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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...

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...