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NIT isn't where we want to be but I think the additional games are a good chance for our underclassmen to get some valuable experience in a playoff environment. Good luck Akron - we'll be watching at 9PM tonight!

Thanks for starting this thread. I almost did last night but chose not to post anything last night and just went to bed.It may not have been a 1350AM problem but that station does have to go. As soon as I get off of the Cleveland-Massillon Road exit in Norton the signal begins to fade and is pretty much gone about a mile-and-a-half later to the southwest. 640, 850, and 1590 all come in just fine where I live. Could not believe, after that kind of ending, that we couldn't even cry in our beer a little bit on the drive home listening to Frenchy, KD, and a player or two. Another and I really didn't need that too. 1350AM and the problems we've had with the broadcasts are embarrassments. Come on Mack - get this situation resolved by football season.

PERFECT! My nausea and depression will be almost 24 hours old! Talk about a punch in the gut last night ... Life definitely isn't always fair and we Akron fans have the scars to prove it. Love my Zips and ALWAYS will ... as hard as that is at times.GO ZIPS!

One other wish for Can't ... enjoy the Wagon Wheel now while you've got it 'cause we're taking that friggin' thing back TOO next fall! Bunch of foul-mouthed, class-less hippies ...

Thanks Blue and Gold. It's REALLY easy to quickly judge someone's character when you don't have all of the facts.

Oh my, didn't see that one!

Yeah, the people at the Q had it brought down supposedly because it was bigger than signs are allowed to be but ultimately because it included the word "Sucks." I was standing in front of the sign when it was put away and that is some of the discussion I heard. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

If Can't is allowed to sport their "Screw the Roo!" shirts wherever they go, would it be appropriate to offer "SCREWED BY THE ROO!" T-shirts and hats to Akron fans and fans of those sent packing by the Zips? Just wondering ... Nah, probably don't want to stoop to Can'ts level ...

Oooh, that's a nasty flat-line there in the second half for Can't ... what a beautiful thing!

You buy the 5-pack mac and cheese and take it to the Q for a ticket. The stores do not have any vouchers that I was made aware of and vouchers were not mentioned when we went to the Q this morning and almost got turned away without tickets or vouchers in hand ...Just got back from the Q. Picked up 16 5-packs of Kraft mac & cheese at Giant Eagle at 3AM this morning. Kyle and I drove to the Q and got to the ticket office at about 9:30. The guy at the window told us that they were NOT allowed to hand out tickets for the men's game until AFTER the women's game (ends about 3 this afternoon). Apparently scalpers and brokers in the past have brought truckloads of the stuff to the Q, gotten tickets, and then scalped/sold them. I told the guy that it was not made clear at all last night at the Q or on their web site that that was the case. I also pointed to Kyle and told them that we were NOT scalpers or brokers and that the 8 tickets were for my family. The manager ended up making a few phone calls and finally gave the guy working the window the go-ahead to give us our tickets. Another manager walked by the window and reminded the guy giving us our tickets that there is a 4-ticket limit per person. For any of you looking to get your tickets early like we did (section 117, row 13; not bad; lower bowl), you may want to call the Q first or check their web site to see if they've changed their policy. Another fan was walking up to the window with mac and cheese as we were turning ours in and I don't know how he made out - I wasn't sticking around to find out. I had my tickets and was heading south again. The guy did confirm that nothing about "after the women's game" was said last night and nothing (as of early this morning) was posted on the web site. Good luck everyone. See you tonight!

THAT is an awesome sign - my favorite so far but you guys just keep coming up with something new all of the time. That one goes into the Rowdie Hall of Fame! Thanks for posting.Also can't (they suck) say enough about the effort you and the other Rowdies made keeping your chins up after that ugly first half. You never gave up and obviously neither did the guys on the hardwood. Those last 10 minutes were a blast and you guys kept the faith all the way through. Great job. See you in about 7 hours.

