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Will it kill Akron Football? No one knows, however, I said another thread that "it starts at the top." That means you Mr. Luis M. Proenza. The one thing you don't have is time anymore waiting for an new stadium. Bad decisions are bad decisions. Will coach I pan out? I might be better off asking the 8Ball vs. a Crystal Ball right now. All I ask is to be at least look like a football program moving in the right direction. Mr Proenza, what is more inportant: Having a money generating program in football that everyone wants to watch, or have Fotbol as you bread an butter that wins with all the suport in the world. You can have both!

I couldn't agree more. Looking at the pictures from today's game in which my brother was at(I did not watch, or listen today because of work). With that loss, you will drive away fans, even the die-hards

If that is ture, it tells me one of three things: 1. The Big East DON'T want Temple back 2. They are completely stupid by taking an "directional" school 3. They have no desire to go after an team from another conference and would be easier to go with an FCS school.

You have a Big East team come to your stadium and the and according to ohio.com "the announced crowd of 15,969." Most teams will have fans show up with 20-25k for the game (including ticket giveaways). Everybody says that winning will change this. I honestly think that thare is something more deep than that. I Rember when the Zips Played Marshall at the Bowl years ago for an ESPN game. Was it packed? Yes it was, but at the end of the game, there was doesens and dosens there looking for some t.v. time. There are issues here and it starts at the very top of the food chain. I here in Phoenix and looking at the pictures it seems like there is something very wrong. Am I off base, or dead on?

1) The MAC would not help the Zips in any way, Even if they added schools 2) Being the best in the conference dose not matter in the MAC. Bosie State found that out the hard way. 3) The Mouatin West is BCS close? What did I miss? 4) The only reason that the Big East is still BCS is because of mbb. 5) The ideal option is to join the BE. Having a super conference of Directional schools and a few big schools does not work in the long term. For BB it would be great, but for football there would be no chance. Mabye coach I has a plan, but we would not know for for a few years.

I don't think that they would go to Conference USA. After reading this article, they are not really looking to do anything. At least with the Mouatin West. http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/TU/a...B1_Confer242091

Stop the madness, there is only one thing that OU really cares about http://news.lalate.com/2009/07/27/princeto...y-schools-2010/

I totally agree with the whole Cleveland/ Akron deal. However reading part of the G.Q. article, he talks about character and Dan Gilbert: • James on Cavs owner Dan Gilbert: "I don't think he ever cared about LeBron. My mother always told me: 'You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You'll get a good sense of their character.' Me and my family have seen the character of that man." He went on to say that Gilbert's post-Decision screed "made me feel more comfortable that I made the right decision." Mr, James, after the way this went down(from you quitting durning the Boston series to now), you showed how much character you have: and that is ZERO.

Are you sure? Is there a quality source yet?

Why would you want someone like that? If the reasoning is true why the kicked off the team "dismissed for multiple failed drug tests." The last thing you need on a team is someone like that

I would take Akron also. The Orangemen will be one of the worse teams in the country this year!

How does this Examiner blog work anyway, with regard to the city cited? Every time I've ever seen it, it has "Examiner Birmingham" displayed to me -- whether I'm at work or at home (I did just open the Examiner Akron, and that's what it read). I usually use it to find info on the Seattle Sounders, in fact the best Sounders blog -- put together by their PR Dept Director is on Examiner (Birmingham, that is). Welcome to Bama? I think that it has to do someting with the cookies stored on your cpu. I just pulled up the article and it said Examiner Phoenix.

We've never had a 1-for-1 with a BCS team. I don't know what the new policy is with a new AD and coach in place. 1 and 1's would be good. Just do fall into the garbage that VT used to do with an "out cluase" after the first game

It is not about "Who inherited a more talented team," more of what is done with the talent. Sometimes, it is just a chance of face that makes the difference. I am not questioning the talent that JD had at the start. Coach I has talent to complete at least in the MAC East this year.

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I have notice that Akron wants nothing to do with Cleveland for any reason. Growing up in Akron, we considered Clevland a whole different universe than Akron. The flip side of this that Cleveland wants nothing to with Akron unless it conviences them for something(i.e. Le Bron). Is there a possible way to split the two cities idenity. I ask this question because the two cities in question are two very different worlds. I was talking with a friend of mine who moved to Cleveland and he said reffering to Akron "Why would I go there? It's is not a real city anyway." Nothing against Cleveland, they have used Akron to make them look better. Even worse, they consider Akron apart of Cleveland for everything. Is there a way to get rid of the complexes that make up the two cities?

+10000 I made the comment to a friend of mind here in Phoenix that his bags were packed after game 3 of the Boston series. Everyone involed from James to the NBA to ESPN were just BIG TIME TOOLS!

