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And another: http://akron.scout.com/a.z?s=333&p=8&a...amp;nid=4191594

Seriously? Comparing him to Magic now? lol...dude, he is a heckuva player, but lets be serious here. And do we really need 5 OU-related threads? They played a GREAT game. They validated their wins agains K-ENT and US. They are on fire. What else can I say. And it IS good for the MAC no matter what you say. A mid level team from a mid level mid major blows out GEORGETOWN!!!!! Awesome, I hope they can do it again. You should just change your username. Possibilities include: OhioBobcats71 IHeartDJCooper71 DJIsGod71 Thats very childish. Our season is over. Our league needs a boost. Back in 1966 Earl the Pearl blew us out of the Mid East Regionals. And we stood up and applauded because we knew we were in the presence of a great player. There is nothing wrong with appreciating great play. Mickey Mantle was the greatest draw in baseball. Opposing stadiums would sell out when the Yanks came to town because they wanted to see the Mick hit home runs. He was that great in his prime and fans want to see great players. REAL sports fans can appreciate a great performance, even when their team loses. And in this case, our team is not even in it. I'm just messing with ya man...no offense meant. But in all seriousness, you have now compared DJ Cooper/Ohio U to: Magic Johnson Mickey Mantle The New York Jets that won the Super Bowl I'm just saying... DJ plays baseball AND is an entire NFL football team? WOW I didn't know that. Now I am REALLY impressed. Uhhh...I said DJ Cooper/Ohio U....I figured you could make the player-player, team-team connection...

Seriously? Comparing him to Magic now? lol...dude, he is a heckuva player, but lets be serious here. And do we really need 5 OU-related threads? They played a GREAT game. They validated their wins agains K-ENT and US. They are on fire. What else can I say. And it IS good for the MAC no matter what you say. A mid level team from a mid level mid major blows out GEORGETOWN!!!!! Awesome, I hope they can do it again. You should just change your username. Possibilities include: OhioBobcats71 IHeartDJCooper71 DJIsGod71 Thats very childish. Our season is over. Our league needs a boost. Back in 1966 Earl the Pearl blew us out of the Mid East Regionals. And we stood up and applauded because we knew we were in the presence of a great player. There is nothing wrong with appreciating great play. Mickey Mantle was the greatest draw in baseball. Opposing stadiums would sell out when the Yanks came to town because they wanted to see the Mick hit home runs. He was that great in his prime and fans want to see great players. REAL sports fans can appreciate a great performance, even when their team loses. And in this case, our team is not even in it. I'm just messing with ya man...no offense meant. But in all seriousness, you have now compared DJ Cooper/Ohio U to: Magic Johnson Mickey Mantle The New York Jets that won the Super Bowl I'm just saying...

Nothing wrong with being bitter about a loss...VMD just has to understand that OU winning is good for the conference and therefore good for Zips. Don't we get a piece of that payout if they win a game in the tournament? To play devil's advocate... Ohio winning helps them in recruiting. Better recruiting = better teams. Better teams = tougher for Akron to win the conference. Besides...does anyone really believe Akron or the MAC will gain respect with a win? They'll be viewed as an exception to an otherwise mediocre conference. The way they are playing there "could" be more than one win. And it is incredibly petty to say that winning is bad for US since they would get better recruits and beat us. The entire point is to win, and they are doing it. The beat not only the BEST team in the MAC but also the SECOND BEST team in the MAC. It's petty for me to not want the team that will probably be Akron's biggest competition in the MAC not getting national recognition that would lead to a significant recruiting edge? I'm sorry, I thought this was an AKRON forum with AKRON'S best interests in mind... Name a single recruit of Akron's that OU is also recruiting. Oh yeah, here's your recruit: http://ohio.scout.com/a.z?s=354&p=8&am...amp;nid=3407323

I just figured I'd start the thread before akronzips71 did...

Seriously? Comparing him to Magic now? lol...dude, he is a heckuva player, but lets be serious here. And do we really need 5 OU-related threads? They played a GREAT game. They validated their wins agains K-ENT and US. They are on fire. What else can I say. And it IS good for the MAC no matter what you say. A mid level team from a mid level mid major blows out GEORGETOWN!!!!! Awesome, I hope they can do it again. You should just change your username. Possibilities include: OhioBobcats71 IHeartDJCooper71 DJIsGod71

Now we're comparing Ohio beating Georgetown to the Jets winning the Super Bowl?

It's good for the MAC. What's good for the MAC is good for Akron. Would you rather try to recruit athletes having a good conference or a sucky conference? It raises the bar for the other programs, including us. It puts more pressure on us to upgrade our program to keep pace. Athletes aren't going to think of the MAC as a better conference because of one team. For the conference to gain respect, multiple teams have to be successful. This means improving OOC scheduling across the board and having success with those OOC schedules. Tonight's didn't make people respect the MAC, it made people respect Ohio U, who they will now view as an exception in an otherwise mediocre conference.

We played Ohio tougher than Georgetown did. +1

Seriously? Comparing him to Magic now? lol...dude, he is a heckuva player, but lets be serious here. And do we really need 5 OU-related threads?

LOL...Right. Duke deserved a 1-seed. Xavier probably deserved a 5-seed but only got a 6. But anyways, your talking about individual schools, and not conferences. The point is that these wins won't help MAC teams resumes come next March. The only way to do that is to win big OOC conference games in November-December. You know, if DJ and AB have another game or two like this one (AND the Akron game) there WILL be TV games on ESPN. All the networks care about is ratings, if they become big stars in the Dance they will have drawing power. That did happen with Wally in his last year. All the tourney games he was in were hyped big time. Settle down...it was one game. One game doesn't make them stars that ESPN will covet.

