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I hope so too. I was just expressing my agreement with K92 about being dangerously close to a situation where a number of longtime supporters are at that point where they just don't care enough to continue right now.

Yes, I think the tailgating/party experience COULD be a key. But the problem is still that the event (Akron Football) that's associated with the party is simply not a place where people want to be. An Akron Football Event is not the "cool place to be" for Akronites. People in this city still snicker at us a bit for being "diehard Akron". That's the barrier I am also, unfortunately, getting a vibe among some people on this forum, and far away from it, that this could really be a "I'm just not into it anymore" year. It seems that the drop-off after after 2015's promise wiped out the excitement for some of them. And the OU and Kent games in November on a Wednesday was a final nail in the coffin.

Yes, he certainly did !! Averaged 1 point and 2 rebounds, per game.

My nomination for Most Creative Post of the year thus far.

It wouldn't be the first time that some people on this forum got enamored about a newcomer, before he even puts on an Akron uniform. It seems to especially happen with the front court guys. Maybe it's just the hope that the next Tree or Romeo just stepped onto our campus. For example, just look up some of the before-floor-time comments on this forum about some guys named Swiech, Bardo, Egner, or Euton. The truth is that it's anyone's guess, although coaches tend to take bigger risks on guys with size.

I said "low level" D-1A for a reason. I'm talking Sun Belt. They've all pointed it out to me immediately. And I've been to games at some of their schools over the years as well. The fans even all stand to chant the fight song at those schools along with the band (like they do at OU). It would pee you off. The pride here among the fans who do attend our games sucks.

I'll tell you this. I have had friends from as far away as Tennessee and Florida come to visit us during football season, and have come to games with us at INFO. The very first thing they notice is that so many people come into that stadium wearing whatever they pulled out of their closet that morning. One of them once told me "look around", and I saw their point. Some people might not understand that this does NOT happen at other D-1 football stadiums. Some of these people graduated from some pretty low level D-1A schools, and they've proven to me that this is definitely a problem that's pretty unique to Akron. No pride in this town.

I see what you're saying. And I guess you'd be right if everyone who's in attendance is always from the group of the most avid fans. Without listing every other type of attendee that could be in that stadium on any given night, let me just give you this as an example... I will never forget when I was walking up and down the hallway up in the Suites 2 years ago, on the night that Michigan State beat OSWho in Columbus. I'd take a rough guess and say that 90% of the people cared far more about what was happening to Ohio State. If you had looked inside every door of nearly every Suite, everyone was standing in the lounge area, sulking while gluing themselves to the TV. They would have barely even been able to see what was going on in our stadium from where they were standing. Those people would not have been the Dr. Z's of our City. And sadly enough, it was on the same night that we clinched our first bowl eligibility in a decade.

Thanks for coming to the board. I'm sure we'll be asking you for information as the game draws closer. I know there will be many of us making the short 3 hr. trip, including myself. Congratulations on your Championship last year. I know it's been a long, painful road for you guys getting back to that point. And your win over the Suckeyes last year may have been my single most enjoyable Saturday night of the entire college football season.

Me too. I can't read it either.

Please, read carefully before resuming this behavior.

Like I'll always say, we need about 10,000 more people just like YOU. And just to put this into perspective, that's only roughly 1.5% of the entire population of the County. That seems like such a reasonably attainable number. You're not in the minority on this forum. But you're certainly infinitely in the minority in this town. Sad.

I just feel that the word "elevated" seems so inadequate to describe the rise that we experienced. "Yuuuuuge" seems much more appropriate.

Lets not go there, and get this off track. You may want to do a little research on what "reported attendance" means. In fact, there's plenty of material on that subject right here in the archives of this forum. So, I'll stick with my comment that I'd like to SEE 50,000 people during a season of Akron football right about now.

I'd like to see 50,000 for a SEASON here in Akron. That would be an accomplishment. I get the idea that people connect with your team. We definitely don't have that here. But since we know that "quality of opponent" is a factor, where do you think that your 50,000 attendance would be if you played a MAC Schedule vs. a Big 12 Schedule ?

Solution: Turn the INFO into a stadium-style hockey venue, make Hockey a school-sponsored sport, and host outside hockey all winter long. Maybe some people around Akron would actually get excited about something like that.

Lets face it. Most of the MAC teams aren't getting Joe Akron off of the couch on Saturday afternoon, even if it's just to drive 10 minutes and buy a $15 ticket. Our record going into those games matters little. "Joe" couldn't even tell you what our record is most of the time. Joe? Are you still here? I don't think you've made an appearance for awhile.

Let me relate this to my earlier post, and emphasize what I specifically said. IF a previously successful throwing QB is in the lineup to start the season, in his Sr. year, we aren't going to be "looking" to run the football. That's not our coach. I don't care what one of the asst. coaches may have said. If we're having any success throwing, we'll continue throwing the football. Becoming anything that resembles a run-oriented offense will clearly be a distant Plan B.

Chisholm was close with 953 yards on 180 carries as a Soph., at well over 5 yards per carry. Take note that by his Sr. year, his carries were dropping, even though he was averaging more yards per carry. I've said some of this before. It all comes down to whether one guy is going to get enough carries in Bowden's offense (see above). Someone probably needs to get at least 15 rushes per game consistently. But if we have a healthy Sr. QB in the lineup who's had great success in the past piling up big yardage through the air spreading the ball around, Terry is going to keep throwing the football.

Following the well-known rule.... If at first you don't succeed...offer, offer again.

Even though you're right that everyone else is doing the same thing, I still enjoy seeing the videos. But I'm already a Zips Football fan. I wonder if these things have any influence at all on the people who we need to "buy into" Zips Football ?

I'm trying to decide whether we should consider a guy who says he's "Extremely Blessed" to be a better investment as a future recruit, compared to the guys who are simply just "Blessed".

It's a Miracle!! An article about Matt Ludwig on the front of the ABJ Sports Page this morning. Unbelievable. Maybe they were listening to some of us? If he went to OSWho, the article would have appeared the morning after he captured the National Championship.

Thanks. Never had time to read the article. I just saw the post above that said he was "highest in the MAC". Obviously that was incorrect.

I've always been a big fan of his talent and ability. But I am absolutely SHOCKED that a national publication wants to say that he's the best in the MAC.