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Akron got bigger across the board, which was clearly intentional. Assuming the off-season plays out the same with Groce leaving, I doubt Tavari would've been in the plans anyways. The MAC is going to be fascinating with this injunction allowing so many pieces to return.

@Rufus Still some uncertainty from BobcatAttack or does this have people pretty jazzed? He was good last year but didn't have support around him. Is there faith in Boals to finally add the supporting pieces?

Here is a non-pay-wall link. Also, an interesting article about Boise State athletics that highlights the expenditure problem plaguing college athletics.

Good luck to him in Charleston!

I was asking because Goodrich specifically mentioned a "major company" when talking about the jersey sponsorship. If that fell through and another company like Snapback Sports stepped in, so be it. $$$ is $$$.

Is that a "major company"?

Me trying to see the stock increase by getting a career 31% 3P / 62% FT shooting guard who regressed at Fordham.

1) It wasn't unanimous and even Tod K voted against it originally. 2) It only lasted 4 years, 2012-15, reverting back to the original format in 2016. The format had the shortest lifespan of the 3 formats and seemingly the only reasons it's back are because Miami OH got embarrassed in the first round last year and Toledo couldn't end their drought despite being a 1 seed for 4 of the 6 years. Yes, it's confirmed. Your latter format is what they're going with. How does this make it any more difficult for a 5-8 to win? They get to avoid the top 2 teams in the league until the semis on Friday and get 2 warm up games to adjust to Rocket Arena. The Sun Belt's gauntlet yielded a semifinals of 1v8 and 2v10, with 1v10 being the championship. The now-previous format featured a top 2 seed in the Finals all 6 years, and a top 2 seed won it all 4 out of the 6 years. Ohio - a 5 seed in 2021 - was one of the non-top-2-seed winners and went on to win a game in the NCAAs and Akron - a 4 seed in 2022 - nearly beat UCLA in the NCAAs. I bring that up to say those anomalies were arguably the better teams in the MAC that didn't have the best regular seasons, but rose to the top when it mattered. It wasn't broken. The suits need to quit trying to have their cake and eat it, too. If the goal is to have an advantageous format for the top 2 seeds, just put them into the Finals automatically. If the goal is to make more money, they should have left it how it was. Unless Kent/Akron/OU are playing on that Wednesday, those games will be far less attended than the all day marathon that was Thursdays.

You're skipping the detail that one of those previous formats was this exact one and people hated it.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And now we've lost what was a phenomenal tradition of 4 games on a March Thursday in Cleveland with no guaranteed benefit.

So dumb.

If he lands the jersey sponsorship deal, which would be the first in the MAC to my knowledge, his phone will be ringing pretty quickly IMO. I'm assuming his interest is already picking up with the publicity from this promo, but the jersey sponsorship would be a HUGE resume highlight. No matter what happens, he has been a home run hire and hopefully means we have a recipe for success to find his successor. In the meantime, I'm very curious to see what he has cooked up for soccer & basketball. If this is what he can pull off for a less-than-successful football program, what's in store for the uber-successful soccer & basketball programs?

Pretty incredible troll job against a coach/program nobody likes haha.

It's a decent addition. He doesn't really make them bigger or more versatile on the perimeter, but he's a decent post player and adds depth down low.

"Creating Our Own Luck" on the shirts. Akron vs Toledo is going to be must see TV during the basketball season.

I tweeted that idea to the AD yesterday and he replied that it's being added to the white board and under serious consideration. Goodrich rocks.

Call us Pitbull cause we're Mr. Worldwide.

This has to be it.

Putting the cart quite a bit ahead of the horse here, but if we make a bowl game, do another drawing to have the opening drive of that game scripted by a fan, too. Not sure if it's too early, but incorporate sales for 2027.

I believe you're correct and the revenue from that would be substantial. P4s are getting 8 figures I believe, so Akron would be high 6 figures at the very least, if not 7 figures I'd have to imagine?