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The Rubber Bowl was condemned, and it cost less to build the Info than to repair the Bowl's foundation, renovate the stadium, and bring the restrooms up to 1950's standards. Figuring in the sponsorship deals at the new stadium.

Is a new arena what will propel the Zips to the NCAA elite? An arena doesn't let the staff fly all over the country recruiting players. An arena doesn't entice future NBA first rounders to come to Akron. I think we're looking at the wrong fix. Some of the most iconic college basketball arenas are 70+ years old.

That's accurate. I'd like to see the average in the MAC, and the B10 for that matter. The NCAA max is 11.7, for 35 guys. Remember, outside of football and men’s basketball, the average scholarship is only $8,700 per year. Some players find D3 a better deal, where you can get over 50% off your tuition with merit awards. Some coaches put all their scholly's in the pitching staff (3 regular starters, x number in the bull pen). Some spread it out into middle infielders, centerfielders, or spread it out among all of the starting players.

I didn't think they would have any scholly's, so that's a good start. With the right people, they could compete in the MAC in a couple years. Which realistically, in the north, is where your goals should be anyway.

I have a question. When the Crew moves to Texas, will they still have territorial rights over Ohio? Right now that only affects Wil, who is signed through 2020 anyway. But could future prospects be territorial picks by a franchise 1300 miles away?

Agreed. We didn't fire KD so we could hire coach Groce. Keith left.

The morning after, I gotta say that was one incredible game, to see how far this team has come, and see the big game experience that a lot of our building blocks got. And the simple fact that we weren't suppose to be here. An 11 seed beating WMU by a point, then dominating the 3 seed for much of the game. Fatigue and inexperience caught up with them. The refs didn't help either. I don't think the league (or the broadcasters) wanted a 6-12 program muddying up the final four. It's hard (but not impossible) for me to blame the coach, he didn't miss any buckets in the last seven minutes. He may have looked better calling different strategies for a team that was inexperienced in big games and looked gassed, but I'm not sure KD or anyone else could have made those late shots go in. I'll wait to see him with a full roster before driving him to the airport. We knew this would be a long painful season. We returned what, five players? Now the rebuild can begin.

So you miss Mr. NeverWinARound?

tied up

We can't hit the side of a barn now.

Shot clock violation? It was in the air when the clock struck 0...

Damn down to 10

I get the impression Michael Rag-doll is not a Zips fan.

EMU's wilting under pressure now. Stupid foul.

Didn't see that coming...

Nice start!!

Not a Regghi fan

So it wasn't just me. I did miss the collapse, so there's that. I got it back in time for OT.

DANG...

ESPN3 is great, if it works. Four minutes eft and I'm looking at a circle spinning around in a frozen picture. At least the radio stream works. It shouldn't be so hard to follow a D1 program.

I wish the stream had stayed off. Back home for a day off and time to get ready for Toledo.

Lost the stream and can't get it back. I don't care what anybody says, this streaming crap is a pain in the ass.

We're off to a nice start

Matt has a new driver this year, Ryan Truex, brother of Monster Energy (NASCAR's top division) Martin Truex Jr., will pilot the LeafGuard Chevy Camaros. I hope to see both at Michigan this year.