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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...

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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...

This is something I've always wanted to know. It's the old chicken/egg thing. Did the university want to go D1 and then went after Gerry Faust? Or did it want Gerry Faust and the only way he would come here is if Akron moved up? I remember it being the second way, that there was a lot of animosity with Jim's fans, and with the basketball program about being forced to move up to D1. But I was out of state at the time, and that was the only news I had heard.

There's all this talk in other places about a feeding frenzy of schools poaching PSU players. Aren't all the other schools maxed out on scholarships? So if they do pick up a player or two, does that send one or two players already commited to that team home? Redshirt them? Or do they "find other" non-athletic scholarships at that school?

Well that's not fair. That would have made us slightly less likely to drop below .500 overall this season.

You make some good points. But, the idea of penalties is not only to penalize those involved, but also to act as a deterrent to anybody who considers this in the future. If you suspend the football program for one year, or even take away their home games, other people in other places are going to think twice about hiding all the shit that goes on. I don't believe for a second that Tress and JoPa are the only coaches to cover up criminal activity. They just got caught. And I don't believe for a minute Gordon Bowtie and Gene Smith knew nothing, that there wasn't a deal for Tress to fall on the sword. In the end it's about ETHICS. Was this an ethics violation to college football. No easy answers.

I disagree, this happened on university property, in PSU football facilities. If they're going to penalize univrsities for what individuals do in car lots or tatoo parlors, they HAVE to do something about this. The FBI investigation report is right there, the only thing PSU can do is prove the FBI lied. Good luck...

You don't consider allowing/covering up child rape on university grounds to continue for how many years to be "Lack of organizational control"? Because if you do, I have two words for you. Southern. Methodist.

Yikes. Sounds like a QB we use to have. Who was sort of the first shoe to drop in the final chapter of JD in Akron. If he's past that, I'd take a look. He could be a hell of a tandem with Zeke and Tree...

I'm sitting here watching ESPNU's Top 25 Games of 2011, showing Northern Illinois at Toledo (DVR'ed) and it brings back memories of when we were a player in the MAC and the style of play often seen in th conference. 8:00 left in the 4th and it's 56-53 NI. Arena Football thinks that's crazy. Take us back Terry!!!

Wow, those attendance figures make you look at Akron (and other MAC schools) and shrug your shoulders. Pretty neat how things work out when you have a plan, eh?

That could help out initially, but I don't think it would need packaged to the fastest growing sport in America once everybody realizes it is everything NASCAR is not. Constant action You have to race your way into the main race Several short races (for the modern ADD fan) Drivers with personalities No need for a drive-around, lucky dog, competition caution, and all the other gimmicks...

Someday someone will do a proper job at running dirt track racing on television, and NASCAR with its four hour freight trains and pack racing demo derbies will be a memory...