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Game of the week in the MAC. Against a solid opponent. When's the last time we could say that?

Depends on which poster you ask. It's either a step forward from the last 3, 4 years or the end of the #@$ %&@$ world...

Taking the team expected to be the best in the Sunbelt into overtime, I'll take that every day of the week. They never quit, and I don't remember a Zips team that loved to hit this HARD. Lack of depth in the front seven hurt us, but didn't kill us. Mistakes and lucky calls went both ways. I see us winning three games now, Morgan St, UMass, and either CMich or Can't. These guys could upset any of the tough MAC teams (Mia, BG, NIll, Tol, Ohio). The only untouchable is Tennessee. Terry has converted me to a "glass is half full" fan. Bring on Morgan State!!!

If you have access to ESPN3 it's still there I believe. All MAC games were on TV this week.

I thought early the D was holding strong. W just don't have the depth to go toe-to-toe with a top 25 team for an entire game.

OU is ahead by ten with 2 left. I had Northern Illinois as my Upset of the Week over Iowa, which could still happen. If tOSU hadn't woke up in the second quarter this could have been a MAC rout...

If you have ESPN3, you can watch it for the next week. This game is sad because of the simple fact we use to own them. Now, just a few years later they're ranked and headed to a BCS conference and we're thankful we have a FCS school in the MAC East. Having said that, I didn't see the stupid ICoach mistakes (penalties for lining up wrong) and shudder to think what one of his squads would have looked like against a Top 25 team. When we clean up some of those mistakes we'll be competitive in the MAC again. And besides, they didn't make the Not Top Ten list like a certain Portage County school did...

Cool post.

I don't think it's going to hurt the program that much. We were in the NCAA tournament 22 times before Caleb was hired. Caleb took us that last step we never could get to before. Now is the time for Embick to be named his successor so he can start recruiting now (including returning Zips).

I was doing some research for my other passion (besides football), and found this little gem http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racel...php?trackid=107 Too bad we don't have a full history of all of the races. A little more digging and I found: "It’s 1941 at the Rubber Bowl, a 30,000 seat football stadium built next to the Airport in Akron, Ohio. In 1941 a cinder track was put in around the turf, and fans seated near the action were offered mini-windshields to protect their faces from flying grit. In this shot the great Wes Saegesser in the Trevis #3 Offy leads Al Bonnell in another Offy, the Jackson #9. Both are clearly flyin’, but Bonnell is hard on that handle brake right next to the cockpit. Saegesser, meanwhile, seems to be taking it into the turn without brakes. Maybe that’s ’cause he had no left arm." "Stock Car Racing at the Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio, late 1950s" "Look at this photo. It dates to 1941. The location is the Akron Rubber Bowl, which was then the brand-new home of the Zips from the University of Akron. Promoter Don Zeiter leased it for a series of races that used a 1/5-mile cinder track around the football field, and lasted through 1950. In this 1941 feature, Duane Carter leads Ronney Householder, Carl Forberg and Paul Russo. All of them, save Forberg, are enshrined in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, after the Midgets took them to Indianapolis. Forberg, a native of Omaha, retired as a driver in 1952 after an injury but won the AAA national Midget title as a car owner. He died in 2000. This photo is from the Jack Lemmo collection." You can't get more "local" than INSIDE the Rubber Bowl. Too bad "Racers" is already taken. LOL

Not well versed on the fixed wing aviation history of Akron and the surrounding area? You must hate the Aero's nickname...

While sorting through some fictional uniform schemes for Madden, I came across this set for a name I brought up awhile back, the Akron Aces. Antique warbirds doing flyovers. Bomber jackets with the team logo on the fans. An insignia on a helmet for every "kill". Lots of tie-ins. There's a lot of aviation history, military and civilian, in the region. I've heard worse ideas.

That was the name of the NBA's first champions IIRC.

Akron Attack. A better soccer name, but that ain't happening for awhile.

Have fun with that. Hope they take a good long look at the "foundation" too...

http://www.theclevelandfan.com/misc/the-ma...lot-this-season

Me and my sons want to give it a try, but don't know what to bring? We don't have season tix as my son goes to BW and wants to see some of their games, and my third son is not here every weekend. But we want to get into some tailgating.

BW3 in Medina. RT 18 just west of the Interstate. My son goes there all the time for watch parties.

or Akron Proctologists: We stick it to you in the end I vote for Zeppelins too. Right next to the zeppelin construction dock. Historic. Nice fit.

The CFL team was going to be called "Canton Bulldogs". If we're going retro, I prefer the NFL's first champions, the Akron Pros. Some modern names Akron Attack Akron Enforcers Akron Avengers Akron Aces (with a vintage fighter plane as the logo) Akron Ambush Akron Aviators

Wait, I still have a couple months left...

Thanks for the replies.

LOL, that's must-see entertainment right there... (right there in Athens County).

While compiling the MAC STO schedule for 2012, I found this little gem, "Zips Football with Terry Bowden" which first airs September 1st at 7:30 pm. During August they have a five part mini-series called "Relentless: An Inside Look at Ohio Football". They also cover OAC football games,Ashland U, and weekly shows for Notre Dame and Ohio State. I'll come up with a complete schedule of televised MAC games here soon on STO and the ESPN family. I'm going to need a bigger DVR!!!

Hmmm, CJ Oldham or Pat Forsythe? I think I take my chances with Forsythe...