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I'm sure those stations would be pushing each other out of the way if there were ratings. KNR has arena football and minor league hockey. IIRC. Div I college sports in NEO only warrants weak AM stations.

Well, there are two 24 hour sports talk stations in Cleveland, another one in Akron/Canton, and another in Canton that does an evening sports talk show. As far as music goes, good luck trying to find rock or classic rock music if the Cavs or Indians are playing. Those stations now broadcast sports. Which gives listeners a break from the 15 song loop that continues on 24/7/365 ad nauseum.

Zips Baseball disagrres. He sold out the team to build an "entrance" that nobody would use, then lied about it. Don't think for a minute he or the current directors are going to increase the sports marketing budget, to get the attendance and ratings, that the school needs if it has a hope and prayer of getting a sniff by another conference. If you want to sell NEO as a "major market" you have to distinguish yourself from tOSU, and show that they are going to get ratings here. And when a big name school travels to Akron, the game won't be televised from a half-empty gymnasium. We can't blame local sports fans for not supporting a team they barely knows exists, and has no reason to go to a game. You have to break the perception that you're a junior league school, and losing to Buffalo (a minor league baseball and basketball city) isn't the route. Hell CSU and KSU made tournament runs and was in the news every night, but in the end it didn't move the needle one bit. Marketing and real success could get ratings and attendance to a point where other conferences would take a sniff. And this administration is NOT going to fork over that kind of cash. I feel lucky they haven't dropped us into a lower division. Yet.

Oh wow...

It was mentioned on "The Drive" during the last couple weeks of the season by guest Steve French that his career was over (being a senior) because of an injury.

The sky is not falling, the sun will come up tomorrow, and one year we won't lose a starter to a season-ending injury or arrest.

We had a lid on the rim during OT. I think we scored 1. They should have passed more, instead of dribbling around and taking wild shots. Watching too much LeBron? And nobody mentions we were without our starting center. I thought we had it with a few minutes left but it slipped away. I agree with Zippy, we need more BIG game experience. That inexperience was the reason we lost IMO. Still proud to be a Zip, and face the Buckeye honks tomorrow at work. These guys played their ass off and were a couple made shots and/or crap calls away from winning.

Big Dog needs to set up a hoop in his driveway this summer and work on FT's

HOLY CRAP they called a foul on tOSU

We need to take smarter shots. They're just chucking up crap instead of moving it around.

We're taking control of this one guys

The Buckeyes player who was supposedly fouled should be on the dive team. Tough to beat the legacy conference opponent and the officials in the other team's arena.

Remember when the football team decided to replace the HC and we got the illustrious Icoach era. Be careful what you ask for.

One is for "fans" who want Coach D fired.

Dang. I can't imagine how bad these guys would want him fired if he didn't have the best record in the MAC...

Stay. He is not going to run to a higher paying program the minute the team has success. He is probably the best recruiter in the MAC. The results haven't always shown that, as every year there seems to be the one key player get arrested or injured and the rest put up a valiant effort but can't close the deal. A lot of people get on Dambrot for not winning NCAA tournament games, but when has a MAC team won? I don't remember seeing Ohio or Buffalo in the Sweet 16 recently. When you're a MAC school, you get treated like a MAC school with bogus "bracketology" seeding (and that reflects in the ability to recruit). It's not a level playing field and we all know it. Until the day a Zips team stays healthy (and out of jail) and goes deep a couple times, that's the stigma the MAC is stuck in.

I tried to put together a lineup of former Zips in the pros. Any additions or corrections are welcome. Anthony Ampaipitakwong MF Bangkok United F.C. Chad Barson RB Columbus Teal Bunbury ST New England Evan Bush GK Montreal Scott Caldwell CM New England Blair Gavin CM arizona Perry Kitchen CM Heart of Midlothian USMNT Chris Korb RB DC United Darren Mattocks ST Vancouver Darlington Nagbe CAM Portland USMNT Michael Nanchoff LM tampa bay Kofi Sarkodie RB ?? Dillon Serna CAM Colorado Ben Speas LM minnesota Wil Trapp CDM USMNT Deandre Yedlin RB Sunderland AFC Zarek Valentin RB Portland Ben Zemanski MF Portland

The Akron-AAUP has announced that a strike authorization vote will take place March 7-11. https://academeblog.org/2016/03/03/strike-authorization-vote-imminent-at-the-university-of-akron/ AKRON, Ohio – March 3, 2016 – The American Association of University Professors, University of Akron Chapter (Akron-AAUP) has announced to faculty that a strike authorization vote of the union membership will take place from March 7 – March 11, 2016. This announcement comes after more than a year of negotiations. An affirmative vote would give the union’s leadership the authority to call a strike at an appropriate time. “The University apparently has the time and money to devote to re-branding and other unproven initiatives while at the same time neglecting its core academic mission,” said President of the Akron-AAUP, Dr. John Zipp, Professor of Sociology. “It’s time the faculty had the opportunity to show our resolve to win a fair contract, a contract that will enable us to provide the best educational opportunities for our students. This vote will allow us to do so.” As of March 3, 2016, the University administration is asking faculty to absorb the costs of failed administrative policies and actions by accepting a contract with no increases in compensation and notable decreases in health and retirement benefits. These proposals come in the wake of the hiring of new administrators, in some cases with salaries almost $100,000 higher than their predecessors, as well as expenditures on a number of new initiatives. The Akron-AAUP and its members are primarily concerned with the University’s lack of continued investment in its academic mission, and the impact that the current proposals by the university would have on faculty retention, new faculty hires, and most importantly, on the quality of education offered to University of Akron Students.

Sounds like they just cruised to the win. What the heck, they don't ask "how", just "how many" you win.

Mine's down too. Was thinking the same thing. Think small, be small.

Who to root for? Columbus has three Zips alumni and is the home team. Portland has Caleb and three player alumni. Columbus has a Cup (2008), and home field. Portland doesn't. Guess I'll root for the Zips. Can't lose.

Well that was three hours of my life I'll never get back.

SS DD.

Scar made the morning news, with a story about students planning a protest.

glad I had to work tonight.