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You can figure every single MAC team has at least had discussions about leaving at this point. The league just doesn't have strong leadership (which is also the schools' fault, yes)

I think this all is fair. Team really didn't look THAT bad and UNLV is simply better than we are. Just like Mullen was better at Mississippi State than his successor... I will say, Roggow wasn't bad by any stretch but it's clear that Broughton is QB1 on this specific roster. My earlier thoughts on that were incorrect. Also I always appreciate your writeups.

If they were gonna lose anyways, may as well do it with more money coming in.

I suspect the "something" was that it was 11 AM and not 9 AM for that. But it's OK, Joe needs more time to build his program.

I'm not angry about it. It's only Year 5. Joe can't be expected to compete with a 10-4 Mountain West team after only 51 games coached here. Seriously though, Akron isn't good enough to beat teams like this when making mental mistakes, but I think they can win games in the MAC.

Sorry in advance for three tweets linked in a row here...but the "we're looking to leave the MAC" isn't going anywhere... https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/2103458475674358027 https://x.com/On3/status/2103461287443193909 https://x.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/2103462396283208092

I don't think he ever crapped on the opponent when he was going off, though.

This feels like a trivia question where the answer's "Steve Spurrier."

That's the gift that keeps on giving the WHOLE year round!

Yes, double that with a 9 AM kickoff in their bodies, Akron probably has a little better chance than is being let on. I do expect the return trip to be an "after dark" 10:30 PM type kickoff (not as a retaliation, but just...seems to be how they're doing this sort of thing).

That makes sense. Surprised it didn't get announced, our homecoming time came out well in advance of the 12-day window. Maybe Miami does theirs at 12 sometimes?

We may know earlier than a 12-day window on the unknown-channel empty stadium game against UMass; I'm not sure how that setup works.

That's the fun of the 12-day window. Homecoming (10/10 EMU) is generally sorted as a 3:30 kick. But the Miami game kickoff time will be known Monday October 5, and the PCCC kickoff time will be known Monday October 12. The 12-day window probably also applies to the empty stadium games whose network isn't clear (the empty stadium games against Ohio and Western Michigan are ESPN-family and I think those kick at 7).

I think it's more that UNLV is making a long trip, has a 9 AM kickoff, and is themselves not too great.

To be fair, they are spending a bit more than Akron on NIL stuff as well, but yes. Getting the coach right matters.

They're probably over ranked but USC only beat Rutgers by 7, so I'm ok with it.

When this is the play we're getting out of the two we have? No, we shouldn't. Shows our coaching staff can't evaluate guys they've had for years. We don't have the resources to bring in guys who aren't 100% for sure guaranteed eligible.

And how much more competent would they be if they got all the spring reps instead of the ineligible guy our coaching staff brought in?

When was the last time we could say that?

Oh goodness what a finish at the Glass Bowl

He's only had 4 1/4 seasons. He has 14 wins already. What more do you want? Seriously though, things aren't good enough and Moorhead isn't the type to do more with less, but I'm glad their attitude was good today and they didn't give up from the jump.

Wish the score was closer, but not angry with how they competed out there today.

The dumb penalties would be good to get cleared up before what's become a winnable UNLV game next week...

Yes, but I'm glad they didn't come in here acting like they'd lose. That's a major shift for this coaching staff.

There wasn't a single thing good about that decision tree.