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I can't find my post, but I told you guys when this came out he was banging a nursing student. https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/local/2025/12/18/ohio-university-coach-brian-smith-fired-relationship-student-college-football/87829300007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116735d00----v116735d--75--b--75--&gca-ft=104&gca-ds=sophi&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOxa2tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4bMRXyqVRV-Y5pAKOeI9k2pryR-KHmbV8vpMNXfXwDWl8MpxVwXN5ppOlAHw_aem_HAWlIrRh7tTzB5PQ1N4C0w&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Is everyone excited about watching at least three, probably four, blowouts this weekend?

They finished in the middle of the pack in the MAC. Maybe it's crappy compared to the body of FBS, but it's an OK year for a MAC school. We aren't in the crappy category anymore.

I don't think locker rooms and other facilities are at the top of our problems list.

It's a good start. I'll take it seriously when it is structured like a pro sports league with 30-35 teams organized to win the championship like the NFL. It will never happen for a lot of reasons, but that's my line. I don't even take the basketball tournament seriously because it's more likely to crown a hot team and not the best team. Multi game tournaments like the NHL and NBA do that. I actually think the NCAA tournament should have fewer teams and require more than one loss to be eliminated.

I'm not bored by college football. I just don't take it as seriously as the people who run it want me to. For example, Friday Im going to see a band call Parks Brothers play. The playoff will be on. Every once in a while I'll look at the screen to see what's going on. The point I'm making is this. As much as they want us to believe it's a playoff, it simply isn't. It's an invitational tournament and the winner is called the National Champion after. To me, they are at the same level of champion as they were when they used to vote for the national championship. They just go about it a different way.

Looks like these potheads made some rare good decisions.

What else is on TV?

Oh well....

She got Sherron and the staff.

In reward, she got a raise and a bigger staff.

If big time college football has taught us anything in recent years, getting fired under the right circumstances creates life changing wealth. Moore blew tens of millions of dollars just because he couldn't control himself. He could have the pick of hundreds of women who don't work at the school. Freaking unbelievable. What an idiot. Rumor has it the coach at OU was banging a nursing student.

A good coach can be made great by a supportive program. A good coach can be destroyed by a program that doesn't really support their football program in a meaningful way. Anyone want to guess which is Akron and which is Toledo? This guy will do well at Toledo because he is at a premium MAC program. He will be made better than he is now because the people around him will help him get to where he needs to be.

It's part of the gig if you aren't very marketable or the institution you work for has no idea what to do with you. My guess is Ryan Day doesn't ever talk to a donor who has never given a dollar. His time is probably spent with donors who have already contributed. He doesn't pick up the phone and call anyone at this point. Most fundraising is probably done off season and over lunches.

Making a mountain out of a molehill is a good way to justify looking for another conference. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-selection-notre-dame-ad-miami-acc/

They would stand the risk of program erosion in a conference that bad. Remember when Clemson and FSU were good? Someday someone could be saying that about them. The best thing ND could do is join the Big 10. It's a multi bid conference and entrance into the league would improve their recruiting making them more competitive. ND is a good program that can compete in the long term but it cannot do that from a laughable conference.

It will be interesting. It's not a huge jump, but like all things in college athletics, it's a move in the wrong direction. In the past, college sports had JV squads. One thing players on a team have to be conscious about is the staff bringing on younger players to move others out. 100+ players is enough to have a JV team. This JV team could be used as a vehicle for allowing borderline players to prove themselves in game experiences. If a kid isn't providing himself on the JV team through his sophomore season, the coaches can then have a conversation with him about playing football at that school probably isn't the best option for him and he can transfer or stay on scholarship outside of the football program. It may cut down on some transfers, or some players could be close enough to graduation that they retire from football.

It's pretty obvious to me that the solution to the college football playoffs wasn't adding teams. It's what you do when it is really all about money combined with being too stupid to come up with better solutions to a problem. The solution is now, and always was, having fewer teams.

I hope they use this free time to figure out not being in a conference isn't the best path forward.

Looks like he cracked under the pressure. https://www.google.com/amp/s/baylorlariat.com/2025/11/07/baylor-ad-mack-rhoades-investigated-after-altercation-with-player-reports/%3famp=1

https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/who-is-mack-rhoades-why-is-he-under-investigation-by-baylor-university/500-b984c885-0a7a-44e7-ae65-b278002e9e1e Former Akron AD.

I agree. I think the talent distribution in the NIL era comes at the expense of my fan experience. I want my experience to be more than watching my team win. I want to get to know the program. Programs aren't things. Programs are people. I'm less interested in who is transferring in and more interested in how programs are developing people. I think the best thing for someone like me is to not increase scholarships, but decrease them. Players will value them more is they know there are not an unlimited number of spots for them to transfer. Players might actually compete harder and not leave because the path to getting on the field is easier somewhere else.

Strong cultures bring teams together to win. What the NIL era has ushured in is an era of bad culture at most schools. Those will strong cultures continue to win.

I generally agree. They had enough talent to win six.

Hope isn't a strategy. I'm of the opinion we aren't far from getting 6 wins every season. The 2025 season wasn't the disaster some believe it was. Over half the MAC schools had losing records. Akron literally finished in the middle of the conference and had a .500 record in conference. The Kent loss still sticks in my craw because I believe Akron is a better program and had better players. That's the difference between going to a bowl or not. It would have also given Akron four wins for the home fans, which is badly needed. Akron also won two games on the road which seemed out of reach not long ago. On the surface, Akron should have beaten Kent and Wyoming. Dig a little deeper and it's understandable why a coach finds winning at Akron so difficult. Akron isn't far away. Just a couple more financial pieces.