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I hope the decision to take him back or not is made independent of the PG situation. Off-the-court mistakes should require off-the-court amends.

At the library the other day I picked up "Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy" by John M. Heisman and Mark M. Schlabach. There is a full chapter devoted to his time at Buchtel College including a picture copywritten by UA. It verifies that the center snapping the ball to the quarterback was invented in Akron due to Buchtel's quarterback being tall and prone to fumbling when he picked it up off the ground. Also, the Buchtel victory over OSU is described in glorious detail. Heisman's reason for leaving Ohio was due to heartbreak when his sweetheart (a Buchtel student) received a terminal diagnosis. However, he left Buchtel College because the faculty bemoaned his relatively high salary and believed sports were becoming a distraction from academics. I recommend this book to all UA football and baseball fans. It amazes me how Heisman is such an under-celebrated part of UA football history. With the building of Infocision, the Heisman Lodge is no longer relevant though I believe UA still owns it. A tribute to Heisman and his part of UA football history needs to be celebrated somewhere on campus.

The UT stream looks so good because it is an ESPN3 broadcast. UT and Can't look fairly evenly matched. The MACC is wide open this year.

Aren't you neglecting Miami (Ohio) University, the University of Dayton, and Xavier University?

I completely agree. I don't smell the smoke either. That amount of money is well spent elsewhere. The money some highly paid coordinators make could support 10 full time professors. This is the sad state of affairs that is the marrying of collegiate academics and athletics. At the pro level, millions are spent renovating new stadiums (a la FirstEnergy Stadium) while the public schools rot. Disgusting! I would applaud UA and the rest of the mid-level universities for dismissing themselves from this madness. The University of Chicago chose academics over athletics. Why can't we do the same and be better off for it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Maroons_football http://bleacherreport.com/articles/663252-...hicago-marroons "They would go on to win two national championships and seven Big 10 championships." "...responsible for the creation of the tackling dummy, the reverse, man in motion, the lateral pass, and numbered uniforms." The University of Chicago also had a Heisman winner and twelve All-Americans. Quite the tradition, but I am much more impressed with the university's contributions to paleontology, physics, and medicine though.

Good win on the road with timely three-point shooting. Overall a mediocre effort and terrible FT shooting. This team has a long way to go before winning the MACC or an NCAAT game.

I'll take being up 41-36 at half on the road and not playing particularly well.

Good find, thanks. I switched to the radio.

The choppiness of this feed makes it nearly unwatchable! Slow start for us offensively. I like our chances though...solid defense against a mediocre MAC team will go a long way towards a win.

Great win for the Zips! I had this game down as a loss before the season even started. Let's hope it is an initiating event in what will become a run to another MAC East title. What frustrates me (and I think a lot of other ZNO'ers) is that in general, KD's teams only play with consistent heart and to their potential in the MAC seasons. Though their have been flashes of strength in the OOC and post-seasons...the first half against Gonzaga, in spurts against ND, Mississippi State, Temple, Florida State...am I missing any?

If we only had two more bowl bids, our bowl record would be as good as that of the B10.

If they are friends with OSU players from HS, I have no problem with it.

Not a chance! So long as I have to listen to friends, family, and the media drivel on about OSU's unsubstantiated greatness, I will continue to point out how and why they are over-rated. Many of these friends and family are UA alums with no connection to OSU, which compounds my frustration. I have said time and again on this forum that I can tolerate the lunatic OSU alums; the casual OSU fans with no connection to the university and especially UA alums are the ones that drive me insane. OSU should be better than us. They are the flagship university of Ohio, so they have all the resources and tradition. This explains the little sibling complex you mention. We are both D-1A/FBS and often have cross-conference games, so I will continue to give their programs a reality check. With the results of these past two games, my criticism of OSU has proven to be fairly objective. I think they are a top 15-20 team, but playing for the NC because they won 24 straight games with soft OOC and B10 schedules...ridiculous!

I think it depends on the play calling. In the B10 I would say not because the TE is more of a glorified lineman who occasionally catches the ball. If I am a TE, I want to go to the PAC10 or SEC to show off my receiving AND downfield blocking skills.

Yes, I agree that it is sad that this has to be mentioned. I feel that overall, we have been pretty objective regarding KD's performance along with his strengths and weaknesses. Find the thread last year when we were praising him for some second half adjustments that allowed us to come from behind and win a game. Does anyone else remember which game that was? I want to say it was the home game against the Canadians.

I agree with a lot of what you've said, and I am frustrated too. However, I wouldn't hang the 0-26 versus ranked opponents around KD's neck. This is an all-time record, and only a few have occurred during KD's tenure. Nonetheless, there have definitely been a fair number of opportunities to take it to the next level with some marquee wins but most have been missed.

Source?

Some good bowl games involving MAC teams today: Pitt vs. BUGS and Utah State vs. NIU. The lazy day after Christmas is a great date for the MAC's two best teams to be featured.

