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Don't forget to install them so everyone (usually teenage girls) can see it whenever the door is open. It was always fun seeing first timers realize that...

Saturday/Saturday night double header... With enough time in between to shed some layers of clothes and catch dinner along the strip. nah, that’s too logical...

If everybody gets in, what's the point of the regular season? Signed, National Basketball Association

Unfortunately COVID affects everything else... We haven't begun to see the destruction it's going to cause U of A athletics...

Another random thought. Opening up the athletic programs (football) to either campus could help in recruiting ...

It'll never happen, too many egos (esp in Columbus) to make it work, but what savings could be seen by following California's lead? Ohio State University Akron Ohio State University Athens Ohio State University Bowling Green Ohio State University Cincinnati Ohio State University Cleveland Ohio State University Columbus Ohio State University Kent Ohio State University Miami Ohio State University Oxford Ohio State University Portsmouth Ohio State University Toledo Ohio State University Wilberforce Ohio State University Youngstown Would that drive further consolidation in the future? (Akron/Kent, BG/Toledo, Cincinnati/Miami)? Off-campus learning becoming more popular at all state universities, not just here. Secondary education is changing. That's certain. It only makes sense.

And bring the student fees more inline with al the other fees they pay, whether they use what they’re paying for or not. I listed all the fees I paid that I never took advantage of as a commuter student. I’m sure all students have a long list as well. You brought up the JAR. I see what you’re saying. Compare the JAR to high school gyms like Moeller, or even some of the newer D1public school gyms. Not good. But with everything going on, I think we’re stuck with it.

I think his ultimate goal was to own a top level real soccer team. But there was none in the US until 8 years later. And even then Columbus ponied up for the Crew stadium while Cleveland was busy replacing the Coliseum and Muni Stadium and building a ball park. Then the local economy tanked. I still think MLS would work in Cleveland, (Force alum) Mike Sweeney had a popular third division club but couldn’t find a suitable stadium with natural grass.

and winter break

WHLO? Maybe I can hear the post game show west of route 21 now after the games...

I still say you have to have good marketing. What made the ACME/Zip games so special? ACME marketed the crap out of it. Akron could have put an ad for half price tickets to the Austin Peay game on page 12 of the sports page, and drew flies. ACME knew marketing. The Cleveland Force was the most successful franchise in the MISL, never won a championship. Never smelled a championship. How were they so successful? They were owned by a marketing executive. All the other teams were going out of business or moving around every other season. The Force was there to the end with big crowds. They were drawing 18 19, 20,000 fans to the Coliseum while the Cavs were drawing 3,000 some nights. Unless of course Dr. J or Larry Bird was in town. Two marketable superstars.

One step closer...

Cincinnati re-ups Luke Fickell through 2026 for $3.6 mill/year. Remember him? Apparently not all mid-major football is in the sewer at the moment.

FORMER ZIPS BASSITT AND BRUBAKER FINDING SUCCESS ON MLB STAGE

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JT Brubaker gets his second start against the Tribe tonight. The game is on STO at 7:00.

If he makes the team, that would be as many as 4 Zips in the NFL, 2 in MLB, and 13 in MLS, and 1 in EPL, if I'm counting everybody whose active.

I spent several January Sundays at Cleveland Municiple in zero weather and lake effect snow, watching playoff games back in the day. I can do it in Akron. But then again, playoffs. As in, a team worth watching in the "frozen tundra"...

As we talk about the current situation and the future of football, Jo Jo Natson just finished up his first practice with the Cleveland Browns. A lot of people are saying he could make the team as a return specialist, if not a backup WR. Welcome back to NEOhio!!!

How many full scholys would the MAC teams need to cut to make the sport affordable? All college athletic programs (with precious few exceptions) cost the universities. As do all the other services and activities on campus. Students get scholarships all the time for reasons unrelated to anything related to their program (or for learning, period). I got a bunch. So I don’t think it should go non-scholarship or club. I just wonder what everyone else feels is acceptable.

My point is if 50% of the classes are live, there’s a good chance the athletes are not going to be able to take all their classes in a dorm or study room. And there’s going to be other students on campus now, as of right now.

Well it looks like only 50% of fall classes will be online. So keeping athletes on campus won’t work...

IDK I think the pros have shown that you can play the season with the proper precautions. And the Mariners showed what happens when you don’t. And the Indians are showing their rogue teammates just what they think of their carelessness. I’d rather have the players busy with sports and class, on campus (open or not) and staying in the “bubble”. You turn them loose between now and spring football season, they’re a heck of a lot more likely to put themselves at risk.

Nebraska bailing out on Big Ten may be more than bluster Could the Huskers be headed back to the Big 12?

Count the Big 12 out as a domino...