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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.

Does it say there will be no other seats available for students? NO. Does it say they can ONLY sit in section 11? No. Pay attention, there is a response to that photo that I posted above. It's no secret the layout of the JAR is terrible, and they are trying to make the best of a bad situation. Having seating in the lower bowl and section 11 is the best they can do in an attempt to unify the section.

Believe what you want. If a quote from the team's facebook account doesn't convince you, I'm not sure what will.

Well either way, the Dambrot bobblehead is cool. But the Lebron one would be nice to use to heat my fireplace this Christmas. I think it's time to move on from the Dambrot-Lebron connection. Focus on our program and not on a guy who really hasn't done much for us.

Just an FYI, I saw on facebook what looks like Keith Dambrot and Lebron James bobbleheads. It didn't say how many would be given away against MTSU.

So do we think the outcome of this game makes it more likely, or less likely that Darrell Hazell moves on to a real school next season?

Anyone rooting for Can't because they want the MAC money. How much has Boise State's BCS games helped the WAC? a conference that is completely getting rid of football

wow a bad call goes in favor of Can't...who would have thought??

Can't has all the momentum. I'd be very surprised if NIU is able to win this game now. Too bad that didn't return that fumble 100 yards in the wrong direction again...

I hate Can't...terrible

You have to consider who they played as well. Creighton is the only team they have beaten that has more than 2 wins. They are very average...

Can we add Marshall and dump Can't?

The Big East is going after big markets. Houston, Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, and now New Orleans. I don't see how you'd rather play in Athens, OH or Ypsilanti, MI when we could have national exposure or at the least get outside of the cluster conference of Ohio and Michigan... Cleveland-Akron is no smaller of a market than any of the ones the Big East is adding.

Our women's team has a better record than the men's team. that right there is all students need to know.

Lady Zips are now 5-1 with a 103-57 win last night. One of those wins coming against a Big East team. Good to see an Akron team that understands the importance of starting off the season strong!

What frustrates me the most is that if you or I were to bring up the Zips, OSU fans would most likely make fun of us. But honestly what gives them the right? I'd rather sit and watch MY SCHOOL win 1 game a year, than act like them and claim to be a fan of a school they don't attend.

We have a program that shots itself in the foot every year. How much hype/optimism was there for this season? What did the team do? A terrible start losing to Coastal Carolina, and Ok State. While Ok State is a very good team, we should have beat them. Students and the public don't care that we should be 5-0 right now, they only care about the record. Soccer has show what students care about, winning, being on the national stage, national tournaments, national rankings, MAC tournament titles. Every year the season comes down to the MAC tournament and the students know that. You have to get people excited before they will show up and winning is all that matters. "Almost winning" doesn't mean crap! Also remember the Zips have shown a pattern of winning a big game, then laying an egg at home. They unfortunately cannot seem to find a way to carry momentum for one game to another to get positive energy around the program.

No votes for the Nation of Coaches Classic? darn I was hoping to play the national powerhouses that are Hampton and Wofford.

Honestly I don't think any of them would really be successful in NFL.

Even at it's weakest state the Big East will be better than the MAC. Maybe compared to the Big10 and SEC, it is a joke but not to the MAC. People can note that they have added SMU, Memphis, and Houston. So? what has the MAC done, add UMass and kept schools like Eastern Michigan and only really relevant in Ohio and Michigan. People talk about national exposure, yet bash a conference that takes up the eastern US. Trust me "Joe Akron" isn't getting excited about a Saturday matchup against Eastern Michigan and we are NEVER going to a conference like the ACC or Big10. So unless you're content staying the MAC forever, the BE is our ceiling. I suppose the best way to make everyone happy is take the best 16 or so teams from the Big East, CUSA, and MAC. Drop everyone else down to FCS and be done with it. I'm not just talking wins, but facilities, fanbases, and athletic depts as a whole. Cincy, UConn, Houston, Memphis, UCF, Akron, Ohio, ECU, Buffalo, SMU, Louisville, USF, Temple, etc.