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ROFL they look pissed

Too much Rajon Neal

What the hell is EMU doing in that game? State is ranked, EMU got molested by Illinois State. My picks are taking a beating this week LOL.

I clicked. I'm doing my part.

Buffalo's hail mary at the half is getting a lot of play on ESPN and local sports reports.

I still think Miami is a solid 2nd. Their record includes two good B10 teams. Bowling Green has been a disappointment and could fall from 3rd into the mediocre soup in the East. If we had Ohio's cupcake schedule, we could go .500.

Who does the scheduling anyhow? Unfortunately that was the MAC only game this week that looks to be close. WM vs UConn and NIU Kansas should be good games, but they're looking for conference matchups. So it was either Dumb and Dumber, or UMess at Miami.

Buffalo is worse than I thought. Fourth place is NOT out of reach...

These teams are very similar, I have Buffalo winning based on home field. Very interesting game, both teams are beatable, I wish we had Buffalo this year. I had Akron finishing 6th this year, but if we keep playing like we did in the conference games, we could jump either (or both) in the standings.

When the trade was made, I would take the future potential of either pitcher over Ubado. Now, I would take the future potential of either pitcher over Ubado.

LOL I use to think it was fundamentals in the majors, then there are trades like U-bad-o that rape the system. Then there's their affinity to play Kotchman and Duncan and the other geezers and leave Canzler in Columbus all year. Oh well, at least we have the Aeros.

The same Morgan State that put up 34 on Buffalo. Just sayin'.

They are the class of the MAC right now, and have a chip on their shoulder from last year's MAC Daddy game. This year they can catch lightening in a bottle avoiding the other three contenders in the MAC. But that won't be lost on voters who decide the rankings. It could be a great season to build momentum, but they're not ready for prime time yet...

The Carter Administration?

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...