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11/11/2022.

Cleveland & Buffalo moved to Detroit. Make it a NEO vs. Buffalo special and throw Buffalo/Akron there on Saturday.

The quality of recording the feed matches the actual sound quality.

BIG EAST Sports MAC Sports Going through the schools in each sport, it's pretty amazing how many non-full member schools are "MAC" schools in only one or two sports.

Here's how it affects soccer recruiting... Recruit: "Hey Coach Embick. I've heard of your program - impressive history. Who do you guys play typically on your schedule?" Coach Embick: "Our conference has Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Bowling Green, and whoever else the MAC can find. Right now it's Chicago State. But hey, we do play a lot of Big Ten and some ACC schools in the out of conference portion. We do need to win those to have any sort of respect since our conference blows." Versus... Recruit: "Hey Coach Embick. I've heard of your program - impressive history. Who do you guys play typically on your schedule?" Coach Embick: "In conference, we have 2 divisions. Our division contains Creighton, Butler, DePaul, Marquette, and Xavier. Then we'll face a few from the other division, which has UConn, Georgetown, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova. On top of that, we'll face some Big Ten, ACC, and other highly touted programs in the out of conference portion. You'll have a full schedule against the top talent in the country, plus a chance at a National Championship every year." Otherwise, recruiting won't change much. We have quite the footprint to begin with.

We would have to join in basketball to see our share of the massive Big East deal with Fox Sports.

Amazing news. "The Zips will be eligible for the conference championship immediately." They already know.😎

Unfortunate that Qatar is the destination, but really excited to watch the Blue & Gold represent 2 countries in the World Cup. Black Friday is especially going to be a blast with USA vs. England.

Not adding WKU to the MAC was a stupid, STUPID decision. This is going to be a very tough game. Great opportunity to right the ship after playing like PCCCC (Portage County Community College Crap) these past 2 games. Bottom line: we need to make shots. If we don't make shots, we might as well head to the beach. One thing I will say. I like that we have a week off before this game. Going from SDSU (tough opponent, hard fought game, and OT to boot) to MSU within 5 days as the first 2 games of the season... I'm not surprised with how dead we were in the second half against MSU and how flat we were yesterday against Morgan State. I expect a better shooting performance on Monday. WKU hasn't played anyone this year. Their only legitimate win came against Eastern Kentucky by 6. They most recently beat the Greyhounds of U Indy 68-50. The next opponent will be one of LSU or Illinois State - it doesn't get any easier.

Hunter sighting. Nice dunk.

Yep. Biggest crowd that stadium has ever seen.

Looking at my focuses this game at the half... 1) Amani Lyles is getting more comfortable. Took him a second to find the confidence to be stronger, but I think we can see it's there. Just needs to develop and become more confident/comfortable. 2) Nate Johnson is at 9. Henderson is proving he was a big fish in a very, very small pond. I do like how active his hands are on defense, though. 3) Somewhat more control from Tribble. Need him to finish just a bit more consistently. I like the aggression, though. 4) Tavari?

LYLES! Way to rebound strong and put it back. THAT'S what I want to see.

We got Emoni Bates?! (If you can't tell by some of my posts, I don't think very highly of the Bates situation)

Tavari Johnson sighting, and nearly a turnover.

I love Freeman.

It's a FDR Fireside Chat. Can't you tell?

Slap some chairs down near the basket, duct tape some brooms, and nobody leaves the gym until they've made 1000 layups. Edit: Add some body pads for contact. 500 regular layups, 500 contact layups.

We didn't fix the audio issues. Are you f'ing kidding me?

WMU also had the mental/effort edge. They took it to us from the get go and put us in too big of a hole to climb out of. Skill wise, we still scored a goal despite being down 2 players and them packing the box.

This is the perfect game at this point in our schedule. It's not too easy where we'll be complacent (at least I hope not), and it's not overly difficult where we won't be able to fine tune the lineup & rotations. Things I would like to see... - Amani Lyles have a nice game down low. With Hunter being somewhat of a threat from beyond the arc, we need another bruiser down low to help Freeman in the paint. - Double digits from at least one of Nate Johnson and/or Hankerson. - Aggressive drives with more control from Tribble. I don't need him to be a shooter, but I need him to have better control when he takes it to the basket. These "living on a prayer" shots after he gets into the paint are momentum killers. - Find at least one more person to enter the rotation to help keep legs fresh. The margin of defeat on Friday was due to fatigue.

Did someone say snow?

After last year, I think the "sky is falling" card needs to be reserved until we're down by more than 1 possession with 1 second to go in a MAC tournament game. Anybody who has seen the team in practice - thoughts on Ryan Prather getting time as a freshman? He was pretty highly touted with offers from schools like Wichita State.

Is that not the going rate for the circus? Their profit margin increases more by not having to use makeup on Pinky.

Simple solution. Offer women's football too. Eliminate the head-count method and just go sport for sport.