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Football will always be king in Ohio, but so will Ohio State. People in Akron, average fans and unfortunately a good percentage of students and alumni would rather sit at home and watch OSU instead of watching the Zips live. Even if the Zips football team were a consistent contender in the MAC, people will only go to games if there's nothing better to do on a sunny Saturday. I'm from PA so I've never understood the obsession with OSU. There's a lot of Penn State fans here, but it's nowhere near the same. Most fans I know either went to school in State College, PA or attended a branch campus. We have a freaking Canadian Jr Hockey team that at times can draw more fans than Zips football and basketball. People don't plan their Saturday around PSU.

Even for a Zips team... this is unbelievable

These uniforms are great. But the script Akron needs to go. Asap.

Tulsa is probably the most comparable example. But even their logo is a nicely designed script font and usually has hurricane flags behind. Those other schools are known for the abbreviations. If I wore a shirt that just said Akron on it, people would assume I just went on vacation there and stopped at the airport gift shop.

I think most D3 schools actually have logos. We look like a low budget high school. Even Bishop Sycamore had a logo.

Sorry double post

A generic script from a Nike catalog. Congrats to whoever thought this was a good idea. This is worse than when the basketball team decided our school colors were silver, blue and black for like 4 seasons. Giant mistake and horrible decision. Embarrassing move by a Division 1 school. Anyone think we could get a petition or something going to get this changed? I remember when Michigan State tried to modify the Spartan logo and the fanbase nearly rioted.

Never had a problem with Auburn. But why are their fans trolling the Akron social media accounts? Do they have nothing better to do tonight? Reminds me exactly why I hate big schools and their arrogant fanbases.

I think the script Akron is fine and okay in some applications. Works on the front of basketball jerseys or occasionally on football helmets. But it shouldn't be a primary logo when we have really cool logos to pick from. I don't think any school, or professional team, has a main logo that's just their name except for Ole Miss. It just feels generic and amateurish.

Not sure what is worse. Our football team or the fact that the school seems to have completely abandoned all of our Zips logos and branding. I think we're just called the Akron now.

Glad there's another graphic designer on here! I'm not surprised that our minds think the same way. The Akron cursive script is literally a generic wordmark pulled from the Nike uniform catalog. The basketball team started using it and everyone else followed. It's disappointing. Not only have they ditched a great logoset, but the custom Akron font isn't even used on the new jerseys. Just a generic block font. Someone in the marketing department needs to get the school's branding back on track.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think the cursive "Akron" is the worst. Not sure why it's basically being used as a primary logo now across all sports. It's boring and generic. Especially when we already have two very cool unique logos that are almost never used anymore.

Pretty excited to be finally switching to Nike. Seems long overdue and all teams should have made the switch along with the basketball team. I know Caleb Porter preferred Adidas, but Nike is the best. We won't get special treatment like Oregon or OSU, but it will be much better. I'm excited to get my hands on some new gear and see the new uniforms.

I'm so thankful YouTube TV automatically records sporting events for favorite teams and leagues. Seems like I'll be watching a lot of this season's Zips, Cavs, XFL and NHL games.

This article by Terry Pluto made me incredibly mad. Hey Akron hoops was good this year, let's interview Keith Dambrot and ask him what he thinks about it. Who the hell cares what he thinks? He bailed and Groce put together a nice run this season. Maybe, I don't know, interview the coach responsible for winning?

You hate to see it. Although it cost me $5 today. I picked a parlay of Ohio U to cover and Dookes to win.

These announcers are awful. Doing victory laps after a 9-0 run.

Offense not great either. Might be time to switch the channel here.

Wow the defense is not very good at all...

I'm assuming that the Browns taking a LB in the third means they probably won't go after Gilbert. Unless he's undrafted. Still am a bit worried Pittsburgh might pick him. Although they also took a LB but don't think they are as solid at the position as Cleveland.

Akron had 12 prospects at the Browns regional pro day. The most of any school. Would love to see some of them get a shot in Cleveland.

I remember a few years back one of these secondary pro leagues wanted to put a team in Akron. I wonder if the AAF will ever make it's way to InfoCision? The way the league is structured if a team were placed in Ohio it would pull from OSU, Akron, and Kent alumni. The AAF has said they want to become the official farm system for the NFL. So add a Browns affiliation to the team and you have to think they could get some good crowds, and unfortunately better crowds than the Zips typically get. That is IF the weather is okay. I watched 3 of the games this weekend and they were surprisingly entertaining.

For me the sound doesn't match up to the video and it's extremely quiet. Why is this so difficult?

That game perfectly summed up KD's tenure. A team with "huge" expectations, playing to the level of it's competition and losing a game they should have won easily.

Playing in front of 50 people. Is that more than they usually get for normal home games?