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You guys probably thought I was some kindof reactionary alarmist or something, but I've been trying to tell you this since the issue first came up last year some time. This is nothing but politics. If there is one thing I know about politicians (actually two things) is that their only goals are to find ways to spend money that make them feel good or increase their power, and to find ways to waste money that make them look good in the eyes of voters. The ONE thing a politician cannot do is "nothing". They cannot leave well-enough alone. Even if government ever got tweak to 100% perfection, you would have a bunch of politicians running around like busy bees pretending something is broke because they are worried sick about how they are going to impress some voters if they aren't changing something. That's just the point. It doesn't make any sense at all.And the whole "one big first class university" is complete sales pitch. It has nothing to do with anything!I would just love, for once, for someone to ask one of these jerks exactly how "merging" two universities that are over 20 miles apart is going to do anything different for those institutions or the students who attend them except to pool the statistics to make the university sound "bigger". Whoopidee Freakin' Dooo! You didn't move any buildings closer to each other.You didn't make things more accessable to students.You didn't make it more affordable.and most importantly, nothing changed to make it "first class" or "powerhouse" or whatever other bullshit you are selling.Politicians take resources and divvy them up according to politics, not by logic or by common sense, nor by any other plan except to either give themselves more power or to win more votes. The Cleveland area has more votes than Akron or Can't.CSU has the most to gain from a merger!... and UA has the most to take (in comparisson to Can't or some other school)So there you have it. There's your answer. The cannibalization of success.

I dunno why ppl 'round here got it stuck in their heads we're gonna hop outa the MAC anytime soon.I guess the reason for it is because the MAC sux or gets no respect, and thus hurts us?I say, you have the wrong instincts. Well, I say, you got the wrong reflex.If you are surrounded by mediocre competition, then it should be your instinct to DOMINATE IT!Humiliate them either into pure submission or to rise up and be more competitive.We don't run the tables on this conference. Until we do, we don't deserve to criticize it. We are a part of the problem.

Read the comment from Lincoln Park Sam. What a jackass! Someone had a nice comment back to him though. It's probably one of fingerhut's minions. It is an insight to the kind of political thinking we are dealing with.

haha, zippyrifle. Best spoof title evar!Sometimes I wonder if some of these people who post here are really can't fans in disguise, trying to stir up some drama.I can understand disappointment after a loss, but there will be plenty of time for over-zealous witch-hunts after the season is over.

as respectfully as this message can possibly be delivered:if you think YOU are getting PIMPED, then bow the fukk out and STFU.

Wow, I didn't realize that. That's amazing!How, if we could just get ODOT to lay down more than 10ft of asphalt per day we'd really be doing great.

Seems like a really tight timeframe for a project this size. :cringe: We can't afford delays

LOLPWNT!

If the Can't coach doesn't have enough self respect to put his starting team in, should tressel respect them enough not to run up the score?I dunno what Can't ended up doing because I haven't been watching the game, but it's currently 28-0 in the 2nd quarter.LOL, I think Ohio U is in a race. They are whoopin on Easter Michigan 28-0

Why the fuk are we haggling about technicalities???Look, games are changed ALL THE TIME by bad calls that are much more profound than a missed false start. Things like calling a touchdown when the ball never breaks the plane, or not calling a TD when it does.You see that sorta stuff often on ESPN or replay shows.Seriously, false start? WTF, holding could be called on just about every play, if they wanted to. Are you gonna bitch about non-holding calls that "change the game".A non false-start call complaint is seriously ghey.I mean, just because a ref didn't call FALSE START BEFORE THE PLAY STARTED didn't even change the performance of the players on the field.I mean, hell, not calling a holding has more effect on the actual execution of a play than not calling false start.Cripes, WM, get over it. If you wouldn't have blown your coverage and sucked up the joint, you wouldn't be complaining about some retarded assed call

Martin watched the video of when Akron played OSU and was still winning at halftime and said "Oh shit sonnnnn. If we get creamed by OSU Akron will have two bragging rights on us this year! Let's send in the bench-warmers so we got an excuse"So, in other words, even though Akron hung in on OSU for over 2 quarters, Doug Martin doesn't think his team has any chance to win and is going to throw in the towel. That's an admission of inferiority. It's shameful.