So your solution is to perpetuate the status quo and let our alumni flock elsewhere? Why can't you still follow the team you grew up with but primarily follow the Zips or at least be a fan of both? Yes, you may be a fan of both, but most people aren't. Hence, the MBB attendance issues. How does the MAC escape the perpetuation of this viscious cycle? Though I disagree, GP1 has proposed the only real solution. Yes, we compete with OSU. Objectively, NIU is not worthy of being in the top 5. They won one game against an average Iowa team, destroyed a bad Purdue team, and ran the table in the MAC. Sure, Toledo and Ball State are good wins too, but not worthy of consideration for the top spots. Like OSU, their schedule is weak relative to the SEC and Pac 10. Until there is a true 16 team playoff system, all we can do is subjectively project the best X number of teams, and this year, NIU is not among them IMO. However, I want NIU to win because they are in the MAC and if NIU can do it, Akron can too. The result of the MACC and their bowl game will be very telling.

I saw a commercial for the MAC a few years ago that stated the MAC alumni base is the largest of any D-1A conference in the country. I don't know if this is accurate or not, but the point remains that the MAC alumni base is huge. If the MAC alums had the same enthusiasm and allegiance as B10 alums, the MAC would have plenty enough fans to justify what advertisers charge. However, these alums have no enthusiasm for or allegiance to their native institution. Instead, many are fans of B10 schools because they play "major" sports. This lack of loyalty is the very essence of why I can't stand OSU. The traitor fans are the worst because they remove support for MAC schools and give it directly to the B10 who we compete with (regardless of what many on here insist). The casual non-OSU alums are bad too but they are just bandwagoners. I have no problem with OSU alum like Buckzip who are biased in supporting their school. We are the same way with the Zips and this is why I love listening to Frenchy. Go Zips!

I don't know why Missouri is not getting any respect. Their only loss is to a very good South Carolina team in OT on a missed field goal. And other than 'Bama having lost recently, I think they are as good as anyone in the country.

The solution is simple. All FBS conference champions get a berth in a 16 team single elimination playoff system and the other spots are filled by at-large selections using a computer system like the BCS. Final round games are rotated in name with traditional bowl games. Every school begins play in their conference. At the end of the season, teams not in the playoffs play four out of conference games to determine relative strength of conference used for the BCS computer system strength of schedule for the following year. When eliminated from the championship playoffs, schools may opt to participate in the cross-conference games, or not. No more whining about strength of schedule, and the traditional powers and conferences can no longer bully everyone else. Let's settle it on the field. Any team that wins four games in a row among the top 16 in the country deserves to be called National Champions.

Great exchange. I'll continue... realtimerpi.com rates RPI, which take into account wins, losses, and opponent strength. Clearly, OSU has 12 wins and zero losses; however, the question is the strength of their opponents. The realtimerpi.com isolates the opponent strength factor and ranks them. Objectively, the strength of OSU's opponents is ranked #147 relative to only 120 FBS teams. So, at least 27 FCS teams play a stronger schedule than OSU does. I can't speak for others, but the reason I care about OSU is because their fan base dominates ours even in our own city and among our own alumni. Hence, OSU being setback as we advance helps balance local respect in our favor and potentially allows us to establish a larger, more stable fan base that has national respect. Towards this end, I think it would be great for OSU to play for the NC and get blown out thus validating that they aren't that good. The same thing happened in 2007 and to a lesser degree 2008. Unfortunately, our program did not have the staff, facilities, or trajectory to take advantage of OSU being shown as overrated. The B10 is a weak BCS conference, but if OSU wanted to assert themselves as being a power program, they could schedule stronger opponents in the OOC. Instead, they choose to use this as their preseason. It annoys me that OSU fans cite the 24 game win streak as justification for playing for the NC in 2013. Newsflash OSU honks: 2012 results don't count; OSU was ineligible because of NCAA violations. OSU has paid their dues and can now move on with their 2013 resume as evidence for playing for the 2013 NC.

Since we are sticking with facts, according to realtimerpi.com, OSU has a strength of schedule of #147 and UA's is #53. There are only 120 FBS teams! This alone can account for the differences you describe. Three of our four OOC games would all qualify among OSU's four most tough opponents this year (along with Wisconsin). NIU and Ball State are better than most B10 teams, and BUGS is no slouch. So, objectively, Akron's D was every bit as good as OSU's this year. If Roby is one of the defenders you are mentioning, I would like to point out how he got torn up and down the field by Wisconsin's receiver. Along with Manziel, I expect Roby to be another quintessential quality college player whose game does not translate well to the NFL. I can see Manziel being the Browns' next failure of a QB experiment. I agree, we had great improvement this season, and I too could not be more pleased.

7-23-2 all-time against the defending National Champions out of the B10...the perfect way to start a run for a second gold star. Enough said. I'll be there.