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Actually it looks like Neal Brown of Troy getting the job. While I'd prefer some turmoil in-state at Cinci, maybe we can take advantage of Troy with the connections the staff should have in that area from UT-C.

Would be thrilled if we can somehow take advantage of a lot of the moving parts after Arth has been hired being that we still have a whole class to fill. Miami HC retires -> Brand new Temple HC goes to Miami. Houston fires HC -> poached Holgerson from WVU -> WVU likely to poach Fickell from Cinci. Late openings after early signing in schools that are in or border OH.

I'm so thirsty for some news. Recruiting, coaching staff, anything....................

OSU offer to having none. Settling for Kentucky to leaving as a redshirt freshman.. Life comes at you fast.

Should have made my post clearer. I meant akron beating northwestern was our greatest. Maybe would have been debatable at the time, but looking at end of season results I don’t think it’s debatable.

Seems to be without a doubt the best win in program history as they won the BIG West and are going to likely end the season ranked in the teens. Such a weird season....glad I got to witness that one though.

Nice post. Glad to have you aboard @Illini Zip

I wouldn't be shocked if 90% of FBS coaches had a twitter. This isn't something uncommon and relating with recruits isn't a bad thing.

Would be nice if the staff was officially announced sometime this year.

Unsure if it means there is no turning back, but Tyree Jackson is in the new NCAA transfer portal. @Cykron's relative may be playing sooner than thought.

Little background on these guys while I'm anxiously awaiting the Browns game to start: Matt Feeney: Dublin, OH native. Very young...earned his bachelor's in 2014. Team captain at JCU then joined Arth's staff. Led UTC to the #1 ranked defense in the Southern Conference in 2018, his first year as DC, as the prior DC left to join Kent State... Oscar Rodriguez: Kansas native. A lot of JUCO and D3 experience. ESPN article featuring him and the experience of JUCO recruiting here. Davern Williams: Popular in my eyes from Netflix's popular CFB documentary, Last Chance U. From the south. Played DT a few years in the NFL. Seems to be a real good recruiter and a coach that can connect well with his unit. Scott Aligo: Linked with Arth back to JCU. Also has 6 years of player personnel experience in the NFL. Brian Cochran: Another JCU guy. Coached with Arth his first year at UT-C. Apparently left for a promotion to Kent St in 2018. As far as I can tell, he'd rather be at Akron than KSU (who can blame him). Chris Hurd: Texas native. Played defense in college. Has prior FBS experience. His bio on UT-C site definitely leans on the special teams side. Chris Cook: UTC alum. Had a TE named to the All So-Con team in 2017. Tom Zagorski: Arth's OC at JCU in 2014. Then left for a offensive quality control position at Tennessee. Took another job to EKU the year after as assistant head coach/TE coach. Served as OC the final 4 games of 2018 where he led them to a 4-0 record. Is from Cleveland and definitely has some connections. As 94zipgrad pointed out, there are still a few open positions. Hoping Mounds can still make the cut as there is a real lack of FL connections in this staff.

That $60 must have been really breaking the bank.

Um, its called realism?! When has Akron ever played a team with that talent that close?

Stats.

I'm not sure I see where the issue is. TB, if kept around the university, will not be involved with the football program whatsoever. A fundraising type role makes the most sense in my opinion. Urban Meyer is likely going to do something similar at OSU.

Ugh.

Not much to take from the interview specific to the program IMO. Said there's no reason Akron can't be a "Toledo" of the MAC. Going to concentrate on recruiting in the area. Feels UT-C was a good learning experience to help prepare him to make the jump to FBS Justin Fields was brought up tongue in cheek, Arth prefaced by saying he feels like we have a pretty good one here. Hopes to have staff in place by end of the week. Still a few positions trying to finalize. Didn't mention any names.

I wonder how many of our previous commits signed with somewhere else yesterday.Seems like at least 5 just following this thread. Hopefully we can still save face with the rest.

Arth supposed to be on 92.3 at 8:20.

I was thinking something similar, but looking at our spring roster - I only see 2 true corners - Riley and Lubin. All the others guys are either likely walk ons or have only played safety up until this point. FWIW - Denzel Butler was listed as a Redshirt Jr. on the 2018 roster, but isn't on the 2019 spring roster. I think we need some depth at CB, whether it be new signees or players switching positions.

I'm right there with you on both accounts.