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The league has been around since 1948. It's been over for a long time. Nobody wants to admit that is the case, but it is the reality.When the BCS schools get their own division, it could be the best day ever for the MAC.

God Bless The ProcessI would love for someone with nothing better to do with their time to do the following content study. How many times since taking over the Zips has Coach I or the AD used some form of the word "win" in a public statement? Coaches need to publically talk about their desire to win and what it takes to win. When the "process" is the key element of public discussion, it becomes the theme of the program. Of course we all want the Zips to get better and there needs to be a process to do that, but winning has to be part of the process or everyone is spinning their wheels. Winning needs to be talked about in public and the "process" should be talked about between coaches behind closed doors. When Marshall was in the league, they publically stated they wanted to "win championships", whether MAC or a bowl championship.I like to listen to Brian Kelly after a loss. Everything he talks about is why his team lost and what they need to do to win games. It isn't process or any of that nonsense. It is a discussion on why they lost and what creates losing. He then discusses his faults and his teams faults and what needs to be done to win. No process....winninig.

I wouldn't have used the word Bozos....Probably would have gone with something like "yahoos", but a good point. If they trade out Moore, the just get another set of problems and they aren't correcting the core issues.

When we get done with this, we can put signs above the lockerroom doors reading, "Whites Only...and Only If Your Parents Have Money".I'm not interested in turning on the TV and watching LSU vs Alabama with DIII talent. Sorry....I enjoy modernity.

I'm not an accountant, but I believe grants in aid are not taxable. This $2,000 will not be taxable...probably.I'm against this $2,000 payment and for a player having a job and cashing in on his celebrity. That would be taxable income.

Piss away, MDZip. Welcome to the club. I have spent all day studying in an area of the country where it has already started snowing!I wore shorts, a t-shirt and flip-flops out to dinner last night. It's a little cool today so I'll probably replace the t-shirt with a sweatshirt tonight.

This is the same as JD ditching the 3-3-5 defense for something else. It is what he set up the program to do. JD also tried a different offense and didn't do well because it wasn't what he did.Coach I was brought here to do what he is doing. It isn't fair to him to ask him to do something he may not know a lot about. We/he would be better off getting rid of him and bringing in someone different.

Nah, what did Joe in was that he trusted without verifying, a common mistake across the generations.Another common mistake across the generations is to trust in the belief that everything in the past is inferior to everything in the future or vice versa, again a case of trusting without veryifying.I like to think that fear of the future will do us in before anything.... “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” -- YodaSort of brings us around to the Zips. I'm not afraid that we might land in a division outside of the BCS level. I don't fear the conference shake-ups either. I think there is a good chance that we might end up in a better place than we are right now if we, and other like us, are smart. If we startle in fear of the current changing landscape and make stupid decisions like a mega conference between whatever schools were looking at this idea, mw, cusa, etc., we will be in the same place we are with the same problems we currently have. We'll just start to call our cold a virus. Either way, it is the same thing. The MAC and MAClike schools need to move with purpose and confidence into the future.

True dat. Me and Proposition Joe prefer peaceful solutions to disputes.ArticleProp Joe's loyalty to the past did him in. He didn't understand the younger generation and in fact tried to change the future by making it like the past.

Dave don't know Marlo. It was only Marlo's way in his world. That's why the co-op didn't last.

Terrible news.This presents KD with a lot of challenges as PG is a critical position in college basketball. There are a lot of guys who could fill in, but how well they can play at that position is a question. A question could also be, how many minutes per game can they expect the #1 PG to play throughout the season if nobody is stepping up as a solid back-up? The second question sort of goes to "freshness" at the end of the season and MAC Tournament time.

I love the Trotters and I'm glad a Zip is one of them. They make a lot of people happy. That is a good thing.

You lost me here. Nobody will exit one of these conferences after getting into one. The conferences are setting up huge buy-out clauses right now. The decisions these schools make the next few months will live with them for at least 50 years.MAYBE if Missouri is getting destroyed in the SEC, they will want easier competition in a few years and move to the Big Ten. Not likely, but that could be an option.

How about WVU and L'Ville? That's how I read the stories. My esteemed colleague from Green should know it doesn't always have to be one or the other.