A lot of the Giant Eagle stores in the Akron area are open 24 hours. I just called the one in Montrose and the 5-packs of Kraft are 2 5-packs for $6 and the manager has quite a few cases ready to go. Waterloo Road also has them. Ya can't (they suck) beat the price - ASK A FRIEND OR TWO OR THREE AND GET THEM TO THE Q TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!

I think you have to buy them at GIANT EAGLE (special 5-packs?). That promo has been used in the past for the championship game and I'm pretty sure you have to get the mac & cheese at Giant Eagle (they sponsor the promo). Check to make sure. It's 1:27AM, CAN'T STATE STILL SUCKS, and I'm considering heading out to a 24-hour Giant Eagle to make sure I get 12 5-packs for my van load of people.UN-FREAKIN' BELIEVABLE TONIGHT!!!!

Many of you have already said it ...Out-hustle Can't on the glass and keep pounding it inside, especially to Wood. I have no idea why Akron stopped doing that for a period of time last Sunday. Loading up and heading north in about a half hour. Looking forward to a big crowd and I hope it is pro-Akron! All six in our van are!

Kyle and Katie just got home from school, fired up the CMU/Akron game on DVR, and just ran through all of the cheers together. If I hear "Peanut Butter Goddard Time ..." one more time ...

Thanks. Didn't check other sources to make sure what I heard was correct.Win or lose tonight, there is just no denying that We all make mistakes in life but I am VERY thankful one of mine WASN'T attending Can't State!

It is actually Keonta Howell who hurt his foot and I couldn't find anything on the Toledo web site (surprise) confirming that he'll be out. The Toledo Blade article mentioned that he may try to play tonight.

Sounds like the MAC has just announced that they will be opening the curtains around the top of the Q for tonight's games. First time since the MAC moved the tournament to Cleveland that they've done that!Should be a helluva game tonight ... GO ZIPS!!!!!

OK .... GO ZIPS!

What skip-zip said.

Give me Western tomorrow night for their third game in as many days. Want to take as much of the emotion out of tomorrow night's game as possible. Can't has a score to settle, has played one less game, and is a very talented and well-coached team. Two is enough for me this year. Come on, Broncos!

I was out trolling on OU's web site and I noticed they are counting the days until the start of their football season ...ATHENS, Ohio - The Ohio football team will make its 2007 season debut on Saturday, Sept. 1 versus Gardner-Webb at Peden Stadium. The match up with the Bulldogs was one of four non-conference games announced on Tuesday.After opening the season at home, the Bobcats will travel to Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 8 and Virginia Tech on Sept. 15. Ohio will host Wyoming on Sept. 22 in the final non-league game of the season."We believe we have put together a very competitive schedule that will prepare our football team for another run at a MAC championship," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. "Not only are we excited about the match ups, but also the fact we have the opportunity to play six home games." Gardner-Webb??? Louisiana-Lafayette??? "We believe we have put together a very competitive schedule that will prepare our football team for another run at a MAC championship," Yeah, right ...

My group of 4 is planning to stay for at least the 1st-half of Can't to cheer for Western. The sooner Can'ts season is over, the better. Western wouldn't be a walk in the park but we KNOW Can't would like to pay us back. I hope those in charge of the bus stick around so as many as possible are there to pull for the Broncos.

I think Buffalo helped us out big time by climbing back into this game. Down by 30 with about 13 minutes to go, they turned it into a game and forced CMU to continue to play hard all the way to the end. I agree that Akron should be able to do better than they did earlier this year against CMU and I don't know that I would expect CMU to repeat a 58% shooting performance. Akron 72 CMU 58

How about reserving the two lower-level chairback sections closest to the south end Rowdies for us AK-OLDIES? As OUR numbers grow, we'll make a grab for the two sections closest to the north ROWDIES and begin to squeeze in towards the middle. If we do it right, we'll catch them all sleeping and they'll never know what hit them! Just kidding big donors ... sorta. I'll be in the upper-chairbacks waiting for the word. Those around me can confirm that I don't sit on my hands and I do my share of the yelling and bad-mouthing the refs! Love the AK-OLDIES idea.