https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/10/14/college-football-ncaa-re-rank-ohio-state-no-1-oklahoma-rises/3969301002/
Bad news: we're still dead last
Good news: we're only 4 spots removed from the Big 10 (Rutgers)
Have not listened to this yet but the Name/Image/Likeness legislation train is sure to impact even the G5 conferences..
https://923thefan.radio.com/articles/mac-commissioner-jon-steinbrecher-talks-fair-pay-play
#1 sounds better than #130
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2019/09/30/college-football-ncaa-re-rank-alabama-ohio-state-surge-past-clemson/3812381002/
(scroll way down)
https://gozips.com/roster.aspx?path=wlax
Looks like a great group and most of them wouldn't be @Akron sans lax. I will circle March 25 on my calendar - Beat Kent!
It will be interesting to see what happens. IDK if Tosu would take him as a KR/PR but some other B10 schools probably would. I could also see him in the AAC. We would be lucky to get him.
https://gozips.com/news/2017/9/19/general-university-of-akron-looks-to-bring-back-mens-baseball-add-womens-lacrosse.aspx
"Another key component of this plan is that any athletic scholarships provided to student-athletes for these two sports will come from community financial support – not University funds."
I've lived through the PJ Fleck era at WMU and Urban Meyer at BGSU and I can tell you having a ranked team can infuse excitement into a program pretty quickly.