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no score yet, but players/fans running to cover

Looks to be a rain delayhttp://www.weather.com/weather/map/interac.../Akron+OH+44301

On high speed through ESPN3(have to have Time Warner). the link is http://www.sportsradio1350.com/mediaplayer/Trying to balance between streaming and radio

Steve French: "At least we are not in our own end zone!"

I thought that I was bad when I lived in Phoenix!

"They are a very talented team and a very well-coached team,""This is a very dangerous team. It's a program on the uprise. We have to bring our A game to beat them."Two things about the quotes: Either Keith Pompey was looking to fill article time, or he is on some serious sauce.

Does that mean that the Sun Belt is better than the MAC?

"High Major?" Does that mean that the MAC is a one bid conference again?

Very cool. Thanks for this. I have NEVER been in an atmosphere like that before. UNBELIEVABLE student support. FANTASTIC experience. Will be back for the tournament in a couple of weeks and will be in LA this weekend to support the guys. Hey students, let's see that kind of support for the men's basketball team @ the JAR! That is called a sellout at the JAR

He is playing not to lose. 4th and 1" and he punts. I agree! Chris Spielman made the same comment during the game. What do you have to lose? Right after we punted they drove the length of the field and scored. At least if we would have picked up the first down, we could have given our defense a little more rest. As bad as Brookhart was, I would rather have him right now. At least he had some imagination as well as some kahoonas. What I said in this post might be coming true (the wins with disclaimers part)

I am watching the game today and I seen two very important things today: The Zips quit today in the second half and No fan support where I was at (Barley House). Any thoughts?

I'm not sure who you mean by that. I don't recall reading one single post from anyone on this board who has ever said anything like "Ianello will get the job done if given the necessary amount of time". There are some of us, including myself, who have argued that there wasn't enough evidence last year to determine that he's incapable of ever getting the job done here. That doesn't mean we should wait forever of course. Certainly today's performance didn't do anything to help his cause. I'm willing to withhold final judgement until the end of this season. We'll see how the team does in the MAC, although I think the league is much improved this year. What is particularly troublesome for me is what I perceive as a lack of guts. I fear that's something that can't be learned. Withhold final judgement? The Zips quit

I can assure ALL Zips fans that Barley House is behind you 100%. ALL staff will be wearing new custom Akron/Barley House shirts during ALL Zips games. I just posted the shirt on the Akron Barley House Facebook account. Our beer special for Saturday game days are 22 oz Zips keep the cup (Bud or Bud Light) for only $3.25! I would be more than pleased to see the place taken over by Zips fans EVERY Saturday (just like the December Soccer games). Your voices were heard in the past and we made the proper changes. Let's start this season off the right way with a HUGE party in support of YOUR Akron Zips!!!! -Ryan Hartzell -Barley House Owner Hopefully I will be there!

33.5!? Take akron and the points all day. There is no way that we lose by that many!

So Barley House is the place?

Completely and totally insulting!

Let's break it down: To be fair to myself, I looked at a video that I did way back in 2009 and how big of a mess it was.......... I may not count this form then, but here I go....... Ohio State: This game went from a no doubt about it loss to a question mark. With all of the issues they have now, the players will not let this loss to the Zips happen. 0-1 For the home opener and the conference opener, Temple comes to town. As stated on Zipsnation, Temple is miles apart from the other schools even if they are users of the conference. Tough loss 0-2 Then they head on the bus downstate to Cincinnati. Cinci is not going anywhere, but the pressure form the Big East will make them step up for this game. 0-3 The next two games are wins with disclaimers: VMI is a FBS (or whatever you call it) school and will not be a repeat of last year with GW. Eastern Michigan was better last year by default because of more wins. EMU will be once again the worst school in the country and the Zips will win. However if both games are losses, RI, TW and Dr. Proenza will probably be looking for new jobs at the end of the season. Why do I say this? The first two are self explanatory. With Proenza on the other hand, he green lighted this mess and the board will look real hard on how much money they spent and what return they had so far with him in charge. 2-3* Florida International. The Sun Belt is better than the MAC!? 2-4 Ohio: bad team, at least they won the best party school award! 3-4 Central Michigan: I thought about this for over an hour and I finally said that "they are not as god as they once was." 4-4 Miami: The had the biggest turnaround in MAC history and their coach bailed on them. This will be about personnel and the Zips do not have it yet. 4-5 Can't State: Last year I said that the Zips would not win and I was right all the way. It was so bad that that had the first sellout in the Football programs history at the expense of the Zips. The battle of the Wagon Wheel will be no contest. Can't will win. Not because I want the Zips to fail, but as much as I hate to say it, has more talent at the moment. Your last two games are on the road. Buffalo will be a win by default. 5-6 Then on to Kalamazoo. This is not MAC West Basketball. 6-6 There is my predictions with some type of reasoning to all this mess. I just hope that it happens. Back in Akron and drop by Lot 9

This video does not get me excited at all. It just says "go buy tickets!" I do not have all the answers, however maybe word of mouth might work. As an example, when I lived in Phoenix, I promoted the Zips every chance I got. Most people either said "what the hell am I talking about?' Or they said "That team with the Kangaroo that got blown out by Nebraska years ago?" I was just happy that at least half of the people knew that the Zips existed. Here is what I would do for marketing: Go state wide and basically say "we ARE NOT the Buckeyes, Browns, Bengals, ect." Make us the ultimate underdog. I promise you people will follow just for that reason. Winning does help, but when no one shows up, does it matter?

Some of you need to understand something. We may have no choice in the matter. It may not be us dropping. It may be us getting dropped by the BCS level schools wheny they start their own division.There are a limited number of schools with a limited number of scholarships at the BCS level. If a player wants to play college football and all of the scholarships are taken up at the BCS level, he'll have to go somewhere. Our division would be the next best thing. It's already happening.With all that is going on in college football, change is needed. Either we make the change with like schools or we get handed the change. Better to make your own change than allowing someone to make changes for you.If and when it happens, it will go from NCAA Football to English Premier League style of play.

Don't worry, if this article is true, it means that the knew that it was going on for years.

It's starting to look more and more like it is owned by a criminal organization.Don't know about that. I am pretty sure the mob would run it better than that

I agree. Obama is currently losing to the generic Republican by 8%. Believe me, when the generic becomes real, that number will turn quickly. Obama is so easy to beat is isn't even funny, yet the Republicans won't be able to do it.There was a good article written recently about how FOX News has destroyed the Republican Party. Great read. FOX basically puts lunatics on the air and because they are on the air all the time, they become normal to the viewers. There was once a time when people like Hannity and Bill O' would have been laughed off the air by Republicans. Palin is alive today because FOX kept her alive. Bachmann is alive today because FOX kept her alive. Newt is alive today because FOX kept him alive. There is a list as long as your arm of fools who are kept alive by FOX News.Everyone knows what FOX News is, I even said it last week what is going to happen.

Nice, but for basically $90?

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: Maybe the MAC is using the Marketing Dept. as consultants

I have reported on this story. Go back and look. My tOSU posts have been scattered among several threads, while the Auburn/State of Alabama posts are all in one thread. While the Tressel/tOSU story may be huge in the State of Ohio, the Auburn/State of Alabama story still has the potential to be a much bigger national story with a bigger overall impact on college football than Tressel/tOSU. I don't know about that Dave. The NCAA is going to do everything to bury the Auburn/State of Alabama story. Since tOSU is the Big Ten, they will let them hang themselves and see what happens.