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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...

There’s a 50/50 chance Chris’ game will be on MLB Network at 4:00.

This pic reminds me of the scene in the movie “Slapshot” where the team is losing money and the GM is selling off the skate sharpener, uniforms, the team bus...

Joe Thomas: Not playing fall sports does not remove the Coronavirus from college athletes lives It would give them more down time, time to be around others who are not in a testing regiment. Two Indians pitchers were suspended for partying. Shoulda used a NBA/NHL/MLS bubble...

So it’s hardly worth the attendance hit, playing on cold Tuesday nights. Exposure? I don’t think that changes any non-MAC fans minds...

He proposed a rivalry game, you could specify “regional rivalry”. Very little travel expense and you can get both fan bases in the stadium. Use revenue sharing or a home and home. Separate ticket booths. It would be interesting. Maybe do a home and home during the regular season in the future instead of bringing in a lower division school (that might beat us).

Akron can't be the only G5 school in the same situation. It seems like it would be systemic throughout the bottom half of Division I football. Maybe not as dire, not everyone has our marketing "effort", spending spree, and recent W/L records. But the rest of the Outside (how many?) universities, how many other programs are in dire straits? Is there a need for systemic changes? Does a football team really NEED 63 scholarships? Is it worth maintaining FBS football so men's hoops and men's soccer can be eligible for an auto bid in the tourneys?

That's the plan at the moment. Coach Arth brought up the possibility of playing the spring season, and then only having a few weeks before opening camp for 2021.