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We'd lose a lot of game because the only hydration the players had was wine.

Why couldn't the MAC schools just keep the MAC and abandon scholarship football?

I don't know the answer. I do think I know what the answer is not. That is a MAC school making individual decisions. There are strengths in numbers. I think NIU has made a horrible mistake.

What if he is rising above the limitations and this is the best we can hope for until the overall circumstances improve?

I don't know if he gets more time or not and I don't care. The players play like I'd expect players to play if they played at a school that wasn't really invested in them. One hand washes the other.

Division 1 football league with no scholarships but their basketball teams have scholarships. Not sure they are all in the same basketball league.

Both were long kicks for a college kicker and one of the two was blocked.

The question is, why aren't they getting together to chart a better path together? The answer is never what athletic directors want it to be. MAC schools aren't going to somehow start raking in money. The answer is something around what Dayton, Davidson and others have done, but no MAC AD is going to go for that, which is why they should be taken out of the decision making process.

Good post. The losing is one thing. The looking like complete crap because of clownish mistakes is another. Getting handled easily by Minnesota is one thing. Getting handled at home by a team that had to travel across country, with a game time that equals a 9 AM start for their bodies and is at our level is something that should be unacceptable for MAC schools. The game I have met on is the WMU game. Can a top level MAC school keep it close against a high level G5 program, or maybe even pick off a home win. If not, what is this conference doing other than sell it's soul for weeknight games and a tagline (MACtion).

Makes me glad I turned it off because the television feed was so bad.

Let's assume the Supreme Court would uphold this part of the law, and it probably wouldn't. But let's assume. I have a question. What else could these meatheads do that would pay them $5 million per year? $5 million is life-changing money. A head coach could make $50 over ten years. That's not enough?

The first thing I would like to see moving forward is the coaching staff decided on a primary receiver. This receiver can't just be good on paper or the workout room. This person must be someone they can count on to catch passes. Three of the Zips drops yesterday were embarrassing. If modern day athlete are capable of embarrassment, I hope they are. Tell all the others why they aren't #1 and why. Then tell them if they want the ball more, they had better freaking catch it when thrown to them. They will either get better or get out. We don't need butterfingers on the team.

Or, he could have found another way to get another adult to the ground. Players should play through the whistle. Whether or not a whistle blows doesn't absolve players from following the rules.

It's a penalty no matter what. The whistle angle is nonsense. It was a dumb play by 97.

It's punishable as unnecessary roughness under Rule 12, Section 2, Article 15 of the NFL rule book.

He broke a rule that is against the rules in junior high, freshman, JV, high school, college and the NFL. It's football, not pro wrestling.

It's against the rules and he has to know that. He should have immediately been take out of the game but the left him in.

97 can't be that stupid.....

Another solid defensive play bested by a slightly better offensive play. Sigh....

With 8 minutes to go in the third, if Akron can get a TD, they are in striking distance. Just when I press the period button on the sentence about, the punt disaster happened. What a day.....

How are both teams out of timeouts with 5 minutes to go in the half?

This is a good point. I'd go as far as to say if Akron drops passes like this during the MAC schedule, they won't win many games. Football games are won off of turnovers, points off turnovers and big plays. I don't care if you are playing a mac school or big ten, if you can't make big plays, you can't win.

That was great defense by 17. The catch was just a little better. Why can't our receivers do that?

Is there anyone on the team who can catch a mildly defended pass?

The wide receivers need to do a better job of receiving. It doesn't do anymore any good if you're good at getting open but can't catch.