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I love T-bow's enthusiasm! His energy is contagious. He's happy to be in Akron and proud to be at Akron and that is exactly the type of person Akron, as a whole, desperately needs more of - especially from such an influential public figure like the football HC. I was truly demoralized when Paul Winters turned down the job. I saw PW as a "steady-as-she-goes" stabilizing presence that our in-shambles program needed. For a few days it seemed as if no one wanted to be head football coach at Akron, not even a homegrown product, despite the millions of dollars poured into our football facilities. However, with the hiring of coach Bowden, man, is it readily apparent that his personality is probably exactly what this demoralized fan base really needed. PW would never have excited Akron's fan base like Terry already has and like Terry did last night. That's not a shot against PW (I don't get standing ovations as I walk around the JAR either). It's just an appreciation of the effect our new head ball coach brings, and will bring, to the entire university/city/region.

Well, I hate that it would end that way, but the athletes we now have on the team simply run circles around Mr. Green.

Nice!

Thanks for posting that, mes102. Last night I had a little trouble understanding him. That video does a nice job of showing just how ruckus it was in there for both the basketball team and T-Bow last night. You can tell T-Bow is excited to embrace his HC's role as an important and prominent face of both UA and the Greater-Akron community.

Not to pile on KD, whom I love as a coach and a loyal Akronite, but simply adding to the conversation, IMHO his drawn-up plays coming off of time outs are not usually anything to write home about. However, what a great game last night! I was with a large group of people and, wow, did we ever get our money's worth! Also, @ Districtballer, you guys did not get a cheap victory last night - Alex Abreu looked good. Even when 100% he's not much better than what you saw last night. The first few minutes of the game one could tell he was still feeling his knee out, but then he obviously figured out he felt just fine and he played a really solid game.

I agree. I'm sorry for everyone that AA won't be playing. I don't think we're half as good without him on the floor.

True. They're dividing the conference, not splitting the atom.

+1. Thanks for posting this, mes102.

Associate AD, George Van Horne. Class guy. Thanks, Dr.

TD WMU! Go Broncos! Hmm. 2-point conversion to boot. 8-0 Western.

GVH? Huh? (At the clear risk of a Homer Simpson "Doah!") Who's that?

This seems fair. "Considering the budget," (which I'm sure wasn't much) I'll give it a B-. With, of course, room for improvement. It was obviously not shot in HD, and, IMHO, nowadays, if you don't go HD it's going to look a little amateur-ish. It was pertinent, in that they talked about the VCU game this Thursday and also shared info on AA's very recent knee surgery.

The displeasure w/ TW on ZNO illustrates the power of football. Every other sport pales in comparison. Men's soccer (even with a National Championship) pales in comparison. And yes, even men's basketball. TW utterly destroyed the unprecedented, $65-million, once-in-a-lifetime potential opportunity for momentum the opening of InfoCision Stadium could have given not only Akron football, but the entire university. And now it looks like TW backed into the T-Bow hire. We'll find out more details on Wednesday. I think the uncertainty around TW's decision-making acumen is warranted. However, also illustrating the power of football, I think that if details emerge that TW was, in fact, proactive and instrumental in bringing T-Bow to UA, considering the advancements of other athletic programs under TW's watch, TW might go down as one of the best AD's we've ever had. Ah, the unfathomable power of football.

@ Zips13, Zipmeister was refering to your above post, not to your original thoughts. Just referencing your little typo, "Keener'92 If you think this is way off base, please elaborate..."

Yes, merry Christmas! And a very merry Christmas to you, Mr. Bowden!

Great piece of news to have heading in to VCU. BEST piece of news we could have heading in to VCU Bound to happen eventually. Harney back & Abreu progressing. Were those questions or comments?

And yet another. Ohio.com [Edit]: Actually 2 more, but only one was fatal.

This is true. Listed in another thread were Akron's 3 outstanding coaches in Porter, KD & T-Bow. I'd add Rembielak to that list. What an outstanding lineup of head coaches the Zips have: Caleb Porter - Men's Soccer Keith Dambrot - Men's Basketball Rick Remielak - Baseball Terry Bowden - Football

ABJ article on Ben. Courtesy of Michael Beaven, of course.

Not really sure you can accuse Ohio of playing a cupcake schedule., their current SOS is 49 with an RPI of 8. 6 of 14 OOC games are against teams with an RPI currently less than 100. OU is 4-1 so far against these teams with Robert Morris(82) left to play. Lone loss was at Lville(5) by 5, wins were home against Lamar(35) and on the road at Oakland(74), Marshall(44) and Northern Iowa(7). With that being said, the MAC is going to be a grind like it always is. Things like records and RPIs and SOSs don't mean much when you have two teams that are so familiar with each other and have a personal history. Its going to be a grind and its going to be fun. Just got word today that ESPNU is picking up the Zips v Cats game on 1/14, looking forward to another battle. Thanks for the post. Always welcome in my book. It keeps the forum interesting. +1. Nice post, OU Dude! You guys absolutely should have beaten Louisville. That one was hugely disappointing.

One day...

Okay, I'm glad to read this. Over the years I've just been so turned off by the work of George Thomas that I'm really biased against the guy. Now that he's the beat writer I'm trying to recalibrate, give him a second chance and not immediately & .

I suppose if you're an upper-crust celebrity sports entertainer, ala TK, you're allowed this sort of behavior. However, if you're simply a beat reporter, for a mid-sized Ohio newspaper, you'd better get on your horse and know your work. This thread infuriates me. The city of Akron, The University of Akron and we deserve so much better than George Thomas. Lord have mercy.

Prior to reading your response I had just called him T-Bow in another post! I think it's a cool nickname even though it sounds just like Tebow. T-Bow, rhymes with wow. I like it. You're right, Keener. It would rhyme with "wow," and not with, "throw," like I was thinking. Yeah, no Tebow rip off here! T-Bow, I like it!