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My $0.02. I love B-Mac & his scoring potential. But on most nights he wouldn't be "on" and yet he'd still be a black hole on offense. He was great during the rare occassions he was "on" (i.e., Pitt during his sophomore season). But he usually wasn't. I like Euton's passing. He seems to already have a higher b-ball IQ than B-Mac, and, since we weren't as athletic as Dayton, I think our quick ball movement & passing to the open shooters really kept us in the game & gave us a chance to win. I'll bet w/ B-Mac out there (w/ his ball hogging, ill-advised shot selection, non-existent D & lackadaisical rebounding) we would have lost by double-digits v. Dayton.

Maybe it's more about the time and effort than the money. You're right, i'm sure those 2 calls really cost him a lot of time. This is a pathetic attempt at positive PR. Hey Root4Roo, I love Akron Sports NOW.com, but don't forget the first sentence of your tag-line: "NOT Cleveland."

I saw this one too. Unfortunately, even though he did these things types of things for his hometown of AKRON, even before he left the city up north and took his talents to South Beach ( ) now all the folks in Akron who still have an identity crisis & are Cleveland wanna-be's will always play the "just a PR move" card. LeBron can't win - damned if he does; damned if he doesn't

"At halftime fans would be treated to the most boring marching band halftime show in recent memory as Ohio’s Pride would put everyone in attendance to sleep with OPERA MUSIC. Yes, as if the football team wasn’t bad enough, the band has to add to the misery with 19th century opera music."

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Due to an appointment, I was relegated to watching the game online last night. I liked what I was able to see. I'm actually shocked at how hard the team is playing. If I was 0-10 I think it'd be tough to get motivated. Very impressed by that. I also liked the play calling. The tailback throwback to Nicely was an incredibly gutsy call. That's the sort of call that, if it works, it is seen as brilliant; if it doesn't work it is viewed as stupid. But either way, it sure was gutsy, and, since it worked, I'll say it was brilliant! Painful loss for the coaches and players. In position to win with 1:30 left and we fumble the ball on what, around the 10? I'll be there next Friday as we avoid the 0-fer.

Does anyone know what the problem is? Another poster, who seemed to have a bit of knowledge of the situation, mentioned that Brett would be in trouble this year now that Big Brother Chris isn't around to "keep him out of trouble."

700 Thanksgiving meals to Urban League families

My $0.02: I don't get into Thunderstruck much. I didn't even like the song much when it was released, in what, the early 90's?

+1. Good stuff! Thank you!

BINGO!!!

How would he say he's personally grown as a player in his time @ UA? What does he like about CP as a coach?

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Hmm. No Deji Ibitayo?

+1. And add the athletic freaks Josh Egner and Deji Ibitayo to that list! Man, is that team gonna be FUN to watch!!!

Nice find, Cap'n Thank you! I guess it would have helped to have read the article!

Many of JD's most highly-touted recruits never made it to UA. They were intriguing talents that most others schools were leary of due to off-field issues; similar to Erik Howard from iCoach's 1st recruiting class. I'm still getting over being jilted by Giorgio Bowers.

That was some time back. I forget the story. Why didn't he ever make it to UA?

Off topic, but man, this sentence got me amped up! I'm so ready for basketball to tip-off!!!

Dave, excellent points. I thought Egner played his way off the red shirt band wagon as I watched his excellent performance. He brings an electric athleticism that is only matched by Quincy Diggs. Did you VOTE for AMPI today? Maybe Egner's PT was initially limited simply due to his sprained ankle?

New Mexico actually won today, so that leaves as the only not so perfect team. At least we don't have to share our title with anyone else.

Dude.

Does anyone know whether we recruited Rossi primarily as a LB or as a RB/FB?

The only thing BSU needs to worry about is the bus driver taking a wrong turn on the way to the stadium.