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what the hell is your problem LP hasn't taken a raise is years and still isn't the highest pres in the mac... hell the new pres at Can't makes more than him and he has done more for the university than the past 10 presidents! state schools only operate on 24% of funds from the state so they have to raise fees from time to time. you think these buildings just grow from the ground! just be happy that we have a great university and a great pres dick hole!

that's a pretty cool site thanks!

blue and gold thanks for the catch was typing on the run... i edited my post if you'd like to look at it again.... as for the second part of your question i am not assuming that info was insider... i am a recent grad of almost 3 yrs now and when i was finishing up school they had made up designs for a presentation at the jar. they also showed pics of a completed student union and rec center. if my memory is correct the design showed lots of fields with lots of lighting and and nice brick walkway starting at exchange. i am sure this has always been the idea as there are really no more softball feilds (for students) and i am sure the university doesn't want students playing football in the bowl any more let alone the new outdoor field.... i am sure thoose plans could have changed by now but it is looking more like they are moving ahead with this planhere's to another great add to the university!oh... and

to answer your question capt. yes they will be for intramurals they have been talking about this for the past few years and seem to be moving forward with this as now they can replace the old softball hole. as for the football staduim i agree that they didn't play all their cards but that is smart buisness i just hope that the seating starts at 30k and they break ground in less than 2 yrs.

its a new rule that allows a player who has completed his b.a. but still has a year of eligibility left. the player is allowed to transfer to a school to futher their education through a masters program... the catch is you don't have to sit out a year ...imho this rule shouldn't hurt too many teams if anything this rule can help akron as they have great graduate programs

did he walk on or grey shirt?

just a guess but i am hopefull that fsn will pick up the ut and bgsu games giving us 6 games on t.v. this year.... great job zips!

i am sorry to do this to ya capt. but i did read that mac rhodes talked about the future stadium and you did mention you were there.... anything new?????one the wrs.... both verbals look very good and hopefully is a sign of another great recruiting class!

crouch is better than conrad dean and he at least made a practice squad..... crouch has a chance.

this is from collegefootballnews.com side note: they also do the previews for foxsportswho do you think the Big East will suck in from CUSA in the event of another expansion raid? – MWA: Here’s the trickle-down effect I see potentially happening in the very near future. To get to a 12-team league, the Big East will likely snag UCF, East Carolina, Memphis and Southern Miss because of their size as well as their football programs. Marshall might be in that mix taking USM’s spot, but the Big East wouldn’t be doing jumping jacks over having two teams from West Virginia. Conference USA would then likely pick get Navy and then make offers to Toledo, Miami University, and Northern Illinois from the MAC. Remember, this is all speculation.also the question was asked for conference champs and they have either toledo or niu "flip a coin" nice to see we are still getting no love

well lets hear it Zipmeister!

i couldn't agree more racer... and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP COMPAIRING US TO UCF!!!!!! right now ucf is the largest public school in florida and has tons of money to throw into their sports programs and is located in orlando. it wont happen any time soon that akron gives jd 1mill. per like ucf just did so just stop it! if we want to look to our competition look no further than the other schools in the mac that (last i checked) still out draw us. hopefully that will change this year and we'll be on to bigger and better things we the university needs to learn to walk before it can run.

from foxsports--The Zips pulled off a coup with the signing of Steve McNees to a national letter of intent. McNees averaged 28.4 points and 8.0 apg for Shenango (Pa.) High School and was named one of the top 10 players by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

the capt. is right by saying we have to work with what we have and right now we have a good basketball and football team at a mid major level. also we have very poor attendence in football and decent attendence in basketball is little to no money from t.v. moving to any conference is going to take some time to build. the steps that need to be taken have been stated already but to go from point a to z isn't going to happen.to address two questions specificly cusa would be a big step up as long as either memphis or ucf stayed due to the fact that they have a t.v. deal with cstv (i think they are the only conference ) were they'll get more money expossure and that will cover travel costs. as for the have's and the have nots we shouldn't compair ourselves with the top dogs of the big east ie; wvu... look at some of the middle teams and they face some of the problems that akron faces. for example i have a hard time seeing rutgures getting 7 footers year after year and i don't see uconn getting large d tackles ever year either.... after we are playing football games at home and average more than 20k a game and sell out 90% of our basketball ball games we have a long way to go but we do have a base and that is enough to get excited about

to add to the nate robinson question i got to hear coach brookheart speak a few weeks ago and when asked to comment on his progress he said he didn't know and that he had some academic issues though he didn't mention he was out of shape.... the only other player that was talked about was carlton jackson were brookheart said he's a special talent and they would find a way to get him on the field... read into that all you want but i'd tought i'd add that to the thread..... any word on some of the other injured zips like pace?

that was a classic! well done!

the redskins website has an article up but has nothing about biggs or any udfa's .... it did mention that many udfa's looked good and gibbs has been known to keep a few udfa on the roster each year. lets keep our fingers crossed

trick plays are fine but you don't run them when you are up like that in the 4th.... as for the ashland game i really don't care what they do.. i wish fergie the best of luck but he is no longer on akron's roster for a reason...thank god JD is akron's coach!

not only nance but hunter and betts from miami... both of those two can contribute to a nfl team

last time i checked there were plenty of running backs under 5"10 ... biggs could be a nice 3rd down back similar to eric benimy (sp)... i am sure there were a lot of people who said blackburn was too slow as well... never under estimate the heart of a mac champion! (god that feels good to say )

the question i have is why is this guy even on this board? last time i checked the schedule mtsu was not on it.... please go back to your team board unless you'd like to talk about how bad Can't is

wow how old is that picture of carroll st?????? the jar isn't even in there!

skhorbotly welcome to the world of mid major baseketball.... if you look at most rosters at this level there are two types of teams.... teams that have 2-3 athletic big's and a bunch of guards who can go after it for the entire game with out letting up like GW ... there is also the other kind of team that will be balanced at each pos. but most of the big's are prospects that take 2-3 yrs to develop... a perfect example of this is Can't... both work at this level but akron's is a little less risky. all it takes is a few big's to not pan out and sets your program back 5 years... (i'm sure the capt. will give a list of the numerous busts in zips history at some point )as for people redshriting the only guy i can see doing this is roberts... even is bardo plays 5 mins. a game it will still get him some game experience just like akron did with quade. this team will much more athletic and much deeper than this years.... they should be very dangerous!

i think that lively and mcphearson (sp) will be the first two in the rotation but you are right that he could get some playing time but the kid is really raw. the one thing he has going for him is size and you can't teach that

some stuff i like is the walt disney song and the dance the band will do from time to time...some stuff i don't like is that the band has a bad habit of playing songs that aren't with the flow of the game for example playing happy songs when the team is down or busting into song just after a int... stuff like that cut down on that and i think the band does a pretty good job with the songs we all know and love like the fight song and the eat em up song .... things like that never get old and build a legacy for future students to build onthanks for the post