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So, basically the Browns are ditching all unis with brown numerals? Or are these shown in addition to the traditional white with brown? The brown in these photos looks awfully charcoal to me. Is that just picture quality or an actual official color change? I'd like to see the orange pants with either the white or traditional brown tops. It would be like the days of the Cardiac Kids again.

I agree with this, but I agree with this because of the way the landscape is now. That is the problem. We have teams finishing 7th and 8th that either are, or are at least perceived to be, better than champions of other conferences. Putting in a conference cap rule for participants in the NCAA tourney would give extra opportunities to schools outside the autonomous Power 5 and thus make a wider variety of destinations attractive to potential recruits. I see that as a good thing, not just for the non-power schools but also for the sport overall.

I was not talking about which teams are better. I was talking about which teams had better seasons. That is a big difference. I am not against power conferences getting their top three or even four in but when teams that lost nearly as much as they won in their league I am not for them getting in. Probably the wrong thread for this but...I always hear the argument that middle of the pack teams in power conferences are better than top teams in so-called 'mid-majors'. I don't necessarily disagree with that assessment but I do think we should question why that is and how change can come about. To me if you limit the number of at-large teams any conference can get in it would create more opportunity to mid-majors, and to a lesser degree low-majors. If more non-power teams got in annually you would then see the talent level and recruiting abilities of those programs and conferences rise to create a little more parity. While some say we should be glad a bone is thrown our way I say that if there was more inclusion then no bones would need thrown in the first place because the level of competition would slowly become more equal. That's not saying that it would ever be completely equal in perception or talent just that it would be much more so than it is now. To me that would be a 'win' not just to the non-power schools but to the sport overall since more than just a few dozen of its 351 programs could be nationally viable in any given season or few seasons.

The alternate argument to this is if the team would have had a somewhat decent defense he may have had a pretty good win-loss record as a QB.

I agree with this but only because sometimes you can finish 5th, 6th, or 7th in a power conference and still get a shot at winning NCAA tourney games. They need to put a limit on how many teams one conference can send. If you can't finish better than 5th in your own league and you don't win your conference tourney then why should you get to play in the tourney for the national title?

I agree Hurley may have done some good at UB, but lets not forget that their program was pretty decent in the MAC before he got there. He may have raised the bar some but its not like they were all that far from doing what they did this year in some years prior. I know I can remember two MAC Championship game losses for the Bulls pre-Hurley. I know its not the same as the championship Hurley finally got (partially with his guys, partially not)for them but they haven't been that far from it for a number of years now.

Didn't say anything about winning. Just that they'd never come and I'd like the chance to see them in person. It is one of the primary problems in CFB. Schools like that act like they are somehow entitled. It should be a level playing field (maybe not in terms of talent but at least as far as rules and scheduling go) for all schools but never will be.

Hurley at ASU?... now I have a team I can really root against in the Pac-12. Some coaches schedule familiar opponents when they take a new job, I wonder if ASU will be scheduling any MAC teams. I doubt it.

Maybe not, but I sure would like to see the Sooners come to the Info. Oh wait, that would be college football blasphemy.

I'd love to see the Zips start to be more of a player in recruiting kids from Central Ohio. There is a lot of talent down here in my part of the state. The behemoth local university doesn't seem to pull a lot of players from their close-in back yard and although a number of area players go to MAC schools it isn't usually Akron (there are exceptions with Aaron Jackson, Nate Linhart, and the McKnights come to mind).

Yes, I always feel that way but this year I just kept hearing people calling MSU a Cinderella and to me that glass slipper just didn't fit. They were a team that went to the title game in a P5 conference and have been to multiple Final Fours recently.

The tournament ended for me when the only "Cinderella" left in the field was a team that has been in six Final Fours in 15 years.

Why go with the two hand dunk at all? Just lay the ball in. It is still two points and a two possession game in the waning seconds. Why give the officials any potential reason to call anything?

Keep winning at least two every weekend and find a way to peak at tourney time and things could get pretty interesting.

