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The Zips should play Wake. In a year or two, they are going to become what they have historically been...potentially much worse than NC State was the year we beat them. Skinner's (QB) last season is this year, they lost Alphonse Smith (second round draft pick), Curry at LB (first round draft pick). Grobe will only be able to win a limited number of games running the fullback dive every other play without them and there will be a steady decline in wins. Actually, the past two seasons have produced a decline in wins.

I have always been interested in learning about various cultures. This weekend presents a great opportunity to learn about another culture. TV Land is running a Hogan's Heroes marathon and I would encourage everyone to watch the marathon to learn more about German culture.

I addition to all of this, I am sure there will be many, many Greek houses parking cars on their lots/yards to make some extra cash. Also, there will probably be quite a few off campus houses parking cars for beer money as well.

It's funny you mention Big Tobacco. The visitors side parking lot at Wake's stadium butts up against a cigarette plant.

The MAC needs to have a balanced schedule, one where we play all the teams in our own division, or else the NCAA can take away the MAC championship game. We're only allowed to do it now thanks to a NCAA waiver. granted on the premise that we're actively seeking a way to balance the divisions. You may not like the championship game, but it brings in more money than all of the MAC bowl games combined. Why in the world would you want to cut Buffalo, Temple, and NIU but keep Can't, BG and EMU? The MAC is too concentrated in northern Ohio. Dropping Can't and BG loses nothing for the league. EMU just sucks all around.Fine then, the MAC needs an odd number of teams added to balance the schedule. Add as many of the teams listed on the poll as possible to make an odd number. If the logic is adding teams is better, why not add as many as possible? Again, how does adding more bad teams to an already bad conference make the MAC better?I would hate to cut Buffalo, but they are an eastern school in an eastern state with no real rivals in the MAC. Tough decisions need to be made though. Temple doesn't really want to be in the MAC and someone else has to go so NIU gets it.The concentation of teams does not matter. Can't, BG and EMU stay because Can't State and BG have natural rivals in Ohio (UofA and Toledo) and EMU has the Michigan schools as rivals.

Wake Forest Football ScheduleThis is your chance to spend my money or have me save it. I have to decide whether or not to buy Wake Forest season tickets for next year. I have had them the past two years and really enjoyed the games. I don't think they will be as good next year as last year, but they are still probably a bowl team. I will not be going to the Elon game because I am going to go watch the Zips play Indiana that day. Baylor does not excite me and they are a step down from Mississippi last year. If Stanford can put up points on them like PAC 10 teams do, they could beat them. The remaining ACC games are pretty solid. The total price of the tickets is around $700 ($100 per game) for two seats when you include everything you have to pay for in order to get the tickets. Since Wake's stadium is so small, there is not a bad seat in the house and my seats are actually pretty good as they are half way up the stadium on the 30 yard line.The only other draw back is we have the Swiss Family Robinson sitting next to us. They are a family of unwashed hill people from around Asheville and they bring their tribe of children with them. They are nice enough, there is only one problem as I see it. Last year, the mother sat around breast feeding one of them every game. Can't she do that before the game?

If the logic is that adding one of the above teams would be good for the league, wouldn't adding all of them make the move that much better?I'll say it again. How does adding an already bad program to an already bad league make the league better and something the public wants to spend their time and money on? The MAC needs to be thinking about cutting teams and not adding. Cut Buffalo, Temple and NIU. Eliminate the MAC Championship game and make everyone play everyone like the Big Ten and PAC 10. Only 3 OOC games per team per year....one pay day, one D-1A against a low level D-1A team and one 1-AA team. That's how you make an already bad league better.

Why mention losing in your motto? It should be something like...."The time to WIN is now!" Or, "WIN Today!".

I have a friend who used to rent an office above this bar and ran a successful small business out of it. He was in his early 30s and divorced. The office had a bed in it so if he got to drunk he could spend the night. He used to pick up strippers at the local establishments and bring them back to the bar then up to the office. I still chuckle when I think of it because this guy has done really well in life now.

The Great GP1 would not, but all you have to do is fool are the idiots that make decisions in college athletics. With the schedule the Zips play and the talent they now have on the team, the benchmark for a good season should go from 20 wins to at least 23.

I disagree.Sincerely, Romeo Travis and Dru JoyceDear Romeo and Dru,Thank you for your response. By "anyone", I meant a team with a pulse. Should have been more clear in the first place. My bad.Cheers,The Great GP1

I like the way they schedule too. I know it isn't possible because they need to make a lot of money in OOC games in football, but we should schedule football games in the same manner. Rig it so you go to a bowl every year whether or not you win the league. The NIT is basically like going to a bowl when you don't win your conference as it is a reward for a good season.20+ wins against anyone looks really good. 8+ wins looks really good in football. 7+ wins in the MAC is actually a really good record for the league. Football scheduling could learn a lot from BB scheduling.

