Professional UA Student

I'm a student of Akron, but I also race dirt-track cars on the weekends. Your complaint reminds me of a quote that comes up a ton when one of us is talking about how good we did in a recent race: It's Not Where You Run, It's Where You Finish! This sums your complaint up 100% as far as I'm concerned! Akron finished on TOP, end of story. I used to have a fairly good opinion of the University of Toledo guys, but people like you really make me question this.... For you to find this AKRON message board, register a name, and then flame the AKRON crowd really speaks volumes about the people of Toledo! Congratulations, ToledoRockets, for making your school look like a bunch of sore-losing douches!

Before you jump on us students, you should look at the timeframe a little bit here. The last day of regular classes for us students is December 9th. That means that on the night of Thursday, December 1st, we had 6 days of classes remaining. This is a pretty hectic time for us right now, and traveling 200 miles away on a school night to watch a football game is pretty much out of the question for many of us. I know it would be great for us to show our support out there, but with the way classes are scheduled at akron most students have thursday off and a ton of classes on friday. Football games last a few hours, Education lasts a lifetime. I'm a big fan of the Football team and have been to numerous games, but sometimes we all have to put things into perspective and do the less fun thing (like study). I know for sure that I'm not going to pass up a free bus ride or ticket to the Motor City Bowl. In fact, I'll still be there without any sort of free passes. Heck, I'll even talk a few guys from work into going with me!