Lee Adams

Devoe Torrence is better than any YSU running back there or coming. Regardless he is a linebacker first and foremost and eventually will figure that out. Also, I dont see him as this "bum" as some people are calling him. He is a tremendous talent that just hasn't got his chance to shine, like i said, when he figures out what his true position is he will be a star. Same thing I was thinking. There is no way YSU has any running backs anywhere near as talented as him haha I can't help but laugh when you come around here and try to act like YSU is so superior to akron. Trust me the worst players on Akron's team would be stars for the penguins... With all due respect, Mr. Adaris Bellamy is a 4-star recruit with SEC and Big East offers and he is coming to YSU as a freshmen. After USF pulled his scholarship when Holtz came to town, he was set to sign with the Cincinnati Bearcats but one thing prevented that from happening: Big East rule prohibiting a recruit to sign with a Big East team after previously signing with another. This kid will likely be in the running for the FCS Heisman, the Payton Award, by the time he is done here. Anyways we got our Spring Game tomorrow, enthusiasm is at levels we have not seen since Tressel with Coach Wolford, and we are expecting a great season. We ought to compare the attendance's at each Spring Game and see how that turn's out! PS: Yes, InTheZone is exactly correct. From top to bottom you guys have much more depth than us, but I can assure you we have some kids playing here that would also be able to compete there. Worth mentioning Allen Jones broke all of Alex Allen's records at Ursuline. Hope to meet up with you guys on the gridiron one of these days! to think jones was at the akron spring game last year..got to talk to him..too bad jd was on his way out when jones had to make his decision...

First, Torrence did play last year and ended up with the flu and then injured. His other behavior? What being accused of something he didn't do? I love people that take the facts, throw them out the door, and make their own reality. Ridiculous, you didn't have anything to say about him until he left. Exactly thank you G-mann its funny that some people all of a sudden know Devoe on a personal level, or know the situation he was involved in. FACT #1 Devoe has only been involved in one off the field issue. FACT #2 He wasnt accused by himself there were a group of around 15-20 massillon football players that were accused of being involved in a groupie type sex ring with underage girls. FACT #3 The case went to the grad Jury where the females or accusers later admitted to fabricating the story because they wanted attention, FACT #4 All of the players were acquitted of all charges. The only thing this kid is guilty of is getting mixed up in that situation in the first place, he took responsibility for that went to court the girl lied he was found innocent so what are they other problems your talking about ??? DeVoe Torrence acquitted of statutory rape charges From the Canton Repository; A Massillon teen has been acquitted of a rape charge involving a 15-year-old girl. Stark County Family Court Judge David E. Stucki said he didn't find enough evidence to convict DeVoe J. Torrence, a one-time Ohio State University football recruit, of the juvenile charge. Torrence testified today and denied a sexual encounter took place. The girl initially testified that she didn't remember what happened between her and Torrence after she went to his bedroom in the early morning hours of Sept. 23. But she later said the two had sex and detailed their condom use for the court. On cross examination by defense attorney Jeffrey Haupt, the girl admitted it all was a lie and that the sex never happened. Torrence, now 18, was charged with rape because the girl was 15 at the time. The trial was held juvenile court because Torrence was 17 at the time. Jim Tressel withdrew this kid's scholarship a few months back, and it was speculated that these charges were the primary reason. unfortunately not everything makes it to the papers...

In this case, we have at least a sample (not huge, of course) of viewing Rodgers v. Nicely in game action. Rodgers was thrown into a bad situation, no doubt. But, you can just see it with Nicely. I never thought he would look as good as he did so soon. Throw out the stats..the kid just looks like a QB, and a darn good one. If Rodgers comes out and beats him, I will be somewhat surprised, somewhat impressed, and at least a little bit concerned about our coaching staff (and their decisions). just because the last regime screwed the pooch doesn't mean nicely wasn't the best qb on the roster...if the coach dosen't give him a shot because he was married to jacquemain etc,etc has nothing to do with nicely's ability...we saw it with getsy in '06

most on this site wouldn't ackowledge it at the time but torrence was a huge gamble when brookhart brought him in...if you only read the papers you had no idea what this guy did or was like...unfortunately his off the field behavior was far worse than met the eye... if he was that good he would have played last year...his OTHER behavior should have been a huge red flag...but coaches ignore what they choose to ignore...if he couldn't get on the field with the coach who recruited him...well?

until this coach can replicate what is going on at another so called mid major at BUTLER, don't whine about ANYTHING...

