ToledoRockets

I think msopher is full of it. The West side of campus is Ottawa Hills which is full of seven-figure homes including the home Tom Cruise just bought which is two blocks from campus. The entire North side of campus is Old Orchard which is a beautiful community full of lawyers, doctors, professors, etc.. The East side of campus is all student living for the most part as well as the engineering school and the multi-million dollar codo complex just built for students for luxury living. The South side of campus is the lower income side but not too bad. The University of Toledo is NOT close to poverty like Akron is. Not even close. In addition, the campus is completely enclosed with no real mixing into the area like at Akron. Yes, Akron has made some improvements but, like one of our football coach said last year, "...It is still Akron..." Your program will not be one of the top programs in the MAC on a consistent basis. Not even close. Like I said before, it takes more than one good game to make a program. You guys are 13-10 in your last 23 games and 20-15 in your last 35 games. Big deal ! You had to BEG your students and fans to go to the MAC Championship game and it was the absolute worst attendance for a Championship game in history. Like I said, enjoy your 15-minutes of fame.

Akron is a flush in the pan, similar to WMU back in the late 90's. They backed into the MACC game. You guys are MAC Champions this year but in order to have a great program, you have to be consistently good over time, like Toledo. Akron will be, at best, 6-5 again next year. I would give my left nut for a cross over game, at Toledo of course because we do not like playing in front of high school crowds. Like I said, enjoy your 15-minutes of fame and your 7-6 record.

Jealous? Football and basketball are better draws in Akron? Firsty of all, you have obviously not walked around the University of Toledo campus as it is way, way nicer than Akron. It is no where near the city of Toledo as opposed to Akron which is in basically the hood. Walk around the neighborhood surrounding the University of Toledo and you will see million dollar homes. Walk around Akron's neighborhood and get shot. For you to even imply that Akron's campus is nicer than Toledo only tells me that you have obviously never been to Toledo's campus. What exactly do you guys have going for you again?

One good game and you think your school is a next Syracuse. Dude, let me clue you in on something...your school (regardless of winning on Thursday) barely belongs in the MAC. You are 13-10 the last two years and that is about the best record in your history and you average about 8,000 fans a game for football. The campus is the worst in the MAC, the Rubber Bowl is the worst in the MAC and your other sports are for crap except soccer. You guys need to worry about continuing to pray that the MAC wants to keep 12 schools or you and Buffalo are the first to go. Word in this neck of the woods is that you guys going to the Motor City Bowl is the WORST thing that could possibly happen for the MAC. The MCB DOES NOT WANT YOU but is obligated to take you. Now, the MCB is not so excited about renewing the contract to take the top remaining MAC team from the MAC Championship game. Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame as it will be nothing but continued mediocrity afterwards...

You guys are getting waaaay ahead of yourselves and this is the problem that has plagued programs like BG. You have still not really accomplished anything. You backed into a Championship game and beat a decent team. Granted, NIU did win the West, but I do not think you can find more than five people outside of Akron that really believes that Akron is a good program. There is a huge difference between playing one good game and having a great program. You need to keep yourselves grounded because the entire MAC conference, in all sports (except men's soccer) thinks that your school is a joke and should be axed from the MAC. Including a football program that is only 13-10 in the last two years and averages about 8,000 fans a game.