g-mann17

I think people know my preferred location... Three things to keep in mind... 1. The footprint of the JAR includes classrooms and office space. So when you compare that to the foot print of the block of land meant by Spicer and Exchange, keep in mind that a new arena with the same footprint as the JAR could be much larger. 2. The space between Mayflower and the Kaiser building is empty parking lots and unused streets. 3. The majority of the property between Exchange, Spicer, Goodkirk is already owned by the University. I still think downtown is the more likely scenario because of the strong backing of UPA, Summit County, and Akron. Its easier to get buy in for this type of thing when you can point to a unified agenda. I think Main St. is the plan and Spicer is the fall back option.

"If*" a new arena is built, the University and its planning company have narrowed it down to two locations. Spicer and Exchange Main Street across from Canal Park. source *I say if, feeling like it is a foregone conclusion that a JAR reno is not feasible.

Well he was one of the 12 votes for Murphy.

Maybe our performance over the last 8 years is why the performance the team had was living up to expectations. Should Dambrot have been COY, sure because Murphy really didn't accomplish anything when a person familiar with the MAC looks at things. However, most of the Media isn't familiar with the MAC (even if the MAC is their beat) and the story of predicted worst and finishing first is going to play better with those people then Akron's story of being predicted to continue to be a strong team and maybe win it.

I like soccer, have no problem with it, but check the reasoning for increased viewership and attendance. Expansion. And the NBA can tell you that expansion isn't about success, it's about spreading the brand, it's a huge risk. Which is why the MLS is expanding mostly in Canada. Less pro sports to compete with, soccer runs opposite of the Canadian national sport hockey. MLS clubs have had to sell themselves, many now owned by European clubs. Why? Because they struggle to make money. However for European owners the costs of running the American clubs is much lower. It is growing, and will continue to grow. But is not quite as successful or relevent as many of you think it is just yet.

Congratulations, and thanks for a fun regular season. Now let's go cut some more nets down!!!

Athletics is an insignificant cost with regards to tuition. And the general fee goes to more than just intercollegiate athletics. Students that don't want it, or don't take advantage of it are doing a disservice to themselves.

Students pay for service, that they receive. Fans pay for entertainment. Donors give money, most of those people in the front rows are big donors that contribute $10000 plus a year on top of the season ticket cost. The only quality thing you can give them in the JAR is court side seets. That is why we need a new arena. That is why renovation won't work.

Price of season tickets to all sporting events (Priority Reserved). Football - $250 M Basketball - $760 M Soccer - $110 (bleacher back only, chair back are sold out and waiting listed) Then Women's basketball and soccer is probably an additional $200 $1320 for tickets, premium parking costs extra. Students pay at max $1197.36 to the general service fee each year. This is split between 5 seperate programs: the health professionals in Student Health Services; intramurals; UA-recognized student organizations; intercollegiate athletics; other co-curricular activities. So the full $1200 isn't even going to just athletics, we'll be generous and say 50% is for just D-1 Athletics. That is less then $600. Yet you are saying you should get $1400 worth of benefits? I think our student section sucks, there are only so many options because of the JAR layout. How about you guys propose an additional $20 fee per credit hour and you could raise an additional $14.4 million a year (minus summer classes) and build a new arena for the school. Then you can sit where the heck you want.

LOL Half court seats for the students? I want to see what they do at Duke and have the student section be one set of bleachers from floor to ceiling behind the baskets. Then see the Rowdies fill that hill like they do for soccer.

Actually we should tear it down and make it a parking deck. Lord knows we need another one of those. I mean yes we should have wrapped this regular season up already, but crap we only have 20 wins, with one of our youngest teams in years, against one of the toughest schedules ever. This teams sucks and its a waste of resources that could be going to start up that women's field hockey team we so desperately need.

Two words... Scooter McDougle A full statment on that, if Toledo had been in a larger conference, they would have been death penaltied. They are also still heavily scrutinized by the NCAA because there is a legitimate belief that the whole thing ran deeper than just a couple of players. The guy running the whole thing said he was in the coach's pocket as well, but they could not find any paper trail to prove his statements.

Yes, because he made a statement.

I have a copy, could totally use a new one that includes the most recent nightmare and 2 sigs from coaching legends. Anyway you could do a hardback issue for these? Would hold up better.

That's a lot of work you did there. They win Sunday and none of that matters. In fact there is better than a 33% chance that tie breakers won't matter. Why better than a 33% chance? Because statistically home teams have a better shot of winning then road teams, and we have a home game left against a Buffalo team that is tiring out. Bottom line...We have to win all three games. Why? Because giving each of those teams an additional loss gives us a psychological advantage in the MAC Tournament. We enter with every team knowing we own the tournament, it would be much nicer if all but one team in the tournament also knew we owned them completely during the season.

Well this will certainly mess up schedules. And prediction time.... Akron finishes with better record then Temple next season.

I remember being at the game when Sparks hurt his toe. I always wondered how he never got a chance to take his starting spot back.

He was also arguably the best QB we had during those seasons too.

Moore, Nicely, D'Orazio, Pohl, Watson, Franco, Goodman, and technically Dylan Potts was a QB. So that is at least 8 and I could be forgetting someone. I believe there has been talk of an additional transfer from Texas, and We have have a preferred walk on QB on the team as well. We could have as many as 11 QB's on the team.

I would...

I believe you would have seen Steelers gear near the Ape house, but it might not be family reunion time just yet. Freaking neanderthals.

My Oral joke got noticed Seriously though, how can the fans of Oral Roberts even deserve any disrespect. They have been a quality mid major for a while now, their team has some class, and the whole moral code of the school over there means they are respectful. Glad they think highly of our fan base because teams like that deserve nothing but respect. Teams like Ohio and Can't on the other hand.....

People in Cincinnati were OSU honks until the Bearcats joined the Big East and went on a run. The Bearcats wete not particulsly strong in any sport when they joined.

Did not see this anywhere.... The delay in sending out the season ticket packages is because the MAC is working out details to include 2 tickets to any non rivalry away MAC game of your choice.

Probably Van Horne.