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Wow! The highlight of Van Edwards is amazing. I like the fact that he is scoring on almost every play. He looks to have power and his is breaking away from people. On a side note…….I bet TB wishes they would not use the orange hair picture

Class looks solid. Anyone know how the turnout is/was at the Student Union. It was a great idea to try and involve the students in their team…….I hope people showed for it.

If beast mode gets three tries from the one yard line, he scores……….guaranteed!!!

So if what you say is true then we shouldn't invest any more money in new arenas, coaches, etc because WE ARE IN THE MAC and WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET OHIO STATE or any other big name to come to the Info or the JAR.

BTW - I don't need and article, Wallethub or whoever to tell me our fans are terrible……I played at UoA and was always disappointed in our crowds. Also, my original comment had nothing to do with the link. It had to do with somebody posting about losing to a pathetic team before the game was over (when in fact we came back and won in dramatic fashion). I find that defeatist attitude pathetic but unfortunately typical of Joe Akron. At the risk of repeating myself, I am confused by the attendance dilemma and after playing for UoA and decades of supporting them…..the only conclusion I can draw is that NE Ohio doesn't care. The football people say the reason nobody goes to football games is because we haven't won in a while. I do understand that. I don't expect a sellout at the Info but I would bet many high school teams out draw our football team. The basketball people say the reason nobody goes to the basketball games is because the JAR sucks, BUT our basketball team is one of the winningest in the last 7-8 years of any NCAA team. I don't get it. Let me ask you all a question. If we were to re-wind the clock in Terry Bowden's tenure and replay all the home games in front of a full Infocision, do you think we would have won more games?

Dude…….are you serious. Our basketball fans are the same and the original post I commented on is a testament to it.

Was posted by someone last week http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2015/01/28/football-fans-rating/22468633/

This comment is indicative of the defeatist attitude in NE Ohio and why Akron in particular is rated as having some of the worst fans in the country. Instead of staying and supporting the team when they need it in a close game, there is a quick shift to shut them out, start complaining and find excuses not to support the them. I am starting to believe that Joe Akron would prefer the teams lost. Seriously, if they won…..Joe wouldn't have anything to complain about. Oh btw, that pathetic team we just beat WAS tied for first with us and had beaten Ohio and Can't State. GREAT JOB ZIPS but until your school builds you a bright shiny new arena and schedules marquis top 20 teams at home - Joe Akron isn't coming.

My point was that saying people didn't come because it was a solem event is pretty lame. I think KD echoed the same thought.

Seriously? It was honoring a great man and cause. How is that solem?

What's next? Are we going to start selling OSU National Champions t-shirts in our bookstore now? My mind is

Nice home court advantage for Toledo. 5500+

I can't wait to see Ivey. He really looks like something special.

Guys…..I am not concerned about stars or rankings associated to players……...I am concerned that we only show 2 recruits signed in total!!! On the one site is shows we have NONE!

Thank you Dave…..just trying to think out of the box a bit. He is influential, he has money, has ties to Coach D and has made the choice to leave South Beach for Akron It is a unique opportunity for Akron to have the best basketball player on the planet choosing to come back home to live and one of the men that helped him become the best player on the planet as the head coach of UoA. Name it King James Court, King James Arena……how much would that help recruiting Seriously, a guy like LBJ does not come around very often and the odds of someone like him coming from Akron are slim to none. Make hay while the sun is shining. Funny, all the talk about attendance at the JAR and Info….one of the most well attended….exciting events at UoA was LBJ's welcome home at the JAR. Why wouldn't we be all over him. It's a win for him too.

Uh, sorry Spin but you really didn't give examples, you simply made statements about the Lil Indians moving to canal park, and summit county breaking attendance records in indoor freakin' soccer. Maybe if you would have actually presented actually "examples" of attendance figures I would have responded. Either way, they are not University of Akron teams so I don't really find them relevant. You did mention the "idea" of us playing schools that have famous football programs. Great idea but why would they come to play at Akron? There is nothing for them to gain. We did beat University of Southern California, South Carolina and Marshall this year….Oregon State last year. Big scars to those programs.

Yea. I am speculating that we have a fraction of the recruits all other schools have. Is there reason to think otherwise?

I guess our philosophy on recruiting and posting recruits is different from every other school then….

There is a reason it is quiet. Scary........ http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/teamrank/2015/MIDAM/all http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&view=2&yr=2015

I have mentioned this before but what about Lebron? God knows he has plenty of money.

How do you figure? LOL I think what I have illustrated is no matter what this administration does, attendance will not change and the BS excuses people give for NE Ohio not supporting UoA sports are nothing more than BS. I challenge you to show me one example that would justify building a new arena.

Ok, let me get this straight………. Football has a bright shiny new state of the art stadium BUT because they don't win….nobody attends Basketball wins tons of games (that apparently don't matter to anyone) BUT has an old dated JAR…….nobody attends Soccer wins tons of games, has new Cub Cadet stadium, nationally ranked, good schedule……….1,800 per game attend Hmmm, I'm confused.

Earlier this year our football team came off a promising run from 2013, had one loss AT Penn State 21-3 (which I find respectable), we then came home to a semi-marquise team Marshall, students were in school and what was the attendance on a 73 degree day……..13,000. I promise you at least half of the 13K were Marshall fans BTW. Is there an excuse for that? I am not not just here to bitch and complain about the lethargy in attendance, it is what it is. My feelings are based on the FACTS and history, not excuses and speculation about the quality of the seats/venue, game schedules, quality of opponents, wins/losses. All of those variables never seem to change attendance and enthusiasm for the teams in my opinion. The only thing I can think of is building a cool greek village right in the middle of the sports facilities. Frats/Sororities are enthusiastic students and could be a great way to get the students partying, excited and then go to a game.