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KC talked honestly about the Zips whenever someone called and talked about them. He might have piled on the football team, but come on, they deserved it. No more than anybody here gave them. Whether he continues that up there, probably depends on whether any Zips fans call him. Imagine that. He was a hell of a lot easier to call in to than anybody on KNR. He could hold a conversation, you didn't give your "take", get hung up on, and listen to the radio for the host's response. That's how sports talk is suppose to be. That's how you get good callers, not just "takes". And he didn't hang up on you if he disagreed with you. Or the first time you paused or "uh"ed like Hammerhead. When Pete Franklin built the industry, the characters were the callers. Today, the characters are the co-hosts, whether it's local (RBS, R&R, X's and O's) or network (M&M, DP, Rome to an extent). KC is old school. Unless the whole sports world has gone "Opie and Anthony" "Brian and Joe" "Rover and cast", he should blow KNR right off the air.

I've been following this story for awhile, the changeover of 92.3. FGreat pickup of Carmen, I liked his show. He had a good show with no gimicks, and good callers, something WKNR hasn't had in years. I look forward to hearing him on the radio again. I just wish that station came in better down here. Not that 850 or 1350 are much better...

I thought Can't State had to close their library. All the books have been colored in...

Missing from the roster is JD recruit Anthony Schrock. Is he still on the team? Did he transfer or wash out? My sons played on the same HS team as him.

Shocking North Carolina, Connecticut, Kentucky, and MAryland all voted for Notre Dame. almost

Looking at the number of starters lost, I would be skeptical too. If I didn't know what Caleb Porter is capable of.

I was on campus last week, and there were Bobcats (the little tractors, not the OU kind) digging between the soccer stadium and the baseball er, uh, "stadium". Are they doing some upgrades to the ballpark?

OK. Last year he had one at the Info for everybody, even MC'ed it. Unless the turnout wasn't worth it (IIRC the weather was bad). I'll check on those other ones.

Does anyone know if ICoach is having another public scrimmage this year? My sons enjoyed that, a neat way to get football started.

Don't be silly. Everyone makes $$,$$$,$$$.cc when the Buckeyes are n a bowl game... It would take a lot for them to cut off that gravy train.

Spoken like a true Buckeye honk.What's the old saying? Walk a mile in an Ohio mid major fan's moccasins.Steelers fans wonder why we get sick and tired of their arrogance and hyperbole. They've never looked in the mirror.And I'm certain if we looked around Buckeye forums, we'd find somebody making jokes about MeatChicken, making fun of Akron and Toledo, blah blah blah.

Only difference, in Cleveland that walk involves traversing a gauntlet of exhibitionist, hookers, and thieves. 2 out of 3 ain't bad.Another option I have a van that can take five other people. We could get a couple of vehicles and car pool from W3rd or wherever to the game, and back. Hell I could run some guys up from campus or a shopping center. Bring a DVD to watch on the way. Depending on when the game is scheduled, we may not want to walk a half mile with the weather.

Good ideaToo bad there isn't any watering hole in the CSU vicinity. Is The Rascal House still open?Everything near The Q is a serious walk to the Wollstein center...at least in Cleveland, during the winter, it can be pretty rough.How much is a party bus?I just hope the basketball team shows up this year.

Good idea

There's no reason it has to. Modern construction methods can have stands that come right up to the basketball floor, and disappear for full floor events. It's that kind of single minded thinking that divides groups and results in nobody getting anything done.

Hello... Akron already HAS a hockey team. It's an entertaining brand of hockey, too. Finished 7-7 in their conference after moving up to Division 2 last year, against Dayton, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, IUP, Toledo, West Virginia, Wright State, and next year Ohio. Last year in the non-con they played Can't, tOSU, CSU, BGSU, Kentucky.They just need a closer place to play home games...

Seriously though, my favorite football game at the Rubber Bowl was October 22, 1983 vs. Moorhead State. The game ended 6-3, a real thriller. I played for Doylestown at the time, so I was use to pound-it-out games, every team had a fast farmboy they stuck at HB and let him run every play. Woodie Hayes would have loved it.It's my favorite game because it was my first date with a senior from Wadsworth High School. I spilled popcorn on her lap, ran off with my friends and terrorized the stadium for one quarter, all of the things idiots did on dates.She didn't seem to mind though. We'll be married 25 years in November.

