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I think it would be great to have a rink on campus. Not just for the hockey team, but also for the students. The games I have been to (Akron Zips and Wooster Oilers JrA) the public skates before and after the games are PACKED. I wonder how many students would use it, looks like a fun hobby, and a good fitness exercise. You could convert it to indoor soccer and have intramural and recreational soccer games certain days of the week. And you could rent it out to other organizations (like youth leagues and high school teams). Maybe even a Jr league or low level minor league team. Just my thoughts. It's not my money they're spending. On second thought, yes it is!!!

I've been thinking more about this C-USA MW merger. Why not include the MAC and the WAC, and just create a superconference that is itself a midmajor sublevel of football?Have an 4 team playoff with the three games each a contracted bowl game?You still get the bowl money, FWIW. You still get on TV. You still get to go to your annual beat-down-for-cash with the BCS schools.Each conference can maintain independance in basketball and other sports, and keep their automatic bids. But football is tied together.And everyone who wants a true playoff system in college football has a higher level of national championship game to watch.And those teams playing at a high level can spotlight for a chance at a BCS conference slot, or a bigger $$ bowl game.Then, you sell out to an up-and-coming network like "NBC Sports" (formerly Versus). Get in now while the gettin's good.Might be the best choice for those left behind...

You may not be going to games after the next five years and it won't be anything the University has done right or wrong. In fact, when you go to MAC games, you aren't seeing the highest level of competition as that level is reserved for BCS teams. Nobody likes to hear it, but that is the truth.That's how I feel. What were our biggest wins? Syracuse? NC State? Are those the top tier teams you want to see? What leads you to think Akron will move beyond that (or even get back to that) in the next 10-15 years?I like watching the best ball players in the world, and they're right there on my TV every night. But I have a lot more fun, spend a lot less money, and eat a lot better food at Canal Park than I do at Progressive Park. The first couple months of this season is an exception.

Just announced UPitt and Syracuse are joining the ACC. UConn and Rutgers may be next.With Texas, Oklahoma, and OSU headed for the Pac Whatever, the Big East and Big 12 are rumored to be talking merger. Notre Dame headed for the ACC if they have to give up their football independance?Mountain West merging with C-USA in football only?

I've said this before, but it's been awhile.I'd much rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. The Zips in the FCS would be exciting, competitive. But would they draw in fans? Would the big beautiful stadium go to waste? Let's go a couple blocks west to the Akron Aeros. Let's go up north a few miles to Richfield and look at the Cleveland Force. And further north to Cleveland and take a peak at the original Cleveland Gladiators. None were ever considered the top level of their sport. All set attendance records. Have you ever been to a wrestling match at Heidelberg? Does the whole community get behind Mt. Union football? That's Division 3, we're talking Division One in a much more densely populated area."If you win it, they will come".After taking a good look at the sport, if Akron or anyone else wanted to be a part of the conference realignment and get into a BCS eligible conference, it's about 10 years too late. None of the MAC schools are being recruited by the Big Ten. That horse left the barn long ago, and now those conferences with their cable networks have an even bigger leg up on recruiting. TCU and BS being pushed aside by the BCS and given their own bowl game against each other was the writing on the wall. "You are not us".I'd rather be contending in the FCS than waddling around with the rest of the taints.

Where do you have Notre Dame?

Heck plant sod and convert it to soccer. We've already outgrown the soccer stadium.And the soccer stadium is plenty big enough for the people who still want to watch this bad idea of a football team.

Like Duke and NC? USC and UCLA? Cincinnati and Xavier? Then there's Temple, Penn, Villanova, St Josephs, and LaSalle (all playing in the same arena)

I recall a motion in the late 90's to contract Can't-Stark because it was so close in proximity to UA; drive another 10-minutes(ish) north & you're on UA's campus. Though it never came to pass, I was all for it. I've always felt Can't-Stark was a Can't State low blow to UA - putting that branch right on Interstate 77 about ten-minutes south of campus. I'd love to see those 4000 students drive another 10 minutes & go to a real school.Where would they park?

