah, I'm a geek), and there is not a chance that Infocision (as a stadium) is even in the bottom half. Dix Stdium (#87) is one of the best in the MAC? Terrible. I thought this comment was interesting "One unique aspect of the stadium is the grassy area in the north end zone where fans can enjoy the game from a different perspective". Of course that was a "unique" feature of WKU's stadium which helped boost them up on the list.

email - I got it as well.

That may be one of the most honest, best written articles I have ever seen on Akron football. Brutally honest about the past but with a bit of hope for the future. This exchange between Terry Bowden and an executive search firm recruiter summed it all up for me. "So the guy says, 'I'm calling on behalf of the University of Akron. Would you be interested in the job?'" Bowden leans back in his chair. He told me he'd had his eye on the Akron job for several years, though it is an odd job for anyone to covet: Before the school chased Bowden, they went after a former Zips player and assistant coach named Paul Winters, who led Wayne State to the Division II national championship game last season. And Winters chose to stay at Wayne State instead. Only then, Bowden says, did he get the phone call from the search firm. "So I tell him, 'Yes, I'm interested,'" he says. "And the guy goes, 'Really?'" The fact that the Zips are getting so much notice after two consecutive 1-11 seasons in the MAC continues to astound me. God bless the Bowdens.