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At least one of them is talking sense.You start drinking that water from the Appalachian highlands and you never know what it does to your ability to reason.

How about a meter that shows us just how much....

Dooood.Let's get through this one first!

Too cool Fear...great job.

Wasn't Fly Williams from APU?By the way, for the first few years we were in the OVC, we pronouced it...Austin PayWe had no idea it was actually pronouced, well, you know, like it is.And I though Peay was the first governor of Tenn, that's why they named the school after him.Thanks for setting me straight on that one.

Hello Ziplock, The first year that Akron was in the OVC (81-82) the conference consisted of Akron, Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Morehead, Murray State, Tennessee Tech, Eastern Kentucky, and Youngstown State. It was also Youngstown State's first year in the OVC as well. Western Kentucky left the OVC the following year and joined the Sun Belt Conference even though WKU was one of the founding members of the OVC. Akron left the OVC after the 86-87 season and Youngstown State left the following year. The OVC picked up Tennessee State in the 87-88 season so they were the Zips replacement, I suppose. Middle Tennessee State left the OVC for the Sun Belt after the 99-2000 season but mainly for football reasons as they are now NCAA Div.I in football. The OVC has since picked up Southeast Missouri, Samford, Jacksonville State and Eastern Illinois and I think they did so mainly for football reasons. Austin Peay killed scholarship football several years ago but revived scholarship football this past year and will rejoin OVC play. Jax. State and Eastern Illinois are consistently at or near the bottom of the OVC in basketball virtually every year and SEMO is pretty much a middle of the pack team although they have won one OVC championship. Samford does alright but they play Bob Cousey, 1950's slowball. It's hard to prepare for the Princeton style. Still, they haven't won the OVC and are not going to win it very many times. Murray State and Austin Peay have won the lion's share of the titles over the past 20 years with Murray getting the lion's share of the NCAA bids. With the exception of perhaps Youngstown State, I do not think the OVC was geographically suitable for Akron to have any big rivalries. Even though it is called the OHIO Valley Conference, there are no teams from Ohio in it. If Akron was located in Southern Ohio then that would have brought you much closer geographically to teams such as Morehead and Eastern Kentucky. I was a student at Akron when we switched to the OVC.We were coming out of DII, the Mid Continent Conference.OVC was very impressive brand of basketball. Western and Eastern Kentucky and Murray St. were especially tough at the time.We were outclassed in those early years when Ken Cunningham and Bob Rupert were our coaches.But, as you mentioned, we were the Yankee school (before Youngstown joined) and really couldn't get much of a rivalry started with anyone.I think the proof of that was Youngstown pulling out the year after we did. They really didn't have a reason to stick around anymore.I remember going down to Murfeesboro for the OVC tournament...I think it was 88 or 89...I broke up a fight between this old guy from Eastern Kentucky who thought a guy from Middle said something about his wife....funny seeing these old geezers going at it.

That's actually a quote from Dumb and Dumber. Trust me, I know my rock n' roll. I thought you were kidding on that one Bum....but when we're almost a generation apart...you never know for sure.I see you down there at the games....keep up the good fight!

Toledo 68OU 823 min leftMy OH My!

Is anyone else out of town with no audio?

Akron 35EMU 20timeout...with about 3 min left

Akron 35EMU 16Zips had an 18 to 2 runMiddleton with 10Milum with 9EMU...lots of turnovers

Akron 33EMU 16Cedrick hits from 3...has 10 points already.

Akron 30EMU 166:38

Akron 25EMU 147:35 left 1sttimeout on the floor

Dials for Thaaaaa reeeee2314Zips

Good luck to you!

Akron 20EMU 14

My dad went to Duquesne.We're from there, but moved here when the mills closed....

Akron 17EMU 1411:27 1st half

+1

sgm is not an F.O.C. (Friend of Charlie)

I take it you're not in NE Ohio

Thanks Trimmy...I take it the game video isn't streamed anywhere?

Do you think members of the Ohio State team (if they have one) are wearing Zips gear?ME87, where you around for when the Engineers blocked up "The Rock" in front of Old Knight Hall?

If anything, I'm concerned for Charlie.Unless the Browns pick up the right people, all they're going to do is ruin another good quarterback.Charlie needs some work...making better decisions, taking care of the ball and stop telegraphing his passes...I know he'll do it....if he gets an OL.He's a hard worker with the right attitude....