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It depends on where you sit. Keener's photo is the side most people don't go to sit on. Just saying...horrible contextual photo Keener (now I'm not saying it was very good attendance...just better than the empty bleachers on the visitor side).

The NFL? No. The contention that the decline in viewership due to kneeling during the national anthem is what I have been disputing this whole time. I completely buy that the NFL is dragging down ESPN. I don't buy ESPN is firing people as a direct result of the Kneeling is my point.

$2-billion a year on Monday Night Football!? How on Earth does that make sense!?!?! But this stands out to me and is exactly what I've been saying: This is about the LONG-TERM trend, not a momentary blip in the radar, though I could see an argument being made that plummeting ratings might be the straw that broke the camera's back...but the NFL also just plain sucks this year. What I'm also learning is Akron and the MAC should probably quickly exit deals with ESPN, they can probably do better making their own service to stream online (which most MAC games are streamed on ESPN3 anyways, even the "weekday games" and forego having games on weekdays.

I love the stuff being brought up here. I recently was contacted by Spectrum (Time Warner) offering a "al la carte" option similar to Sling TV for basically the same price, streaming through my internet. Why on earth would I switch to your BS provider for the same thing I already have? Cable needs use the Cord to provide you the al la carte option to be competitive IMHO. But what we're seeing is a demand of quality over quantity. I don't need 140 channels, if I can pay for the 6 channels I watch (and CBS, FOX, ABC are all free anyways over broadcast). I'm much more willing to pay per-channel if it's only the ones I want, over a Package that's uber-expensive to get very few channels. I think this is where ESPN has messed up. They've tried to be too much and haven't focused on their mission. The want to be sports AND non-sports entertainment AND talk-show AND politics show. All while losing what they were good at somewhere along the line. I'm mostly annoyed with what I see on ESPN, not interested, outside of watching games.

No way. You don't fire people at a mega corporation like ESPN over a momentary 2-3 week blip in the radar. Massive layoffs don't happen because of a week-to-week slump. They happen because of month after month after month of slumps. They happen when you build off of speculation and projection rather than actual real-time demand. Again, no way in hell this rash of layoffs is connected one iota to the momentary decline in NFL viewership. For one, the NFL isn't a fraction of viewing on ESPN, very few (almost none) are aired on ESPN. College football and College Basketball is the real cash cow at ESPN.

There is no way the politics of late are the reason they're laying people off.

TBH not a surprise. It's a bubble, and we're slowly watching it pop.

Respectable response. I think we can all agree, we'll be willing to eat crow if it means the Zips winning. Can you ever like be slightly honest and just admit when you were wrong about something? Jesus Christ dude. I know you're trolling 99.9% of the time, but it gets old really quick. Unless you're not trolling and this is really how you walk around viewing life...

Notice how they're also suddenly silent. Or melting because they can't handle that both the Bowden headed Zips won, and the team we lost to earlier in the season turns out better than they thought.

It's certainly a secret if someone on ZNO knows about it...

Man you really get feisty when the Zips win. I don't want to see you when the Zips win the MAC E. But Hell I'll take it if it means the Zips winning...

And you're to irrelevant for any of us to care about your opinion.

Before the conversation gets derailed by a doubter out there. Yes, we got outgained by Buffalo by almost 100 yards. But we found a way to win. Go Zips.

Overall MAC record and then head-to-head.

Yup. We won. That's all that matters. Go Zips.

Interception turned into 6. Good job D, good job Offense. That Austin Wolf matchup they've been trying to get for weeks now finally pays off. Someone mentioned on here that would happen...kudos whoever you are!

Don't agree at all. Personal Foul on Junk was a joke. Watching the Alvin Davis hit in real time did not look like targeting.

Refs might as well hand Buffalo this one.

Oh Bullshit. This game is getting out of hand. Those are two terrible calls against the Zips.

Tom O'Leary...

They were 6-6 last year...they are 2-6 last year, and I doubt they're going to run the table. I wish people had this kind of view with the Zips...

When I had him as a Freshman, I really liked him. Good hardworking kid, which is not always the case. I thought we would too, but if I'm not mistaken he played both TE and DE in HS and so far he's been very good at TE. I only brought this up because we always have some, complainers, on here about people having "only one D-1 offer".

Weren't we his only D-1 Offer too? I only bring that up because apparently it's important.

Bleacher Report calling for a Zips Win.

I mean, you should be fine, cause with global warming and all....so perhaps you're not as...competitive...as you think you are.