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It's a big nothing. Them leaving the MAC is a good thing.

It's oversaturated with generally bad play.

I think it would be funny if nobody did. Could end up being the worst decision since Akron moved to D1 without any idea of what to do next.

Am I understanding this correctly? NIU is leaving the MAC but doesn't have plans finalized yet for all sports?

Run the score up on them and send them on their way.

100+ points is getting value for your entertainment dollar.

Most of it is just dumb. I think the media has confused them into believing they are somehow entertainers so they think they need to do something to entertain us other than playing football well. It's all just a bit too much. I'm pretty convinced if the networks would stop showing it, they would stop doing it.

You said a mouthful. It's barely football anymore. Bad tackling. Bad coaching. Gimmick kickoffs. Bad QB play. Players can't be physically anymore. Nonsensical "dancing" after routine plays. Too many replays. Too many commercials. Only drunks and degenerate gamblers can enjoy this nonsense, which are the base demographic groups now.

My advice is, rent, don't buy.

I prefer discussions of food and booze over NIL or any of the other crap college athletics has become. Start times between 4-6 PM are ideal for what I like to call a Bang-Bang. This is two suppers. One supper is consumed mid to late afternoon, while the other is consumed after the game in the evening/night. Two o'clock is too early to execute a proper Bang-Bang.

When I see this article, it reminds me that college athletics in the USA are unique to the rest of the world.

When I see the word "we" in your post, I hope you mean a bigger we as in the MAC and MAClike conferences.

I think society may be going through football fatigue. The expanded CFP is not going as expected and NFL ratings are down also. I don't know if there is a correlation or causation between expanded college football playoff and decline in NFL viewers. If there is, the NFL will need to do everything it can to destroy the now minor league college football playoff. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43525435/cfp-title-game-most-watched-season-viewership-down

The City of Akron has Goodyear and their research center. Akron also has the Bridgestone research center. I could see how a world class research school could look regional. Akron doesn't have to leave the region in order to service research needs for companies if that is the priority in addition to education, which I feel is more important. If the cuts take into consideration maintaining the base of research demand until things improve, maybe they are making the right choices.

Blowing out bad conference opponents on the road is what really good teams do. I hate to see UB has fallen off so much. There used to be some really good matchups with them.

Actually, there are around 10 on at any one time and it's hard to find more than one. It's going to get worse and I'm not sure how it gets better after that.

I was as fair as I can be. I could have said something along the lines that the only things missing in the areas behind the baskets are parallel bars and a pommel horse like in a junior high school gym, but I refrained.....

Am I the only person who was underwhelmed with the minor league football playoff? I turned the game off at halftime. It was completely uncompetitive.

The only thing he gets wrong is calling it college football. It's professional minor league football.

Athletic Directors have already sold their souls. Selling an entire athletic department seems to be the next step. I hope there isn't anyone out there delusional enough to think it's still college football. It's a professional sports league. It's all so gross.

My view of attendance is this. The experience of those at the game is more important than those who don't go. If the Athletic Department put it's best foot forward for the attendees given what they have, I'm good. They can't control the bad time and day of the week in last night's example. Getting to a 6 PM game on Friday is difficult for a lot of people. When I go to a sporting event, I won't allow myself to be rushed. I like to go for a couple of beers, at least, before the game and take my time... maybe a decent meal. If I can't, I won't go. If I still lived in Akron, I would not have gone last night. I'd rather go to a game on Monday night than Friday night.

The empty seats weren't very noticable. It's hard to miss the bad look of the empty areas on the floor directly behind the basket. The AD should get on this......oh, wait.

I noticed this also but had to remind myself that OU is a good program. Good programs lose now and then, but rarely allow their necks to be stepped on. The take away for me is Akron soundly beat one of the best teams in the conference and should be able to make some hay with the confidence and momentum from the win.

I like "Akron". I like "Zips". I don't like "Akron Zips". I don't like logos that tell the consumer what the logo is. The rest are very good. The "Z" logo was sharp and they should have stuck with it because it had wide brand acceptance.

My first Zips game this season. Looks like a fun team. Keep up the good work.