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This is a great point. Everyone on here doesn't seem to understand what is going on.....go ahead and give me the repetitive mark or kick me off. It's supply and demand....it's not build it and they will come. The previous administration went for that and built a beautiful campus......exponentially better than when I was there. Apparently they convinced people (banks) that was the solution. Now there are vacant buildings, dorms, stadiums, declining enrollment and now financial distress. I seriously don't understand. If someone could explain it to me I will drop it. I don't see a logical marketing study or trend to justify "that stadium" as much as I love it. All you have to do is look at the statistics around UA sports attendance, MAC attendance from the last 30 years. When has there ever been over 30K come to a UA football game? EVER!! So why would you build a luxurious stadium that big? For those of you that want out of the MAC and aspire to the A10....why don't you look at those schools.....how many of them have football programs.....let alone money pit football programs. Is that too hard to see? I'll help ya http://www.atlantic10.com There are two schools in Ohio that can maintain competitive football and basketball programs - Ohio State and Cincinnati. After that.......you gotta deal with Xavier, Dayton and then the rest of the MAC. We had an advantage because of KD and Lebron. Now that is gone. Do you really have to ask why KD left? All you have to do is look at UA history. The same decision was made back in 1986 to invest in football at the expense of basketball. UA fired my coach D, dissed Huggins and gave Gerry Faust a blank check to go D1. Huggins was gone a year later ....yes he ultimately would have left but I can tell you he left for the same reason KD now left. To get to the next level KD needed players. In order to get players you need facilities. In order to get facilities you need money. You get money from attendance and support. Akron has NEVER had that. Same holds true for football..........you ain't getting top recruits with high school (5K) attendance. We are now just another MAC program. A couple years ago we had Keith Dambrot, Caleb Porter, Terry Bowden and Jim Tressel.....wow! It ain't getting better folks. Revolving door of an up a coming coach if we are that lucky.

Biggest issue - scorers. I said before he came in the gym at UA, Ivey is going to be the best player ever....If he stays, whoever is the coach needs to make him the focus let him be disruptive. My biggest observation watching the Zips this year........no assassins (and I am not talking about chucking up 3s from 5 feet behind the ark). Sometimes it seemed like the ball was a hot potato. Big Dog was a one trick pony and amazing but we didn't have slashers.

I guess we went to different business schools. You must have gone to the "Field of Dreams" school of business - "build it and they will come". You think filling the Info to a 20K average should be easy huh. Tell me, in the last 20 years, how many times have the Zips had over 20K at a single game (let alone average 20K)? And you wonder why the Info gets grief? I love the stadium, its beautiful, I wish we had it when I played there. What I question is that generally when you make a large capital investment ($60M+) quite a bit of justification...facts and figures goes along with it - I would love to see that report......they must have brought Kevin Costner in to sell it. Funny you make a point about people blaming previous people/administrations for their own problems. The same guy who I recall blaming "I-coach" and TW for all UA's ills.

Scar has the "olive jar" Proenza has the "Info" just sayin'

Let's go Zips!

And the Lebron James affiliation doesn't suck. It's OK to be upset but even thinking about getting rid of the reigning Coach of the Year is unbelievable to me.

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Bottom of NCAA attendance rankings pretty much guaranteed.

Just look at our soccer team. We are to soccer what OSU/Bama are to football. It absolutely helps!!!

I have always wondered the same. It is almost as if he has distanced himself.....I dunno. Really stupid for the school to not have close ties with our only professional HOFer.

I just did a google, YouTube, etc search for Jason Taylor UA highlights. I couldn't find any. It would be really smart to get some out there real quick.

The deafening crowds

http://www.hudl.com/video/3/2122944/5721c090dfe23b2d68a2283b

It's so good to hear from you K92. Same old ZN.O, people whining and bitching about the same old s%#t.. Glad to see my thread got so much attention, I am quite sure everything I said has come to fruition. This kid looks good. Smart of him to promote the Akron fan base whether it is true or not.......no head scratching needed, its just smart. I guess you would expect him to say this..................................... “The Zips offer no opportunities to me. They have horrible facilities, an ugly campus, and a non-existent fan base.” Ramart stated to Hustle Belt. “The school offers none of the programs I want to study. I want to major in kinesiology with a concentration in sport management.” He added on what led him to commit to Akron over opportunities at programs such as Columbia, Northern Colorado, and the University of Incarnate Word to name a few. While his plans after football played a huge part in his decision, Terry Bowden and the rest of the Akron coaching staff made the choice difficult. “The coaching staff are a bunch of idiots. Coach Milwee and I have no connection whatsoever, I hate his coaching style and he brings nothing to the table. I'm ready to go to work with him as my coach. And of course, Coach Bowden is legendary for being a buffoon. They really have the program heading in the wrong direction, and I am excited to come in and contribute to bringing Akron to the bottom of the MAC. The offense they run is so different to what I have ran multiple years at my high school, so it should be really difficult to make the transition. I'm taking my official visit the weekend of the 20th in January and I'm super depressed to be an Akron Zip.” Last season, Ramart, a strong armed, 6’3 210-pound pocket passer, racked up yardage through the air to help lead his Foster High (Richmond,TX) squad to an overall record of 14-1. Throwing just seven interceptions as a senior, he connected on 221 of his 315 passing attempts for nearly 3,500 passing yards and 47 touchdowns.

Great Observation. Somebody asked who Joe Akron is..........there you have it.

Bruce Arena will probably get the job (if he hasn't already) but I hope Caleb Porter gets it. Arena is old and the USMNT needs to move on and gut the old crew. New/young/successful great coach who identifies with the new talent - there should be no question in my mind who should be the coach. The only reason Caleb left us was for this pursuit. Why waste 2 years with Arenas. ZipME87 - could you imagine who gets invited if Caleb got the job?!?! Finally put Darlington Nagbe in the playmaking positions he belongs.

Attendance is tied to the success of Bowden and Co from the standpoint of recruiting. A 4 star + recruit does not want to play in front of 3-4K people. In the immortal words of Bobby Bowden "It ain't about the Xs and Os......it's about the Jimmy and Joe's"

Best receiving corps we've ever had.

https://www.facebook.com/theblogssip/videos/vb.1537676839867514/1589128434722354/?type=2&theater Not sure where to post this but would be fun to play this video at games......

Nasty move and nice cross by Yedlin too

Obviously by the time of my post, it was late and I must have half asleep.

It said Akron Zips on the back

Was watching the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction tonight - the drummer from Cheap Trick was sporting an Akron Zips hat?

https://youtu.be/9Cdc13CU9Fc?t=33s

What is this grand vision you describe? What amazing coaches are beating down the door to coach at Akron? IF for some strange reason a hot shot coach came in and won as many games as KD (and didn't lose a second championship on a buzzer beater)....how long would that hot shot stay? Oh and BTW......with your "new vision" dirtyol........say bye bye to Lebron association.....that would be brilliant!!