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They don't play "Bowden Ball"??????

LOL….no kidding. People have gone crazy here. In typical Akron fashion…..the glass is half empty. We are 7-4 in our last 11 games. The Pitt victory is forgotten, close games at Michigan and Penn State forgotten….unfortunate losses to Ohio and BSU but not the blowouts they have been. The fact that we are in 2nd place playing for a chance to take the lead over BG has been clouded by someones conspiracy theory that TB does not play Pohl because can't play "Bowden Ball". No facts around that…. just speculation that has gone viral on here. Speaking of crickets Balsy….we will likely hear them at Infocision for the rest of the year. Good luck getting good recruits with that. Using the buying and selling of stock to compare firing a coach????? LOL……If such a thing could be done, I would buy every share of TB you own GP1 and in a year or two enjoy my profits between a couple of palm trees on a tropical island.

BINGO!! And that is how all Coaches shows are and how they should be. It is promotional and is meant to be positive not negative or controversial. The place to ask the types of questions around strategy, personnel, etc is the press conference after the game.

I was also puzzled Pohl did not go in but I trust TB and know there has to be a good reason which he may not want to share leaving us all to speculate. If not Pohl, why not Hirschman though (is he done?) 4 INTs are unacceptable BUT TW looked amazing in the first half. While the focus is on the INTs in the second half…lets not forget they blocked one of our punts and we muffed a punt (both of those are huge in the game!!). For the remainder of the game, BSU was sitting back looking for an INT. One thing I noticed is that all of TW's INTs looked eerily similar (a deep post across the middle)……throw is short and you can barely see a Zip near the ball. If we are going to speculate on the QB controversy, here is my theory……..If you have two guys you view to be equal (or close to it), you play the younger player. I would think that either Pohl or Woodson would transfer if they did not play this year. If you lose Pohl, he has 1 year left….if you lose Woodson, you have 3 years left. We have Chandler Kincaide who looks like he could be good and we also got a top commit with Jacob Harrison. With these two in the stable along with Woodson, I think we are in good shape. To be clear, I am not saying you scrap this season to develop a player for the future but I trust TB's instincts more than any of our and he knows a lot more about the situation than any of us do.

+1 !!!!!!!!

I thought that bounce had good mojo written all over it. I honestly never thought we were going to lose until the final interception. Great stand by the defense at the end to respond to the fumble and long return after it. As with everyone, I am puzzled we didn't attempt to run the ball more….after seeing Hundley go for a buckfortysomething at Pitt and then Chisholm go over a hundred against Miami…….

Ohio's 2nd string QB was better than our 2nd string QB.

I would take any of those attendance AVERAGES. We have not even approached a single game attendance of their worst average of 14,889.

From the NIU article…... "Earlier this month, Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren left DeKalb for North Carolina State and said that his biggest regret was that the team with the nation’s longest home winning streak didn’t sell out one home game while he was on the sideline. “We play a very good brand of football that doesn’t get watched in person enough,” Doeren told the Chicago Sun-Times a few days before taking the N.C. State job. “That’s not just here. That’s across the landscape of mid-major conferences. But to have all the streaks we have and not sell it out is probably the biggest disappointment I have.” Above…..​is my fear with TB……and this has been my point!! I said years and years ago, the key to success is getting and keeping a great coach. We have a great coach and I want to keep him. If I didn't care, I wouldn't comment on anything. AND NO LANCE I am not hoping they fail (that has to be one of the most bizarre comments I have seen on here).

HuH? Pretty bizarre deduction lance

My point is that it is the community that needs to respond and show support in order for things to get better. All anyone does is make excuses and they are excuses I simply do not understand. There is no reason for the population that surrounds Akron to not be able to put at least 20K in this beautiful stadium. Somebody recently mentioned that Akron needs to do something on a national level to gain support……..well, we did! We won the National Championship in soccer. I feel the school is doing its part. There comes a point when someone is going to say……why did we build this stadium? why did we build this indoor facility? why should we build a new basketball arena? why should we spend money bringing in big name coaches? If nobody supports the programs it will be easy to lure TB or even KD away. We are sooooo lucky to have the coaches we have but mark my words if there is no support…….I promise you they will be gone. And then everyone can go back to bitching about having an iCoach, Crawford or some young hotshot that will only stay 2-3 years. That is what is going to happen and you know what……..maybe that is all NE Ohio deserves.