Looks like WVU to Big XII. I guess schools with low academic standards like Baylor and Texas will have another friend to play football with.Want to know why teams like Missouri, WVU, etc. are passing on the Big Ten? It has nothing to do with academic standards and the Big Ten passing on them. If it was, Nebraska wouldn't get in. It's because the league is crap and schools want to be part of something bigger, not smaller. Adding Nebraska to the league does nothing more than add an average Big 12 team to the league. Granted, Nebraska is still better than 90% of the Big Ten, but the rest of the league isn't very good.Academics have noting to do with the moves conferences are making.You honestly believe that WVU and Missouri took a "pass" on joining the Big Ten? Wow. They would kill to get an invite.Maybe pass isn't the right word. They looked at better options. Missouri was always rumored to join the Big Ten and they didn't because the SEC is a better league. WVU didn't go crawling on their hands and knees to the Big Ten. Outside of Notre Dame, future Big Ten expansion will be adding garbage to an already bad league. Certainly not a Leader in college football.

Looks like WVU to Big XII. I guess schools with low academic standards like Baylor and Texas will have another friend to play football with.Want to know why teams like Missouri, WVU, etc. are passing on the Big Ten? It has nothing to do with academic standards and the Big Ten passing on them. If it was, Nebraska wouldn't get in. It's because the league is crap and schools want to be part of something bigger, not smaller. Adding Nebraska to the league does nothing more than add an average Big 12 team to the league. Granted, Nebraska is still better than 90% of the Big Ten, but the rest of the league isn't very good.Academics have noting to do with the moves conferences are making.

I have blinders on? I'm not the one who wants the AD to go after only one guy. Only Tressel can do well at Akron?...I simply can't bring myself to believe that. Lots of guys could do well at Akron...this is called being open minded. Brookhart won a MAC Championship...that's called doing great. We need winning to come to town, not the circus.

One can talk himself into a lot of things. Something about Rome burning.......

Faust was plucked from a high school program. ND played about a gazillion times more difficult schedule than tosu. It's easy to win against the MAC and the crap that is the Big Ten. Just show up with bought players, beat a crappy schedule and it becomes pretty easy to make a national championship game.This is a Zips board, not the Hire Jim Tressel board, so let's talk Zips. A better example of what Faust is, in relation to his time at ND, is how an AD can make a horrible mistake in hiring someone. It isn't Faust's fault ND hired him. It isn't Coach I's fault UofA hired him. The fault lies with the AD. Our current problems lie with our AD's decision making.Tressel will never be the coach at Akron.

In honor of Beavis and Butthead coming back on TV this week, I'd just like to say.....Uhhhhhhh he said sniff....Dude! I had almost forgotte that. It is going to be epic. Just that 5 minutes of them watching Jersey Shore slayed me.My wife saw a scene where there are watching 16 and Pregnant and Butthead says to Beavis, "Hey Beavis. I just realized this girl isn't a bad actor, she's a bad person." Our society is so in need of this show it isn't even funny. Thursday nights on MTV.

On a MAC level, I believe if the University had ANY clue, Faust could have done much better than what everyone saw at the end at Akron. Faust had nothing and had the highest percentage winning season in school D-1A history.What we don't know about Tressel is if he can win without cheating. Anywhere he goes, the NCAA is going to watch him like a hawk...which is why he'll never coach again.For those of you who think Tressel would come to Akron....dream on. It's about the same chance of Urban Meyer going to tosu.Emphasis on the word NOTHING. We didn't even have grass practice fields back then, even though we played many opponents with grass fields. There had to be high schools that were better equipped than us to elevate to 1-A. I think we've only now begun to understand what Gerry accomplished with meager resources at the absolute infancy of our D-1A era.Even worse, the University had no idea as to what to do. People can say what they want about Faust, but he was at ND. He saw what needed to be done...maybe he didn't know exactly how to get there, but he knew what it should look like.

In honor of Beavis and Butthead coming back on TV this week, I'd just like to say.....Uhhhhhhh he said sniff....

Browns fans have been doing this for years. How is that working out? They have big egos, but they are also smart enough to see an empty stadium and understand there is a problem.The time you spend making signs could be better spend doing just about anything else.

I wonder how many pages were in the NCAA rulebook 40 years ago. They can regulate salmon on bagels, but they can't figure out how to get more money to those making the money for them.1903 the Wright brothers flew the first plane...1927 Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic. A little over 40 years later, man lands on the moon. Seems to be easier to build more advanced flying ships than changing the NCAA.Bye, bye NCAA. You did it to yourself.

This is a very good post. It's not the losing...It's the not being competitive. When I go to a game, I want to see teams compete at a high level. The Zips don't do that right now and it is a killer for any fan because the hope is gone. Tom Jackson said something last night about being upset when he watches a game and one team or both isn't living up to the "professional standard". I'm sure a lot of Zips fans feel upset the Zips aren't living up to even "MAC standards". It's the best reason to not go to a game.