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Bobby Bowden gave the bball team a nice shout out on facebook/twitter:

The announcers wanted Calhoun to "Shove it down Zekes grill", I still don't know what that means or what he did to anger them so badly. But they felt the need to make a ignorant remark every time he was on the bench. I guess I'm glad at the end of the day "Harney shoved it down BG's grill"

"I've never seen a team complain to much to the refs as akron does" How did the game end? BG complaining to the refs.... Irony is quite funny!!

BG wins it now. Diggs missed a crucial FT, BG will score here...

Well this is a loss...terrible what are they shooting 10% wow simply pathetic

Looks like a glorified high school to be honest, really terrible. Guess UA has to use it as an example of what not to do! These announcers are by far the biggest joke I've ever heard. There's been a lot of homers this season announcing the away games, but these guys are talking trash about our players. Calling Serb a crybaby, saying he wanted their players to dunk right in Zekes grill, and swearing. Not to mention they talk like this team is the second coming of the 90s Bulls. Real classy, and def giving me extra incentive to hate BG.

Down 12-3 to BG? really...looks like the poor play has carried over from last game

...probably the same 2 people that post on Ohio.com, pretty sad they couldn't even find a blog reporter for that "school"

I understand why the posts about all players we are going after. But I'm with you, mainly because it gets pretty depressing seeing someone posted here just to say that other schools are out recruiting us. Hopefully Bowden can help us get some, but who knows...

KFC Yum! Center....take away 5,000 or so seats and it's the perfect example of what Akron (both UA and city) needs. If Louisville, Memphis, and other big schools can share arenas, there's no reason we can't!!

Ask Colt McCoy if an O-Line is important. Ask Dick-J if a D-Line is important, especially when he watched his defense give up 200yards rushing a game.

I thought about tire marks too. Doesn't have to be "in your face" but could be just a subtle pattern on the helmet and sleeves.

I came across this company HGI. They did the chrome Oregon helmets, Metallic gold Notre Dame, TCU etc. I think we should seriously talk to them to see if there are any unique things they could do for us. I really like Notre Dame's new metallic gold helmets and I think that would look pretty good as replacement for our current ones. Then adding a matte blue one to wear for some of the big games. It could also be interesting to see a metallic gold facemask with the blue helmet.

I think people should stop bring up that dang golf outing...

Yeah I agree about the money. The way I see it, the bigger a program gets you'll be getting a pay raise. I'm sure Caleb Porter is making more now than he did his first season. But yeah, most don't want to wait...just shows they never really cared about the school in the end. I hope Bowden can see that Akron is a school worth sticking with.

Yes, and let's hope he doesn't screw over our program like Todd Graham did to Pitt. I lose a lot of respect for the Brian Kellys, Todd Grahams, and Kevin Sumlins of the world. But at least Sumlin had enough dignity to coach Houston in their bowl game, while Kelly and Graham deserted their teams. No coach should use a school as a stepping stone. It's one thing to go from D2 to D1 or FCS to FBS. But we're seeing coaches jump from small FBS schools on the rise to awful big FBS schools. Did Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno, Frank Beamer, Gary Patterson, and Chris Petersen use their schools as stepping stones? Bowden, Paterno, and Beamer will go down as legends because their took mediocre schools and rose them to new heights. Patterson and Petersen have led TCU and Boise to BCS bowl games and BCS conferences in a few years. I see them as the next generation of legendary coaches. Will Brian Kelly get a statue in front of Notre Dame Stadium? Not likely. The stepping stone coaches will be forgotten in a decade. The coaches that stay at a program to build dynasties become legends. Hopefully the Zips can be successful, but we will really see then how much Terry cares about the school if that happens.

I think we have seen bad football for way too long. We finally have a coach to rally around, which we really haven't had since the beginning of the Faust years. Because of that I think that most people have unrealistic expectations. Talk of MAC championships and even bowl games may be a stretch. I try not to think those things are possible, since usually unrealistic expectations lead to major disappointments. We need to realize that Ianello destroyed our program. I may be a bit harsh on him, but in reality that is what happened. He was never fit to run a football team so just as much blame falls to those who hired him. Thankfully our fans are excited. But really how does the general public feel? Will we see any sellouts next year at InfoCision? Highly doubt it. Will we see an attendance increase? hopefully, but after a few big losses at the beginning of the season we'll see a drop back to numbers of last season. It's the NE Ohio way to be overly optimistic about teams leading up to next season. But I just hope our fans, students, and the rest of NE Ohio give it time and support this team as much as they can.

Basketball fundamentals...free throws and lay-ups. Just weren't there today but surprisingly looks like we'll take this one!

Well tied with about a minute left? This season has shown us they will lose this game...

I agree he hit that 3 with a flick of the wrist. I have the feeling there might be some disciplinary reasons, but I hope not. KD has always seems to pull the hot shooters and I've never understood why. Also he is a fan of mass substitutions. It seems like a lot of the time, we have a nice run going and he subs out 3 guys. It's a huge momentum killer and he does it constantly. Like we're watching a hockey game. Oh well let's just hope they can get their heads on straight and avoid an embarrassing loss to freaking Miami.

Had to bring up this old thread, since we got a new coach. Seriously think we need a change to usher in a new era of zips football. Forgetting the past and a new look to completely remove ourselves from the Ianello regime. Obviously I know that recruiting and winning is most important... I know this topic is brought up a lot, but I think it's almost a must. Watching the bowl games, it is apparent football uniforms have become more important than they ever were in the past. Recruits pay a lot more attention to uniforms than you would think and even minor details like that couldn't hurt.

Its great to see so many people, on his facebook, saying positive things about Akron football. Looks like we're getting a lot of support from FSU fans! I only attended 1 game last year, but am seriously considering season tickets for next year. Needless to say I will definitely be driving to Akron for the first game.

Terry should have just answered the question with "Who cares if Urban will win at OSU? Akron will win more"

Regardless, but no use ruining a Terry Bowden thread by bringing up that irrelevant glorified high school.

I really don't pay any attention to YSU fans anymore, its just not worth it. They suffer from a severe inferiority complex, causing them to hate Akron. Honestly we are not rivals in any way, other than the fact we are located in the same state. Maybe there was a time we shared a conference, but now our schools are on completely different levels. Our complete demolition of their bball team was an obvious example. YSU fans comparing their "school" to Akron, is like comparing Wayne State to YSU. All they ever bring up is...Tressel, some random AA championships, wearing Under Armour, and attendance. 4 things that are completely irrelevant...