What they should do in the near future is do a test run on the stadium. Meaning, have enough people in the stadium to flush all the toilets and run all of the water at the same time to make certain those systems work properly at high volume. Leaking pipes or no water would spell disaster for the first game. In fact, if there is no running water, a building can not open to the public. Have a practice game during two-a-day practices where they can run the clock and make certain all of that works. A meeting the week before the first game with the ushers would be enough. One thing I really would like to see is professional vendors at the new stadium. Volunteers for local little leagues are always too slow and the crowds will be too big for that. Hire a professional company to staff the food counters.Test the lights at night to make certain they shine where they are supposed to shine. At Jacobs Field, each light is computerized and is assigned a certain spot on the field. They test this each year with sensors prior to each season as they change each bulb before the season starts so they have white light in lieu of pink light from old bulbs.And for crying out loud, can we please make certain the refs field mic works properly and has enough volume.

He isn't a priest?.....

While I hate the uniforms, I do appreciate people who really don't care what others think of them.

It's funny you bring this up. College football is full of trends. One of the more recent trends is defensive coordinators acting like lunatics on the sidelines. The bigger the lunatic, the more they get mentioned as the next head coach at another school. I find it extremely phony. Grown men who want respect from their players should not behave like that. It doesn't take long for the players to see through it.

Hey buddy- I thought Meyer should have succeeded Tresey and LO should have fired Tresey after the almost loss to that D 3 team who ran it up on us in the first quarter. do you remember that game ??Is this the game you talking about? I believe Liberty was up 14 - 0.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=222852006If I remember correctly, the offense had two turnovers that resulted in TDs early in the game. We moved the ball on them like crazy early and the ball just bounced the wrong way early. I think they had like a 99 yard fumble recovery for a TD or something silly like that.

Former Faust coaches:Bob JunkoMike WoodfordAndy UrbanicHal HunterGerald Carr was last seen at UB, but I'm not sure he is there anymore.Chris BallFaust had some really good young position coaches during his time at UofA. A lot of the coaches moved up into the coaching ranks even into the NFL. Had the University administration even had the smallest of clues at the time, we would not have been stuck in the mud for 20 years.

If you add 1/4 cup of sugar per pound of ground beef, you can make a home made Swensons burger.

That's odd. It's giving ME the strangest urge to PM the great GP1 Even the intestines of the great GP1 are no match for a Galley Boy with a side of onion rings.

All this talk of Swensons and Skyway makes me want to go sit on the toilet.

Are they building a Skyway near campus?

Hair of the dog dude!

Will this game be on Comedy Central? I went to the game in LA last year and tOSU was laughable at best. Literally, USC fans were laughing at them while watching them play.Yeah, the Fiesta Bowl game against top 2 and undefeated Texas was on comedy central too, right? Get a clue before being an ass. I could make comments like that saying that 95% of the games we have ever played against a real D-1 opponent (aka non MAC or service academys of the world) have been far worse. Oh wait...we got slaughtered by 30+ AT HOME against ARMY a couple years ago!!It has been a while since tOSU has won a game against a decent team (perhaps three years now). The glory days are over. Enjoy beating the MAC and horrible Big Ten teams every year.

Will this game be on Comedy Central? I went to the game in LA last year and tOSU was laughable at best. Literally, USC fans were laughing at them while watching them play.You certainly are a globe trotter. Please continue to keep us informed of all your travel. Two words........ "Marriott points"The trip to LA was pretty unique. I have a friend who is a professor at USC so I had a free ticket and a free place to stay. I have a brother who is an airline pilot so I had a free airline ticket to go to the game.The only problem was a hurricane hit Houston that weekend and Delta had to fly around passengers for other airlines. Buddy passes are stand by only. I spent that Sunday in LAX trying to get on a flight and it didn't happen. I asked the customer service rep what she thought and she said there was no way I was going to get on a flight on Sunday and I should come back Tuesday. When I said "Don't you mean Monday? It's only Sunday." she said, "I know what day it is, don't come back until Tuesday. You'll never get on." My luggage was already on the plane so I had no clothes or anything other than my computer and the clothes on my back. My friend had to come and pick me up and take me to Target to get clothes. I had to use like 40,000 Marriott points for the Marriott by LAX. It was like being in prison for two days because I had not car to get anywhere.I got on the last flight out of LAX on Tuesday for Atlanta and when I got there around 11:00 PM, my connection to Charlotte was cancelled. I had to use 20,000 more Marriott points to stay in the Marriott brand hotel that looks over the runway at the airport in Atlanta. I actually had to pull a real prick move because the hotels around the airport were full. I used my Marriott Platinum status to secure a room that someone else had already reserved, but I was in no mood to search around the city for a room.The joys of travel.......