I forgot to add cupcake schedule to the list of excuses…..thanks. EMU, Miami, BG and UMass are conference opponents……what would you suggest the school do? Move to a new conference? A new conference will not accept us unless we have a fan base they are interested in. The Marshall game bump in attendance had nothing to do with Akron fans being more interested…….it was the Marshall fans that gave us that whopping 4K boost

Location: Akron, Ohio Stadium: InfoCision Stadium Attendance: 9104 Weather: Sunny Temperature: 69 Wind: N 8 MPH Location: Akron, Ohio Stadium: InfoCision Stadium Attendance: 13357 Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 73 Wind: SSW13 Location: Akron, Ohio Stadium: InfoCision Stadium Attendance: 8416 Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temperature: 45 Wind: W 17 mph Location: Akron, Ohio Stadium: InfoCision Stadium Attendance: 8223 Weather: Mostly Sunny Temperature: 55 Wind: N 10 Attendance is actually going DOWN!!! I don't get it. The bump in the Marshall game was due to their fans. A comment was made about the coach making people care about the team. What would you suggest? He is out all the time promoting the team (and so is his father)!! Military appreciation day during Miami game apparently didn't help either….

Let me ask the question a different way…..Why would he stay if nobody cared or showed an interest in a winning program (except for 9100 people) - put the money aside for a second. No, he doesn't have to "chase a paycheck" but I am quite sure he wants to accomplish things that will be recognized and appreciated. There has been every excuse in the world given on this board for the poor attendance and support - OSU conflicts, Thursday games, bad weather, splintering seats at the RB, Cleveland loser mentality, HS fball conflicts, multiple terrible seasons, iCoach, etc etc. We are 8-3 in our last 11 games, we have a beautiful stadium, we almost beat Michigan at the big house, good showing against Penn State, beat Pitt and the weather has been great. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE BOOST IN ATTENDANCE!!!! I genuinely think everyone on this board actually cares BUT it blows my mind that with the population that surrounds Akron…..we cannot get at least 20K to a game at this point. 20K IS NOT A LOT!!!! Use LBJ as an example. Do you think he needs money? Why do you think he left? I am sure he won't publicly admit it but I guarantee you he wanted to get away from the pathetic woe is me attitude. He has his rings now, HE does not need money and Akron is his home so he is back. Makes sense I guess. I don't see TB having the same deep rooted loyalty.

I would say money is secondary but it is important…sorry but you most people don't live their lives to inherit family money….certainly not someone like TB. Ego is involved here and how about coaching in a community that actually gives a crap about what you are doing…..

Even if TB and/or Amato are not here?

Go to a Zips game then tboned ;-) You won't have to worry about any of that.

Cody Grice is a beast!!! A sack, 5 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, fumble recovery and a rushing touchdown. LOVE THAT GUY!!!

How do you know?

If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there to hear it………..does it make a sound?

I am sure he had to be impressed with the standing room only crowd ;-)

The players that are here have already committed. They have been through a lot and are battling…..they deserve better. They DO care about people in the stands and DO want a home field advantage. The point I am trying to make is that when the new recruits (preferably top recruits) see the lame crowds they will likely look elsewhere. Why would Bowden/Amato stick around and coach 1 star and 2 star players when they could go somewhere and get top recruits. Don't think for one second both of them are not being courted by big programs with a fan bases that actually care.

I guess topics you and a few others post are the only ones that are important huh Capt'n ;-) Attendance is an issue for a team that is winning (that has been the excuse). Mark my words……..players want to play in front of people and if the coaches cannot get those players……they will move on. This was a homecoming game for gods sake!!

Win and they will come? WHEN HAS THAT EVER BEEN PROVEN IN AKRON…..in any sport!?!!? To win….you need great COACHES who get great PLAYERS…..You need great facilities to get the great coaches that get the great players. In order to pay and justify all of this people actually need to come to the games and show that you care. UA has done its part….. If you are going to site Akron soccer a success…….it takes 3,400 people to be in the top 5 in the country in attendance so give me a break. BTW - they lost a couple games…..how has attendance been??

How about the MAC Conference commercial during the feed. They talked about "the Conference of Champions"…….sweet 16 basketball mentioned, cradle of coaches mentioned, I think there was something about baseball mentioned BUT there was no mention of the only Nation Champions the MAC has ever had……the 2010 University of Akron Men's soccer team!!