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Hopefully it will be a good game in which the Zips come out ahead. Iowa State is still not very good, but they seem to be trending upwards (if even very slowly) under Campbell. I recall reading positive things about them this offseason. We get them after Iowa and before Texas at home on ESPN. Hope they look past us. We beat them out for a few recruits this season. We need this game.

No doubt. Football and basketball are all I really care about (soccer too to an extent), but it is nice to have the best overall men's athletic department in the conference.

This is cool I guess. http://gozips.com/general/2016-17/releases/20170531lq61ko

I think they did it a half time. I recall stopping and paying attention to listen.

I didn't cherry pick anything. Recent history is what matters. You're just flat out wrong if you think a kid gives a damn about what a program did when his dad was barely alive. You are putting a lot of words in my mouth. I didn't say players would rather play in the MAC than the Big East, even though its not an absolute like you're making it out to be (Zeke Marshall, anyone?!). I never made a single comment about Coleman-Lands. Depaul sucks and that is that.

Can't wait til you contrarians try to sell us on Duquesne being a better program than us too since they won a few tourney games back before your parents were born.

Hey skippy...how about you compare conference championships, wins, and NCAA tourney appearances between Akron and Depaul in the past decade. After you do that, quote me on "defending OSU basketball's rich tradition" and whatever else you're trying to say. The only thing I've ever said is that OSU basketball is better than Akron after our championship team couldn't beat their 2nd to worst team in recent history. I know it hurts, but its true. After you do both of those, then we can talk.

Are we really citing achievements from the 70s (or earlier) to try and say a program doesn't suck? Hey I am pretty sure our football program is the last Ohio team to beat OSU.

I think there are a bunch of "if's" which can make this a nice year or another year like lasts'. Nothing is a given with the program unfortunately. Regarding the PSU game...PSU is really dang good so I expect it to be...not close.

Thanks Balsy. Much easier to follow something like this.

I am just glad that we (allegedly) did not copy another program's calendar this year.

Yeah I am not sure I agree with saying we missed the boat on something when we have no clue how this will turn out and nobody else has done it. I think the Carrier Dome is horrible for a basketball game, btw. Although we will likely never need it, wasn't the Info constructed with futuristic thinking? Plenty of room for expansion, IIRC. And Skip, you are also assuming we had the money to somehow include a new arena when the fieldhouse was constructed and we didn't. I really don't see how combining a field house and an arena is some futuristic, cost-cutting trend that we missed out on.

I believe the HOF is actually a separate entity apart from the NFL. I'm not sure how much, if any, support they are getting from Goodell and co. Akron can afford it with a small sales tax increase, but the voters didn't want it. Canton residents love the HOF.

Can't tell if you are joking or not, but anything in high demand in regards to Zips football is a shocking.

Good size compared to TDM*

Called dat (PG). Offer list seems to be largely low major outside of us.

100 days until we get smoked by 100 amirite @K92 @UAZip0510

You are quite the creative one, Mr. Keener.

uhhhhhhh...........what?

I believe what has been mentioned on here in the past is that Dalton was a walk-on last season with expectations of being on scholly this season. So him leaving essentially opened up the scholly for Duvivier at the time. Someone correct me if I am wrong...

Interesting that Groce said he sees Patton as a wing. I think the last scholly goes to a PG.

That right there pisses me off more than anything in regards to the scheduling.

He said a lot about leaving. His tweets were posted on this site, but I believe he deleted them.

You all are getting worked up over someone with 27 posts who clearly doesn't know Akron's history. Easy.

To the contrary, if all the FCS football conferences were FBS (like those members essentially are in basketball), where do you think the MAC would rank? Like I said, a dumb comparison.