They are stupid so I'm surprised they didn't have something like this. How much ass kissing is enough? Half the expected crowd showed up to LBJpprecitation Day. Why waste the time and effort on a guy who didn't attend UofA and his only connection to UofA is the coach he played for his freshman and soph years of high school? What would be in it for UofA? On my way home from the gym this morning, a couple of DJs on Charlotte radio were blasting how obnoxious this whole thing has become. It was really funny too because they were discussing how in addition to declaring his team, LBJ is going to explain the origins of the universe during his ESPN special tonight. This whole thing is completely out of control and sickening. I will be glad when 10:00 PM hits tonight so I can turn the TV on without having to listen to it. Good luck LBJ. Stay in Cleveland. You won't find a fan base as willing to kiss your ass as this one. +another 1 Except, it won't end at 10 pm. If he signs with a team other than Cleveland, then the media will be all over the sad fan base in NEO and harping on LeBron about what he did to NBA fans in NEO. If he signs with Cleveland, then we'll hear all the "woulda, coulda, shoulda..." ..."had a championship, more endorsements, a piece of Madison Square Garden, followed in Jordan's shoes, yada, yada, yada." Please make it STOP! +1

I agree, but they won't be able to match what other urban schools have become/are becoming. Akron/Toledo/Ohio State/UC have room for thousands of students to live on campus(Ohio State obviously has a lot more being the largest university in the country..). Meanwhile Cleveland State has rooms for a few hundreds of students, not thousands. Once again, I agree. CSU is on an upswing, but they won't be able to match the atmosphere that other urban Ohio schools have growing. Cleveland State WILL NOT have a football team. Does anyone understands how hard it is to start one at any level? They don't even have a place to have games(and if anyone thinks that Browns Stadium is an option, you will see 50-60,000 orange seats and I am being nice!). Getting rid of dead weight, then adding it back makes no sense. It is the "directional schools" mentality that will not fix the conference.

2009 Fun Stats: - Fourth Quarter Scoring: Opponents 106 – Akron 45 - Sacks: Opponents 26 for 165 yards – Akron 11 for 63 yards - Punt return average: Opponents 11 yards per try – Akron 6.4 yards per try To mabye get 6 wins, the fun stats stated must change. I knew that it was a bad year, but I did not think that it was that dismal.

There is nothing to be sorry about. To answer your question........... To advertising around Cleveland(or NE Ohio for that matter), you have to go through the sports food chain in the area. 1.High School Football 2.Browns 3.Indians 4.Cavs 5.Ohio State Football Hopefully, the Marketing Dept. has a plan. It can be done!

So is this is the "go far in the tournament or else" year? Did you even read the quotations? Seriously though, Dambrot is probably right, and may even be a little generous to himself in this article. I personally think if he doesn't get back to the NCAA's in the next three years (the Zeke era) people will start calling for his head. He probably will even need to win a few games. I like KD as much as the next guy, he's an Akron guy through and through, and he deserves to stay here as long as he keeps providing results. But the reality of college athletics is that nobody really cares what you did last year. You need to keep moving the program forward or your out the door. Take away the fuke endings for a moment. I like KD also, however you can win 20+ games every year, but don't even make it. It might not be this year like I said. Sooner or later that hammer will come down.

So is this is the "go far in the tournament or else" year?

Its early, but: Syracuse win(1-0) They will be one of the worst teams in the country this year. Gardner-Webb win(2-0) This is the Runnin' Bulldogs "ATM" game. at Kentucky loss(2-1) They play Western Kentucky before Akron, so they should be rested. at Indiana loss(2-2) They also play Western Kentucky before akron, so the should be rested. Northern Illinois (Homecoming) loss(2-3) They are good and will take advantage of a new coach in his first homecoming game. at Can't loss(2-4) Before anyone says that I am crazy, let me explain: It's the Wagon Wheel game. They will not win the MAC, they wont even win the East. They will show up for this game(I mean the team, not the fans of Can't). at Ohio win(3-4) This is always an toss up game. The Zips will be more than pissed off that they loss to Can't and looking to make an example out of someone. Ohio will be the first thing they will see. Western Michigan loss(3-5) I almost put this as a win, but I changed my mind because they have a "ATM" game the week before (Notre Dame) and looking to beat down on someone. at Temple loss(3-6) As much as I think that they are using the MAC, Captain Kangaroo was right by saying that the conference to look to them on how to build a program. at Ball State win(4-6) Let's face it: Ball State Stinks and I do't even think that they willl win the EMU game! Miami (Ohio) loss(4-7) Looking at who they play this year. They have TWO winnable games this year. Akron is one and Ohio is the other. Buffalo win(5-7) Buffalo will be somewhat down this year and the Zips will finish on a good note. The question becomes, who will be there to see it? There you go an complete breakdown of this season

I got the idea of this because of of all the conferences adding/ losing teams. If the Zips are to stay in the MAC, something has to be done. Make you choice and give a reason why.