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You're not an athletic director hoping to get a job someday at the school that kicked the crap out of you. It's all perspective.

UMass is already a perfect addition to the MAC.

I didn't raise an eyebrow. I came out and said it. My example was Dave Clawson bringing in John Wolford to Wake to start as a true freshman. The same John Wolford who went 3-9 both of his first two years. The same John Wolford who had non losing records his Junior and senior seasons with a big bowl win over TX A and M. Wolford saved the Wake Forest football program. If the next coach doesn't bring in "his guy" to start as a freshman, the graveyard of coaches will get another.

Where is he going to run?

Where is he going to run?

College football is long past decency. He needs to abide by his contract and so does Akron.

I don't know. Probably.

The time to do it was four years ago.

Tibesar with be gone at the end of the season with reminder of the staff.

Ya, but how often do you get to see a kicker hit an upright? Seriously, that's a serious question. It rarely happens.

There is something I really struggle with. Why hasn't Joe been able to bring in a program changing QB? I understand Finley is under siege, but he's also scared to death in the pocket. He's in his SIXTH year of college football. Either he stinks or he is completely and utterly damaged beyond repair. It's not just Akron. Why do so many schools bring in these journeymen players (I can't believe I just used that term about college sports) when so many of them aren't very good? If they were really good, they wouldn't be willing more than two schools. Is this just a product of programs trying to figure out the transfer portal?

The Guardians are in an entertaining game.

Those damn uprights....

Is the sound cutting in and out on your TV?

Imagine where Akron would be if they hired Jim Grobe.

They'd find a way to lose money.

The NC State vs Virginia game is really good. Two ACC school playing a non conference game. I love the idea. Are the athletes students alumni fans and general community getting more out of this game or NCSU vs Joe Blow G5 school?

You are almost 💯 correct. They could play on those Saturdays, but they would forego their anti-trust exemption. I guess the question then becomes, would that matter? The NFL is the #1 TV show in the USA. Drunks and degenerate gamblers can't get enough.

To make more money. Why wouldn't they do it if they could ? What would change?

Did anyone else see the OSU Athletic Director on CNBC this morning talking about the business of college athletics? The sleaze dripping off the guy was noticable to the point I think the interviewers picked up on it. He did some bragging about the TV ratings for the Texas game. 16.6 million people watched the game. I wonder if the NFL owners noticed and are licking their chops for those viewers. NFL games draw between 17 and roughly 30 million per game. If I was the NFL, I would start with driving college football out of the Saturday prime time games and then work my way earlier into the day. I'd bankrupt college football with a better product that people have more of an appetite for.

I've written a lot about this. Based upon my experience as a Wake Forest season ticket holder, making an experience that benefits the athletes students alumni fans and general community isn't difficult. I've seen some really bad football at Wake. What I also see is a good tailgate area that is clean and toilets are clean. Akron has a better stadium, but does nothing with it. Wake has multiple team shops open with good merchandise you would expect for an ACC school. The beer is good enough. The stadium and bathrooms are clean. They have many food trucks with a wide variety of food. They sell tickets as family passes for their grass hillside under the big scoreboard and children have a nice time with their friends and family. When I go to a Wake game, I know they are doing everything possible to create a nice environment for me to watch a game. They can't guarantee a win, but they put their best foot forward. My only beef about Wake is they are starting too many games in the evening and on weeknights. It's making going to the game unappealing, but they can't control that. There is nothing Wake does that I describe in my second paragraph that Akron couldn't do. Akron does do some of those things, but not all of them. They need to do all of them, all the time and then some. It isn't hard.

Ya, I'll pass on this idea. We need a lot of people doing a lot of research from different perspectives. We need competition to make people better.

That would be nice. See how easy it is. There are ten other easy things they could do.

Give people more than just football.

1,000 years from now archiologists are going to find all of these bobbleheads in landfills and think we worshipped more Gods than the Greeks.