Are you serious Spin? Did that happen? I don't think so. It most certainly did.One game was against the Jacksonville Tea Men, I can't remember who the second game was. I want to say Tulsa Roughnecks. It was the first sporting event I drove to after getting my license, which would put it at 1982. I got Bart Wolstein and Kai Haaskivi's autograph after the game.I remember parking up on the hill, where the airport markers are now, and driving up over the bank to avoid waiting in line and paying the parking fee. Everyone was surprised a Plymouth Duster could do that without dragging the exhaust off. Fun times.

Although, on second thought, anything Canton can do, Akron can do better...I'd still rather have a REAL arena suitable for hockey, and chase down a ECHL, CHL, or even an OHL franchise. I think it would be more viable.

The Cleveland Force playing NASL teams there.sorry, couldn't resist

Ada Zip to answer your question about the D League, the games I've seen on TV are poorly attended. It's just not anything close to NBA basketball, unlike minor league baseball and hockey.I've seen more minor league basketball leagues come and go, than anything else...

Have you been to the Canton Civic Center in the past, oh, 30 years?A new arena would have the D-League team BEGGING to come to Akron... That hole makes Thurmon Munson Stadium look like PNC...Personally I say let Canton have the D League. To me minor league hockey is more entertaining than minor league basketball anytime. And the Zips hockey team would have a local place to play.

Why can't baseball have something even remotely as nice as the softball stadium???

Why not, people travelled from West Virginia to Akron (Barberton and Kenmore) looking for work for over a century. The three R's in WV were Readin', Ritin', and Route 21.

In some ways, it does. In most ways, it doesn't. We have a top notch basketball program and a national champion in soccer. We have had pretty good track teams over the years. Other programs have performed well also. We have good facilities. There are positives. Our problem is we built White Elephant Stadium, which I like to refer to as The Big Dialer, and it sits empty because of poor performance on the field. The footbal team casts such a negative light on the rest of the Athletic Department because the games happen at the beginning of the school year, it makes it hard to get marketing traction for a good team like basketball. The University badly needs to get the team winning and people in the seats. The distance between where we are and where we would need to be is like the distance from the Earth to the Moon. While it isn't that far compared to other space bodies, it isn't exactly the easiest place to get to. We are much less like the Beverly Hillbillies Captain Kangaroo described and more like a guy who "built" a rocket and thinks he can fly it to the moon. A sample conversation might be like this: Skeptic: "That's a really nice rocket ship you've got there." UofA: "Thanks. We built it." Skeptic: "Do you know how to fly it?" UofA: "We built it didn't we." Skeptic: "I know you built it, but do you actually know how to fly it?" UofA: "Sure we do. We've seen other people do it before." Skeptic: "I understand that, but have you actually piloted one before?" UofA: "No, but we have a plan to fly it." Skeptic: "Where are you going to fly it to?" UofA: "Where else would we go? The moon." Skeptic: "How are you going to guide the craft to the moon?" UofA: "That's a silly question. Look how big the moon is. We'll just point it in the general direction and light a match." Skeptic: "You mean you don't have a guidance computer? They had guidance computers even in the 1960s when we were exploring space." UofA: "They were fools back then. Look up. If the three kings found Jesus by the light of the north star, we can find the moon by following the moon." Skeptic: "Ya, but the three kings were riding camels and not sitting on top of tons of explosive liquid." UofA: "There is little difference between driving a camel and driving a space craft." Skeptic: "Let's get back to the trip to the moon. Does the pilot have any experience piloting a spacecraft?" UofA: "Of course not, but he has an action plan." Skeptic: "Do you think the plan will work?" UofA: "The plan doesn't really matter, we built the rocket. The rocket alone will do all the work." Skeptic: "So nobody has any experience leading a group of people who could guide a craft to the moon? What about the ground crew?" UofA: "The ground crew is equally inexperienced. That doesn't matter though. We have this rocket and it will do all the work. Light a match and off you go." Skeptic: "Do me a favor. Don't light the match while I am within 100 miles of the rocket." UofA: "Don't worry. Everything will be OK. The rocket will do all the work." Looks like you have a tight handle on MAC athletics...