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http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mac_attack/Ohio State hosting Division I-AA Youngstown State University this Saturday at the ""Horseshoe." To most college football officianados, it's a ""what-the-heck" game. For ""Us", it's what we've been expecting and hoping to see for a long time.And when I say ""Us", I mean the Youngstown State University community. I'm a YSU grad and back when I was trudging between classes, Pal Joey's (a local, on-campus `gathering place') and to the Ice Palace (Stambaugh Stadium) on Saturday afternoon's for football games in the mid '80's and early '90s, I was one of thousands in that stadium who knew that Jim Tressel was eventually going to become the head coach at Ohio State at some point in his career.

and I got a call at lunch from a telemarketer offering Alumni the $100.00 Family Pack Season Ticket Package.. that's a first!!!

got mine too.... Army is Section 130... I checked on line is lower bowl but down at the 10 yd line??? What is up with that???Check out the view from your seat at this site:http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/tickets/seating.php

http://www.ohio.com/sports

I see my seats already .. Upper Deck 50 yd line

Zippy meets the parents...

It's part of ESPN PLUS.. regional telecasts.... space occupied by Big Ten in the past... Big Ten Network now has those games leaving ESPN Plus Regional with slots to fill...

had DirectTV years ago.. liked it except for "rain fade" bad weather screwed up signal reception... has that been fixed??Where I live now I don't have a line-of-site for the satellite signal....AT&T is giving 30 day free trials.... I'm trying it out... will let you know -- installing next Wed.. then promptly leaving for vacation... so won't have a good feel for it until August.

No Zips or Flushes??? part of ESPN plus deal....http://www.cleveland.com/ohiocollegesports...9000.xml&coll=2Six MAC football games on local TV Thursday, July 12, 2007From staff, wire reports The Mid-American Conference is expected to announce today that six ESPN-produced football games will air on WEWS Ch. 5 this fall. Those games will be part of a 53-game conference TV schedule by the time all deals are finalized later this month. "ESPN has been great," MAC Commissioner Rick Chryst said. "This has been developing for a while. We're excited about it and where it can lead." The first part of the TV schedule is the six-week package that will be shown locally on WEWS Ch. 5 at noon. The Big Ten Conference held that time slot before forming its own network, which will debut Aug. 30. The MAC games will run weekly from Sept. 15-Oct. 20 and also be shown on network stations WWHO in Columbus, WKRC in Cincinnati, WHIO in Dayton and WTVG in Toledo. Area teams Akron and Can't State are not part of this package. Michael Reghi will be the play-by-play voice for the package. The WEWS games are: Sept. 15: Cincinnati at Miami (rivalry)Sept. 22: Temple at Bowling Green Sept. 29: Northern Illinois at Central Michigan (potentially good game)Oct. 6: Central Michigan at Ball State (potentially a good game)Oct. 13: Eastern Michigan at Ohio University

Is available on the new AT&T U-Verse TV coming to NE Ohio soon..Is already live in Stow/Munroe Falls. The Rep stopped at my house last nite. Felt good to dump Warner.... One down side is no more Warner Public Access games -- but I'll get over it....Channel Line Up: https://uma.att.com/assets/files/Cleveland.pdfUFamily Package is local channels plus usuals... but no ESPN's etc... U100 Package includes: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN CLASSIC, ESPNEWS, FSN CLEVE, FSN CINCI,U200 Package adds: NFL NETWORK, SPORTSTIME OHIO (INDIANS), Golf Channel, VersusU300 Package offers: Fox Soccer Channel and moviesU400 Package offers: Sportsman, Fox College Sports Atlantic, Central, Pacific, Horse Racing, YES, Sports Net NY, FSN Florida, Sun Sports, FSN South, SportsSouth, FSN Pittsburgh, Detroit, North, Midwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Arizona & Northwest, Comcast Sportsnet West, FSN West, FSN Prime TicketAll are subject to blackouts....

BG AD's take on Patriot Bowl....http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/genrel/052307aac.htmlQ: When will BG play in the Patriot Bowl?KurtBerea, Ohio The Patriot Bowl is a new regular-season series that matches up a MAC opponent with one of the service academies. Games will be played in early September, preferably over Labor Day Weekend, in Cleveland at Browns Stadium. The inaugural game pits Akron against Army this fall. My understanding from the Cleveland Sports Commission and the MAC office is that a three-year commitment exists, with hope that the series will continue long-term. While on one hand, the Patriot Bowl presents a nice opportunity, I am hesitant to commit BGSU given the current structure. My reasons are two-fold: First, our experience in Cleveland with the Wisconsin game was two-sided. The players and fans that attended enjoyed a first-rate event. Unfortunately, the business aspects of the game didn't match expectations: attendance and game sponsorships lagged. Second, the only way the Patriot Bowl makes sense to me is if the game becomes an "extra" home game. As it stands, the schools playing in the Patriot Bowl are giving up a home game to play in Cleveland - similar to what we did with Wisconsin. Many have heard me say that our priority is playing games in The Doyt and working toward six home games each fall. Thus the short answer to your question is that BGSU has no immediate plans to participate in the Patriot Bowl. Blogger's take:http://orangeandbrown.blogspot.com/2007/05...er-answers.htmlFirst, I 100% applaud the goal of getting six games at the Doyt every year. That is the only way to build a fan base--to have enough opportunities for people to build attraction to the place and the team. And, if going to Cleveland didn't net us any $$, all the more reason to play at home. I am 100% in favor of us scheduling 6 Doytgames, even if one of them has to be a I-AA team.Having said that, I didn't think it was a big deal for one time every 5-6 years to have five home games and one of them in Cleveland. If it is rare enough to be special, I was OK with it. I was not crazy about the Cleveland game in the first place, but we went and ended up having a good time.Now, the Patriot Bowl was supposed to include the Ohio MAC schools--Can't, Akron, BG, Miami, Toledo and OU, on a rotating basis. Miami and OU might have additional reasons to not participate, given they are so far from Cleveland. If they aren't in, and BG isn't it, that leaves Toledo, Can't and Akron. Thing is--if the MAC isn't careful, they are going to rotate Can't and Akron up there, and that's an Rx for failure.Finally, this. If the Cleveland Sports Authority does a good job with the game, gets corporate involvement and turns it into a cash machine, then I think opinions (including BG's) will change.

