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Seemed pretty normal message board stuff. Some pointed out where they think Zips have advantage.

Will Akron get it's first good road win before the season ends...?Time to show you deserve to be MAC East champs...

Still looking for the first good MAC road win, huh? It is tough out there on the road for everybody. Maybe at Can't...

sgm--I never said you were trash talking and BCA was only tounge and cheek, just some of medler's posts. They were so outrageous that he was exagerating for affect.hilltopper--That statement wasn't just about OU and Akron, it was about the top 5 teams in the MAC, Toledo, Akron, Can't, Miami, and OU. None of those teams has won on the other teams home floor...so far. My point was that, until someone does that, nothing has really been separated, at least in my opinion. It is relatively easy to win at home in the MAC, winning on the road separates the prentenders from the contenders--I think I've read Dambront say the same thing.For example, early on OU lost at Can't and Miami by a combined 6 points, both games going to overtime, but then gets demolished by Akron. Akron loses to Toledo and OU on the road. Toledo loses at Can't and at OU. Miami lost at Akron and at Toledo....That is what is going to make these last couple of weeks interesting. Can't and Miami play tonight at Can't, and then both still have to play at OU. Akron still has to play at Can't and at Miami. Any of those teams win those games, they'll have a leg up.

FeartheRoo,1) Nothing is wrong with the Bobcat board technically. It's on your end. It is not slow and you can post freely.2) On the BCA messageboard many of the posts before the game, including medler's, were tounge-in-cheek, and in some ways hopefull. As you see on BCA after the game, a lot of bobcat posters are pessimistic about the game.3) I read this board often, but rarely post. I did post today because I noticed some of the trash talking back and forth between BCA and this board. I don't like a lot of trash talk, and when I do post often remind people that basketball seasons are marathon's, not sprints. Don't get too high and don't get too low.So, I apologize if my post sounded like I was being a downer to the Zips win over the bobcats (it was a total domination--except maybe the way Leon Williams played). My point was only that there is still a number of games to be played and bragging rights are going to come down to who ever wins the tournament. Everything else will be mute.Akron has a good team, but nobody has separated themselves in the league yet. Every team is about the same--really good at home, so-so on the road. In fact there hasn't been one big road win in the league yet---who is going to get the first.

Zips81,The fact is, people won't take the Zips seriously until they beat someone on the road. They'll have their chance in the next couple of weeks, but they failed at Toledo.

Agreed that Akron dominated the Bobcats tonight.But with all the focus on Bubba, some might forget Mr. Dials stats tonight. Didn't actually set the world on fire, as bad Bubba played, he might have outplayed Dials.

As OU fan, you definetly kicked the bobcats ass tonight.But, I think it might be a little early to start gloating. Akron hasn't won anything yet, hasn't beaten anybody on the road (as bad as you beat OU at home, you still lost on the road to them), and has no history of doing well in the MAC tournament. Might be a little early to start NCAA reservations.

Agreed with HeHate about Mr. Rasor's hype of the story.The story is good in terms of quotes and information, but the significance of it is being blown out of proportion. Personally the story from the Athens Messenger, I thought was better writing, more descriptive in its story telling. I also thought the qoutes from Dambrot after the OU game were better than the quotes in the Buchtilite story, but I guess the report wasn't at the game or didn't have time to include them in the story. But admittingly, that paper isn't a student paper, and there peice was a little different approach.I don't know if there really is much left to the story. Seems unlikely that UA will pursue, and even if they do, hard for the NCAA to prove there was improper contact if just interviewing the participants. They could try to get phone records and such, but seems like a lot of work, for ultimately what would be a very minor violation, especially between individuals that are essentialy in the same family (Towsend is like another son or relative to the Townsends) and have regular contact with each other.

http://www.sportingnews.com/member/blog/weblog.php?w=877 Here is the story from the Athens Messenger on the subject. Some good quotes from Dambrot. Basically says there is no beef with Oshea or Ohio University.This seems like pretty much a dead issue.