DUH!!!

I suppose I probably am being a little silly, (since we have been at this crossroads before and know how it turned out in the past), for talking about a 3-1 start that is based on essentially nothing but the hope that the new coaching staff is going to be better than the previous one. Wow, it's easy to be optimistic in March! march...what a wonderful time of year...when realism and critical thinking are lost to sexual fantasies and impending graduation...give this guy 2 years...if they get better between september 4 and november 30 then 2011 will be enjoyable...this guy has never been a head coach before people!...

as numbers of folks including myself have already stated,if he goes prep and qualifies he won't be coming to akron...tressel or some other big time program will give him a year...

dambrot is pretty tight about the way he recruits and coaches...unless he broadens his horizons what you have seen is what you will get...

That's a little rough. Great team, NO. But they did win 24 yes 24 DIVISION ONE games. From someone who was there when we were an Div II Independent and played such lumenaries as Philadelphia Textile and Kentucky Wesleyan, I think it's pretty darn good. not a big akron bball fan either...but i also am old enough to have gone to those 'DII" games at memorable hall,the turners,len paul,harvey glover,wyatt webb etc...the difference is akron was playing at the top of its chosen level of competion back then...it happened to be 'DII' or whatever they called it but akron was one of the most competetive teams in that division...that obviously is not the case anymore but fans knew the quality of the team and the competition and jammed that place almost every night...

because they are good...

I've seen worse.there's any underwhelming endorsement...

\Saw the same thing. He will never play a down for Akron. He doesn't really want to be here.as claude rains said in casablanca...i'm shocked,shocked...etc etc...if you know the movie you'll know...seems like what appears to be,isn't...lets see what happens on the field in september eh?

howard may graduate but may not have enough GPA and or test scores to qualify..apparently he has or will take the act multiple times...he is having his hand hled in hs just to qualify...if he has to go prep school and makes it there who knows where he will end up...would be a shame to waste a tough runner like that which akron needs badly at lb..Is this the so-called trashing post you all are writing about? It didn't even sound critical to me! But I would request the poster correct the spelling and grammar errors and return it for a grade. i'll se if mi 3rd grade teecher is stil around...or is that u out theire miss folk?

akron, like other MAC schools will have consistently 'good'(thats not sellouts) attendance...ad nausem...the only way to put a respectable amount of butts in seats is to win...the AD has already said it...people on this site can rant and rave about everything else.. they can profess to 'inside info' ...the bottom line is what the left hand number says at the end of november...i'll be there for every home game as well as some on the road..

I could not disagree more.The key principle is INTEGRITY.The players, the coaches, the fans, the community are all affected by personal integrity or the lack of it.It has taken a while for Jody Kest to weather personnel problems on her team. She has done aremarkable job. Now she has the respect of the community and her players. No one is countingold basketball game loses.Now, I have no clue as to what caused Brett to be suspended. However, I do know his father personally.I would not care to be Brett right now. If any of you think coach Dambrot is hard on Brett, you haveanother thought coming. Phil McKnight is a no nonsense upstanding man. He will right his son. Count on it.the argument that somebodies father is going to have a huge impact on a college student might be called into question...personalities and behaviors are normaly in place long before people reach the age of college athletes...

