ksu sucks

They will switch over at about tip off. They did the same thing last year when Akron was playing.

Seconded. It would go a long way towards revitalizing that area. I can't believe the University is allowing that structure to sit there and rot directly across the street from the brand new stadium. Just another reason many students head to Highland Square/The Valley to live.

If a new arena isn't possible within the next 5 years then they need to reorganize the student section. If you can't get rid of the track behind the current "student section"(the metal bleachers) then give those lower seatbacks to students. They rarely sell out and it's the quietest part of the arena anyways. Does anyone else find it pecular that we get 50 students to a game when there is thousands within walking distance...hmm... http://cache.deadspin.com/CARDSTUNt.jpg

I agree 100%. The AD is trying. He sent an e-mail out to every single student with a picture of crowd at the Akron/Can't game. He actually asked if there is any way of improving the student experience so that more kids come out for the game. They are trying. IMO, get rid of the damn track behind the student section and you'd see student attendance double.

Damn..I hope you're wrong. VCU would own this competition. How the hell didn't they get into the NIT? They would whoop some K-ent behind.

A little soccer rematch?

There isn't one. At least not a good one. But if I could think of anything this might be it.

I'm going to agree with you on almost every single one of your points EXCEPT #3. I think I'm almost offended by that one(especially being from out of town). I think you drastically underestimate how much Akron has changed. Do you realize that over 4,000 kids live on campus? That's larger than a LOT of division one schools. Even some smaller BCS schools. If you add everyone who lives off campus you're looking at another few thousand students. You do realize that's larger than a few entire schools, right? Almost 30,000 people go to Akron. Name one school that has 30,000 spots for residents. Not gonna happen. Where I will agree is that UA needs to work on the community aspect. We can still grow the on campus community and improve the area around campus. It's happening as we speak. Now if the U would just stop these slum lords around campus(as others have mentioned before) and quit being so strict with parties, things would go a lot smoother. Akron cops ruin any kind of night life that could be possible around campus. It needs to stop. And the university has to help us out or this 'University Park" community will never flourish the way they want it to. If Akron fired a 24 win coach we would be the laughing stock of division one basketball. Get a freaking clue, man.

I think it might a combo of both scheduling and players. Maybe a small schedule upgrade and an increase in talent at certain positions. Specifically at point guard. I know Dambrot likes the short tough guys like Humpty, but we had no match for Armon Bassett last night. Can't's guards gave us problems as well. Humpty is going to be great, but he can't do it alone. Mcnees is a shooter. I don't trust him driving to the lane. Bottom line, we need someone with size and athleticism like that Bassett or Cooper at Ohio. They are going to be good the next few years. We have the size and athleticism down low. Now we need a "go-to" athlete at the point.

RootforRoo, I'd give it a break man. You've been here long enough to realize how this is run. You will never have a say--you are still and student AND you weren't college buds with any of the mods on here. I love ZNO but I totally see where you're coming from. It's best to just let it slide. At least we have alumni who are involved enough to host their own forum unlike a certain portage county "university"!

I thought that entire game was as evenly played. The teams were even, the bands were even(Ohio's band is overrated in my opinion). The crowd was about 50/50 Ohio/Akron. Fair enough. There's tons of Ohio alumni in the Cleveland area. But for almost the entire game all that you could hear was Ohio fans. We were amazed at how quiet the Rowdies were. Frankly, it was embarrassing(Trust me, I was doing my fair share of yelling).And what about our alumni? You guys just sat in your seat. ESPN 2. National T.V. Can we get a little louder? I think our alumni attendance was pretty pitiful when you think about how many Akron alumni live in the greater Cleveland area. Is the issue our Alumni Association? What does it take to get some alumni together and make some noise? If the Alumni Association sucks, then I think the AK-Oldies need to step it up and start doing what the actual alumni groups are too unorganized to do. Bottom line...Akron fans could learn a lot from Ohio fans. Kudos to them. In terms of numbers, it wasn't bad. But in terms of noise...we have a long way to go.

They showed the AK-Rowdies and Reghi kept pronouncing it "Acckkk Rowdies" like he was hawkin' up something nasty. Did anyone else catch that?

i watched that video about 30 times. i love the sound of the net when the ball goes through. bout time something like that happens to usCan we start referring to it as "The Shot"? Seriously.Thanks for the video Akronnn!

Nope they just teased us for a half and let us down as usual. Oh well maybe next year we can finally beat a top 40 team.At least Let us down? Hmm....No.

I've been waiting for someone to mention this. Judging from their schedule so far, WMU will be tough. I might mention that they beat VCU decisively. The same VCU squad that beat URI by 2.

Once again, I won't be able to make it. Living over an hour away and being snowed in will do that to you. I'll be rooting the zips on from home, though!

Check out the link at the beginning of this thread. There's a very in depth scouting report on the zips.

If anyone has any info as to where we can watch this game.....please share!

I suppose it's a good thing your name neither starts with Tom or end with Wistrcill.

It's probably more likely that they will close off that part of Exchange and made it a pedestrian walkway. They need to do something. Someone is going to get hit(if it hasn't happened already!)

Not true. Check out some of the threads on there. They are far and away the most delusional of the MAC fans. I think Akron may be second, though.And that NEcatNEtime guy is probably jupitertoo.

You have dial up internet but access to the internet on your cell? You got your priorities outta wack, bruddah!

Someone please confirm this. This would be HUGE!

Sorry, but I'm not about to drive over an hour to watch a UNC branch campus get stomped. I'm sure that was the mindset of most students.Also, if we arent going to get a new arena, can we at least get rid of that stupid track? I guarantee more students would sit with the Rowdies if it weren't on little portable bleachers. I'm probably in the minority on here, but not all of us are best buds with the rest of the AK-Rowdies. I guess I'm saying that the casual student is being scared away by the JAR's poor design. Who ever designed the JAR should be shot.

I hope he wins it. I respect him more than most of the scholarship guys. That takes some serious motivation. Good luck to him in his career here at UA and in life.