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Who said this?

I understand. I am sick of Joe Akron not showing up like I'm sure you are.

Why does it have to be an either/or question? Sunday was bad, but if Joe Akron is one loss away from not showing up, then Joe Akron is in the wrong at this point. This program has earned, over the course of a few years now, what should be the support of the community in the form of larger crowds. We lost by 4 to a solid Buffalo team. That's a good college basketball game regardless of who wins. Joe Akron needs to start showing up.

Whenever I hear someone in college athletics say something should be expanded, I cringe. The NCAA Tournament doesn't need to be expanded, they need institute one rule that would keep many of the undeserving major conference schools out..... If you don't have a .500 record in your conference regular season, the ONLY way to make the Tournament is to win your conference tournament. No at large bids for those schools. BTW, blue clothes and blue background with the always depressing 1946 on it is not good television.

The loss the other night reminded me of one of my favorite Henry Hill quotes.Quote The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime.

This is what happens when the players believe the headlines. At the beginning of the season Miss St. was ranked high. Early season rankings don't mean squat and a good coach reminds players of that. Once Miss St. got out of the band of cupcakes they play early in the season and into the SEC, they fell apart. A good team with a lockerroom problem? Or, a below average SEC team that was never as good as advertised? I'm going to let the evidence of the regular season tell me Miss State is not as good as advertised. If you are feeling a little paranoid this morning, read no further. There are may similarities between our basketball team beating MSU this year and the football team beating NCST a few years back. Looking back at the body of work between MSU and NCST, neither team we beat was very good.

We read a very similar book last year. I think this book is going to end the same way.

Sorry I can't make this smaller. There was a map attached, but I wasn't sure how to copy and paste it. I'm sure it will be posted on GoZips.com in the very near future. Please support the Zips and have fun. Zips Alumni and Friends, As we begin our efforts toward building a championship program at The University of Akron, we continue to need your support. This year’s Summer Jamboree golf outing will be held June 11th at The Quarry Golf Club in Canton, Ohio. Registration is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. and the shotgun start will take place at noon. Dinner and awards festivities will follow the golf outing at 5:00 p.m By registering, you will have hours of fun with fellow Akron alumni, teammates, and friends, playing 18 holes on one of the best golf courses in Ohio. Remember, this event is open to alumni and the public, so get your foursomes together early. There are many ways to participate, from golfing as an individual to taking advantage of the variety of sponsorship levels available for this event, there is something for everyone. Please consider what you can do to help the Akron Football program. If you cannot attend on June 11th, please consider making a gift to the football enhancement fund. The support we receive from alumni and fans of Zips Football will aid us in our quest to be Mid-American Conference Champions. I look forward to seeing you at this tremendous event. Please do not hesitate to contact Anthony Henderson, Director of Athletic Development, at 330.972.7117 with any questions. Fear the DADGUM Roo and Go Zips! Terry Bowden Head Football Coach The Quarry Golf Club The Quarry, situated just minutes from Downtown Canton, is a unique target-style golf course. It is built on an old quarry dating back to the 1800’s. The terrain consists of natural waste areas, 100 foot plus cliffs, streams, and deep water lakes. These unforgettable land features wind through and around each hole, giving them their own unique identity. Although a quarry site, the course is predominantly wooded with many tree-lined fairways. The course features bent grass tees, greens and fairways framed by rock outcroppings and native grasses. Several tee shots are visually intimidating, but do not be deceived – the landing areas are much more generous than they appear. Five sets of tees will enable golfers of all skill levels to enjoy incredible scenic vistas throughout the golf course. For any questions or concerns in regards to The Quarry Golf Club please call 330.488.3178 Sponsorship / Participation Levels Tournament Sponsor (One Available) $10,000.00* Includes four foursomes with pairing of a member of the Zips Coaching staff, logo on all tournament signage and gifts, and a trip for two to Miami, Florida to watch your Akron Zips take on the Florida International Panthers – September 7 – 9, 2012. Premium Sponsor (Four Available) $5,000.00* Includes two foursomes with pairing of a member of the Zips Coaching Staff, logo on all tournament signage, gift of your choice for tee prize packages and trip for two to Knoxville, Tennessee to watch your Zips take on the Tennessee Volunteers – September 21 – 23, 2012. Beverage Cart Sponsor (Six available) $2,500.00* Includes one foursome with pairing of a member of the Zips Coaching Staff or Athletic Department, logo on all tournament signage, gift of your choice for tee prize packages and two sideline passes for the home opener to see your Zips take on the University of Central Florida Knights – August 30, 2012 Corporate Sponsor $800.00* Includes on foursome and signage at a designated hole Hole Sponsor $250.00 Includes signage at a designated hole and tee prize package Zips Football Alumni Golfer $100.00 Includes golf, range, cart, lunch, on-course beverages, tee prize package and dinner (Must be a Varsity “A” Member. Cost for Non-Varsity “A” Members will be $130 which will include payment of your Varsity “A” Membership for one year) Golfer $150.00 Includes golf, range, cart, lunch, on-course beverages, tee prize package and dinner Dinner Only $35.00 *All Sponsorship includes dinner, exclusive Zips gifts and tournament recognition. 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8-10PM: Zips Basketball victory over OU 10-10:30 PM: East Bound and Down on HBO Can a Sunday night get any better?

