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If you want to take along a spring roster, here's a printable one. In the past we could not get them at the game. On the back (if you print both sides, I threw together a depth chart from an early 2011 one, with players taken out who are gone now. And some of the new players added. I'll redo the whole thing in the fall.

Only 8 home games vs. 10 road games?

Barberton leads the US in the manufacturing of 2x8 front bumpers ...also available in the Deluxe (pressure treated) model!!!

New pride T-shirts: "Barberton, At least we aint Kenmore"

Barberton: Apparently the "West Virginia Three R's" are still taught. Readin' Ritin' and Route 21

So you guys don't see the disadvantage public schools having of forming a team of what they have within a geographical area, after it has been picked apart by the private school recruiters? If me and my sons were on that side of the coin, we wouldn't see what was wrong with that picture either.

Amen. My D4 school made the playoffs once in their history, and wound up playing Cardinal Moody in the first round. The following year Mooney was kicked up two divisions. Now how are we suppose to feel about that BS? I know how we DO feel. But then again, my son's team got booted from the playoffs last year by a public school who had Michigan residents on the roster. Just goes to show you how much the OHSAA cars about fairness and schools that don't recruit...

+1+1 Why not hire that blonde who was on that last episode of Dambrot's show to host the football show? She has a future in TV, she already has "the shake" down pat. I don't know why they wasted the first 28 minutes on that old troll...

Wow thanks!!! I have a new favorite FIFA 2012 club!!!

Are they cute?

Having lived through the WFL, USFL, XFL, CFL in USA, WLAF, and ArenaFL1, UFL I'm a bit skeptical. It's one thing to run a minor league basketball or soccer team with 10-20 players. Or a minor league baseball team with the players paid by the major league affiliate.' But football teams are not cheap. You have to outfit 40+ players, pay them, transport them, put them up on the road. I've seen it too many times. I've seen the stories of teams using the other team's jerseys because theirs were repossessed. Roster turnover between games because the player paychecks bounced. Players stranded thousands of miles away because the team folded during a road trip. Practicing on playgrounds because the checks to the high school they were renting the practice field from bounced. Teams moving to other cities DURING the season. I wish them the best of luck, it would be fun to watch. But if I could give one bit of advice to the U if they're going to get involved with this mess, GET PAID UP FRONT. And make sure the check clears!!!

A concrete company took over the old train yard.

I didn't make it down, wound up replacing car brakes and hubs on Saturday and studying for an exam on Sunday. How many people turned out? Was there food available?

Imagine if the Rowdies cornered all the bleacher seats for that game...

nice...

Looking forward to going down to the ballpark to watch some ball. Th retention basin was handy when I had afternoon classes on Friday, but otherwise I'm glad they're playing at Canal Park.

Well with the ballteam playing downtown more often this year, we'll get to see how many alumni attend games now that they're there amongst beer joints and restaurants. This also opens up the door for the team to move to CP permanently, and using the soccer stadium retention basin they play now for the arena. Another question, and NO this is not Jake related. If the University Park property I brought up on East Market and Mill is considered "downtown" while the campus ballpark property on East Exchange isn't?

He might have been the on who brought that up. Jake and I have "a past", I don't remember what the topic was now. But I was pretty surprised to get IM's from him. There was just something "electric" being on campus at night before and after the Buffalo game. It's a whole different atmosphere from rushing from class to class. I would like to be part of that after I graduate, although soccer season is a great chance.

How many new off-campus arenas used by colleges are owned by the university?

I get IM's from Jake but we have had differences of opinion over this. I changed my stance on the arena being on campus, after the Buffalo game. I named two sites (one on Market and this one on the ball diamond) myself. I came up with all of the reasons the ballpark site makes sense myself. He's never even mentioned it. My opinions come from being a Polsky building student. I don't know if he's ever been in there since it was Polsky's. I pasted the post I got from him. Nobody has answered my question yet...

Downtown is not "ON CAMPUS" no matter how you spin it. It is not a chance to visit the main campus, it is not a chance to show off the main campus. And from the sounds of it, those who are pledging to help fund this also agree. And who's to say an arena adding dates to the sports complex (not to mention the expansive student housing on that street) wouldn't result in more restaraunts and bars opening? None of that downtown stuff was there when Canal Park was Hotel Anthony Wayne... I would never equate Polsky with part of campus. I attend there three days a week for my Minor. It is a community college. It is Wayne College downtown. It serves a much MUCH different clientele than main campus does. It is not something I want to show my family for friends to represent the University of Akron. It is nice, and does a great job of what it does, but does not represent the core campus. Just curious, how many of those off-campus arenas are actually university owned?

I disagree, right smack in the middle of campus is fine. It works great for soccer. It highlights the best parts of campus. That said, the baseball stadium is some prime real estate. You put the arena right behind the soccer stands, it can contain facilities for soccer, the track, and for the practice field. It's near the Info. And it's adjacent to Exchange Street. The new Exchange St deck can be utilized. Joe Akron can enter from Exchange St, hitting the bars and restaurants before or after the game. Alumni can walk through campus from any parking area and still be a short walk from the bars and restaurants. All within the shadow of the Info, the Rec, and the Union. ANd it's probably near the geographic center of student housing. Just don't muck up the space between the arena and Exchange with a big ugly parking lot. Keep it green.

I'm convinced it needs to be on campus. And I have heard from alumni who are making contributions to the cause, who will have it no other way. From Jake I agree, Joe Soccerfan has nooo problem finding a parking spot and walking across campus to watch the team. And neither does the boisterous student section, as well as the other students peppered in with the general admission. We had lots of Joe Akron and tons of students at the Info. Once. When I took my sons to the Rubber Blow, it was a stadium by the airport. When I take them to the Info, they walk across campus. They see that the U is not a community college, or an urban CSU campus. They take in the "scenery" and the Union and the Rec and everything else there for the students. They have a very different opinion of "Hilltop High". They just might take it seriously when they choose a college.

I have to agree with that. I was born 2 years after the last Cleveland title. When the Zips soccer team won the national championship, everyone in my house looked at me to see how I would react. It was more relief than excitement.