Let'sGoZips94

Ali Ali had/has academic eligibility issues?

Reducing capacity in certain ways is acceptable, you're right. I just don't think simply replacing wooden bleachers with plastic seats/bleachers is an acceptable method of reduction. Also, are we not going to have seating behind the baskets?

If that rendering is what we'll get, why bother? I don't see any benefit aside from a slightly better sightline without the railing. This most likely reduces capacity (right side upper level would no longer be bleachers) and simply copies any modern high school gym aesthetically. I hope this is an "under promise, over deliver" situation.

Anybody with recruiting knowledge know if any of these players come with any expectations? Also, how did we land Greg Beals?

Special team. 2019-20 and 2021-22 are my 2 favorite Akron squads of all time. What that team did last year to pull together through all the adversity and not only beat KSUcks by 20(!) in the MAC Title game, but also come within a couple of baskets of knocking off UCLA in the NCAA Tourney - legendary team. The newcomers this year need to understand what happened last year. The sooner they figure that out, the sooner they buy in, the better off we'll be in the long run.

Zach Gibson - is that you?

8 man rotation... Any idea who could step up to make it a 9 or 10 man rotation? Prather Jr., Mosengo, T Johnson - any of these 3?

When you're the backup QB on one of the worst football programs in the country, the only thing you should be saying to the opponent is Good Luck.

Go Zips! Beat Brick Building U!

These two issues are why I want out of the MAC. The only thing Steinbrecher is ahead of the game on is cancelling a MAC basketball tournament. At least 3 or 4 of the conference members' best sports either aren't supported by the MAC or are dying off in the MAC - Men's Hockey and Men's Soccer. Football and basketball are down, and the gameday atmospheres blow for the most part (doesn't even show well on tv). More than half the MAC doesn't carry their own weight and there's awful leadership at the top that isn't very open to adding talented schools to create a higher level of competition. Not a recipe for success as the landscape of college athletics continues to evolve and pass the MAC by. The conference still uses commercials from 10+ years ago that, at best, were shot in 720p.

That goal against Michigan by Perry was unbelievable. Going down 1-0 early in that game was a gut punch, and to even it up prior to the half was HUGE. Side note: that year (2010), I had my cousin in the family gift exchange. He was a budding Akron fan, and enjoyed their soccer program. I ended up taking a ball to a game and someone on the team was kind enough to take the ball into the locker room and have the entire team (I believe including coaches) sign the ball. Little did anyone know that I'd be giving a signed ball by National Champions that year as a gift. Nagbe, Kitchen, Kofi, Gavin, Caldwell, Mattocks, etc. That is the college soccer equivalent of a signed football from practically any Saban-coached Alabama squad. One of the greatest teams ever to grace the sport.

I'll beat this like a dead horse, but I full-heartedly believe Guthrie is trying to get us out of the MAC. I think he wants to make Akron an attractive school to root for athletically. Football just needs to win, and that beautiful stadium should start filling up. Basketball has a winner, but needs an improved arena experience for fans. Soccer is soccer - We are Akron. We are Akron. We are Soccer Kings. Building an athletic department that goes from the MAC to say the American Athletic Conference is the type of resume builder that will land him the AD job at his Alma Mater - Syracuse.

If I get the chance to look up from keeping my head down during the walk to the JAR to block the freezing wind, I'll get to admire these lights through watering eyes. In all seriousness, that really does look nice. Looking forward to what Guthrie has in store for the interior.

Do you think some donor paid off the legal system to get this guy's charges reduced/dropped for him to be 2nd team All MAC preseason? He's probably calling the commish as we speak, telling him if that poll doesn't change, he's cancelling his season tickets, and that'll leave EMU with 3 total fans.

Until JoeMo gets a roster full of his guys in here and establishes chemistry and culture, we will have to play a near perfect game to have a chance at winning. That's just how it is this year.

Lots of praise for Luke Getsy after last night's MNF performance.

There are 2 departures from last year's team that never made sense to me: Mumpfield and Gibson. Unless they were told to leave, how could either look at JoeMo's history/system, and say, "I don't want to be part of that?" I think both would've thrived under JoeMo but ce la vie.

Kent & Failure.

Basketball still has wooden bleachers that destroy the lower back. Keeping it old school with tickets, too. Regarding this game, this is quite the home/season opener. SDSU is a perennial tourney team with some notable March Madness upsets - EDIT: THIS IS ERRONEOUS ON MY PART. They've only ever come close to upsets, and have 6 first round losses since 2012 (their first NCAA tourney appearance). No idea what to expect from the Zips, but I'm hyped for this game.

JoeMo gets it. This is a diss track with class. Beat Porta-potty Community College.

I think part of the disappointment in the results stems from the lack of awareness of just how depleted this roster was of FBS talent. Personally, I thought the majority of our issues were coaching under Arth & Co. Turns out, he brought his FCS recruiting with him and depleted this roster worse than Ianello.

How did he slip through the cracks? Incredibly surprised he doesn't have more offers, especially more prominent ones.

Two steps ahead of ya. Tennessee has the talent to overcome miscues; we're not there yet.

Bingo. There is no quit in this team - they play for JoeMo. They believe in what he's doing, and fans should, too. There just isn't enough talent in the cupboards yet to play a less-than-perfect game and overcome the inevitable mistakes to win. We will get there.

Same thing just happened to Tennessee. It isn't just Akron.