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Jake

For students, bleacher seats with backs. Best of both worlds.

Had a 3 Philosophers at Melt on Sunday... wooooowwww!

Kroll show... a lady who accidentally smothers pugs in her sleep is on a dog matchmaker show... she's from Akron.

Congrats on the new job. You know, it is flu season... cough cough.

So which is the ranking they use to put the number next to your name during the game? Because I so want to see "#24 Akron" somewhere.

My parents have really been following the Zips this year, been to half a dozen games. They're going to the game. I'm in Columbus now, and me, the wife, and the little guy are going as well. Hope more Zips fans make the trip.

As my eloquent father would say: What a chach.

Great win. Great crowd. I especially enjoyed the upper GA student section. They were very into it. On a second half Kretzer 3, with the ball in the air I turned to watch the student section reaction and I was not disappointed: nearly the entire section came out of their seat. Speaking of, I'm loving the fact that we have an above average 4 (Abreu, Zeke, Tree, Harney) and get to play the hot hand between Chauncey, Walsh and Kretzer for the 3 ball. Not like in years past where you hoped McClannahan was on or it was going to be a long night. Honestly I was never worried during this game. Disappointed when we got down 13, but at that point OU was shooting 71% from the field and 60% from 3 point. I kept telling myself that OU couldn't play better and they couldn't keep it up for the whole game. Plus there's this fact: OU is soft. S. O. F. T. Marshmallowy soft. Poor Ivo Baltic... maybe he could have contributed if they counted all his 3 point makes during pregame shootaround. Once the game started, Tree accosted him so physically I thought OU was going to have to cancel another day of classes. Keely: pffffftttt. Nobody on that team of wanted any part of anything within 15 feet of the basket. Content to jump passing lanes to get runout baskets and hope for a high 3 point percentage. Hey DJ, keep throwing them up from the parking lot. Lastly, props to speedo guy for making the security guard come tell you to put your clothes back on on 3+ separate occasions. I spit my diet coke on the gentlemen in front of me when, during 2nd half shootaround, you laid down in front of OU's basket, legs spread eagle, and beckoned to OU players "Hey... hey... come here... look at this."

So that crystallizes my view... I would not be in favor of dropping a level in the current structure, but I would be open to not being in the top level if there was a new level between FBS and FCS that other MAC/WAC/Sunbelt/Half the Big10 were in and competed for a playoff championship. I would be even more behind that if there was a mechanism in place to move up levels based on performance. If I'm honest, that's the caliber of teams I want to play against anyways. I'm tired of playing OSU just to hope for a close loss. I much rather enjoy when I see Indiana on the schedule because I know we could get to a level where we beat them consistently and then you have some bragging rights with the "big boys" that, yeah, I can regularly beat the schools that you always crowed about regularly beating.

Put Texas Southern in the Quick Win/Low hanging fruit category.

I'm warming to the idea of splitting off the "big boys" and not allowing them to play down divisions. Someone could educate me better on the European soccer league and how it actually works, but I'd LOVE a scenario where after every year or two the top four and bottom four teams of every division were promoted or demoted. Not sure how conference affiliations would work in that scenario, but it would be great to see.

I thought you hated 6-sigma?

Was up in Cleveland for a training a few months ago. Grabbed a burger, fries and spicy fried pickle appetizer at BRGR9 on West 9th. A place that tries a little too hard IMO, but it was some really good eats.

I like Joe, but heading into that one break was so hilarious I had to rewind and call the wife into the room. Blinking is one thing... can he not sit there and not twitch his mouth like he's about to say something. Overall, light years ahead of the Dambrot show. Thank God for HD. I'm looking forward to both of those shows going forward.

I liked how the 43 had the strategy to go fast and not crash. Also how the 31 tried to go fastest. In the end, I like how the winner didn't have to pit that last time. I've often thought the NFL would be more exciting if the superbowl came down to who drank the least water during the last two minute warning.

As a student/graduate of both engineering schools, you are spot on with your analysis.

#2 isn't awful, although I don't like shirts with too much on them, makes them stiff and overbearing #3 isn't awful, although I don't like the font used for wreak havoc. It looks too... I don't know... graffiti-like? The rest are awful... especially the first one. Aside from making no sense, it reminds me of Hot Topic.

I believe his question was who deserves to be paid higher?

How does Eckard-Baldwin feel about doing commercials for the show? Is it a conflict of interest after they presided over the funeral service of our offense last year?

List of things you can have, but shouldn't be proud of: ... 67. Herpes 68. A PM from Jake 69. A tramp-stamp of your best friends name 70. KKK endorsement ...

I hate these Akron vs. Cleveland fights. As if some schmuck from Altoona isn't a Pittsburgh fan.

Have a hard time comparing someone to a career journeyman simply because he never beat out Rodgers for the starting spot. Also can't see how taking someone who has done anything in his only nfl starts is more desperate than taking a rookie.

Lake High School (Hartville since 5th grade) BSME 2008 Mom graduated from UA with a teaching degree in the mid 70's.

AK-Bowdy