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This kid will be going to a MAC school other than Akron.

I think I know where you are going with this, and I agree.When I was growing up, there was a certain group of people at my church and school that would say, "If you took the best Catholic kids around the country and made a football team out of them, nobody could beat them." Translation: "I'm uncomfortable with the amount of black kids playing football because I'm a narrow minded hick, so I've made up this fantasy in order to feel better about my racist views without having to outwardly express them." I'm not pointing the finger at anyone on the board, but if the shoe fits......I found it interesting that Harvey was the first player on the board that I can remember to have himself AND his family attacked on this board. Shame on the board!Whatever happens to Harvey happens. I'll be at the games regardless. Let's hope he returns to the team to be a productive player though.

I don't want to speak for CK, but if you read his post closely he is not saying the Athletic Department should initiate talk about problems. They are actually doing the right thing by addressing Harvey problem without really addressing it. It is the media's responsibility to investigate these types of problems, demand answers and then report those answers to the public. That is not what is getting done.I've had the chance to meet several football players in person. To a man, they appeared to be good people. For every one Harvey, there are probably 20-25 good guys who cause no problem what-so-ever. Personally, I don't think that one off the field fight that happened early last fall signals a team wide problem.

While I don't agree with everything he wrote, it was kind of funny at points. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?I had forgotten about Charlie Frye Day . I guess that's what happens when you try to block those years out. I guess I'm not the only person who thought we could have started just about anyone his first two years and won 8 games (1 of the 8 was against a I-AA team).

Dru is an exceptionally hard worker. Because of this, he will do well in any job he takes after college, with the exception of being an NBA player.Send me your resume DJ, there are always companies looking for someone like you.

One of the big things about spring practice is the change of some players from being average to being able to become good productive players. Mr. Harvey had better watch out, because some young guy might step up and take his job away from him (if he has one left).With the exception of a death in the family, or a severe sickness in the family, there is no reason for him not to be at school. Unless he wants to transfer.Harvey is an important player to this team and JD should give him until the beginning of May to register for summer classes. If he does not register by that time, JD should tell him to hit the bricks.Stop feeling sorry for yourself Mr. Harvey, nobody else feels sorry for you.

I have heard the same thing. If it happens, Frye will become the #2 QB and Anderson will be cut. They will pick up some complete scrub to be #3. Also, if it happens, the evidence is complete that the head coach is desperate to win next season, just look at some of the dinosaurs he has picked up the past two seasons. I don't know exactly how it works, but somehow if the Browns cut Frye and another team picked him up then they would lose a draft pick.?.?. If the Browns cut him under those circumstances, I believe they don't think anyone would want him....bad news for Frye.Those who think the story on Frye is incomplete are mistaken. Frye is a sub .500 QB with a suspect arm, accuracy and intelligence. He is accurate when throwing 5 yard passes, but inaccurate throwing long passes. NFL games are won with big plays and he is not the guy to help Cleveland win. The best thing Frye does is scramble...it's too bad it is always with his back to the line.The good news for Frye is that mid season next year when Green goes down for the season, he will be the starter again if he is still with the team. Some of you have to admit that the thought of Frye starting another season for the Browns does not excite the media or fans of Cleveland.

I heard the same thing. They are raising the drinking age from 14 to 16. They figure if you are old enough to drink, you should be old enough to drive a car.

Owens was born to be a football coach indeed.........a bad football coach.How does someone like Owens even get to come within a five iron of a place called Hall of Fame?

I have to respectfully disagree. DK catches the ball in the flats, but too frequently misses with his straight arm to be an effective back out of the backfield.

Excellent statistic CK! I wonder what his yards per carry average would have been if they included the yards running toward the sideline.In terms of long runs, he does nothing to set them up. They don't just happen. If he would spend more time running between the tackles, he could break one outside once he either gets to the second level or outside.

DK should be the starting RB. However, if two games into the season he is taking every handoff and running 25 yards to the sideline for a two yard gains, we have to look to someone other than him.

I'd be willing to bet that there is at least one kid on every D-1A football team betting on their own team. Maybe not point shaving, but at least placing a bet.Each year, athletic departments give a lecture to the kids about betting on sports. The athletic departments know that it is/could be a problem so they try to address it. There were always rumors about UofA basketball a few years ago and players betting on the games.

Football games are won and lost with big plays. This is a big play player who needs to be on the field. A significant amount of kids playing big time college football are a-holes to some degree...it's just something the coaches have to deal with in this day and age. The kids are just part of a larger poorly behaved culture. Is he out because he is home sick or knocked up his girlfriend or sick relative or is he just misbehaving and feeling sorry for himself?

I would like the Zips to have a go to guy who could be given the ball when the shot clock is running out and he could drive to the basket to score or get fouled. I think that is the best go to guy because he can be that guy the entire game. One top notch player like that goes a long way in the MAC. I don't think the Zips have anyone on their team that fits the description.

