Bleacher Bum

Starship actually played the Rubber Bowl. I don't what year it was, as it was certainly well before my time. But Grace Slick apparently didn't like the presence of the police being at the show and she told the crowd to push through security and come on stage, thus leading to a riot. I don't know how it all turned out or the validity of the story, but this is what I heard from an old hippie from Texas when I told him I was from Akron.

What about the Roo Brew?

That's awesome. When they re-turfed the practice field a couple of years ago, we took (stole?) the old stuff and had wall-to-wall turf in our basement for a year. I'll see if I can find any of the pictures and post them. The beer pong table wasn't real elaborate. Just painted green with white tape for yard lines and blue painted endzones.

Ahh, nice idea. My roommates and I had a beer pong table that was painted like the field at the Rubber Bowl.

The Good: Tailgating! God I'm gonna miss tailgating in front of the blimp hangar backdrop and cranking the "Top Gun Anthem" and "Highway to the Danger Zone" every time a plane comes in to land.Another Good: Beating Can't in 2005 to seal the MAC East title in blizzard conditions on Thanksgiving Day. Me and Can't fan were on ESPNU because we got into a snowball fight high in the bleachers. I also vividly remember plastering their mascot with snowballs.The Bad: Gonna have to agree and say the Army game from a couple of years back. Another Bad: This is technically a good for everyone else that was there... The game (I don't remember who against) when Swiger kicked the game winner after the Zips trailed by double digits most of the game. My brother was sick with the flu and wanted to go home early since Akron was getting their butts kicked. The game was on ESPN2 and I remember getting back home and pounding on his door while he slept that Akron was about to kick the game winning field goal. Man, I was PISSED!The Ugly: Gonna have to agree here and say the bathrooms as well. Even though I will be dragging a trough out of the Bowl on November 13.

Haha. Jerk.

They have this. As a season ticket holder from last year, if I get 2 people to sign up for the first year at ICS , I get a free t-shirt. If I get 5 people, I get a t-shirt, hat, and 2 tickets to the last game at the RB.For every new season ticket account referred, my name is placed in a drawing to win an all expenses (travel, hotel and game tickets) paid trip for two to the Sept. 20, 2008 game at Army.That being said...Who still needs season tickets and wants to refer me as their friend?

I figured some more people that just myself might be interested in this. Since I originally heard Roo Brew would be out in April, I e-mailed Thirsty Dog and asked when we'd be able to get it. Here's the response:"We are ready to brew and have done a couple of test batches that have been used for events sponsored by the guys we are contract brewing it for. They are waiting for some licensing issues with the state to be finished and should have itdone in June to start selling the product before tailgaiting."

From the Post-Gazette article:"Marshall said he never seriously considered Pitt because 'I don't like their campus. I don't like a city campus. If they had a better campus, I would've considered them.'"Thank God for the Landscape for Learning!

Not that I've seen. It was supposed to come out right about this time but Thirsty Dog's website says nothing about it.

They Built Cleveland Stadium in 18 months. This is not close to size of that Stadium. Trust me, anyone with any doubts will be gone at what this site will look like in next 90 to 100 days.You still don't even have the near the full crew of workers on site that will be there down the road and look at what they've done in a little over 3 months. They won't let crews who can't work stand around and draw a paycheck. Once much of the grading and dirt removal is done and they can really get serious with foundation and structure work. That's when you'll see the place really take shape. They have more then enough time to get it ready before Sept 19, 2009 Sounds like a vacation day is in order in June or July ... pack up a cooler, grab a folding chair and a bottle of sunscreen and plant myself somewhere on the perimeter where I can enjoy watching it all happen. The whiners and complainers lurking out there fatigue me ... this is a good thing for the U of A and for the City of Akron. Go Zips!!!I'll be there with ya. Six pack of Roo Brew in tow.

Considering the O Zone has 300+ screaming "Winning Team, Losing Team" and the Rowdies have 15- saying "I Believe," I'm gonna give OU the edge.

Didn't Getsy sign undrafted with the 49ers as well? At least to be on the practice squad.

Haha! So True!

I just plan on showing up sometime between 6 and 7 AM on game day. Then you never have problems parking anywhere. There just better not be any "beer nazis" in the parking lots.....*cough* K-e-n-t *cough*.........jerks, trying to bust me on your bicycles. What a bunch of tools.

The article does mention that the "priority reserved" seats will include "priority parking." What this means, I have no idea. And if priority parking at IC is similar to the priority parking at the RB, I'll be saving my money.

You know, every time I hear that I always think to myself, "This guy is just gonna use this to buy booze or cigarettes." Then I realize that's what I was going to spend it on, so I usually end up giving them a quarter.

Ugh....

Worst half in NCAA Tournament history since the 1930s. I wanna see em break a record! ....And NO I don't mean an epic comeback!

I wonder what the record is for fewest points scored in an NCAA Tournament game....Looks like Can't may make history.

I know for a fact that WKYC covered the Zips win last night and this morning. No more than just highlights though.

It's always good to have the refs on your side once in a while. Also, anyone notice the comments about "classless" fans cheering when the ref was taken down? Their board looks an awful lot like ours...

Don't forget that all of the girls that go there have huge noses. Seriously...think of someone you know who goes there. Now think of her nose....and tell me it ain't huge.

Yes, it would be wrong. Awesome Dude farted on their bench before the game at the JAR and they won. I would suggest throwing water balloons full of urine. They are the "Golden Showers."

I don't know the validity of this comment, but I have heard that the past 6 MAC Champions were the winners of the earlier semi-finals game.