Mr.McChickenTrousers

I agree....stick with the Bowl Shape...Akron = bowl...OSU = Horse Shoe. IF they don't build this stadium with the ability to expand I will be more then upset.

Score just changed to 12-10 Akron...what the hell?

could someone update me I am here in Columbus and need some info. what is going on why are we up by more points....according to espn the score is 10 - 13 Akron!!Go Zips!!!

On another post I mentioned that I played for the Massillon Tigers and I was asked about Brian Gamble. "Is he as good as people say” My answer to that question was and still is YES. However, he is getting a lot of Love for being a running back and I think he is a better corner. Just being able to run fast can make you a running back in high school. That doesn't work in college. If he does go to OSU (I would like to see him at Akron) I think he is best used as a corner. It is like Tyler Everett reborn. I think he has the potential to be better then T.E. I watched them loose to Warren Harding this past weekend. I will say that this kid played hard until the end. I was most impressed with his run support. I watched this kid fly up the Line of scrimmage, take on a pulling guard, shed him and make the tackle for a loss. He did this seemingly two times per quarter. I sure hope the Zips are checking up on this kid.

Zips Junky.... whoever told your boy he was to late to renew his season tickets should be smacked. It sounds to me like someone was being lazy and didn't want to do their job. They should have found a way to get him some tickets. As far as your child gettign searched is concerned. I am very sorry to hear that. However, I hate to point out the fact that he doesn’t have to be dressed like a gangster to get searched. Some times they pick random people as a deterrent. You can't say all criminals put on "gangster clothes" cause then criminals would intentionally put on something else. I do feel your pain though. Getting searched doesn't excite people about going to a football game. I am not getting my facts from the news exactly. I have family members living near the Campus. I went to visit them and everyone around town just looked so exhausted. True Akron Tickets are more then within the income level of the surrounding areas. You make a Solid point there, however the mentality of the Akron community doesn’t warrant budgeting for football tickets. Those people spend money on Shoes, Rims, and sound systems before paying bills and buying food. (Not everyone in the town, but to the naked eye it seams the general mentality). With that in mind Zips tickets are not in the budget. I suppose I stand corrected Zips Junky. Cause if those people had more money, they would just waste more money. I don’t mean to disrespect anyone from that area. I am just simply telling you what I saw. I am tired of watching Akron struggle. I think it is more then the football team who is having a problem. It is also the town. O kay I will shut up about this now. GO ZIPS!!!

Yes Brian Gamble is that good. I have one small problem with that kid. He pleasds his case to the officials to much if a call doesn't go his way. Hey kid, this is highschool with no I.R. If he makes a call you are not going to chage it. Shut up and get back to the huddle. Also, as far as I know he plans to attend OSU as a safety. And he reminds me a lot of Tyler Everette. I know first hand cause I played against Everette in highschool.

If you are telling me that most of the students commute then having a stadium on campus wouldn't help all that much. I agree that it would help some to have the Stadium on Campus, but not as much as one would think. Also I was talking more about the support from the community. AU will probably never have need for a stadium the holds 102k. I am just saying that we would get more support from the community if people had money for tickets. There were a lot of seats left open at only home game thus far. Were there any tickets donated to employers. "Hey Johnny whoever ships the most units today gets free zips tickets." This may sound stupid and ridiculous. However, if this person went to the game and had a good time he or she will go and tell 10 friends. BLAH BLAH BLAH...Have a middle school play a 2 x eight-minute quarter football game during half time. Again sounds dumb. If each team brings 30 kids and each kid brings one parent those parents have to purchase tickets, popcorn, t - shirts. Which puts money into the program and gets those kids thinking about playing in the rubber bowl at a young age. Then the kids that really do well during the half time performance, we should go over to their parents and give them a personal invite to attends Akron's football camp. Community evolvement will help people want to afford Akron’s Zip tickets. Ask Akron Garfield’s coach to bring the team to a game for free. Those seats were empty anyway. It will make the stand look more full. Put them next to the student section. Tell David Harvey to point and pump his fist at the honored guest when he scores. Tell our linebackers to look at them and throw their hand up to pump up that section of the crowd in 3rd and short situation. Involve them. Announce their presence at the end of the first quarter and have them stand while the crowd claps for them. They will go home and say mom dad I had a great time at the Zips game can we go next week. Perhaps dad will start taking his kid to zips games on the regular. Now the student likes zips football, the parents are buying tickets, but the dad will tell 10 friends, the kid will tell ten friends, and the mom will tell 10 friends. We need to do the little things to get the recruits. Are the players trying to get people to come? I mean really trying. Tell Harvey and some of the boys to put on their jerseys and start walking house to house. Knock and say, “hey just wanted to remind you that the Zips play at home this Saturday.” Does every fast food restaurant have a Zips football schedule hanging in the window? If not have the players deliver them. I realize all of this sounds so minor and stupid. We need to get people thinking about Akron football in Akron. The defending conference champs with pi$$ poor support in their first home game. Can we get a volunteer skydiver to land in the stadium at half time? Can we shoot Zippy out of a cannon? Just playing football year in and year out is not increasing fans support. Heck being conference champs isn’t increasing fan support. Does every football player and coach have bumper stickers and flags on cars? Are they giving them to their families? Do some Akron football players have some free time to put on a jersey and attend a junior high or high school game? Something has to change

The REAL reason the Akron has poor fan support can be summed up in one word. “Poverty” Face it, the Canton, Akron, Massillon, Cleveland area is dying. Yes we are in direct competition for recruits with OSU. Yes we compete with OSU for fans and TV time. We compete with every division one team in the country in that regard. It is a little more in your face when the bigger school is just a few hours south. Cleveland is one of the most poverty stricken cities on the nation. Akron is just south of that. I wonder if this lack of income will spill over into Akron?? http://www.carolinajournal.com/opinions/di...ry.html?id=1877 I grew up in Massillon. I now live in Columbus. I run into people all the time from back home while in Columbus. And they all say the moved to Columbus for Jobs. IF PEOPLE DON’T HAVE MONEY FOR GAS, FOOD, DIAPERS, AND CHILD SUPPORT, THEY DARN SURE DON’T HAVE MONEY FOR ZIPS TICKETS PERIOD!! The overall morale of the town is down. People don’t have the money to care about anything extra. If my AEP is past do then who gives a crap about the zips. I have friends from back home constantly saying the wish they had jobs. You do not hear that as often in Columbus. Because people in Columbus have steady work they can steadily purchase OSU tickets and go to tailgate parties. The other reason why Akron has poor fans support is because of the way they played against the Bearcats. I won’t say anymore about that. I would love to see Akron get more play in the media. The Akron Beacon Journal should be ashamed of themselves for giving OSU more pub then the Zips. If Akron wants to change that, then beat OSU and leave no doubt. Do it consistently. Also…does Akron have a high school 7 on 7 tournaments? Or an O-line big mans challenge. Perhaps give them a chance to get some young guys up to the campus and subject them to the new facilities. Then check up on them during the rest of the high school days. If my brother, who played receiver for Akron, didn’t tell me Akron put up a new indoor facility I would not have known. I was living in Massillon and had no clue. I WAS A MASSILLON TIGER FOOTBALL PLAYER AND HAD NO IDEA AKRON WAS BUILDING NEW ATHLETIC FACILITIES. Akron needs to find reasons to get ball players on their campus. …Sorry I ran on a bit fellas….l8ta