I don't know...I don't really agree with this. We should beat Indiana. We should beat 'Cuse. I don't know anything about Kentucky. We may lose all three, but if we're afraid of playing schools like this then we should just drop football.tell us why the zips SHOULD be syracuse...please

I can think of several, but they are all in the MAC. It isn't just the Zips, the MAC has become so bad that the best we can hope for each year is to not be run off of the field during bowl season. CMU saved the MAC from another disaster of a bowl season. I hate to say never, but I don't think there will be another Marshall-like MAC school again. I always tell you guys my wife makes really good points about the MAC and she made one last night that made me think about your comment. Where have all the great MAC players gone? And by great, where are the Roethlisbergers, Leftwiches, Penningtons? Lefevour was not the player these guys were, but his team won a lot because there just are not any stars in the MAC to take another school to a higher level. Specifically, she was talking about technology contributing to the change in college football. Players are no longer flying under the radar because of all the film on the internet. A guy like Roethlisberger would not go unnoticed regardless of his not playing QB until his senior year in HS. I know it hasn't been that long since he was in college, but try to think about nine years ago and what little information a fan/team could get about a player compared to today. That time period goes back even more for Leftwich and Pennington. I don't know what you guys think, but the world/college football has changed much faster than I expected.sure wish Akron would have a run like CMU...don't you?

go to the JAR and do it

so buy a season ticket...go to the athletic department and give them your name and money...otherwise there will be plenty of good seats available this year...

So when can they raise ticket prices?What if they are good next year and they only charge $10 per GA ticket? Can they raise prices mid season because they are good? Can they go back to season ticket holders and ask for more money to get in the door? Do we refund money at the end of the year if the team isn't any good?I understand what you are saying. The MAC stinks, but twenty dollars is cheap enough.If our AD lowers ticket prices next year and starts the give-a-way deals UofA has historically called "marketing", the guy should be shown the door this time next year. Lowering ticket prices is the lazy man's way of selling them. I don't think that lowering prices is going to turn out more people. What they can do to turn out more people is have games on Saturday when the family can go together instead of weeknights. What they can do is make a good game day experience. What they can do and need to do next year is win more games. What they can do is show some level of competency on the field. What they can do is have as many games at home as early in the season as possible. What they can do is play games at times when someone wants to spend a nice afternoon outside in the fall before the sun goes down along with the temperatures followed by rain. What they can do is have good food at the stadium. What they can do is get the students to turn out for games. What they can do is have clean parking lots and fun tailgating. The problem with lowering the price of any product is the difficulty in raising prices later. It's easy to lower prices, it's hard to raise them.Everyone wants a new stadium. Everyone wants a winner. Everyone wants new facilities. Everyone wants better academic programs. Everyone wants a new soccer stadium. Everyone wants a new basketball arena. Everyone wants to buy out the old coach and pay a new coach a bunch of money. Everyone wants non-revenue producing sports in order to comply with Title IX. Does anyone want to pay for it? The Big Phone Booth needs to be the motor that drives everything else. The potential earning for football is greater than any other sport. Lowering prices is suicide.Quite frankly, I think the football program has done more than it's fair share in driving revenue. It hasn't done much winning, but it drives revenue. What other sport do we have where we play as difficult of an OOC schedule as football (it's killing the program, but driving revenue)? What sport is going to draw the most fans this year? What other sport has the highest sponsorship?So should we put you down for a "no" on lowering ticket prices? YES

howard may graduate but may not have enough GPA and or test scores to qualify..apparently he has or will take the act multiple times...he is having his hand hled in hs just to qualify...if he has to go prep school and makes it there who knows where he will end up...would be a shame to waste a tough runner like that which akron needs badly at lb..

the kid from st.ed's cunningham may get some time as a frosh...looks like he has size and speed at the corner...you are right about the rb position...and that could be thin if martin stays hurt...sconiers or shrock may see some time as frosh also...howard? thats a huge gamble...obviously he is having his hand held to get eligible and is still having problems qualifying...they better hope he makes it this year...if he goes prep school and makes it some bigger schools may snatch him...i think IF the o-line gets back to where it should be and one of the wr recruits can contribute they'll move the ball through the air...there will be some people moved around on defense...gotta find a physical safety for the 4-3...they need to find a BIG lb to sit in the middle of that defense...