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With the right staff in place the culture can change. Writing it off saying we will never compete and nothing will ever change is asinine Hell im scared to ask how you feel about HBCU football programs

Maryland for example is now in a Power 5 Conference and has the 2nd biggest booster in all of sports Kevin Plank and still cant get over the hump. Everything isn't about $$$ and Tiers

Ohio U gets great Talent Buffalo Gets Great Talent Western Michigan Gets Great Talent And yes we had great players come through here at a time when we had no tv contract and no on campus stadium but still got them. We have the facilities, an exposure to attract and compete.

These days its about Exposure, Legacy and Family Access to games. With the right staff in in place we can indeed attract local talent. We have a history of drafting players to the NFL who have won Superbowls and Hall of Fame. THAT MATTERS

Put it this way For example our most celebrated Akron Alum Basketball players are from where? Shrugs

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We are now how many days into John Groce's tenure. I said he was trash from day 1 too and yet yall still defend him acting like a victim of physical abuse telling everyone everything is fine. But thats a different topic. Continue on.

Participation on this forum is as bad as the Akron Football Game Attendance and you blocking the few people who do post on here Hilarious

Yeh and Trump didn't cheat in the last election too

Whats your point in defending mediocrity If you want this board to only consist of a bunch of oblivious "Yes men" ill be happy to leave

Oh and Shout out to the folks who criticized me for wanting Tim Tyrrell (A Proven Successful HS Coach and local area recruiting guru) over this Bum

FYI Akron paid Tennessee-Chattanooga $370,000 Buyout

Yall need to stop with that criticize the fans BS The problem is the pee poor quality on the field. Why in da hell would I drive from Maryland to see us get our ass kicked on homecoming? Until the team starts winning the Zips are not worth the price of admission. And if you want to criticize anyone other than the team it starts with the damn students who indirectly have to pay for that BS out of their tuition and fees. And the homers in here who defended the hiring and over-hyping of this mediocre coach get an honorable mention too.

Thanks for the Info Will definitely have that in mind next time

I also said parking "near" the student center was damn near impossible that day as my original intention was to work remotely from the student center that morning.

I made a random trip there back in late august after attending the Browns Preseason opener. Stopping in Akron Friday morning I literally could not find a place to park on campus near the student union or Bierce library as I was looking for somewhere to work remotely for the day. Empty student permit only parking garages and roped off metered parking. To make matters more irritating I paid a visit to the team store at InfoCision Stadium only to find out it was basically closed for the Summer. As I was walking back to my car I noticed someone else being turned away by the Closed Sign at the store. So I walk down the street to the Campus Supply store where I have bought Akron gear for years from only to discover they have now went full Greek only selling Greek gear. So I ended up going downtown to Akron's Wonderful Public Library where i searched for 10 minutes for a working outlet to plug my laptop in but thats a whole other story. The point I am making is that UA does a pee poor job marketing athletics and making that campus friendly to fans/alums. Why is it so hard to purchase an Akron football jersey along with other gear? We should not have to resort to going to Ebay to find Akron gear from student athletes and staff who anonymously sell their gear on there. The last successful ad marketing campaign UA Athletics did was Charlie Frye for Heisman and im not bullshittin. Hoban played St. Vincent-St. Mary tonight at InfoCision Stadium and I bet they there more people at that game than Any Akron home game and thats the problem. The disconnect between the Football program and Community is beyond embarrassing and it goes back to what I been saying on here all along. You have a powerhouse dynasty program up the road (Hoban) and don't take advantage. End Rant

At this point I highly doubt we will even win a game. CAN'T State is going to kick our ass

Oh look We are getting our ass kicked again Garbage overhyped coach

Oh look, we are getting our Ass Kicked Again

Meanwhile we have a dynasty powerhouse HS Football program up the road no one wants to call because of HS coach to College HC politics

Army would put up 50 on us

Transition huh

Yall been saying that smooth transition BS for years We have been in transition forever BS excuse

I really hope fans show up for the walk in tomorrow morning