GP1

Win games and the big donors will pay. Our stadium is already named. Winning will get the donations flowing. Naming rights are a form of advertisement. If the team wins, more people go to the game. More people go to the game, the more people see the advertisement.

How come every other mac school can have immediate success with a new coach but us?

Thanks for the link. Everyone should read it and think about Zips football since right before Faust was hired. In 1987, we had our first D-1A season so we were like a start up company. We should have been quick to fire coaches and slower to hire them over the years. It's hard to break the culture of anything. The culture in college athletics is to bring in a new AD who hires a buddy to take over Failing Sports Team X and turn it around. They think about other candidates for about 60 seconds and hire their friends. It's a horrible thing to do, but in college athletics, everyone does it.

If you mean it is an easily forgettable wasteland, I would agree.

:lol: Good post.

I like the resume. 1. mac experience so he knows how hard it is to win in the mac. 2. Good experiece in the midwest 3. Coached with winning teams 4. Offense, offense, offense wins games in the mac and puts people in seats. 5. Looks like the under the radar guy I would like to see Again, bringing in good candidates makes for a good decision. It's like going to a party and all 20 girls there are good looking. If you pick one up, you couldn't make a bad decision.

KD has a way of bringing the troops together after a couple of loses. Zips win.

Claiming a player is "lost" is an old ZN.O catch phrase. It's one of those things Zips basketball fans say when they think they can see into the mind of a player.

You are living in a dream world if you think that MAC schools get a bowl payout. Not a dime is shared from these games and there is actually an assessment paid by the member schools to buy slots in the extra bowl games. They bowls pay the league and the MAC writes checks back to ESPN in a money trading operation for the extra bowl slots. Check it out and you will find that this is 100% true. The only money that is made for MAC bowl teams is what comes from the school's who play in the games and what they sell in tickets. There is no actual cash payout. You're wrong, and very ignorant. ZipperRoo44 is correct and wise. Most low level bowls have a league "buy in" that accounts for 50% of the earnings. Basically, if the bowl pays $700K, the school has to pay $350 back to the bowl to get in as part of the conference association with the bowl. The remaining $350K typically is in the price of tickets at face value, which are highly inflated. The school can then sell those tickets for whatever price they wish. If the face value of a ticket is $60, the school can sell them for $10 per ticket. Schools lose money going to these low level games in an elaborate shell game designed to pad the pockets of bowl committee members and resumes of athletic directors. The bowl committee members take all of the money and the ADs don't really care the money is being taken because few people are paying attention how the scam really works.

Did you actually read what Foster said about Akron? "On Monday, Foster offered a glimpse into what sort of head coaching gig he’s looking for, openly discussing the vacancies at Memphis and Akron. Both fired their coaches after just two seasons and the Hokies defensive coordinator labeled the two schools as “coach killers” right now. “Their administration is crazy,” Foster said. “They’ve got false visions of grandeur.” It does,give more balance to what the actual perception of the Akron job is outside of Akron. It also reinforces the view that for a coach to take this job he will be looking at more than just the facility. He will be looking at who he has to work for(we have all been there),the quality of life in the area(he may have a wife and kids who will be uprooted),the weather(oops) as well as money. Kind of brings one back to earth. Please do us all a favor and stop making sense......

Is that Coach Bud Foster or Commander William Riker? For a guy who has never had the guts to sit in the big chair, he has an interesting opinions about leading a program. Great Star Trek reference GP1, but I don't think that Beamer is calling him "Number One" Not after they left a "number two" on the field last night.

Is that Coach Bud Foster or Commander William Riker? For a guy who has never had the guts to sit in the big chair, he has an interesting opinions about leading a program.

I was told by someone I respect, and don't think he would have any reason to lie, that Tressel was not on campus last Saturday. I believe him.

Maybe I just don't know enough about fan boards, etc., but I'm shocked this kind of thing happens.

To whom? To most Zips fans, obviously. I've never seen the ZNO board light up like it did last Tuesday w/ all the Jim Tressel rumors. Maybe it as just the "savior complex" kicking in. Just because there is a mob, doesn't mean the mob is right.

In all my years of watching Zips football, I don't remember this happening to any current or former Zips. It was no secret when he was in school that he had a drug problem. I wonder how many people within the Athletic Department knew he was using hard drugs? I don't mean just smoking some pot either, but hard drugs like horse. Did anyone ever reach out to help?

You're right. After eight games and a 3-5 record, there isn't a reason to press the panic button. The MAC is plenty crappy for the Zips to win a lot of games. Lots of Zips fans will be at best disappointed with a 3-5 start and at worst, furious at a slow start like that with the talent on the team. Myself, I'd wouldn't be furious, but I would be close. There is way too much talent on that team to start the season 3-5 and we need to start distinguishing ourselves beyond the MAC.

To whom?

Good post. Very exciting game. NIU's coach didn't just inherit decent team with talent, he inherited lots of veteran players. Taking over a team with a successful fifth year senior is a great start. The experience probably helped them stay composed last night.

Defending his players but not reporting what happened as told to by the FBI. Those are his actions. Then falling on the sword for the higher ups that did nothing about it. He didn't fall on his sword, he got fired for being a liar. See, this is the thought process people have when they listen to the media and believe everything said. You just keep on listening to the media. At least I can think for myself.

I drove by this stadium yesterday. It is absolutely beautiful in person.

Defending his players but not reporting what happened as told to by the FBI. Those are his actions. Then falling on the sword for the higher ups that did nothing about it. He didn't fall on his sword, he got fired for being a liar.

Becoming "above average" isn't something I would whole-heartedly agree with. Count me in as part of the 5%. In fact, I almost vomited when I read it....I wonder what percent of Zips fans had to hold back vomit while reading? Further, I wonder how many Zips fans were rolling their eyes so much they couldn't finish the letter? NE Ohio sports fans are so desperate, they will make fools of themselves in order to feel as if there is any possibility of hope. They love the "savior". Many see Tressel as that savior of Akron football. He could do well, but so could a lot of other coaches....In an either/or world, nobody is allowed to say that though.

You and U of A need to get out of the 80's with your marketing. Plenty of firms can create a great campaign for minimal cost. And we'll get what we pay for. I'll match what I know about sales and marketing against anyone on this board. Toledo packs in their stadium with winning. OU is packing in their stadium with winning. We pack our stadium with free tickets...and you know who I'm talking about. The Athletic Department needs to get people to pay to watch the team play, not contrived buzz backed up with free tickets.

With all that has happened to Tressel in the last year, I have a lot of trouble with the number of times the word "sir" was used in this letter.