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Three words. I still have flashbacks.

Like I said in my first post, maybe it was the co$t? Why is the as-of-yet unrenovated RB getting all this interest?

You know, if this renovation does happen, could Akron be in the running for OHSAA semi-finals and finals? They could hold the Division I, III, and V at the Dialer, and the II, IV, and VI at the renovated Rubber Bowl. Only five miles apart, they're closer than Paul Brown and Fawcett.

http://www.akron.com/editions/Akron-Ohio-N...l.asp?aID=18578 Sounds to me like the U has priced the Big Dialer out of range for a LOT of potential events that could be held there. “We’ve had a lot of groups reach out to us,” he said. “We’re looking to having some high school football in there, and there will be some semi-pro teams that will play there, too. There are going to be some concerts and other types of sporting events, so we’re confident that it will be a venue with a lot of activity.” “We’re hoping for four or five months of renovation, and we’re probably going to extend that to seven or eight months, with some of the recent changes we made to the design,” said Mason. Among the renovations to the stadium: a new scoreboard, new seats and — one can expect — a new sign proclaiming the stadium’s corporate sponsor. (The Rubbermaid Bowl? The GOJO Bowl? The Swensons Galley Bowl?) Best of luck to them. If they (re)build it, I will come.

I'm taking two of my sons to their first college basketball game tonight. My oldest is watching more and more hoops since Akron has got so much press this year. He's never liked basketball before (like myself who never liked basketball before the Hot Rod/Daugherty/Price). Can you get GA seats early or that that all walk-up? Don't want to get shut out. This is the first year in the last 5 I haven't had a student ID to use.

They could also work the schedule so that the better teams get to play all of the soft teams in the conference. That would inflate their records and raise the ranking of the MAC. Oh wait, they already did that.

None. You wanna lecture me on a personal preference?

I'm thinking it would take up most of the space from the soccer stadium to Exchange Street anyway. Being on such a busy road would help with visibility. Unlike the JAR which is buried.

More doubleheaders.

I'm not excited about the name, I'm old school and like plural names (Browns, Zips, Aeros). And "Fire" sounds too WLAF/WFL. Too Chicago soccerish (at least they honor firefighters ) But the hot rodder in me likes the flames. I still think Aces would be cool, with vintage flyovers from MAPS, and all the merchandise tie-ins.

Not being smart, but how much would renevation of the RB cost compared to a new Columbus Crew Stadium-type venue?

They tried that with the World League of American Football. Remember the Ohio Glory? (BTW, why didn't the helmet cam catch on with the NFL?) And the UFL. The "Ultimate Failure League".

There was still a May Day in the 80's and 90's. Lots of drinking, furniture set on fire in the street, an occasional flipped police car. That was the May Day I remember.

One of the best attended sports is a club sport "Fans" who have never been to one of it's games can tell you all about it You open a campus in Lakewood and nobody (even students) knows You wish the football team played in the spring Local high schools have nicer gyms You already have tickets to the 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony You know you're a veteran Zip if you've survived at least one May Day ever peed in a trough you shopped at Polsky and attended class there You know you are a Wayne College Zip if you were ever late for class because you got stuck behind a manure spreader your weight room doubled as a sauna you thought about how much you missed Wayne College after you had to transfer to main campus. Daily.

The same reason no hockey team could make it in Cleveland under the terms of the lease with the Q. That is, until the owner of the hockey team was the owner of the Q.

So he's mad that nobody covered the WAC and he missed a good season. Being a writer/blogger, doesn't that make him mad at himself?

Our offense's and defense's player of the year. Among others.

I am looking at several results from the MAC's creative scheduling this season for a future piece. It's really pretty interesting once you start digging in...

I've always been taught you learn by playing someone better than you. Problem is last season UMess was better than us, and Buffalo and CMU would have been learning experiences. On the other hand we gave Tenn all they could handle for awhile. So were we playing down to our opponents (like Tress' Buckeyes), or were we so banged up we couldn't handle UMass after scaring the hell out of the Volleys earlier in the season?

Fixed that for ya.

It's all about giving the top teams cake schedules like last year. When the strong teams run the table and get national recognition, it's good for the MAC. We saw it play out this season. For the rest of us, "it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll..."

Sorry to see ya go. It is pretty sad that some people who have no interest (or lost interest) in a topic can control what everyone else discusses. Guess we better tow the company line 'round here from now on. Don't nobody mention arena locations...

Or you could look at it that Morgan drew the biggest crowd because it was a winnable game. And it didn't matter that it was a n FCS school, we could be competitive, and people wanted to watch it. But either way you look at it, attendance will increase with more wins. And nobody stays away because the opponent is FCS. Just as they don't stay away from Canal PArk because the opponent is only AA,

I was talking this year's Morgan State game, 9,933 peeps. The Miami game had 8,211, Northern Illinois 7,074, and UMess 7,716. The opener against UCF drew 12,616 and the BGSU game 10,102.

I agree with everything here, except the bolded part. For one, looking at attendance records of the Akron Aeros and Cleveland Force in Summit County, they weren't playing the New York Yankees or Manchester United. Nobody cared, the teams were competitive, and the fans had a great time at the game. #2 I doubt the common football fan knows the difference between Eastern Kentucky and Eastern Michigan. Or which one is at Ohio States level. IN fact, the Morgan State drew more fans than Miami, NIU, and UMess. And #3, bringing in name opponents is pretty much impossible, beating them even more. I'd love to see home and home series against Cincinnati, Pitt, WV. Even Army. But how do we get there? I'd love to win the Daytona 500, but my budget allows me to bracket race at Dragway 42 several times a year. I don't think I'm gonna make the Daytona starting grid anytime soon...