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There’s no excuse for football to suck this bad.

Well whaddya know... AKRON, Ohio – Junior starting pitcher Conor Steinbaugh (Georgetown, Ill.) was recognized by D1Baseball.com after an impressive start to the season which has Steinbaugh leading the nation in walks allowed per nine inning as stated in College Baseball's Control Artists: 2.0 on Tuesday. Steinbaugh is currently ranked No. 1 in the NCAA for walks allowed per nine innings and leads the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio, highlighted by 33 strikeouts without issuing a base on balls. He leads the Mid-American Conference in both statistical categories as well as walks and hits per inning pitched with a 0.78 WHIP and ranks No. 16 in the NCAA. Steingbaugh currently owns a 2-2 overall record with five starting appearances, 28.1 innings pitched and a 3.49 earned run average. He limits the opponent to a .206 batting average, allowing 22 hits with four doubles and three homeruns to go along with 11 earned runs and two hit batters. Akron will be back in action at Skeeles Field for a #MACtion weekend series against the Ball State Cardinals. Game one is slated for Friday, April 9 at 3 p.m. followed by a Saturday doubleheader and Sunday 9-inning affair, both days starting at Noon. Fans can follow the action by Zips Digital Network live stream or via live stats on GoZips.com.

Dayton's program also didn't get Scar'ed 6 years ago. There's that.

Akron gets smoked by Dayton today to go to 9-7 (3-5). I haven't wacthed the whole thing on ESPN+ Dayton's jerseys remind me of the indoor soccer days.

Could adding athletic programs decrease financial woes for some schools? FDU is banking on it “It costs more to support a team, pay coaches' salaries and cover the costs of scholarships than the revenue generated by ticket sales, media rights or donations. However, Young and Hurlbut were able to convince their bosses that those teams actually made money when viewed through a wider lens that captured their impact on the whole university. The roster spots also represent tuition dollars from non-scholarship or partial-scholarship athletes who would not otherwise be attending the school.”

Is there anybody interesting in the mass exodus from the Queen City? The rift with Cincinnati Bearcats coach John Brannen that led to a mass exodus of basketball players CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bearcats’ men’s basketball program has experienced a mass roster exodus in recent days, with six players entering the transfer portal. According to numerous sources close to the program and familiar with the decisions, the departures are tied to a rift between those players and coach John Brannen.

I caught parts of the games when I could, these guys might be alright!! I wanna get out Wed or Fri to watch them.

What are CSU's chances of going rounds? tOSU?

My wife took me out for my bday (not a hardcore drinker) and she tried signing up for those. I clelbrated too much . We’re watching the Cavs lose instead. Not nearly as painful to watch.

I’m trying to figure out how to get CBSSports since my cable provider dropped it years ago. I hope there’s an audio stream...

Baseball goes to 4-1 beating Grand Valley State 5-3. They're not exactly playing College World Series programs by any means, but these games will help them get their rhythm and confidence for the MAC games starting next Friday.

One of my baseball scout friends (no names please?) said there were 30 or 40 fans at the ball park. I haven’t seen the stands during the soccer games during online coverage.

afraid so

Air ball

BG is within 3...

Ali woke up

I haven't heard anything about why

LCJ carrying the team

That was a dunk for the highlight reel. ROFL!!! Let's see some more of that.

Nice start!!!

Dukie is out with a positive Corona test. Just over a year ago a positive test brought the NBA to a halt. Hopefully the NCAA has a better handle on things, knowing what we know now about COVID and sports.

^ he successfully made a lot of money while not doing much for the growth of the dept...

IMO they're trying to offset their lack of ticket sales with easy ESPN-LMNOP money. It's not just AK it's the whole conference. JHC if you can't sell football in northeast Ohio, you suck at life. They can't blame the Rubber Bowl anymore.

That's priority #1. Priority #2 is a serious marketing campaign. You can go 12-0 and win a MAC championship and a bowl game, but if nobody knows, they won't come. They won't watch on TV. This market put 20,000 people in the Coliseum in a blizzard to watch freakin' indoor soccer (I bought in too). Canton had a team for 12 years. Then an arena football team Northeast Ohioans will support non-major league sports if you get them excited about them.