I agree with most of your second rant. The thing you are missing though is that 2 years ago we would have lost all 3 of those games you mentioned. IMHO, that is progress, not enough and certainly not fast enough, but it is progress. I look for next year to be more of a breakout year for Akron. Yea, I know, wait til next year. My biggest concern is that Bowden isn't recruiting at the level I thought he would. He is a known commodity and has the family name. With the facilities we have, Bowden should have Akron in the top 2-3 MAC classes every year.