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I guess I should have clarified better. Before him, the previous coach won at least 9 games in their last 2 seasons, where Arth won 3 games and then 6 games. Going from 3 to 6 is obviously a good sign, but I wonder where there was such a drop off in his first year taking over. Many members of the board will like this - when first hired at UT-C, he had only 2 months to put together a recruiting class. It ended up being one of the top in the FCS and the highest rated in the Southern conference.

Thanks for sharing, Zach. I've been jonesing for some news. I just realized I've met Tom Arth at a Pro Football HOF event that was actually honoring Brad Dickerson, CFO of Under Armour at the time (and UA business school grad). Arth also played for legendary Coach Kyle at St. Ignatius. Obviously winning the OAC at JCU over Mount Union is a great accomplishment. I don't know enough about UT-Chatanooga, but looking at records, there has been a noticeable drop off in his two seasons there.

In my very casual following of the Chargers, I thought Jatavis' play dropped off some after his nice rookie year. Glad to see that it looks like he is finally getting back to form. Get that second contract Hitman!

I like the new 4 game red-shirt rule. I think it will lead to more parity. Look at Kelly Bryant at Clemson who was strung along for part of the season until he told the freshman QB would be the full time starter going forward. Bryant used it to his advantage and red-shirted because he didn't play in more than 4 games and will now get a chance to make Arkansas better next year.

I would bet they do. The problem is these kids have been on a pedestal all of their life and believe they can all be the star at these big time universities and make millions in the nfl as a result. Of course reality is that isn't the case, but why wouldn't they believe it?

Not that I'm in favor of Polian based on the very limited knowledge I have of him, but using that as a disqualifer is pretty lazy.

I do too Keyon. I do too. Hopefully any new coach can see his value, if given a chance to show it.

Lance Leipold at Buffalo is doing alright I reckon.

Cleveland's population peaked at 915k in 1950. The population loss isn't anything new and has slowed down dramatically after the recession. The region is still the 16th largest in the country...people might be leaving the city but there are plenty who are staying in the region. The regional population is only about 30% off of its historical peak in 1970. Regardless of the numbers, none of this new and suddenly making NE Ohio football talent irrelevant.

Bro...NE Ohio schools just won 5 out of the 7 state championships and were at least represented in all of them by one team except for lowly D7. Ohio is still a top 5 state for talent and I don't think there is any question that the majority of the talent is right here in NE Ohio.

Zipsoutsider is on here actively suggesting that players transfer away from our program. Outsider indeed.

100% shady.

Oh I don't know, maybe because he would be multiplying his salary and advancing his career. Pretty crazy thought, I know.

when would have been the appropriate time to fire him?

2 weeks seems a little long to me considering how fast a lot of these other jobs are being filled. Then again, the d3 championship is 12/14.

I wonder if its Kehres. If a replacement was long in mind, its gotta be someone under the radar or we were seriously playing with fire waiting so long to do it.

Time to bump this one. That extra week actually put us behind the 8 ball. Some candidates are gone. The new early signing period (Dec 19) is going to throw a wrench in things. It might end up being like Bowden's first year when it seemed like he was hired late and had to scramble to put a class together. Let's hope Mr. Williams can work his magic like he did with basketball.

Football Scoop chimes in: http://footballscoop.com/news/source-terry-bowden-will-not-return-akron-head-coach/

Thanks for the info. Doesn't seem to be anything anywhere yet.

CMU hires Jim Mcelwain. Does he lay naked on dead sharks? You be the judge.

And? He can talk as much as he wants as long as it doesn't give the other team points. Attitude is good. I bet a lot of people jaw at him too due to his size.

I'll take the W. Nice team effort. Still waiting for someone to stand out on the inside. I think everyone (even Mark) has shown flashes, but no consistency. We actually went without a big man for a few minutes tonight.

beyond tired of this acura commercial already.

Alrighty. Time to change it to the big 12 champ game. We should know whether changes are going to be made very soon. Hopefully better days ahead. Go Zips!

Now that was a nice play by Jacobs.