ZippyRulz

You're all making it too difficult. http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/08/26/a-former-mcdonalds-exec-turned-his-love-for-football-into-a-full-service-tailgating-startup/

1. Grid attendance 2. Hoops arena 3. Live streaming performance

Sam Bourquin‏@SammyB1590 Former University of Akron baseball coach Rick Rembielak will be the new head baseball coach and associate AD at Perry High School

aug. 22 show https://soundcloud.com/uatoz/ua-to-z-aug-22-2015-full

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/08/24/corps-of-cadets-hones-leadership.html Dispatch.com may have carried some of the recent negative UA stories; if so, I haven't seen it. I'll give them credit for carrying this one.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/uoa-nge082415.php We've got craniofacial reconstruction R&D Yes we do We've got craniofacial reconstruction R&D How about you?!?! (Doesn't quite flow like the HS football chant)

It's gonna be a long day waiting but I think the late start helps us more. In the heat of the Okla. afternoon we would wear down quicker and depth would be more of an issue.

Olympian.

GT is starting to bring it....some good coverage there.

So you think the Sooner scoring will be all touchdowns and our defense won't at least be able to hold them to some FG's? I highly doubt it but it depends on whether our secondary can execute assignments.

It's why innovative thinking and bold actions are needed to elevate the U....soon.

The county had to remove the arena tax issue from the ballot because of the public freakout. So why would any mayoral candidate come out in favor of an arena that might require a tax increase? I don't understand politics (and I don't think the politicians do either).

Fans will be fans but I would love it if their coaches and players felt that way.

Looks pretty real to me... http://wsls.com/2015/08/18/virginia-tech-cadets-face-tough-obstacles-in-first-week/ One of the largest classes of incoming cadets at VT, 43% from out of state, so there is some demand for the program.

USA Today MAC preview- http://www.usatoday.com/longform/sports/ncaaf/mac/2015/08/19/college-football-preview-mid-american-conference-mac/31640015/

Well, TB didn't improve the win count last year and new AD's like to bring in their own guys and Larry has this buddy looking for a chance to become an FBS head coach.... (jk)

It's called "making adjustments". We expect it of our coaches.......(and presidents/trustees).

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/cbs/128 Goliath #18 David #94, ahead of Syracuse, USF, Iowa State, Tulane, SMU, UConn, Tulsa, Kansas, ULM and Hawaii.

We dump on the JAR for being a dump, and then use basketball as an attendance benchmark(?) Our good soccer in a good facility would be a better yardstick, except that soccer is not one of the 2 major college sports. Until we see winning football in the fine stadium with some true marketing talent applied to the total gameday experience, we won't know the true UA attendance potential.

Choreography polytechnics: http://www.ohio.com/news/education/new-choreography-center-at-ua-hosts-its-first-two-pilot-residencies-1.616512

350 incoming freshmen cadets.. http://wsls.com/2015/08/12/va-tech-corps-prepares-for-incoming-freshmen/

You would be shocked to learn what some head coaches and assistant coaches earn at UA.

Our problem is a bean-counter President with seemingly zero Athletics Marketing acumen. He sees the football program strictly in dollars and cents. He can't see potential. Only what's on his 2015 spreadsheet. I have a more optimistic take on it. I think because SS is a bean-counter, he knows the necessity of increasing attendance to make ends meet and intends to do it. I believe he is already implementing new ideas to help the Zips football experience. I think I heard/read the marching band is being increased to 200 members, with money being spent (Shhhh) on new instruments and uniforms (look no further than 2 hrs down I-71 to see the importance of the band). And the cadet corps will also be marching and becoming a thing at home games...hopefully they will be a loud cheering section and develop some entertaining schtick of their own. Although PR/communication has become a big issue, SS has created the UAtoZ radio program as a great community outreach tool so hopefully they can work some more football/soccer/etc. information into that to get people informed and interested. That's another thing that could have been done by previous administrations but wasn't. Innovation is the name of the game and I am looking forward to the rollouts this fall.

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Burned out on keeping the football roster up to date?