Hard to beieve it's been there since 1960. You never hear about it. Last spring they had 13,353 enrolled. Next door Can't State Stark enrolls 4,820.

I see a recurring theme here. Rookie head coach in over his head. No gameplan. No depth on the line. No adjustments. And an embarrassment to their fans.You could rotate the HC's between the Zips, Buckeyes, and Browns and get the same results.

The Akron Zips hockey club has a new website for 2011-12, check it out at http://www.akronhockey.com/The season opener is on the 23rd at Youngstown State, with the home opener October 7 vs. West Virginia. All Home games are played at Center Ice Sports Complex 5319 Port Jackson Ave. NW Canton, Ohio 44720 (phone 330 966-0169) $5.00 tickets are available to the general publicStudents are FREE with a valid Zip Card.The team lost only one senior after last year, and looks to build on their first run in Division 2 where they went 8-9-0 (6-1-7-0 in the TSCHL). The Dayton Flyers won the TSCHL's first title. This year the conference adds the Ohio Bobcats. The conference also includes Cincinnati, Dayton, Indiana Pa., Pittsburgh, Toledo, West Virginia, and Wright State. And of course, the Zips.Two more links to bookmark are The TSCHL Tri State Collegiate Hockey League and The ACHA American Collegiate Hockey AssociationIt's good hockey, and a good time. I'll try to keep the next home games in my signature throughout the season.(images stolen from http://akronsportsnow.com/)

The game was only 60 minutes

Disagree wholeheartedly. There are not enough seats in nursing programs to fill the need already (good for me, bad for NEO) It's highly competitive to get into BSN programs, and AD programs who take anybody have 18-24 month waiting lists after you finish your prereq's. There aren't enough graduates to cover the retirees, let alone all of the expansion. The last thing we need is to combine those programs and further limit those graduates. There are few growth industries in NEO, and Nursing is one of them. I'm already being recruited and I have two semesters left.What would make more sense is dropping state funding of BS programs that have no need in society. Interesting idea. When you see CSU cancelling their baseball program, Can't State not sponsoring soccer, none sponsoring hockey, imagine what a combined budget could build...

Like that went any better.How they continue to find rookie coaches who are in over their heads, but still demand to be someone else too (GM, OC) is beyond me. And Akron Football has caught the Cleveland curse.

Stark State is expanding into Wayne County with an agreement with the Career Center.They're going to be granting four year degrees with the first two at WCSCC and the last two at SS. UA/Wayne College must have been asleep (or gloating over their expanding enrollment) while this was going on...

This aint Toledo's first Big Ten rodeo...Right DickRod?Purdon't?

That's great news!!! We know how hard it is to get good seats at the games. And the football team is going to be on ESPN3? I don't know if that's good or bad. We'll be able to watch the games. But, so will everybody else.

I see him coaching high school some day. Listening to his interviews, I think he's had enough of the corrupt filthy recruiting business in big time college football. He would be much happier in the corrupt filthy recruiting business of big time high school football.

She's better qualified to be Ak's AD than Wistrcill So Wistrcill is calling the plays for the Zips? woah that's cool Sorry that one went over your head. She can spot a lousy coach better than Uncle Tom can. Better?

She's better qualified to be Ak's AD than Wistrcill

Nice kick... This is going to be another loooooooooong year. Just 20 days until hockey returns.

It's a different approach than what we've had. Which is network shows, a scripted "soap opera" where you have one character you're suppose to "love" to hate (but very few do) and two other characters on the far right and far left. Until you get them by themselves, then the three sound much different. Then you have the Jim Rome wannabe's. Then the Steeler-fan who loves the Browns too, as long as the paycheck says Cleveland on it. A daily Browns show that's so monotonous you can't listen to it. And the grouchy old fart who's been doing this since Pete Franklin was on the air. This is more like what I heard in Philly and Pittsburgh on a road trip. FM quality, straight talk. Some of the hosts need to get settled into town, but I think it's a major improvement over the "characters" at KNR.

Hope they show that again sometime, I couldn't stay up.