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So...not even 10 games into the season and the Lady Zips have more wins that our football team has had in the past 4 years! We are awesome...

Prediction: Creighton 75 Akron 60

Is being a part of the MAC something to be proud of?

It doesn't matter if teams like OU or Can't have a good season because we have to win the MAC tourney to make it to the NCAA. The worse the rest of the MAC is, the easier it will be to make a run in March.

Wow the WAC is really going downhill. So glad they are abandoning football.

If soccer was unranked, 2-6 in MAC Championships and 0-2 in the NCAA I'm sure attendance/interest would be very low. But to me basketball and even football will always be more exciting games to attend. I played soccer in high school, but honestly I just don't find it all that exciting anymore.

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't there an entire thread bitching because they encouraged students, not sitting behind the hoop, to sit in section 11 last game?

Honesty if students don't understand what free means, then they should not have graduated high school. I don't see how the athletic department would benefit from having it's employees sit in the union all day handing out pointless tickets to an event that is already free. Just more work than it's worth, and students have their own entrance for a reason. It's getting a little irritating that everything is being blamed on our marketing people. Our marketing department didn't lose to Coastal Carolina and Oklahoma State. Our Marketing department didn't schedule MTSU, on a sunday when the Browns play. We may have a talented team, but they haven't proved anything yet. Beating ranked opponents does that. Winning streaks do that.

Just tell him this is typical December weather in Akron.

the fact is MTSU could have been undefeated and nationally ranked and attendance would have been the same. To the average Zips fan hearing "Middle Tennessee State" doesn't do much to excite. They are not a "name" opponent, and they aren't even a conference opponent like Can't or Ohio that is recognizable. It just doesn't hold much weight, just like an big-time school probably doesn't think twice when they hear their team is playing Akron. Other factors that affect attendance negatively. - Losses to teams like Coastal Carolina - 3-2 record - Sunday, with a Browns game later - early in the season

Think back to all the times that Akron has lost on late 3 point shot against Miami, Can't, etc. Looking back would you rather had the Zips foul and at least have the chance of them missing one? History has shown our opponents will make that shot every time. If the Zips are up 4 or more points I say let them shoot. But at 3 points, foul. Of course ideally it would have been better to foul earlier to force 2 shots instead. To me the biggest concern is MAKE SURE they miss the shot. Nothing would have been worse than a 4 point play.

If somehow NIU is able to upset Florida State it has to go down as the biggest BCS upset of all time. MAC school, ranked 16th and without a coach?

I agree. The way I see it he most likely would have made the 3 anyway, at least fouling made him earn it. MTSU may not be the best 3 point shooting team, but against the Zips in that scenario luck has never been on our side.

4 seconds...4 points I think it's safe to say they might win this one

A signature Zips ending to regulation...

Akron up 3 with 1:33 left...like all Northeast Ohio teams, you don't feel comfortable until the clock hits 0:00

Just like that 54-52. Our second team is REALLY struggling.

Stupid turnovers, missed layups...typical

I can barely hear some talking behind a ton of static...

Sadly this has become the norm. Remember when Brian Kelly bailed on Cincy before their BCS bowl? It's sad, but this is the current state of college athletics. Coaches preach about how much they love their schools but are ready to ditch them the first chance they can. I would like to think if we ever became competitive enough to play in a bowl game, Bowden would at least wait til the end of the season. But I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Will we ever see 2 wins?

Well the easy thing to do is to blame the athletic department or the JAR design. I admit it's not the best, but I never used them as an excuse to miss a game. I went to as many games as I could during my college years but after my freshman year I chose not to sit with the Rowdies. The general feeling among the student population was that the section had declined for a variety of reasons. More that it was trying to be a clone of other school's sections and not unique to Akron.