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Touchdown Zips!

Yes for sure.

So that was bad.

Totally agree. Get the points on the board. And let Deshields keep taking kill shots apparently

Legitimately a heck of a crowd for the game tonight.

Very true, Akron can't drop much. Like I've said, I expect more than last week. Side note...maybe we keep it to 7 PM kickoffs in the next MACtion contract, given there's no central time zone teams anymore?

A very good article. Guess it depends what money ESPN is offering on a new deal to keep MAC attendance way down for the last of the season.

I'd be surprised if we don't continue the pooch kickoffs that we saw last week against UMass.

I'm not sure the requirement ever formally went away, but it's certainly not been enforced for quite awhile. Not sure getting booted out of FBS is the worst thing ever, but that's an entirely different discussion.

Not sure I'd be ragging on any team for having "two remaining fans" given the only FBS team with fewer people attending games than Akron is the one that is 1-8 and plays 70 miles from its campus right now.

Other thing I'd like to try with the MACtion...plaster ads everywhere and cut back the TV timeouts. See if we can't find a happy medium. Attendance on the weekdays should also be a bit better if you knew going in the 7 PM kickoff wasn't going to get you to your car by 11

Given the MAC has very well shown that "even though Ohio State and Michigan play on Saturday, we draw tons better crowds on Saturdays" as a league...getting another Saturday would be a good enough compromise. The institutional problems with Akron are deeper than just "oh the Tuesday games keep people from the stadium in September," but that's a step they need to take. I do think legitimately, tomorrow's game against Can't will have more people than the UMass game did. Maybe not a lot more, but more.

This is what the MAC schools trying to get any local interest really have to harp on with this next TV deal. OK, sure they'll lose a few bucks from ESPN by getting rid of the Tuesday games...but even a Saturday at 30 degrees with snow flurries would have an OK crowd.

They sell hot hands at the Dollar General, that'll work too

Considering we have a legitimate question to who would win - last year's Kent or this year's UMass...and they have a lot of the same roster...it's really not all that overhyped. But yeah, let's just Zippy go win by 30 anyways thanks.

Oh Akron doesn't have much trouble distributing the $0.

This is Tuesday Night MACtion nonsense. There's gonna be a CFL rouge somehow.

Likely. That was a 48-10 win over Can't in 2002.

Obviously they can lose this because it is still Akron. But with what seems like a little progress in the past few weeks, the Zips can not afford to lose this game.

Three big thoughts: 1) thank you for doing these. These are always great reads 2) When was the last time an FBS team was objectively bad and Akron just stepped on their necks? 3) Kenni Burns' Kent teams could beat this UMass squad.

If he gets to 6-6, you gotta figure they'll give him eight more years. That...is a bit hasty. But I'm willing to admit it may be steps forward towards getting there. Was a fun environment to attend, though.

Yes. A lot of those that are leaving aren't getting $50K. But yeah, $50K, Akron's not keeping guys. Players in today's portal world want two things. Obviously the NIL money (which is more fleeting than many want to admit)...and playing time. Akron can provide one of those things.

Getting to go to a bowl game and experience that for the players may be something to keep more of them here if the alternative is meager NIL money somewhere else. Yes, I'd rather have the bowl game.

If Akron can demonstrate the grades are improving, I suspect there is a realistic chance. But I don't know if there's any way to know this.

Yes, this year needs to end 6-6 and next year needs to improve on that before an extension makes much sense.