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That doesn't seem very safe haha...I remember back in my UA days if you ventured south of Exchange you're pretty much guaranteed to be mugged. Hopefully Tressel had some bodyguards!

I think seeing "small" schools like Old Dominion and Charlotte join C-USA is proof that UA really had no interest in moving there. Honestly from a football viewpoint it's a very head-scratching move to add a decent FCS school and another that hasn't even fielded a team yet. Not to mention UTSA?? I would hope that even with our 2 wins in 2 years, we'd be better than a nonexistent team.

Do pigs fly in your world? haha I mean I love the Zips as much as anyone but I don't think ESPN will ever do a College Soccer Gameday, nor do I think anyone would want to watch that

If ESPN College Gameday is EVER at Akron...God help us all

As much as I hate to say this, Akron's not going anywhere. I used to think eventually we would get out of the terrible MAC. But it's just not going to happen...

I didn't know Nate Robinson played for the Zips either? I thought KD would have recruited him for basketball?

Will be Southern Miss or East Carolina....

haha we're the lowest level at the highest level, if that makes any sense. Honestly don't think Williams is good enough to get this teams wins. Just not impressed with his play that I've seen so far, and his college career as a backup.

In all honesty I just don't think he's good. But I'm in no way a football genius, or scout. He just didn't impress me in the spring game, but I guess in his defense none of the 3 did. Hopefully they step in up this fall.

The actual Akron Zips Football page on facebook is here only 764 likes.

With a name like Smuckers...it's gotta be good I wonder if they could send...maybe...$30 million our way for a new arena? haha "Smuckers Arena", has a good ring to it

I'm guessing since I've never actually paid for a Zips ticket, I won't receive this email? darn... But really I think only a handful will take the time to fill out the survey, and most likely most answers will be similar.

What does a 4 star recruit mean? that the guy isn't going to be playing for the Zips...

How many times was it mentioned that every player was getting a fair shot this spring. Nicely has just as much of a chance to start as Williams, Moore, and Pohl. Him being 3rd-4th on the depth chart showed he just wasn't playing well enough to start in the fall, so he transferred. I wish him the best, and out of all the players I'd say he had the toughest tenure at UA. I have a lot of respect for a guy who had to play for JD, and two years of RI. Just don't take it out on Terry Bowden and say crap like you lost respect. Give it a rest! If you're turning on this team already, then maybe you should try becoming a fan of a different school.

I think since that fat dude from WMU transferred to Xavier....name was Skidmark or something? Lyons figured he wasn't going to get any more playing time.

I would take him on the Zips in a second! He averaged 15 a game for X? Isn't that more than any of our players ppg? But I doubt he would want to play in Akron, where we already have guys fighting for playing time. Also doubt KD would want him.

Memphis got in because of basketball. Usually a top 10? program I believe, if not sometimes better. Calipari did get them to the National Championship, just to get it vacated by the NCAA.

GT wrote this article about the spring game but had some good info about the TV show.

Good to hear that sales have been up. I wasn't able to see any crowd online, but I assumed they were on the pressbox side anyway. I'm still hoping for a nice crowd for the opener. I'm sure most casual fans will show up because of the Bowden name. Students might be a tougher draw because most of them know the team hasn't been very good for some time now. Probably would guess most of them didn't know who Terry Bowden was before he came here. I know even I had to google him after the hire.

Anyone else a bit worried about fan support? or do we just blame this one on the weather? I'm not too worried, but it's funny to think Ianello had a packed fieldhouse last spring and Terry only had a few hundred (from what Rasor said).

I feel like this game actually hurt my optimism for this season. I watched the first half and it just doesn't look like a good football team. Luckily since only a few dozen fans actually went to the game, maybe the general public won't know just how bad they are. I know it's tough to judge a scrimmage like this. You don't know if one side is really good, or the other just bad. But hey I guess we really can't be any worse than last year, technically 2 wins is an improvement. And we will have more wins than the Browns... At QB I gotta go with either Moore or Pohl. Pohl seems to have the most potential, but still too inexperienced to start week 1.

Yeah because schools with crap facilities like Dix and Peden Stadium deserve to move up? Have you ever seen some of these schools in the MAC? So many glorified high school or D2 looking stadiums and gyms. It's a joke, really. Welcome to the Big East Can't State!!

It's funny there are people saying we're suck at everything, don't bring anything to C-USA, etc. But then I look closer and realize the people saying these things are fans of schools like UTEP and Southern Miss. haha really? I mean we may not be great at football, but our basketball and soccer teams speak for themselves. I think we would be one of the best schools in C-USA instantly, and really the only MAC school that needs to move out.

Wait a minute...I'm confused...the Pirates have fans? I thought they dropped down to AAA years ago lol

Well I'm a Browns fan, but not a Holmgren fan so much. Not that I hate the guy, just don't have much faith in him right now. I'm sure he'll give one of his speeches about building for the future and patience and all that stuff that we've heard a million times. Probably even draw those comparisons between the Browns and Zips that so many in NE Ohio like to do. But the sad part is, the Zips actually are improving while the Browns are getting worse. I think I'm more excited to hear that Jim Donovan is also going to be there. He's very respected in Cleveland.