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Wait a minute! Six foot 230 - 66 tackles and six sacks - and STRONG - and no one recruited him? Either he is terrible or we may have scored a stealth future star.

Link?

And for those in the peanut gallery, just what was that evaluation?

You are just jealous.

And just because it is on the Internet does not make it true.

I just have a really hard time, as a retired Government employee, seeing someone with a Sports Agent and a Press Agent and a multi-million dollar "salary" as an employee. The players, who are unionized, are really more like the owners. Unlike other industries, if the players "quit" the owners can't just go out and hire new employees. It is not that simple. The players are really in control of the league, and they dictate almost everything. So in my opinion, they know and have always know exactly what they are doing. Players play in high school to get cheerleaders and go to a good college for free. They play in college to get cheerleaders and a free education and a shot at the NFL. Players go to the NFL to get swimsuit models and actresses and make millions of dollars, much of that off the field in endorsements. Even if you told them that they would become veggies at 35 and die at 40 most of them would never give that up. People do MMA and Ultimate Fighting for a hell of a lot less. Now I do think the newer rules meant to protect the players are good. Hitting a defenseless player who is out of the play should be an ejection. Head shots should be an ejection. Too much unnecessary roughness should be a serious suspension and then a lifetime ban. Yes, they need to find ways to detect a concussion on the field, take the player out, and possibly ban the player from the league on medical advice. I can agree with all of that. The violence in the game should be incidental to the game, not the purpose of the game. But all that being said, these guys all know exactly what they are doing and would not do it any other way.

A source told me the winning Lotto numbers for Friday. Want to play them?

Maybe we should wait for training camp and practice and stuff before we crown a QB.

I am not forgetting anything. I have not been there in 41 years!

You sound like one of the lawyers. No sale.

This guy claims to be a college grad? Spell check is your friend. He could not sell me a burger at Mickey D's: About Us: Xavier Leonard bring over 25 years of experience on and off the field. However, 14 years as a Miami Dade County High School coach along with 4 years of college coaching Xavier has gained a wealth of respect and college coaches contacts. Throughtout his coaching career Xavier has placed kids in schools from D1 to junior college. Xavier started his career at North Miami Beach H.S.in 1991, from their he landed a scholarship to play football at North Dakota State College of Science. After his second year of participating at the junior college level Xavier found himself reaching another milestone in life which was earning a scholarship from Central Okalohoma University in 1994. Then, he received degree in Phsycial Education in 1997 and later a masters degree that helped him utilize his skills right away. Xavier started his coaching career at Archbishop Curley High School in Miami, FL where he was the Assistant Head Football Coach and CO- Defensive Coordinator from 1997-2007 and during that same time Xavier coached Girls Basketball, Softball,Track and Soccer . From there Xavier worked at Spirit of Christ High School where he coached all sports. In 2008, Xavier landed a job at Highland Community College in Highland, Kansas. Where he coached football from 2008-2012 in that time period Xavier was the Top recruiter in the junior college system. Gaining the contacts needed to place kids in College. I hope the kid is good but this web site is just plain embarrassing. He claims to have a Masters Degree! How about a proof reader?

If they win this lawsuit, it is the end of the NFL, and of college football. People will not pay to watch a bunch of guys playing flag football. But my vote is to hell with them - not that they should not get better helmets and pull guys off the field if they get a head injury, or even take guys out of the league with repeated concussions. That is another matter. But these guys took the money and they knew damn well the violent nature of pro football. Give me a break.

And of course Sproles is absolutely exceptional. The other guy in the NFL- time will tell. Most guys that size are not feature running backs in D1, to say nothing of the NFL. They have to be really special to make up for the small stature - and yes I know Joe Morris was the little man and was exceptional. Meanwhile the bigger question is did we sign him. Because if not, who cares what he does?

How many home football games are there? Six ? How could anyone build a business based on six days a year? Hoops plays a lot more home games, so it could be a good ADDITION to a going business. But no one could run a business based solely on home Akron basketball games. So I doubt that businesses will spring up around the arena, no matter where it is located. If the facility is a multi use arena, meaning concerts shows and whatever, it would go further to a local business base, but I think UA already has competing venues for some of those events.

This is all assuming that jurors are going to be sympathetic to consenting adults who are paid millions of dollars to go out and play hard. Put me on the jury. No money for them. They know the risks and accept them to be big rich stars. What a slippery slope. Next we have to sue NASCAR because race car drivers get hurt in races. If there is too much risk and no one plays football, so be it. But you can not save people from themselves.

The first question is: Did we sign him? I don't know if he can be a successful D1 running back at his size (which may have more to do with his lack of offers than his grades) but I think at the very least we are looking at an awesome return man and third down back who can be a threat to go all the way any time. Actually, I would like to get that quarterback. He looks like he can really run an offense!

Put it next to Shroeders. OK fess up. Who among you is old enough to remember Shroeders, and the Shroeders for Lunch Bunch?

It is only 41 years but who is counting? The Greeks were always too self involved, and the residents apathetic. That is your first task, to change that.

It MUST be on campus. Residence Hall students (and Frat House residents, many of whom are former dorm residents) are the core of your fan base. They are a captive audience. They don't go home at night. I am not familiar with Downtown today, but back in the 1960's downtown was your basic Red Light district with roving bands of whatever. The only students you would ever see walking around downtown were "townies" catching a bus home. And never at night. It has to be convenient and alluring and interesting for the resident students. That is the starting point. If you can't get people who live on campus to attend a basketball game, how are you going to get anyone else to show up? And hoops are played in the winter, so weather is a factor. It has to be close by for the students who live on campus. If it requires a car, bus or long walk in the cold and wet they won't go.

He was signed and will possibly be the starting MLB.

The Bowden interview about adding 10,000 students made me think of residence halls. And I think I lived in Bulger. Of course, it was not suites or co-ed. Darn. Can I go back?

When I lived on campus, there was a mens residence tower (maybe 16 stories) right next to to the dining hall. A two story womens hall across the path. An two other residences, I think for women. Anyone remember the names of those residences? I think, looking at the map, they are different today, if they even still exist.

Add 10,000 students? That would make Akron a MAJOR University, and I don't mean in athletics. I assume that also means building more dorms, because we won't draw another 10,000 local students. AND don't want to!!! All the big name schools have: *Most of their students living on campus (or upperclassmen in off campus housing). *A resident audience (see above) for their teams. The biggest problem with Akron, all the way back to 1967, has always been APATHY. All the "townie" students just go home after classes. And can't bother returning to campus for a football or basketball game. They need to change the culture. A resident student population sees Football and Basketball as a social event. Akron has just never had that. And out of town Alumni gives you a national fan base. Ever jump onto I80 Eastbound after a Penn State Football game? A giant traffic jam all the way back to New York. THAT is what makes an athletic program work.

Bostick, a 5-foot-9, 201-pounder, appeared in nine games for Akron last year as a true freshman. He totaled 82 rushing yards with one touchdown and caught four passes for 10 yards on the season. And we care about him leaving because????????? Although, probably those 82 yards were about 30% of our total production

Last years Giants may be the first team in history to get to and win the Super Bowl without a real kick returner. Hix is a big piece of the puzzle.