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Wouldn't this be nice!!! I was at the Wisconsin game, I got chills it was so loud and fun!! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=934591643218130 Fun at Terps basketball games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1qoZxWAsk8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Heonx4F9k

Yup! It's the chicken and the egg right now. He needs to show people (top recruits in particular) that he is still the man. I am quite sure nobody was more disappointed in not going to a bowl game last year. That would have shown major progress and I bet would have landed a few more recruits. He needs to WIN and show some of the "Bowden Magic".

I am not arguing or debating just simply trying to understand where all the haters are coming from. If it is simply the iCoach hire (which is all that keeps being mentioned over and over) so be it. Is there more? Listen, I played for coach Winters at UA and I was pissed when he didn't get hired - we have to move on......I know Coach Winters has.

No mulligan. He f*&ed that one up.....I get it. He is not the first AD to make a bad FB coach hire. We now have the best FB coach we could ever get to come to Akron and defensive coordinator too. We have the best basketball coach we could ever get to stay at Akron. We have won a National Championship (and a runner up National Champion) in soccer. Basketball, track most other sports have improved haven't they? Does that one terrible hire warrant his firing 5 years later.

I am curious.....what has our AD done that is sooooo bad and holding UA back (no need to mention the iCoach hire, I get that one ;-)

That is a great trip for the guys and Victor in particular……good recruiting tool ;-) You put me at ease on the recruiting….looking forward to seeing our new recruits.

Anyone know how our recruiting class shaped up? Geez, our soccer team seems to have dropped off the map.

Add support and fan base. I am telling you when a player takes their recruiting visit to a school and sees 2-3K in the stands…..the school goes down in their ranking.

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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.