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I definitely want a downtown arena. Anyone been to Lexington. Rupp Arena is the real deal. We don;t need anything quite that big, roughly an 8,000 seat arena would work. Parking would be no better or no worse downtown than on campus. Originally, the JAR was being designed along the lines of the Convocation Center at Notre Dame. However, politics and big money got in the way and Cleveland State got the big arena and we got the JAR.During the years hen Wyatt Webb was coach, Memorial Hall was filled beyond capacity for just about every game. In fact, there were many nights when there was a waiting line to get into the facility.Whatever happens, we all need to amke a concerted effort next year to bring one more person with us to the game.

10 teams = No MAC Championship game.

Morehead St. is starting to look like another option.The new MAC commissioner really needs to step in and rectify this whole situation. There is not one MAC that should be trying to schedule games for less than 6 months from now. In fact, there are very, very few high school teams or leagues that go thru the crap that is hjappening in the MAC.

Until you've been in their position,don't complain.. i see my share of HS & college games every year. I have seen good refs, poor refs and so-so refs. But I will not criticize them, because officiating bb today is much more difficult that it has ever been. If you think it is that easy, go get a whistle and let me know how easy it is.BTW, I am not an official, I have just been around sports all my life and know many offiials in all sports.

Itis not on Fox Detroit.

As an official for several sports, I cannot tell you of a time when the refs truly decided a game (my bad, Miami). Remember, that for all of the errors an official might make during a game, players and coaches make at least 3 times as many. Do you blame an official for a turnover, do you blame an official for a missed shot, do blame an official for a team playing zone when YOU think they should be playing man? Officials are just another part of the game and everyone tends to blame them for everything rather than looking at the entire picture.When a team shoots 30% from the field is it the officials fault? I think not!Now that I am done ranting, and I do appreciate the fact that this forum does exist, let's go kick some Falcon A**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is just another f**k up by Rick Chryst. Thank god he is leaving. Even if there was a conflict, a good league office or good league media person would have noticed it in advance and made other arrangements. Instead, everyone is scrambling. As we used to say in teh military, what a SNAFU.

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/41153437.htmlA new restaurant to the stadium area. Always good news!

I heard a rumor Tuesday and I stress the word RUMOR that they might move the opening of Infocision up 1 week to 9/12 and they are trying to get Morehead ST. for that game.Again, at this time, it is strictly a rumor.And, I don;t putmuch faith in rumors.

That's good. Now, let's just finish this game off with a victory.

isn't throwing a punch fighting?Yes, but he wasn't ejected for fighting, but for the flagrant foul. Ergo, NCAA will not intercede.

It looks as if the 2-3 is giving as fits again.NCAA penalties are for fighting, not for flagrant fouls.

Singletary, what a hack. He deserved to get tossed.

I don't know what the MAC wa sthinking when they provisionally allow Temple to join for football. Whether you are expanding or contracting, you need to llok at what a school is/is notbringing to the league. What has Temple done for the MAC? I think they either need to join as fullfledged memeber or find another league.

Marquess Hayes is a teacher at Perkins Middle School in Akron. In fact, he was the soccer coach there for a couple of years.A very nice man.

I know many of you would like to see us align with a different conference, a there times I think the same myself. However, it is not as easy as it seems. There has to be a vacancy in a particular conference, then we would have to apply. I'm sure we would not be the only school that would be looking to change affiliations. Conferences looking for new memebers, and I don;t care if it is high school or college, are looking for what you can bring to the table. Certain conferences already have name recogition, so, they are looking at what our school could to help them claim a national championship in whatever sport as well as boosting visability, tv contracts and revenue. These are just a few of the elementary things they look at, and I know there is way more. So, it isn't that easy to move to a new conference.

I agree. I'm an old timer and I still catch myself saying Akron U. It is not as often as it once was, and I try to correct those that still refer to it as such.

Out of curiosity, I just checked the most current spring roster and out of the 85 players listed, 20 are from the NE Ohio area.That's almost 25% of our players. Do I want more? Yes, but looking at that the current numbers, this is really not so bad.

Thanks for an interesting article. It seems as if the MAC schools and the league itself is playing musical chairs. In my mind, this has to stop. Non-league games and schedules shoudl be set-up in my mind, at least 3 years in advance. I know some of the bigger schools have committments for the next 5 years, at the very least. Also, part of the MAC's problem is the unbalanced schedule since there are 13 teams in the league, and the MAC's willingness to kiss butt with ESPN and schedule way too many weeknight games.

This is the past mentality of Akron coaches, including SVSM & Hoban. In fact, I know one former Akron coach that wouldn;t even let his player take a look at the U of A, because the coach had a in with a couple of the Pitt coaches. As it turns out, this particular player did not have the quaalifying scores to attend Pitt immediately and proceeded to go a military school for 2 years. He then ended playing for Akron. Yes, that player is Bryan Williams.I know all of the current coaches in Akron would be ecstatic if the Zips gave them a look. But, Geno is correct. They might not have the grades or test scores to qualify or they just want to get away from the Akron area and play somewhere else.

From what I was told last week, they are hoping to release the schedule the week of of the Spring scrimmage, if they are lucky. BTW, they are planning on giving tours of Infocision Stadium on 4/4. Unfortunately, DW and I will be leaving for a cruise and will not get to see it at that time.

I just spoke today within someone at the University, and they expect the schedule to be relased in early April, if lucky.

I would like to know exactly where you got the comment that"City coaches are dissuading their players from attending Akron". That comment is ludicrous. I can only think of one coach in the City that might even suggest that to a player. On the whole, the coaches in the City are encouraging their players to attend Akron. The talent coming out of the City has been thin the last couple of years, but watch for Toneo Gulley, currently a freshman at Garfield to draw a crowd of recruiters.

Capt: So how is this Mack's fault. It isn't like this area is the only area suffering. Everyone is being hit hard. Those just out of school are finding it difficult to get a job in their field of endeavor, then there are lose that have lost their jobs or are so worried that they will lose their job any day, and finally there are those that are nearing retirement that have taken a major hit with their retiremnt funds. With such a crummy economy, any marketing job will produce minimum results.

One of things I am getting out of this discussion is that we all want to see someone stay a while as AD, and I agree with you. Although, we all know that Can't s---s, They have had the same AD for many years. Good or bad?