I saw the game. Of course its only my opinion but I thought the technical was clearly deserved. He not only hung on the rim but pulled himself up and swung his legs out horizontally. If he had just hung and dropped it may not have been called. It was the showboating nature of it that drew the 'T'. In fact when he landed he immediately looked at the official on the baseline half expecting that he was going to call the 'T'. He didn't, however, an official behind the play did. The one with Zeke a few years ago against NDSU in the BracketBusters game was more of a 50/50 call in my opinion. It almost looked like Zeke would have crashed his head into the backboard had he not held onto the rim on that occasion.

Did anyone else watch how our archrival's season ended last night? It was quite a game. It has been a long time since I have team up five with 30 seconds left in overtime end up losing, especially when the losing team only missed one free throw the entire game. Northern Arizona had a steal and a blocked shot in the last 30 seconds that led to two layups. Simply unbelievable. http://www.collegeinsider.com/2015/2015-round3-Can't State-nau-recap.pdf

I admit that I don't know who the best guy for the QB job is. I do think, however, that it isn't unusual to see a QB not start 'clicking' until after he has had 15 to 25 games under his belt. Some guys don't need that initial experience and some do. The patient approach also allows the QB to learn the more intricate nuances of the system and/or for the offense to be tweaked toward the ability of the QB. This isn't about Pohl specifically I just generally hate to see a revolving door at the QB position. It rarely works out well when you are continually changing the QB. You only have to look a little north to the team that plays on Sundays to see this. With early draft picks every year and people paid to evaluate talent you can't tell me they haven't had a single very good QB in 15 years. The constant changing of signal callers has definitely hurt them. I know college is different in that guys can only be around and playing for four years but I just don't want to see the Zips become the Browns of the MAC.

If they'd be willing to make the commitment to moving up to FBS would schools like Illinois State, Murray State, or Eastern Kentucky be worth considering? I admit I know very little about their athletic budgets and their ability to make such a move going forward.

That event looks like a lose-and-done type of format. Why wouldn't they just make it a three game guarantee situation with the eight teams involved like they often do with college tourneys? I mean they already have to have the time set aside in case they win, right? That is a long way for some high school teams to go to potentially only play 32 minutes of basketball. Still, I 'll have to remember to watch to see Agba.

The only thing I don't like about UMass leaving is the 'preferred scheduling' arrangement I believe the MAC was supposed to have with them pertaining to the other sports. I would've liked to have seen an Akron-UMass home and home series in basketball.

In that VCU game we also had a team which, was stricken by the flu bug and the opposing coach was much more familiar with what Akron does than just about any other coach in the nation would be. I honestly think that year it was the absolute worst possible draw Akron could've gotten. I also liked drawing Notre Dame for the matchup possibilities but I did think it was a slap in the face to the entire MAC that the conference champ was a 15 seed, especially since it was the year after OU went to the sweet 16.

Currently EMU is down 16 early in the second half at Louisiana-Monoe. CMU lost at La Tech in the NIT last night. Western Michigan got absolutely drilled 86-57 by Cleveland State in Kalamazoo in the CiT. With Toledo and Akron declining their postseason opportunities, if the EMU score holds the MAC will be down to only Buffalo in the NCAA and Can't State, which won 68-56 over Middle Tennessee down in the Blue Raiders arena tonight.

No guarantee they would've gotten the same pairing but how awesome would it have been if Akron had won the title and drew former head coach Huggins and the Mountaineers just down I-71?

I remember two NIT wins for the Zips, both on the road followed by highly competitive road losses on short turn arounds their next time out. Ending Florida State's season as well as ending Temple coach John Cheney's career are still two of my favorite Zips basketball memories.

Am I the only one that thinks Pohl didn't look too bad when we were going with an up-tempo no huddle offense? It just seemed like he bogged down when the tempo and play calling slowed down. If we go fast on offense I still think Pohl would be a pretty decent option at QB. Of course I don't know as much about the other guys as most on here seem to know.