Small correction... Army is no longer in CUSA... have been independent again for a couple of years now...Also, from Patriot Bowl official announcement in May: "First-year attendance for the Patriot Bowl at Cleveland Browns Stadium is expected to be in the 30-40,000 range."I would imagine First Merit is buying tickets and giving them away to military familes??? I'm guessing it's going to feel more like a road game...Start time is 7:00 pm as well....

From the proposal for Financing and Design and Build Services:2.0 PROPOSALS 2.1 SCOPE OF PROPOSALS A. The University of Akron is requesting financing proposals from qualified organizations for the following planned projects listed below. Proposed debt vehicles, may or may not be used in combination with the University’s ability to issue tax-exempt debt.On-Campus Stadium25,000 seats (expandable to 30,000) including support facilitiesSchedule:The University intends to commence construction of the new on-campus stadium no later than September 15, 2007. The dates for commencing construction of the parking deck and optional residence hall facility have yet to be determined.

Three former Miami OH football coaches have passed away in the past year.."Among those in attendance were singer John Mellencamp, outgoing Indiana president Adam Herbert, former women's basketball coach Sharon Versyp, former trustees president Fred Eichhorn and Miami (Ohio) athletic director Brad Bates, who hired Hoeppner as the RedHawks' coach in 1999. Bates read a letter he wrote to two other ex-Miami coaches who have died in the past year, Northwestern's Randy Walker and Michigan's Bo Schembechler."http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=Al...ov=ap&type=lgns

anybody heard how it is going??? NIU-Iowa at Soldier Field is at 45k already.

Rasor chimes in:"I asked Mike Cawood, UA’s chief PR guy, about David Harvey and Jermaine Lindsey. He said he won’t know until June 18. As I’ve said before, losing both to academics would be a major hit to a Zips offense that is shaping up nicely. I’ll keep working to confirm or dispell the rumors."http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/zips/Sounds like it ain't over yet.. but fat lady is clearing her throat... maybe they are taking summer classes to bring GPA up???

http://cfn.scout.com/2/645627.html

$50 million expansion of Maryland's Byrd Stadium..."Athletics Department officials have been looking for ways to increase capacity for years, but money for the major expansion came only after Chevy Chase Bank agreed to pay $20 million in August for naming rights to the stadium, which has been dubbed Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium until 2032 when the deal expires."http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/med...d-2879058.shtml

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-sos...ports-headlines

Skip-Zip npMaybe I read too much into your post....Looks to me, from reading the release, that local businesses will be promoting the game as part of the Labor Day weekend experience.. First Merit is the sponsor -- I would expect they have guaranteed a certain number of tickets will be sold. Probably at 50% of face value and probably donated to military families.Remember, the NCAA 15k rule can be tickets sold @ min 50% face value...My question is does the 50% face value mean from the $45.00 or the regular $15.00 Rubber Bowl ticket???If, for instance, we assume that First Merit has put $250,000 into the Patriot Bowl and received 10k tickets in return, do you count the 10k tickets as sold @ $22.50 toward the home attendance rule or do you count based on the $7.50 at the Rubber Bowl (which would be $250,000 divided by $7.50 = 33k???)Then we add actual butts in seats from season tickets and regular sales and you ought to be over 20k toward attendance rule... right?

If the price scares you, buy season tickets at $75.00 ea -- the Army game ticket is included in the package.... that makes the ticket price $15.00

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=ap...ov=ap&type=lgnsTwo decades after adding the 3-point line, the NCAA men's basketball rules committee approved a measure Thursday that will move the line back one foot -- from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. If approved by the playing rules oversight committee on May 25, it would mark the first major change to 3-pointers since their adoption.

http://csuvikings.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl.../031407aaa.html9 Horizon League Contests (includes new league member Valparaiso)Ohio State (Dec. 18 at Quicken Loans Arena)Cal State NorthridgeCentral MichiganESPNU BracketBuster Saturday (Feb. 23)at George Masonat Chicago Stateat St. Bonaventure2 Games TBA

How about the fact that with 13 minutes left 1st half the score is 7-7....