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I don't even know why I tried to watch this live. Such a 3rd rate broadcast.

Good answer re: finances. People on here apparently were struggling to grasp that.

Sound blows.

Unsure how much we should expect to hear on the recruiting front after this early signing day. Dead period starts today and runs through January 10th.

FYI - Intro presser is today at 4. Should be streamed live on Akron Zips official facebook page and Gozips.com

Just searched twitter and I cannot find anything about any of our players transferring (at least as of yet), so that is good I guess! Thanks for sharing the Zagorski's twitter @zzx. I'm pretty excited about him.

If you think it has more to do with ESPN, why does it only affect Akron and not Kent?

Meh. We didn't like it when KD took guys and UTC fans don't have to like it if Arth takes a few guys. Literally every other coach does it and we paid UTC their money. I don't think its fair to hold our staff to some higher ethical standard than the rest of the country. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/2017/01/08/western-michigan-losing-recruits-pj-fleck-minnesota/96316750/

I took a look at their commits, and this QB along with his HS teammate WR (who also has/had an offer from K State) are the 2 I think we should keep an eye on. https://www.hudl.com/profile/7799361/Giovanni-Dyer

Found some names seemingly worth knowing about here. Upon further look, I was wrong. 4 of them had P5 offers per 247. https://247sports.com/Player/Josh-Walker-81369/ https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Kohl-Henke-90582/RecruitInterests/ https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Mychal-Austin-106393/RecruitInterests/ https://247sports.com/Recruitment/Genuine-Potts-95582/RecruitInterests/

I don't think anyone would disagree with that in general terms. Just based off of what I can find regarding last year's recruiting class, he brought in at least 4 guys right out of high school who had FBS offers (2 of which has P5 offers). Our best QB this decade was a career FCS back up before transferring to Akron for their 5th year. We shouldn't be quick to write off anyone just because they might have been a level lower.

Bro. 1) KD had previous D1 collegiate experience before coming to Akron. 2) He was not hired as a HC directly from SVSM.

BG's new coach kept 4 of the former assistants on staff, so it doesn't seem unreasonable that we could retain some. #KeepCoachMounds

Absolutely was not revenue neutral. If the game wasn't scheduled, we still wouldn't have gotten paid by Nebraska, which the cancellation was in no way Akron's fault. The University has 1.3m that it would not otherwise have had if that game wasn't scheduled. Its not like we swapped one for the other. Circumstances beyond anyone's control screwed us and Larry W. turned lemons into lemonade. BTW - we did get half of the Nebraska payout, which I think is a solid alternative to battling it out in the courts and potentially getting it years down the road.

Larry Williams scheduled the SC game and we got paid 1.3m that the program/University otherwise wouldn't have had. That gave us enough money to pay for TB's buyout (assuming it is needed and he doesn't take a job with the U a la Scarborough), Tom Arth's buyout, and STILL have money left over. Larry talked a little bit this year about how football really is pretty much a break even sport with the TV deal and some other things the U gets that it otherwise wouldn't have without football. John Groce's contract is also dirt cheap for the first two years. We are saving A LOT as a result of KD deciding to leave us. Seems a bit odd to single out football but no complaining about the other sports, especially the non-revenue generating ones.

IDK if he's a homer or not. I've seen his tweets come up on my timeline, and I can tell you he's an idiot.

I guess that opinion re: Bowden is fair, but disdain for the Bowden firing shouldn't be held against him. BTW - Don't look now, but the Browns have a franchise QB and are in the playoff hunt!

Meh. This is kind of a bad post. I don't even need to look it up to guarantee 90+% of that list had some sort of collegiate experience prior to being named HC at the D-1 level.

Everyone should give him a chance and support him 100% until its determined we shouldn't. We as a fan base need to be better. It'll only make us more attractive in the future. I'm not much a fan of media myself, but there seems to be plenty of approval from the move in that realm.

Tough to get answers when there isn't anyone to ask them, eh? We're criticizing Larry W. when we have no clue what did and didn't happen behind the scenes. George was too busy showing off his scarlet colored shoes to a "fan" dressed in buckeye gear at the game yesterday. Looking forward to the introduction presser to see Arth and maybe Larry address some of these things. It would also be nice to get some info on coaching hires. I was at the basketball game yesterday and was thinking to myself I'm glad Arth wasn't there to be introduced. He's got work to do with recruiting and putting together his staff. Hopefully thats what was going on.

Good. Looking forward to your constant crying disappearing from the football board. Funny that you want to cry about finances when Getsy would have been by far the most expensive option (assuming he even had interest). Funny you want to cry about his HC experience when Getsy has none. You're also pretty clueless being that you didn't know he was HC at JCU. Tough to take your opinion too seriously.

Team's biggest need is better interior play IMO. Riak has size and athleticism, but he doesn't bring anything except an outside shot once in a blue moon. Sayles might have the best all around potential, but so far this year his game has regressed. No great rebounder or inside threat to score. I would look at Kostelac, TBH. I think he's looked improved in his very limited time so far. Crowd energy was also pretty disappointing yesterday if you ask me, especially considering the opponent.

I wonder if coach Arth is going to give a rally cry at the basketball game today a la Terry Bowden ?

Welcome Coach Arth! Now the fun begins!

Per Football Scoop. Yes. Ugh. http://footballscoop.com/news/scoop-staff-tracker-2018-19-new-head-coaches-staffs/