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I'm all for Mohawks, not sure the Natives would be though

Yeah, that was worthless. "One major player left" There are several "major players" left. Goodyear, Bridgestone, FirstEnergy (and no, $2 million for the soccer stadium is not a major contribution), Sterling, GoJo, and there are Cleveland players as well that are viable options.

Any reference to Billy Madison deserves some credit.

The "dull design" is an existing building...East Ohio Gas Building. They are turning the ugly spaceship into a parking lot.

He's an old crackpot from Tallmadge, read any comments on any article on Ohio.com and he's on there trolling.

It's a "multi-billion-dollar" non-profit that gives the majority of it back to communities and schools so that people can get an education for free and continue being an athlete. Understand that the NCAA is bigger then the 10,540 men that play FBS football. I love that, because its a non-profit, they are "rotten money-grubbers" as if access to the sports and athletes the NCAA represents has become limited. Even an Alabama game is cheaper to go to then any NFL game (assuming you get a face value ticket). Why shouldn't they be money hungry? They represent the schools and athletes, and yeah some of you idiots are going to say "they don't pay the athletes, or give them their fair share" if the NCAA wasn't money hungry that money would go straight to real corporations as the profit from the revenue the sports create. Heck, the biggest money-grubber associated with the sport is ESPN. If not, NCAA football would not be nearly as big as it is. ESPN took a risk showing games that no one was "interested" in and it made their whole network what it is today. I would be more angry if the NCAA (collegiate athletics version of NFL Properties) didn't money grab. So many of you look at the multi-billion dollar deals (that stretch over 5 years in most cases) and villify the NCAA for going after the money. When you read about the "attrocities" of the money hungry NCAA, remember where that is coming from, it's coming from the people that have to shell out the money to get the rights to show the sports. Its coming from ESPN and CBS because it cuts into the revenue they get to keep that would never go to any of those athletes. And your final comment... Yet you are mad that the NCAA is fining Penn State $60 million over five years and giving it to organizations that research the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse and not directly to the victims.

Yes it is your opinion, however poor it may be. They have a $1.7 billion endowment, and this is an institutional problem, I think they have plenty to take care of victims. The hate for the NCAA is cynicism at its finest. I won't throw their PR campaign at any one. But the bottom line is that they had a right and duty to do something to Penn State.

The undisclosed location better be Detroit, Michigan Mr. Thomas... Just kidding, have a good one, hopefully when you get back you'll have an exciting Zips athletics season to cover.

If anyone is curious about what the best way to build a program is, I have the answer... WIN SOME DAMN GAMES! I see people (not Akron people) talking about "quick rebuilds" and "exit strategies". No, TB wants to win games because the number one program builder is winning. Winning creates exposure, winning attracts talent. If TB feels that Williams is the best at running the offense right now, then that is who you start right now because you play the game right now, not next year, not when MAC competition starts. You play to win the game, not to develop a player. Practice is for development, game time is for playing the dadgum game.

TE and FB play a major role in many spread offenses. It gives you a big mobile body that allows you to create a mismatch.

Because apparently this is an SEC/B1G board, judging from the posts in the recruiting threads and playoff effects threAd.

Only playing devil's advocate here... 6 winning season, 3 under Owens (7 total)... Owens didn't get to a bowl, didn't get to a championship game, and those winning seasons in D1/FBS go count how many wins are against D1A/FCS schools. I think GP1's point stands.

Siamese pigs connected by an unnecessary bridge. (sorry "conjoined" pigs)

Yeah because people don't just lose their $#!% and start shooting people... Seattle Miami You assume guilt by association, some people are friends with who they need to be friends with to survive. It doesn't mean they themselves are doing anything bad. Quite honestly you are an @$$ for continuing this same line of thinking ad nauseum, we get it, you think he's a risk, now shut up about it. It's shameful that people like you are "fans".

YAWN They have sited youth numbers for years, why? Because parents have thought football too dangerous, or kids were too big to play Pee Wee. Participation dwindles as the kids reach their teenage years. And a million people watched Manchesters play each other, I bet a quick poll would show those million were mostly English natives and non US Americanized people. What's interesting about the article is that it supports what train enthusiasts and knitters have said for a long time "We don't need the haters to care, because there are 400 channels that lack programming and need something to show, so we can find a NICHE there" More people watched American Pickers then the Manchester match. BTW, love soccer, played it and football and baseball, and watch the Zips every chance I get, I just have had it with the soccer snobbery.

There is another way of looking at it too. Eventually the middle and lower class get sick of looking at the rich and cut their heads off and move into the better houses.

Back to back tennis champs!!

CUSA is adding teams because the alliance isn't going to happen.

It's based off of winning percentage and attendance, not quality of stadium.

Same here, it tells me he is a biased southerner... Biased against bad QB's, sorry about your luck Patrick, my wife always thought you looked like a dentist maybe you can work on doing that.

I think it is because there are 4 different Akron twitter accounts. That all tweet similar stuff. That's 4 not counting coach's accounts.

Recieved a request to take a survey. It asks how often you attended this season (type of package or tickets you bought), how you like to buy tickets, how you found about the tickets, and then some questions about your experience. Experience questions are regarding if there are enough concession choices, merchandise choices, that the cost is fair for both. Then it asks what are the biggest impacts to your game day experience (issues you have). And finally, if there was a rennovation to the JAR or a new arena is built what would you like to see to improve the game day experience.

Opponents Rushing yards against the Zips 2011 - 2635 - 219 yards a game. Passing - 2491 - 207 yards a game. Trust me, Run Defense is not an "afterthought".

I'm sure they've been ineligible for the NCAA tourney for a long time

Lerner has taken some teams to the super bowl too, but they don't play in Cleveland or play American football...