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  1. Spring Ball 2024

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    2 hours ago, Ham said:

    Why?  If the Zips care so little about their fans 2/3 through spring ball that they don't put out any information, why should I care?  Closed practices?  Who is going to spy on them?  If you looked at your future schedule and saw a team with 5 wins in 5 years, would you even send your "water boy" to check out their spring practice?  The best way to keep the Info seats empty in the fall is to keep the team a secret.

    Closed practices will help them get ready for the game day experience.

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  3. Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

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    1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

     

    The inverse of this is James Madison. Their applications and/or enrollment are up ~78% or something like that in the last few years (read this on their board). Their meteoric rise in athletics is driving the overall school enrollment. Their football team has won, and now their basketball team is having success. They've made the full move to DI, but built their brand at the FCS level (Game day went there when they were a FCS squad). I don't know how they were successful in breaking out of the shadows of Virginia, Virginia Tech, etc. - but they were. 

     

    They are a case study that Akron needs to examine closely. 

    100% And let me tell ya.....Harrisonburg VA is in the boonies.  They have done a masterful job connecting with alum and engaging the current students.

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  4. Increasing JAR Attendance/Engaging the Fans

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    Joe Akron is being Joe Akron as they always have (always will).  I got crucified when I brought this up around football attendance....the response was "we need to win".  Well, the Bball team has been a consistent winner and we still have the same problem.

    Big issue to me is enrollment.  10 years ago we had 25K enrollment, today it is 11K (with 20% living on campus).  That doesn't even fill the upper bleachers.  We need to attract more kids to the school, fill the beautiful dorms that were built and then get those kids to the games.  They are a captive audience.

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  7. Enrique Freeman

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    15 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

    Enrique is such a beast.  Most of my favorite Zips have been front court players... Jeremiah Wood, Romeo Travis, Tree Treadwell, Zeke Marshall.  Absolutely all-time Zips greats.  Here we are in year 4 of 'Rique's career and for some reason I still can't get my mind around the fact I'd take Enrique in front of all of them.  

     

    I still remember what I thought was a laughably optimistic over-reaction by @NWAkron to a video which popped up online of Enrique playing well in the Akron-Canton "Defense Optional" Pro-Am summer league.  He looked pretty decent in the video but even after watching it I never thought Enrique would even be put on scholarship.

    Me too.  Favorite hoops player ever.  Started with academic scholarship and walked on makes him more endearing.

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  10. Game 10 - Miami Redhawks

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    10 minutes ago, GP1 said:

    Good post. 

     

    They are probably going to need to work on defensive depth. They do have a good defense, but if the offense still struggles next year they will need a lot of fresh, competent bodies during games. 

     

    The grad transfer QB probably works best at this point. Joe burned two seasons without his guy behind center. Can't wait to develop a freshman for a couple of years. 

     

    I see someone gave a thumbs down to your post. NE Ohio fans are a funny bunch. I think they enjoy losing more than winning. 

    I hope this debacle doesn't affect recruiting.  If you are a top RB, are you going to come here when you get 10 or less touches?  If you are a QB are you going to come here to throw 30 yard passes for 5 yards (WRs too).  

    What are we selling recruits right now?

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  15. Wagon Wheel Game 2023 - Game Thread

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    46 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

     

    It's about opinion, not correctness. We'll never know how the youngsters would have fared against Can't. Does this mean JU is now the man for next year? I admit it's a little scary that the successful HS QB's we've recruited are still too overwhelmed to take snaps in a bottom-level MAC game.

     

    I was thinking the same.  And my wanting to see the freshman had more to do with thinking they might give us a better chance to win than what we have been seeing.  

  16. Wagon Wheel Game 2023 - Game Thread

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    • Lingard was great running and catching.  I really liked him in the interview....I like the way he talked about the alumni, the community and coming back for the rest of his life.  I can't help but wonder what the season would have looked like if he had gotten the ball more like he did in this game.  He is tough to bring down and it opens up play action. Also made an amazing catch on the final drive.
    • You have got to be a strong armed QB to play in this system.  30 yard outs to gain 5-10 yards are scary.
    • Great call on the final touchdown!!
    • Undercuffler came through but the spike and the penalty could have cost us (I realize the emotion but damn that could have erased everything).  Same for Gathings.  He got lucky because I thought he could have been called twice for unsportsmanlike conduct).
    • The kicking looked good.  There were no long attempts but the short FG and all XPs had good height and right down the middle).
    • The stadium looked beautiful from the blimp.  Would have looked even better if it was full.

     

    Hopefully this is the game that sets everything off.  Run the table Zips!

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