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The Big Ten is a good bet.The footprint the conference leads to money. Los Angeles has Hollywood money and West coast money. Seattle has big tech money. Oregon has Nike money. Cities like Philadelphia, New York, Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis have loads of money. Now that college football is about money, the more money you have, the better odds of success. The two biggest money schools in the SEC are Texas and TX A and M because they have oil money. The rest of the SEC only has car dealership money and that ain't that much in comparison. The Big Ten has a huge money advantage moving forward.

What are the added costs?

I'm always here to help. The MAC does not serve us. The conference is a member organization. As such, the members make the decisions. The problems at Akron are almost entirely of our own making. The MAC commissioner and other schools have not hired a series of mid level, at best, ADs since Mack. Nor did they force us to hire Ianello, Arth and keep on to Bowden too long. Further, the MAC is not forcing Akron to fund the program like it's Grandma's checkbook. Ya, the weeknight games are a laughable joke at this point, but other schools seem to be able to win regardless. If the weeknight games go away, what evidence is there that Akron will be able to maximize that opportunity?

Baseball starting pitchers.

So,.you all know I find the number of support personnel and people running around with GoPro's on the field more than a little bizarre. In fact, I find it obnoxious. Yesterday I was at the WF vs GA Tech game. For the coin toss, there were four captains per team. There were 10 people with cameras filming it. What the Hell is going on in the world of college football that this happens? Is this what the money is being spent on?

Pick one of the multiple bid leagues. If fans want a multiple bid league, I have presented them. Pick the one you think is the best fit to be one of the multiple bid teams. My opinion is this. I go to 1-3 Wake Forest basketball games a year during the ACC schedule. Wake is a bottom third ACC school and I'm going to put this as kindly as possible. They would run Akron out of the gym. Akron is exactly where it belongs.

You must be tired of winning as well. I'll list the conferences that had multiple bids last year and you tell me which one we can finish with a winning record. This list is from Wikipedia. BidsConferenceSchools 14 SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt 8 Big Ten: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon, Purdue, UCLA, Wisconsin 7 Big 12: Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Tech 5 Big East: Creighton, Marquette, St. John's, UConn, Xavier 4 ACC: Clemson, Duke, Louisville, North Carolina 4 Mountain West: Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah State 2 West Coast: Gonzaga, Saint Mary's The MWC and West Coast are not serious options because of travel. That leaves us with even less serious options in the Big Ten, SEC, Big East, Big 12 and ACC. All but the Big East require football membership. That leaves the Big East. Let's see, St. Johns plays in the most famous arena in the world. Marquette plays in an NBA arena. Xavier has their own palace. UCONN is a national power. I guess once every 10 years we could beat Creighton. Does leaving the MAC still sound like a good idea?

I wish my great beef was the backup QB. He hasn't had a decent starting QB. The bar for fan expectation of Zips QBs is extremely low.

You're right, it's not about the money. The central question is whether or not they want to be in the MAC. If that answer is no, it puts a lot of pressure on other programs that are performing well. The other question is, who would want Akron and why? If the answer is yes, they need to figure out how to get more competitive in 2026 and beyond.

How good should one of the most under resourced programs be? Seriously, I think that's an interesting question. Losing is one thing. A program completely devoid of any entertainment value is something completely different.

If we just wait a few more years, G5 may have it's own division below FBS. By doing so, we can save a good MBB program and very good soccer program.

You're one of the last people in the world who cares about what announcers say.

Enrollment isn't declining.

The difference between Akron and Toledo is the area around the respective universities. Toledo is in a pretty nice corner of the city. It isn't as easily accessible by car as Akron. It doesn't feel like an urban campus. Akron is surrounded by the slums. The off campus area is probably one of the few places low income people in/around Akron can afford to buy or rent a home. Low income neighborhoods have more crime. Not sure how to solve this problem. More police would be helpful. Ohio State is an urban campus. It is surrounded by some dangerous areas that are dressed up nicely. Short North is one of them. It's the biggest school in the country. The campus went from COVID-19 to the construction project on Exchange Street. I have to believe that two year eyesore didn't help with enrollment. It looked awful the couple of times I drove through.

I was making them years ago on this board. The person who posted it was making the opposite arguments years ago and has blood on his hands for the destruction of the league.

Everyone knows who wrote it. I wish he would have put it citations for all of my ideas I have been posting for years. I've been saying most of this for years.

Interesting read.

Great news. Thanks for posting.

Ya, id rather think about food and the possibility of some.of you being able to go to a game that starts on a day and time that is convenient for you to attend. It's going to be 80 degrees. Get out of your freaking house. The lawn can wait another week. Rent a room and stay the night after going to a great steakhouse. You won't regret it. https://mancyssteakhouse.com/#

I wish the Zips could start out a season 2-2 and fans describe us as struggling. Toledo plays extremely well at home. They blew out Morgan State and handled a good WKU program. They have a relatively close loss at Kentucky and a one point loss on the road at Western, who always plays well at home. Take the Rockets giving the points. If you don't have much to do Saturday, go to the game if you are close enough. Toledo is a great setting for a college football game. It's going to be 80 degrees there on Saturday. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Kicking the crap out of a 1-AA team is exactly what's supposed to happen.

Good point. Limit them anyhow. Let private money pay for it.

70 is probably a better number than my original. They could have 53 scholarships and 17 walk ons. It wouldn't take much time. They could chart the number of plays per player on every roster. Some players may only play a handful of plays in a season. I believe those players are unnecessary to give scholarships. A lot of NFL players are brought in n mid season to replace IR players or guys who aren't cutting it. Injuries are part of sports. Teams will need to deal with those problems with their available roster. Life isn't fair.

This is a good step. Next step should be reducing scholarships to 65. College football is now a professional minor league. If 53 players per roster is good enough for the NFL, college can do the same thing. It will make coaches really think about who and who does not get a scholarship. One half of all kids in the TP never play football again. It will also accelerate them out of the sport and move them to things they can do on life where they can be more successful.

This interests me because he doesn't strike me as a sales type guy, but a gym rat kind of guy. It must have been hard at first because he wasn't really a "name" when he came to town. Imagine how easy it was for Sanders or George to do. Akron football needs to do at least one thing that would make life easier for them.