Wow, an almost nine minute video and the words "building process" were never brought up.

Aren't you the one who recommended it to us? I thought someone on the board recommended it so I bought it off of one of the internet book services.

If they are going to promote touchbacks, eliminate the kickoff all together or do the following: 1. Kickoffs from the kicking teams own 45. 2. Any kick out of bounds or in the endzone gives the receiving team the ball on their own 35. 3. Any team that returns the ball and doesn't get it past the 20 automatically gets it on the 25. Five yard halo in effect for retuner until ball is caught. The halo rule is great for safety because it makes the players slow down or even stop. A kick off is a free kick that once it goes 10 yards, anyone can get. These rule changes would allow that rule to be taken advantage of more often. They need to make the game more exciting again. Instead, the NFL (and it seems now the NCAA is following) is turning into: 1. Touchdown (exciting stuff if your team is doing the scoring) 2. Media timeout (restroom break at home) 3. Extra point (no excitement here because 97% are successful. a td should be worth 7 points with a nonkicking play from the 3 to get another point.) 4. Media timeout (how many times can you use the restroom) 5. Touchback (no excitment here) 6. Media timeout (quick nap) 7. First down BTW JZ84, I read Scorecasting and it is a great book.

Agreed. We are exactly where we need to be for the three sports we are either good at or want to be good in. Soccer has no choice at this point. MBB is a great MAC basketball program, but I believe it would struggle to win the Horizon League. Football could be a great program, but once at that point, it could turn into Marshall if it entered even CUSA.

Not an easy answer. Actually, it is really long, I don't have the time to get into it and you can read about it in my posting history. Has to do with the NCAA creating a division for BCS and turning it into the semi-pro league it already is. We don't belong in that league and I'm fine with that. I'm OK with the MAC and us becoming the best team in the MAC.

Marshall benefited greatly from having home games because the championship was played at their stadium. They normally had very large crowds. I went to a Toledo/Marshall championship game one year in Toledo and the stadium was half empty on a freezing cold night. Couldn't really blame anyone for not sitting in that cold. Great game though. Went to Roethlisberger's last game at Miami when they beat BG in BG on a mud pit. Not much of a crowd, but fun to watch Ben play a great game. The games didn't suck. They weren't always the best, but great championship games of any sort are hard to come by.

One of the best things about MAC football...Maybe the best thing about MAC football is Ford Field. Fantastic place to see a football game. Especially when it is snowing. The PAC-10 can do what they do because there isn't much of a chance of snow at their schools fields. Most are in warm weather states.

University of Vermont? UNH? URI? University of Maine? Idaho? UMASS... The point is, you can go wrong bringing in the wrong teams just because they are a flagship. I don't think the actions the MAC takes are anything more than flailing in desperation. The addition of UMASS is one of those actions...Football only? Terrible. It's a horrible situation to be making decisions. One could argue that the Sun Belt and CUSA are both better leagues than the MAC and neither have a flagship school in their conference. There was an old saying about picking up girls when I was in college. "Go ugly early and avoid the rush." It's 2:30 am and the inert MAC has the worst of the worst to pick from at this point. We couldn't even pick up an ugly girl at 10PM. Marshall was the best girl the MAC has ever picked up and they were, in reality, a skank compared to the universe of potential girls. Worse yet, we keep thinking the girls will get better looking for real, not just the beer talking, as the night goes on. I'm not sure how the MAC wins long term in this situation. They might get some tonight, but if their outlook does not change, they will be in the same situation every weekend. This short term thinking will continue forever as it has since 1946.

I wonder how many times a day this gets said at the NCAA's offices in Indiana on their quest to destroy college athletics.

Dream on guys. 1946 the league was established and the best we can do is have a football game played in front of around 5,000 people determining the chance to go to some crap bowl game. The MAC could sign contracts with bowls without a championship game. Up until last year, the Big Ten did just fine without a championship game. They need to stop bringing in crap to the league like UMASS and thin the herd. The more crap they bring in, the worse we look and the worse the entertainment is. If that means no conference championship game, so be it. When the league decides it actually wants to be a real league (after 60+ years) then it can start to THINK about bringing in more teams. Where we stand now, the league could change the name to "The Desperate 13". We'll do anything, including bringing in teams like UMASS, to make the league look relevant. It's offensive to the intellect. I don't dislike the MAC as much as I'm offended by the fact the people who run it think we are all idiots. I know what a lot of you are thinking right now because I used to think like that as well..."The MAC was pretty good last year. The building process is working." Don't fool yourself. Once every 5-6 years, the MAC is good. Between those years, it is the MAC.

If a tree falls in the woods and there is nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound? Leagues shouldn't be about championship games. They should be about the regular season and creating the best product on the field week after week.

NIU and UMASS. Throw in UB and we could get it down to 10. Fans aren't screaming, "We need more of the MAC!!!!!!!!"

Sometimes I forget how good looking I was. Then I see a picture of myself on the front of a book and I'm reminded.

This is good news. Now if the league can get down to 11...maybe 12 teams, it will be a better league. I've always thought the league would be better if it was smaller and not larger. Everyone should play everyone every year. The only way to do that is with a smaller league.

It's not a bikini....It's a Speedo. They are very popular in Europe.

A coach isn't going to give a full playbook to a kid he isn't even sure he wants on the team or not next year.