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Attendance: 15,969

Attendance: 15,969

Attendance: 15,969

Attendance: 15,969

Delone Carter, the former Mr. Football in Ohio at Copley High School, might not be playing for Syracuse when the Orange meet the University of Akron on Sept. 4 at InfoCision Stadium in the 2010 opener. Carter, a tailback and the leading rusher for Syracuse in 2009, has been suspended from school and from the team after being arrested for assault in April. Read Tom Gaffney's article.

COLUMBUS — Stark County likely will find out next month if it will host the state high school football championships beyond 2011. No action was taken on bids for the title games Thursday during the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s board of directors meeting. The board received no recommendations from the site selection committee regarding proposals from Stark County and Columbus. A vote by the board is expected to take place next month. The current bidding proposals cover the state championships from 2012-14. Stark County has hosted games annually since 1990. Akron and Cincinnati also submitted bids but didn’t make the cut. - Canton Repository

How is construction of the dorms next to the stadium progressing? Did the team shop at the stadium ever open?

On one of the threads this week, the value of Ohio's first-round win over Georgetown to Akron and the MAC in general were being debated. One of the benefits is columns like this one by Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe, a member of the College Basketball Writers Hall of Fame: Ryan: So far, Ohio's long-range plan has been a hit In addition to crediting John Groce for recruiting prowess, Ryan writes: The MAC has always intrigued me, in both football and basketball. It’s a classic mid-major league, featuring Midwestern schools whose rosters are often stocked with fallen-between-the-cracks kids who love showing off when given a chance. Sometimes schools get lucky just hiring the right coach. Neither Bassett nor Cooper would be a Bobcat if Groce were not the coach. Cooper spurned the likes of Baylor and Cal to play at Ohio. “It was just the opportunity I had and knowing that Coach Groce is a good coach,’’ he said. “And I knew he put a lot of confidence in me and trust in me. I was going to be willing to make mistakes without getting yanked out of the game. Just mainly that.’’ Good pub for the entire conference.

Sounds kind of like a stadium I used to know in Akron . . .

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If this doesnt cement the fact that we need to upgrade our NC schedule then nothing does. No reason should a 24 win team not be in the NIT. 16-16 North Carolina made the NIT...that's sad... RPI: North Carolina #67 (9-15 vs. RPI teams 1-100) Akron #97 (0-6 vs. RPI teams 1-100) http://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/rpi/

Well, athletics is first and foremost a student activity. Granted, not all students participate, but all can enjoy and benefit from, to varying degrees. And it's certainly part of the college experience.