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I've posted pictures twice of the Q, the Wolstein, and other arena flooring arrangements. And showed the floor space in B&G's "basketball only" USC example. Obviously visual aids are as much a waste of time on here as explanations are...

Comfort means a LOT. Look at the new ball parks, comfortable seats, leg room, good food, clean comfortable restrooms. Compare that to Thurman Munson, or Cleveland Municiple...

The floor area is not much smaller than needed for other arena sports. If at all...

Hockey/basketball arenas built in the last 30 years are much better about that. What's wrong with the Wolstein that couldn't be fixed with better treatments? It's 20 years old, was great for indoor soccer and even better for basketball. Better than the JAR IMO. Chair back seats top to bottom. Put in a student section where the alumni band bleachers are, lose the stupid curtain, the capacity would be smaller so you wouldn't have to curtain off the empty seats. Without all the dead space, it would make for a great basketball atmosphere. Why go to all the expense and trouble to build a one-trick pony that is useless for anything else spectators want to see? Didn't we learn anything from the JAR? It would be much easier to get the thing approved and built if it would be used more than 16 times a year (everything else is fine in the JAR). It's not 1974 and they're not building the Richfield Coliseum anymore...

I like the shirts and pants being different colors.

And they wonder why newspapers are dying...

Thanks, I feel better now. And I was in agreement it was time for Coach Iadon'tknow to change his scenery. The perceived timing looked bad, the basketball thing makes sense.

I think the fact that he fired Icoach while he was on his way to his mother's funeral is all I need. That is the most classless thing I have heard for a long tim and I am ashamed of my school. It wasn't as if there was a big rush to bring someone else in. He wasn't replaced for what, two months? I wish I had heard this when it happened, as I saw Uncle Tom walking out of the JAR one day and shook his hand. I was too busy getting ready for finals to stay informed on the football train wreck. So if this rant is a bit late, I apologize.

I don't care if he gets players from Mars. Just so they don't embarass us anymore, and give us something to watch.

VERY VERY EXCITING HIRE!!!! Thank you Tom and thank you Dr. Proenza. Christmas came three days early to the AK. I don't think I'll get much sleep tonight!!!

Yes. That is something that's missing in college sports IMO, something that would work well in basketball because the fans are so close and there's no helmet and pads. This show will help with recruiting. Adding that feature would help even more.

I believe there was a search. So what if it was Tom walking through the Student Union to the burger joint, and walking back to the JAR and not seeing any experienced college coaches along his "search".

Same with me. My great grandfather came to the US in 1900. Went through Ellis Island and settled in Cincinnati. Wish I could have talked to him...

The Vest was recruiting the night he was announced. Dustin Fox said he was watching the Buckeyes basketball game and they rolled Tres out at halftime. 20 minutes later the phone rang and it was Tressel, from a phone in the arena, working on convincing him to change his mind and play for the Bucks. You don't need a staff or an office set up or anything else to get started on recruiting. Just the numbers of the guys you want to target first, and a phone. Fox went to OSU, btw.

It's all in the marketing. Looking at the Wooster Oilers and Lake Erie Crushers, it doesn't take a lot to sell this level of competition even in a "bad" market and economy. Even the Lorain County Ironmen drew better. We've seen soccer on every level do well here. If you can't sell soccer in this region, there's something wrong.

Chicago. Being a firefigher, well, you know. Bari of Italia Serie B. Sometimes A sometimes B. Columbus Crew on and off, they just never grabbed me. The US National Team The Italian National Team

They're also raffling off an autographed Rick Nash portrait, and I've heard rumors the AK Rowdies will be in attendance. If so, watching them torment the opposing goalies is worth the price of admission in itself. This is the only home game in December.

This season shows us just how difficult it is to run the table and go rounds in the tournament. And gives us a better idea just what we accomplished last year.

Darn, I think I'm busy that night.

Anthony Schrock is playing for Walsh, leading the team in receptions. Several of his Wadsworth teammates are there as well.

We had the only profitable indoor soccer team, and sold out the 18,000 seat Coliseum for two different franchises. We're third in attendance in NCAA soccer. Broke records for attendance in AA baseball, and outdrew all but four AAA teams. In Cleveland the Caps and the City Stars broke attendance records. The only reason we shouldn't have a team is the local economic conditions.

Ironic how other colleges have riots when they fire the coach. Akron might have one if they don't. I heard somewhere JoPa comes from a different time and place (he's so dang old) and comes from a dn't ask don't tell culture in America's sometimes ugly past. Makesmore sense than a cover up. And would explain his seemingly misunderstanding of the severity of the crime now.

This will be a night of turmoil on the PSU campus. Riot police are active.

Band on the Run.Sorry, someone had to say it, after the weekend we've had on here.

...besides the fact ESPN shows MAC games nationwide. What other network does that?If it wasn't for that, and STO looking for off-season filler, the MAC couldn't sniff TV.It's all supply and demand.