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“You have to see the big picture. You can’t fake it. If you fake it, you’re not going to start,” Harney said. Nothing to fake, when you realize that if you raise the team, it will take you higher than you ever could have gone on your own.

Perhaps it's apples vs oranges, but I, for one, learned my lesson about putting too much faith in the effect of new facilities. I thought the info combined with the stile fieldhouse was going to equate to recruiting advantages as well as increased fan attendance. I'm not saying that the info should have been smaller, but I'm just saying that having a glittery new pad isn't the answer, specially if it's more than half empty.

Yes, this is the digital age of the the pithy comment drive by.

The cavs were never going to get the draft picks with him here.

Where are the McKnight bobbleheads?

clerical error

no hair of the dog this morning. I have only my sluggish intellect to blame

I think a lot of teams must have been reading ZN. How many games winable good in the first half this year?

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Just understand, I'm not trying to throw him under the bus already. I just wanted to mention, that I went on record in a post well before the season started that I felt this would going to be a good experiment to show how much coaching made a difference, since we know that Bowden would have to work primarily with Ianello recruits, if there was a difference in the end result, it would be primarily due to coaching. When I said that, I genuinely believed that the end result would be different. It's not that I am now doubting Bowden. I will give him 3 years to show me that he lost it. It was the fact that I had faith in Bowden's abilities that I thought this would be the perfect set of conditions for the great experiment. IE: Proven coach replaces noobie coach. How much difference results?

I'm sorry guys. It's just how I feel. I said before this season that this year would be the great experiment, at least to me, to see how much of a difference coaching makes, since Bowden would have little opportunity to make major changes in talent levels. I honestly expected him to get two or three wins on coaching and preparation alone. He did not. Yes, the style and brand of ball being played on the field was markedly more entertaining and often gave you hope that they weren't just a doormat like they were in years past, but the final result was the final result. I now firmly believe that the talent on the field is by-far the greatest difference.

Him leaving does not automatically make Kënt a bottom dweller. Talent packing their bags might. Before this year, I really thought that coaching made a big difference in the MAC. Not anymore. This year 2 Bowdens, Chuck Amato, Trerrell Buckley (and more) could not win more games than Ianello could. Personally, I don't expect Hazell's departure to ruin the flåshez. They were doing something right bringing in talent.

I didn't read the article (I Know I should before I post) but I actually think they should have the option to major in sports (so long as it's not mandated and they can get a different degree if they want one). Let's face it, you can get degrees in history, philosophy, theology, and and loads of other things that institutions of higher learning offer simply because people want to learn them and want to show that they have a broad, higher level of knowledge in that area... so why then can't athletes also receive a degree that shows they have attained a broad higher level of knowledge in athletics and performance? If a philosophy major can take an entire course on the history and classic authors of existentialism (Kierkegard, Kant, Hegel,etc), then why can't an athletics major take entire course on the history and ancient athletics and competition (greek olympics, gladiatore games, ancient strategy, etc)? How do you make the value judgement that one of these is more important than the other? Neither one of these has a practical tangible benefit to society that something like engineering or medicine would. Hell, since sports are a billion dollar industry, one could argue that it has a more practical aspect of society. Obviously a four year degree in athletics and competition is still going to have it's liberal arts curriculum to do that whole "well rounded preparation for life and professional careers" junk... so WTF. Why is this so taboo? Is it perhaps because people are resentful of the fact that professional athletes make more money than they do? hrmm...... If someone wants to waste 120 grand of their parents money to get a philosophy degree, we don't care. But if someone gets a free ride scholarship to play sports, we cross our arms and pout, and we make demands of them to mask our envy.

I'm happier about NI representing the MAC than KÉnt after watching the game. I know that Can't was ranked higher before the game, and I was actually rooting for Can't ( ) to roll, but NI looked like the better team to have a chance to win in a bowl game.

a few that come to mind Hudson's Teddy Burger Rockne's Max the Knife Scorcher's Brickyard Burger Wing Warehouse's Warehouse Burger Nearly any burger at On Tap Kepner's Garbage Burger (though I haven't had this in years)

This column needed to be written. It was said. It's on record. Now it's time to move on and play. Any carrying on about it will just sound like crying, no matter how much the injustice. It is what it is.

I like where you steered the discussion SeeTeeZip. This is what is best about forums. I think we discussed it before when the stadium was being built, and we had hoped that it would change the inertia. What I think is missing here is a certain gravitas or a sort of appeal of importance. Success breeds success. Once you are in front of the wave, reputation and image propel you in recruiting. But if you are losing, and you have no legacy to fall back on, you need something else. Flagship state universities with large campuses and large stadiums can sell that to talent. SEC teams with palm trees on campus and alumnus with pro contracts can sell that. Storied programs with big TV contract and big-time visibility can sell that. What do we have to sell? I thought that it was a bold move for the University to bring in coaches like Bowden and Amato. I felt that this would be the selling point. "Look at who you will be playing for and who you will be mentored by." I hope I'm not being cynical, but if the ship doesn't turn quick, the football credibility and history of this coaching staff may lose whatever gloss that could have made this work.

Does the Duke / North Carolina rivalry hurt each team respectively, or does it serve both programs?

Obviously would never root for them over us. I'm just sayin, until we get our own program, there is no rivalry. It's not their fault we suck.

You guys are going to hate me, but I'm rooting for Kènt to roll with it. I don't believe that their success hurts us. I refuse to fear anything except the potentiality of our own future failure.

^This Except I disagree with the "Shut your pie holes" part. I believe everyone can express their opinion, no matter how bad they are. I feel the same way they do about how bad football is, and my hopes were particularly trashed after believing that Bowden was a difference maker. He may yet be, but one thing is clear, coaching alone does not bring wins. So let's hope he knows how to build something. Year one down... three more to go (unless year 3 is two wins or less). The basketball situation really hurts. Losing two key components to a clerical error and losing the first game(s) basically puts us back to "must win the MAC tourney" before the season ever really even started. Hard to imagine a boom in ticket sale now. Quantify that clerical error in dollars. I can understand the disappointment and dejection. In the end, what I can't understand is the guerrilla form of quitting people want to commit. Instead of just throwing their hands up, walking away, and saying "I'm not a fan anymore", they think everything should be taken away for everyone. Temper tantrums are ugly and childish. If your heart isn't in it anymore then go away gracefully. Don't pick up the chess board and smash it into pieces. There are others who can persevere.... who believe that the best kind of winning is the hard kind of winning.

Who wants to bet me that if this happened to players who donned Scarlet&Grey or Baby-Blue&White, these "clerical errors" would still be held against them after appeal?

Oh the head on that reminded me of Tarwebok (which I can't get anymore), but obviously tarwebok wasn't a stout so the body was lighter. But even with many porters/stouts the head is usually lighter than this

Bus pass? Psh! I'll chauffeur them What else do they need? A hall pass and a field trip permission slip.

This was my guess. Sometimes Profs can't always bend or accommodate due to circumstances, and afterall, a class is class. But if they are being hard-ons for the sake of stubbornness and resentment, I hope they are at the top of their field and difficult to replace.