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Akron formerly Fire USFL "The University of Akron has accepted the group’s offer for the Rubber Bowl, which, according to Mason, will have a rent and renovation cost of $6 million to $8 million to start. A construction firm has been chosen to renovate the facility, upgrading its seats, locker rooms, press box and restrooms. They are looking into a new scoreboard that can show video replays, which would be quite an improvement over the glorified construction sign that was there when the Rubber Bowl was abandoned in 2008."

"After heavy rain and thunder made its way through Can't Friday night, the team moved inside to the Field House—except the lights wouldn't come on. " Who turned out the lights?

CNN SI Predicts 4-8 Terry Bowden, Akron: 4-8. The Zips went 2-22 under Rob Ianello, but the former Auburn coach has assembled an accomplished staff. Expect improvement.

Scout Profile 6' 3" OG Center Akron CMU Coastal Carolina

Trib Live Ohio.com April "Recruits on campus Two potential Zips took in Thursday morning’s practice. Michael Kish, a 6-foot-5, 230 lbs. tight end-defensive lineman from Brentwood High School in Pennsylvania, and Kyle Stahl, a 6-foot-5, 205 lbs, quarterback from St. Henry High School, were on hand."

Still better than I expected... check out slide #18... Odds of finishing in the Top 4

Jaylen Funches -Guard- Cleve Benedictine Marshall Howell - ATH- Cleve Benedictine

Tony Harper --ATH -- Toledo St Johns

DT Marquis Moore -- Toledo Whitmer

And then there is this.. SB Nation -- so take it for what it's worth -- nothing... Zips are #107.. Marshall even lower!! (115) What's Your College Football Teams Realignment Ranking?

all interesting stuff.. but where does that leave the Zips??? Looks to me like it's on the outside looking in. Various boards have been slamming the Zips recent record as though we have sucked since the move.. to 1A. So I did some research today. Not sure this helps or hurts the cause: The truth is, the Zips are 105-140-3 in Division I.. and that includes the 2-22 the last 2 yrs... back that out and we are almost .500 103-118-3. Not as bad as one might be led to believe. Zips Overall Record The NCAA site shows overall including all divisions 486-471-36 (.508) NCAA Site This site says 487-496-37... NCAA Most Wins The problem is perception -- and as a Communication Major, I can confirm that perception is reality.. and recent history has not been good... most fans are too young to remember when the Zips were decent to average. this makes me feel a little better .. not in Top 25 Worst Ever.. Bleacher Report -- so whatever.... 25 Worst Ever... Note who is Number 1!!!!! and this Overall Worst Winning %

Back to the main subject of the thread... Conference USA adding 5 New Members UTSA North Texas Charlotte Louisiana Tech Florida International

New Parolee for Can't State "Senderoff will also hope that Tabb can be the next in a long line of successful second chances Can't State has offered to athletes with troubled pasts.Tabb left Wake Forest in September of 2011 after he pled guilty to charges that he stole an iPod from a classmate’s dorm room and later tried to pawn it. In a telephone interview on Thursday, he did not shy away from talking about the poor judgment that led to those legal problems. “It was a lesson learned,” said Tabb, who was 19 years old when charges of breaking and entering and possession of stolen goods led to his dismissal at Wake Forest. “I made a mistake, I accepted responsibility and I learned from it. I suffered the consequences.” Tabb was reportedly ordered to enter a deferred-prosecution program that included 12 months of supervised probation and 50 hours of community services. Once those were completed, prosecutors agreed to dismiss all charges against him."

Zips Win All this chirping about based ball’s Opening “Day” just makes us pine for five months from now, when college football will accomplish in five days what baseball crams into nine or so. Is it too early to start making out our Week 1 mayhem wish list? Probably! Thursday, August 30 • South Carolina @ Vanderbilt. James Franklin taunts Jadeveon Clowney after the Commodores pull off a late go-ahead touchdown, and the ensuing fracas manages to convince SEC officials to suspend the South Carolina stalwart. Seeking revenge, Steve Spurrier departs Nashville with five or six of Franklin’s scholarship quarterbacks, to feather his depth-chart-fiddlin’ nest back in Columbia. No one is truly satisfied, but no lessons are learned. • Minnesota @ UNLV. TCF Bank revokes Golden Gophers’ stadium sponsorship after team refuses to pay $5,000 in ATM fees following return from Vegas. • UCF @ Akron. Zips win, and Terry Bowden gets free jousting privileges at all Medieval Times locations for life. • UMass @ UConn. In their FBS debut, the Minutemen rout the Huskies, relegating Connecticut to the MAC by a previously unnoticed realignment provision. All involved parties agree this is probably in everyone’s best interest.

CNN SI from the bottom of the article "That’s Terry Bowden on line 2 for you, Jose."

TYPICAL This happens every year. It was typical for any long-suffering Akron sports fan. We have been conditioned to expect to be disappointed. Close, so close, but choked when it matters most. ALMOST -- not quite but almost there. There for the taking if we could just.... almost got it.... nope.... there it went... I "hoped" we win the MAC tourney. I "hope" we beat Northwestern.... but my expectations did not match my "hopes." Been disappointed too many times. After all, we are Akron....