Yessssssssss...now that Ohio U beat Georgetown we'll probably get an at large bid next year!

Your boy is good, but he still has a way to go to be in Wally World's league...

Good point! Hey, there is one good thing! First of all, if they win another game and don't get the MAC tourney next year, they could get an at large because of the two guards. They DO consider stuff like that, and OU has a budding (freshman!) superstar and a superb "other" guard. They want to see the stars play, like when Wally was playing. BTW, could we trade them infocision stadium for Cooper? trade one of the nicest stadiums in the country for an overrated guard...I pass the browns might be down for a trade like that tho He is not over rated. Three more years of playing against him is downright frightening. Are you going to transfer to OU?

Good point! Hey, there is one good thing! First of all, if they win another game and don't get the MAC tourney next year, they could get an at large because of the two guards. They DO consider stuff like that, and OU has a budding (freshman!) superstar and a superb "other" guard. They want to see the stars play, like when Wally was playing. BTW, could we trade them infocision stadium for Cooper? I'm sorry, I still don't see them getting an at-large...again, it's been 11 years since the MAC's last at-large...why would anything change now? I also don't think Bassett and Cooper can be thrown in the same group as Wally just yet...

Good point! Hey, there is one good thing!

Again...can someone tell me how this helps Akron?

News f-lash. Akron took OHIO U to overtime and Both Akron and Can't went 4-0 during the regular season against OHIO U. Newsf-lash: That doesn't mean anything to anyone outside of Akron.

Believe it or not, some of us have hopes of being more than a one-bid conference. What does it say if Ohio wins a game or two and K-ent goes deep in the NIT? These are all small steps toward recognition for the conference. Now we just need to develop an answer from Basset and Cooper. Humpty? D-Rob? Helloooo? Anyone home? Ohio winning will have no effect on the MAC getting multiple bids. Winning one game, you are correct. OU goes to the Sweet 16 and K-ENT goes to the semis and there IS an impact, and just maybe not always a one bid conference. To get at large bids you have to prove yours teams can win in the dance. There is an impact...for OHIO U. With a little run, OHIO U improves their chances of future at-large bids. Again, it does nothing for AKRON.

Believe it or not, some of us have hopes of being more than a one-bid conference. What does it say if Ohio wins a game or two and K-ent goes deep in the NIT? These are all small steps toward recognition for the conference. Now we just need to develop an answer from Basset and Cooper. Humpty? D-Rob? Helloooo? Anyone home? Ohio winning will have no effect on the MAC getting multiple bids. Thank you.

Believe it or not, some of us have hopes of being more than a one-bid conference. What does it say if Ohio wins a game or two and K-ent goes deep in the NIT? These are all small steps toward recognition for the conference. Now we just need to develop an answer from Basset and Cooper. Humpty? D-Rob? Helloooo? Anyone home? If that didn't happen when MAC teams made previous runs, why would it now?

Believe it or not, some of us have hopes of being more than a one-bid conference. What does it say if Ohio wins a game or two and K-ent goes deep in the NIT? These are all small steps toward recognition for the conference. Now we just need to develop an answer from Basset and Cooper. Humpty? D-Rob? Helloooo? Anyone home? If that was going to happen, it would've after Can't or OU made their previous runs. It didn't...so why should we expect it to this time?

Nothing wrong with being bitter about a loss...VMD just has to understand that OU winning is good for the conference and therefore good for Zips. Don't we get a piece of that payout if they win a game in the tournament? To play devil's advocate... Ohio winning helps them in recruiting. Better recruiting = better teams. Better teams = tougher for Akron to win the conference. Besides...does anyone really believe Akron or the MAC will gain respect with a win? They'll be viewed as an exception to an otherwise mediocre conference. The way they are playing there "could" be more than one win. And it is incredibly petty to say that winning is bad for US since they would get better recruits and beat us. The entire point is to win, and they are doing it. The beat not only the BEST team in the MAC but also the SECOND BEST team in the MAC. It's petty for me to not want the team that will probably be Akron's biggest competition in the MAC not getting national recognition that would lead to a significant recruiting edge? I'm sorry, I thought this was an AKRON forum with AKRON'S best interests in mind... Name a single recruit of Akron's that OU is also recruiting. That's not the point...winning allows them the opportunity to possibly get better quality recruits, recruits that we (or they if they lose) can't touch right now.

Nothing wrong with being bitter about a loss...VMD just has to understand that OU winning is good for the conference and therefore good for Zips. Don't we get a piece of that payout if they win a game in the tournament? To play devil's advocate... Ohio winning helps them in recruiting. Better recruiting = better teams. Better teams = tougher for Akron to win the conference. Besides...does anyone really believe Akron or the MAC will gain respect with a win? They'll be viewed as an exception to an otherwise mediocre conference. The way they are playing there "could" be more than one win. And it is incredibly petty to say that winning is bad for US since they would get better recruits and beat us. The entire point is to win, and they are doing it. The beat not only the BEST team in the MAC but also the SECOND BEST team in the MAC. It's petty for me to not want the team that will probably be Akron's biggest competition in the MAC not getting national recognition that would lead to a significant recruiting edge? I'm sorry, I thought this was an AKRON forum with AKRON'S best interests in mind...