I've seen some slow loads and even page timeouts a few times since the IPB upgrade. It's been okay most of this morning and I think it's getting better. I suspect the new version of IPB is more DB intensive.Shared hosting is sometimes a crapshoot. I've seen as many as 200 sites on one server before, and if more than a few of those sites get active, the whole server practically grinds to a halt.Problem is, a site this small isn't worth the loot for dedicated hosting.

There is obviously something deeper. Much deeper. They always say "follow the money". I think there is something very political about this, and it's not lack of funds available from the state. That's just an excuse.All this talk makes no sense. There is something very core missing in all this.

I predict a suprisingly low score. Akron 24 Temple 17 This isn't based on anything. I don't have advanced scouting on them. I just feel like the game will have a slow sputtery pace for both teams with a lot of punting, and it's not because of great defenses, but mostly because both teams get lulled into complacent and conservative play-calling due to lack of panic because the other team isn't scoring a lot.

and the reason it wont happen is....................... politics! Cleveland would be left with a small university and no one good to merge with.... and of course, we can't leave Cleveland high-and-dry by closing down CSU, because they have too much media and would stir up a stink. Nothing good can come out of political meddling.

Yeah that's what I think; they're just chattering You have no idea the sheer arogance inside the minds of politicians. They think they are so smart, just thinking of a plan or idea means it's pure genius.... and talking to people about it to improve it and make it a reality is when they feel like they are using their powers of diplomacy. They feel like people are their chessboard, and that they are the masters of planning and progress. The only thing that can stop them is a strong dose of political opposition. Reality doesn't factor into it.

that's exactly what I am talking about! Seems like teams I root for get screwed all the time, and not only don't we get apologies, we are always told to shut up and quit complaining.

what in the M-Fing hell????ALL MY LIFE AS A SPORTS FAN, when ever umpires, referees and officials got calls wrong, they always stood firm when people complained, no matter how tragic the results were of their mistakes.... and often, complaints resulted in fines for the complainers and critics, NOT THE OFFICIALS!!! This has burned the teams I have rooted for many times, and we always had to sit down and shut up and take it like men.Now, all of a sudden, opponents of a team I root for are actually getting apologies???? FUKK THAT!It's almost like we are hated. Fairness in consistency be damned.

I still wanna know what they will call it. :mad:Northcoast U?NEOU?Cleveland-Akron U?I don't buy fingerhut's bullshit about it not being acceptable to not have a World Class University. He, Strickland, and the other politicians in cahoots are going to bastardize and canibalize the schools and it's going to be worse, not better. I want to hear how it's going to be "World Class"I didn't see crap-one in that article to say how "world class" is going to happen. All I saw were bitchy little details and excuses.

bogus!oh well, the OSU game is later as well. Prolly good not to deal with all them.

I want to call around and see if any of the bars are going to be showing it

I saw that our widest smiley (except for ) is 41px wide, so I took a stab at making a zippy smiley.Lets see how this looks I might have to tighten up the border a bitI don't have a gif animator here. Maybe later I'll make a hopping zippy

as tragic as it is when several people get shot, violence happens every day. What really bothers me is when government thinks they can strong-arm people out of protesting and practicing their free speech rights. That was the real tragedy of Can't State so long ago. I hope we never again see government trying to forcably bully college student into submission like that ever again... I don't care what issue they are protesting or demonstrating about. I don't intend to demean the people who were shot.... and I have a sense of humor about Can't being a hippy school and all that. I do think that zip81 is right though, it is possible to be a little to callous with certain 'jokes'now, back on topic. Why don't we have a zippy smiley?*goes to work*

I know people who went to Can't. I have fun when our schools play each other, but we have a friendly rivalry. I spare no jabs when we win, and I get to suffer when we lose. BUTWhat I can't understand is when people take rivalries seriously enough to be hateful, spiteful, and begrudging. To people who do that, I say, get a freakin life.

Are you trying to say that they should:do a backup of all files and all database tables before making any changes? no no, you totally misunderstood me, misquoted me, took me out of context, and tried to smear me with my words.What I really said was:do a backup of all files and all database tables before making any changes