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Why did Boxen give up on that?

I hope that this is NOT Flag City again......

Nice opening drive! 7-0 Fighting Kangaroos

Not sure..

French just said Ball is out for this game.....

I agree with you assessment. I have said that this will be the deciding game this Season. There are two things that concern me. The first one is Ball and if he is out, who do they choose and will the dumb flags finally stop? Second, I look at Marshall like Pitt was from two years ago. Do they actually come to play, or just phone it in?

This person wanted to get to the game early AND wanted to see the game very badly (Hopefully no one was hurt)

According to VMI, they have a leader at QB

I would like to start by saying Welcome to ZipsNation! It is always good to have visitors from another Conference! I told myself that this is the game that will make, or break the Season for us Fighting Kangaroos, and it might be for your Mountaineers also. I will be the first one to admit that I found your record last year suspect. Yeah, you beat Wyoming, but Eastern Michigan did also(was Eastern's first FBS OCC Road win this Century, that how bad the Cowboy's was). With that being said, we had two common opponents last year: Louisiana Lafayette in which I did not know that it was that bad there during the season and Ohio, whom you beat in your Bowl Game. So basically that is a wash. I am excited for this game this season because this is a team after next year, we may never see each other on the field again. I know that this will be a statement game for both of us, so get excited and if you plan to visit, pick our brains on where to go while you are here

I'll play along: W-VMI: I am not sure how good/bad they are, but I agree with CK on his assessment, unless there are major Line issues. L-Wisconsin: It is what it is, but if this game is close near the end...... W-Marshall. Now this years Herd team looks like Pitt from Two years ago. Do the show up, or Phone it in? I am taking the latter in this one for a much needed statement game. W-App State: This is not you Michigan killer anymore. Just looking at who they played last season and they beat a Wyoming team that lost to Eastern, a team that the Cowboys was their first OCC ROAD FBS win this Century! They beat up on a So-So Belt last Season and it will show in this game. W-Can't: Kent is back to being Kent again and this should be easy. W-Miami: They are just not there yet and Focus should be the theme that week. L-Western: IDK how good they will be, but this will be just one of those strange games. W-Ball State: They are bad, they should be thankful that they are in the Same division as Eastern. W-Buffalo: They are about as average as it gets in the Mac, and that is with the short Week.... L-Toledo: I have been saying it for over 20 years: Never count them out and they will NOT be phoning this one in like they did Two years ago. W-BG: They lost a lot and the Fighting Kangaroos will win.. W-Ohio: This will finally be the year they beat them and if Ohio's season is already over, I am not sure if their Coach will be around for that one... There you have it, 9 Wins!

Article and official Press Release(Via WAKR)

The first part is a poor comparison. MLB vs. Mid Major Basketball is Apples to Grapes. The Second part is is simple: Inflation and the Conference that you are in. The WCC is way, way smaller than the MAC(in terms of the Schools), so that size makes sense. Keep in mind that at the price you are referring to, you get what Bowling Green has and I do not think that anyone has any interest in that.

I am not sure that there are any options left...

Let me make sure that I am understanding this: This whole dumpster fire of an idea was hatched by the Chairman of the State Board of Regents? Should have shoved it down the throat of the school in Franklin County, it it would have got that far. This person PROOVED that Crack is a powerful drug

Let me expand on that. Too many people fall into the Market Trap. If Market was the only thing that mattered, then Stony Brook, Coloumbia and Army(Close Enough) would be a P5 school by now. ESPN is the perfect example because there will be a Major Market Adjustment coming because the The Money being thrown around is unsustainable. Keep in mind that the Providers look at the same Data that the Advertisers do for ratings and of it is way down, they will NOT overpay in this Media Climate for College Sports...

The only real difference is 1 Million extra they get because of their Basketball(2 Million Total).

The Stronger Schedule topic has been around since the 27-win Team that could not get into any Tournament. Let's face it that Schedule that year was ok, but nothing to write home about. The Miami Death Marches was brought up. Do you really want that Gauntlet of games every year? I wish that on NO Mid-Major. I am just a Joe-Akron, but in my eyes you have Three options: -Do what Miami did for cash and get killed. -In Season Tournaments(and NO, I am not excited about the possibility of playing an historically Basketball-Poor East Carolina) -Do what the Missouri Valley did years ago: Force all Conference teams to schedule better of get kicked out. Now, on to the ACC claim: If, and I do mean IF that was on the table, that means either: -The new Arena was the holdup -Had a Travel Partner -We were one of the final options -Did not have the Cash/ Had someone to buyout the remainder of the MAC Deal(at that time) -Needed a body if Louisville agreement feel apart at the last moment(see MAC Deal) This part is not a slight on said claim, I just don't buy it without actual proof..... The AAC part I do believe because of this: Go back when the Then-Big East was having their Indoor Track Tournament on Campus and I said back then that were at least "Snooping Around" to see what Akron had. Keep in mind at that point, that Conference was already on the Ropes and was looking to stay together somehow.

And that is fair. I was not at the Spring Game due to prior commitments. Do they look like a 9-Win team? Are they a bunch of questionarks? Can they hang with the best in the country?

Why do I see a 9-3 team happening.........

Yuck! Why even be involved with this Tournament if you have basically average schools and one historically Poor Basketball School(E. Carolina). I KNOW that they can do better than this......

Have not seen this in a long time! Totally Jacking this

The could hold their own in the MVC. The issue is the MVC gamed the system to be a Multi-Bid League......

Will never happen. IMHO, Schools would outright refuse to be apart of it in Akron is in it. Doing it on their own? It is a 20-Loss Season if they do a Miami-Like Gauntlet Schedule....

The record. I hate any Conference winners in Dayton(other then when the SWAC a couple of years ago with all of the APR issues), but that is what they decided.....