Interesting read. Reading this makes me wonder if the NCAA Commissioner, or whatever he is called, realizes what is going on around him.The nut paragraph as it relates to the new stadium is on page 8. "Athletic facilities, state-of-the-art or otherwise, are necesary for the support of the activities for which there is a tax exemption. These facilities, often paid for through bonds and charitable contributions, also generate revenue that offsets the operational cost of athletics that might otherwise be provided through institutional funds."Here is my question based upon that answer. If contributions are no longer tax exempt, are the facilities no longer considered necessary? I'm not certain exactly what the writer is trying to answer with the answer.There is another answer I find interesting and I can't remember the page, but the quote is along the lines that the NCAA does not have the ability to influence spending on the part of schools. This is a complete load of crap. When football seasons are extended from 11-12 games, it is necessary to increase spending. When schools see the amount of money CBS is willing to pay for the basketball tournament, they have to think if they spend more money to get into the tournament, then they will make more money. Putting attendance limits on schools forces schools to spend money just trying to meet the minimum standard. Placing grade and graduation standards forces schools to spend money in these areas so they can comply with NCAA standards. The notion that the NCAA does not influence spending is just nonsense. The NCAA home office is the very institution driving costs up.Another quote was "There is no crisis in financing" as it relates to money spent on athletics. This answer shows the focus the NCAA has on the big school programs and how blind they are to the mid major programs. What he should have said was, "There is no crisis in financing as long as the tax payers do not figure out they are picking up the tab for small conference schools." In the end, Akron will get a stadium and nobody will really care about how it is financed. It has too much momentum to stop now. By the time those idiots in Washington move on something like this (which I don't think they will), the stadium will be complete.Here is another idea. Organizations are made tax exempt as they serve a public purpose. Title IX was passed into law because people felt it served a public purpose. If college athletics are no longer tax exempt because they don't serve a public purpose, does that mean that Title IX no longer serves a public purpose and schools can just have basketball and football teams? I would like to hear the congressman stumble over his words trying to answer that one.

What is included in revenue? Ticket sales? Z-Fund Donations? Etc.?What is total revenue - total expenses?

Is this really a rule for the NIT? I have no idea.

Of course it is about money. The answer is so clear I'm surprised we did not pick up on it before. Something became clear to me after reading GoZips88's post and seeing the match ups. Most of the posts are about Akron not getting a home game in the NIT. I'm most pissed that we didn't even get an away game, but now I think I understand why. Here it goes.Nobody is going to tell me that Vermont, South Alabama, Marist, Austin P., Hofstra, East TN State, App. State and MS Valley State are better than Akron. All of them had to play on the road the first round. Few of them stood a chance of winning a first round game (only Marist did). Akron DID stand a good chance of winning a first round game and that's why they were not allowed in the NIT.If Akron wins a first round game, along with Marist winning, it throws off the favorable home schedule for the other "big name" teams. I think Akron could go on the road and beat a couple of the home teams in the second round and that is the last thing the NIT wants. Akron winning would prove that more mid majors belong in the NIT and they don't want that. They want to allow the above mentioned teams in, have them get their asses kicked so they can say, "See, mid-majors don't belong in our tournament." It will justify them excluding more mid majors next year and give the perception the NIT is better than what it really is.If they can create the illusion the NIT is better than what it is, they will draw bigger crowds and make more money over time. They need the big schools with the big arenas continue the illusion.I came up with this idea on the spur of the moment and it is not completely thought through. Feel free to disagree or add to it.

Good find. DrZ always has a good link or two for the board. Can we buy the non Addidas hats at a UofA sporting event?

Like you, I am also excited about the new stadium. However, I'm not sitting around with worms in my mouth.

All of you who are in favor of having the big schools play each other only are 100% correct. Being D-1A for mid-majors has become pointless. Break out the Big Ten, Big East, ACC, SEC, PAC 10 and Big 12 and let them have their own division in all sports and don't let them play anyone outside of their own group. Akron isn't the first mid-major to get screwed this way and it is very likely that many more mid-majors will get screwed even worse in the future as it will get worse and not better.

With the exception of Toledo and Western, the rest of the MAC are a bunch of whores. I guess Toledo and Western are too, only to a lesser extent.Almost everyone has only five home games unless they are willing to find an even bigger whore to play in a I-AA team (Yes, I think we should treat Army as a home game. I wish we could play every game at Browns Stadium). Toledo has seven (if I counted right) but they have also historically drawn well for out of conference games against major conferences.IF the NCAA and university presidents wanted to instill some integrity back into college athletics, they would force teams in the Big Ten, PAC 10, Big 12, Big East, ACC and SEC to only play non-conference games against each other. Who has less integrity, the whore or the John? Answer: Both the whore and John are equal. The mid-majors are the whores and the big conferences are the Johns.Captain Kangaroo's excellent post the other day about the BB team and mid-majors getting screwed really hit home with me. It applies to all sports and not just basketball. Mid-major schools start out so far behind the eight ball that catching up is such an up hill struggle it becomes difficult to enjoy the team or sometimes even to look forward to the future. Why does it have to be so difficult to be a MAC fan?

Almost no influence? I wonder if he could even get UTEP to come play us. By the way, hasn't he been here a year now? Why would UTEP come to Akron to play us when they can schedule New Mexico and Texas Southern at home and Texas Tech and New Mexico State on the road in non-conference games? All of those games involve less travel for all teams/fans and they are regional match ups that include interest for local fans. Does anyone think they would make more money playing UofA than Texas Tech or New Mexico?I'm not here to make excuses for Mack. In fact, they need to change how they do some things. You're right about him being here a year and not much happening that the average person can see. Rasor is right in his post when he says they need to make a splash and soon. His hands are financially tied though and in more than anything, scheduling for football really shows.Personally, I have not been sitting around with bated breath waiting for the UTEP vs. UofA match-up. Mack's influence on the UTEP Athletic Department ended the day he packed his bags and moved to Akron.This year we will play Army, OSU, Indiana and Connecticut. I have no problem with those games. Mack needs to get some influence in conference games so we do not have to play a team like CMU three years in a row. Home and home is enough with the West.

Anyone who schedules a wedding the day of the Akron/Can't game should change the day of the wedding or is not really your friend.