Both are pay to host.... CBI $35,000 then $50,000 then $75,000. CIT $30,000 "The 24-team CIT's fee is $30,000 per game. The 16-team CBI requires $35,000 for a first-round game, $50,000 for second-round game, and $75,000 for the semifinals" CBI CIT Fees

Add Buffalo also.. vs Oakland CIT Schedule Ohio in NCAA vs Michigan Akron in NIT vs Northwestern Toledo CIT vs McNesse State Buffalo CIT vs American BG CIT vs Oakland Can't CIT vs SC Upstate

ABJ Story

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/record...on&limit=50 Akron vs MAC 174 games played Overall: 72-101-1 Home: 84 games played 45-38-1 Road: 89 games played 26-63 Neutral Site: 1 game played 1-0

Been reading alot about what C-USA and MWC are planning to do... merger/no merger etc. There seems be some suggestion of some new conferences forming soon. I also read, on this board, about Eric Mansfield (Channel 3) tweeting that he had heard of "back room discussions" about making a pitch to the Big East.... I usually stay away from this topic as it tends to veer away from reality.. but I look at what UA has been doing recently and I can't help but wonder what the end-game is? $65 million Stadium Terry Bowden Chuck Amato Jim Tressell

In fact.. Football Scoop says Bowden was the only one officially offered.... "Akron: This afternoon we spoke with sources very close to the process. After those talks, we believe that Terry Bowden is the only candidate that was technically offered the job." I think Winters was "exaggerating" the meeting. As were other reports.

How about this guy? If we can't get Div II maybe Div III -- He beat Larry Kehres a few times in a row..... and we definitely qualify as (lower-level FBS). Pittsburg (Kan.) State downed Wayne (Mich.) State for the Division II crown; the Gorillas had last won a title in 1991. Wisconsin-Whitewater downed Mount Union (Ohio) for its third consecutive Division III title and its fourth in five seasons. You have to figure coach Lance Leipold is going to get a chance to coach an FCS (or even a lower-level FBS) team sometime in the near future. He is an incredible 72-3 in five seasons, and Whitewater currently is riding a 45-game winning streak. In the NAIA final, St. Xavier (Ill.) downed Carroll (Mont.); Carroll had won six of the past nine titles. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news...ght_away_121811

Ok... welcome aboard Coach L. Coaching Experience 2009- Present Florida (Quarterbacks) 2008 Detroit Lions (Quarterbacks) 2002-07 Michigan (Quarterbacks) 2000-01 Central Michigan (Quarterbacks) 1998-99 Michigan (Graduate Assistant) 1996-97 Michigan (Student Assistant) Coaching Accomplishments •Led a Florida quarterback unit that led the nation in pass efficiency (167.3) in 2009. They passed for 3,305 yards for 28 touchdowns with just five interceptions. Florida ranked second in the SEC in passing offense with an average of 236.1 yards per game. •Guided Tim Tebow in his final season at Florida, during which he passed for 2,895 yards and 21 touchdowns, finishing his senior year with a passing efficiency of 164.17. The quarterback left Florida with five NCAA, 14 SEC and 28 UF records •Spent one season in the NFL with the Detroit Lions, where he guided a quarterback unit that threw for 2,960 yards. •Led the Michigan quarterbacks for six seasons, most recently guiding second-round draft pick Chad Henne. Under the tutelage of Loeffler, Henne became the first true freshman QB to lead his team to a Big Ten title and start in a BCS bowl game. Henne set school marks in career passing yards (9,715), touchdowns (87), completions (828) and attempts (1,387). •Helped develop John Navarre into the team's first All-Big Ten first-team quarterback since 1997. •Prior to his term with his alma mater, Loeffler served as Central Michigan's quarterbacks' coach for two seasons, 2000-01. •Helped guide two NFL quarterbacks in Tom Brady and Brian Griese as a graduate and student assistant at Michigan and was a part of the Wolverine staff during the 1997 undefeated season and National Championship title. •Has seen the quarterbacks he coached at Michigan go on to play in 219 regular-season NFL games, including 196 starts. In addition, those players have garnered a combined four Super Bowl rings as pros. Prominent Players Coached FLORIDA •QB TIM TEBOW: 20th Anniversary William V. Campbell Trophy winner, who is also a three-time Heisman Trophy finalist, taking home the award as a sophomore in 2007. The two-time SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2007 & 2009) threw for 9,285 yards and 88 touchdowns in his four seasons at Florida, while having also gained 2,947 yards on the ground with 57 rushing touchdowns, both school records by a Florida quarterback. MICHIGAN •QB CHAD HENNE: Holds school record for career passing yards (9,715), touchdowns (87), completions (828) and attempts (1,387). Became the first quarterback in Wolverine history to throw 20 or more touchdown passes in each of his first three seasons. •QB JOHN NAVARRE: All-Big Ten first-team quarterback who set seven passing marks and six career records at Michigan. •QB TOM BRADY: NFL MVP and two-time Super Bowl MVP with the New England Patriots who led the Wolverines to Citrus and Orange Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999. Set school record for most completions in a season (214) in his first year as a starter. •QB BRIAN GREISE: Led Michigan to an undefeated season and a share of the National Championship in 1997. Selected as MVP of the Rose Bowl in 1997 and went on to become a Super Bowl champion and NFL Pro Bowl selection as a member of the Denver Broncos. NFL Players (Round Drafted) QB Brian Griese (3rd) - Michigan '98 - Denver Broncos QB Tom Brady (6th) - Michigan '00 - New England Patriots QB Drew Henson (6th) - Michigan '03 - Houston Texans QB John Navarre (7th) - Michigan '04 - Arizona Cardinals QB Chad Henne (2nd) - Michigan '08 - Miami Dolphins Playing Career Quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines from 1993-96. Personal Information Age: 35 Birthdate: Nov. 1, 1974 Hometown: Barberton, Ohio Education: Michigan (1998) Family: Married to Amie Loeffler. Has one son, Luke. Bowl Games as a Coach 1999: Citrus 2000: Orange 2003: Outback 2004: Rose 2005: Rose 2005: Alamo 2007: Rose 2008: Capital One 2010: Sugar http://www.gatorzone.com/football/bios.php...;staff=loeffler