Lee Adams

Presley impressed me during the time he played. When he and Griggs played the line was better. Agree on the secondary. It has been a trainwreck for several years. The LB's don't have a game changer right now. Still not completely sold on the running game. That especially with losses on the O-line. I still think TB needs a quicker smaller RB for his offense. He also needs Pohl to be able to move around behind the line more than Williams. He also needs to be at least a little more of a threat to run when the opps are there. Still lots of questions.

Went back and looked at the game program from the UCF game in August. If I counted correctly there were 15 or so seniors listed there. I know there have been and will be some changes. That was a lot of Jr.s,Sophs and Frosh. Unfortunately some of the graduations were at some key/weak positions. QB,LB some O-line,some D-line. The program is still going to be counting on Ianello recruits and how TB can coach 'em up to be successful. We wil see if Ianello was any kind of recruiter. I think Pohl might be OK. But the defense didn't show much last season. I am not convinced that the right mix of staff and players are in place on that side of the ball. TB needs another year of bringing in JC's and transfers if this team is going to significantly improve.

No problem with the schedule. Shoot everybody thought UMASS was going to be a cupcake coming in here last year. That didn't work out well. Still don't understand though why teams don't play every team in its own division every year then fill in the conference schedule from the other division. Would seem logical for competitive and rivalry reasons. But,until you can compete with and beat the best teams.....

Let me say again,until you can compete against the BEST teams in the MAC then don't make excuses. The program has been 'rebuilidng' for how long now? B.S. You don't get a pass when the admisitration makes sh'''y decisions. Thats the administartion making decisions for the program. The people who whine about the schedule only perpetuate the losing mentality. Either beat the best or go home!

All the whiners who don't want the prgram to move back to I-AA are the first ones to complain about the schedule. If the program can't compete against the best MAC teams,get out.

Ya know,stop posting like a loser. Either you compete w/ the big boys or you go home in November. If this program is progressing we will see when it plays against the top programs in the MAC. No reason to stay in the MAC if you can't compete against the top teams.

I have never been a big Amato fan. Have stated it before here. Especially,since Akron beat him at NCST. Its not too difficult to 'look' like a good coach at FSU. Talent went/goes there just because. He doesn't have the energy or maybe the skill to coach up players at this level. Maybe there was some paying of dues or consideration bringing him in. This program needs a younger position coach that can be more flexible.

The people who think that all programs that declare they are playing at the DI level are actually capable of realistically competing at the DI level are obviously deluding themselves. The MAC teams can't hope to win or even 'compete' at the level of teams like Alabama,LSU,Ohio State etc,etc. year in and year out. The MAC,Sunbelt level teams etc,etc need to get into their own level of competition and compete for championships there. Hell,the Big 10 can't compete against the big boys in bowl games on a regular basis. Akron will never compete on the level of the power conferences. Never have. Lets get to a level where the program is annually competetive.

Maybe this is one of the problems here. There is no reason to continue to try to defend what was not accomplished over the past30 years years or so. A lot of people on this board don't like to be reminded or don't know that both the football and basketbaball programs wer successful before the disatarous decision was made to go to D-I. The basketball program is stuck and the football program has never really been consistently competetive.I'll keep buying season tickets. But,please don't denigrate fans who question the direction of this administration when the record of the football program deserves nothing more.

We have talked about this scenario before. Maybe its the labels(FBS,FCS I-AA D-II etc etc) that get some people unhinged. So try to ignore the labels and what they connote. Think more in terms of what Akron can reasonably and consistently accomplish over time in football. Can it be competetive with the 'big' programs? No. Can it be consistently competetive with 'MAC' level schools? We will find out in the next couple of years. Do they want to play for a place in a championship tourney or the chance to go to a lower level bowl game? I have never liked the idea of playing sacrifice games for $$$. The players get beat up and in the current set up accomplishes little except to bring in the heretofore mentioned $$$. I know $$$ is needed to run the program. But a competetive program will bring in $$$ also. I would love to see the conferences like the MAC and others get separated from the 'big' boys. I would love to see the program compete for a conference championship and have the opportunity to get in to a playoff tourney. Use whatever label you want. But,play at whatever level where the program can sustain competetiveness.

About the 2005 team,JD said they got lucky before they got good. He was probably correct. They beat NIU in OVT at the Bowl. Then beat them again in the last seconds at the MAC Champ game? There were so many tiebreakers in '05. Funny, NIU is the common denominator 7 years later. Thats a consistently good program. Imagine.

If we are worrying about what other teams in the MAC are doing as far as coaching changes are concerned in the hope that somehow those teams will go in the shi...r and give Akron a better opportunity,it is a loser mentality. I doubt that too many people at Toledo,NIU,BGSU,BSU,K.SU or OU were all that concerned about who the coach was going to be here. Once they got the films on TB and Amato they went about their business. If you are intimidated by the coach on the other sideline in the MAC,please leave.

By the way,IUP has some other Akron connections besides Getsy.

There is another Cignetti coaching there. The school has a history with that family. He is putting that program back together after Lou Tepper kinda let it slide. Wouldn't be surprised if Cignetti starts moving. Maybe he takes Getsy with him. Indiana is supposed to be one hell of a party school. I have relatives who live out there. There ain't nothin' else to do.

There have been studies. While the plastic may keep players from getting skull fractures,they appear to exacerbate concussive and neck and spinal injuries. The so called 'whiplash' injuries because the plastics do not absorb they transmit. And,players have more of a tendency to use their helmets as a battering ram. AND,some coaches apparently encourage it.

OOPS

NIU went to the Mac Champeenship game last year. Obviously this coach wasn't the difference.

Game was a little like the 2005 game. NIU ahead. Looks comfortable. OOPS,Getsy to Hixon. Akron wins. Better outcome for NIU this time.

Coach Bowden,when can Akron be at least a .500 team again?

Some people on this site are talking about money. Are the $$$ any diffrernet if NIU wins tonight? Why do you want K.S.U. to gain ANY advantage in recruiting, media coverage etc. by winning? There is no logical reason IF you are an Akron fan! Ya,its nice for MAC fans to dream about getting into a phony bowl set up. But,forAkron or any other teams in the MAC aside from padding their athletic dept. coffers it doesn't matter who wins.

Lets see how many more butts in the seats there are for Zips games next year after all this is done. The $$$ inherited from the success of other teams like the F.L.A.S.h.E.S and NIU is nice. But,honestly,we should be this excited if Akron is 5-6 next season. How many of you went to the MAC championshiop game and the Motor City Bowl game in 2005? THAT was exciting. But,didn't do a lot of good long term.

A school like UMASS is not going to step down in basketball to come to the MAC. Theah school is hoping it can do what Temple did and move to what was regarded as a better football conference. Temple is likely hoping that since it is in the Philly market and in the Big East they will be able to land in a better spot than if they were still in the MAC.

OK I can kinda buy that. Houston,DFW,Philly are far larger than anything around here. If somebody thought a team in any college sport from the CAK-CLE market would have been lucrative that team(s) would have been reeled in long ago. There is no media market that makes any of the MAJOR sports teams at K.S.U or Akron attractive to any conference. OSU is still the dominant team in this area like it or not.Toledo might be attractive for football because they win and are in the Detroit market. NIU might be attractive in football because they win and are in the Chicago market. What I fear is that many teams in the MAC or Sunbelt for example may have some choices to make among bad alternatives when the music stops.

Please clarify. The Dallas,Philly,Houston markets are no bigger than the CLE-CAK market?