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Alleman is a good guy. Why would anyone want him to play in a dead end like Cleveland? That team is on a one way trip to nowhere.I hope Alleman gets picked up by a Super Bowl contender so he can have some fun playing for a successful team.

A little bird told me. From the many many many posts I have posted on this board, I have never really posted about a recruit....basically because the whole debate over recruiting is borring. I would not post about this unless I had some good information. In the end I could very well be wrong, but today I feel good about what I know.People can agree or disagree about JD's coaching ability, but he has shown an ability to bring in and develop good wide receivers at UofA and PITT. I will defer to his judgement on this player. If we are not really recruiting him, there must be a good reason for it.Take care everyone.

The name of the kid going to WVU I'm thinking about is Gardner. Some of you guys can find things real quick.....it takes me 45 minutes on Google and three phone calls to find things out. The phone call was the key.Does anyone want to bet that Trey is playing for Syracuse in a couple years? How much would you be willing to bet?

Good find, but this isn't the kid. I looked at their team photo from last year and maybe #31 is the kid that signed with WVU...there are no names with the photos. I have no idea how to look it up though. I am very close with someone who knows the program well and he mentioned they have a kid going to WVU and it was not this Fairchild kid.

There was no WR that signed a scholarship to OSU from last years Coffman team. I believe the other kid was possibly #44 and he was a LB/FB. He signed to go to WVU. I was disappointed that we did not recruit this kid because he could have been a really good MAC player and I think he may get lost in the pack at WVU.The main point is that in almost no cases is there a third best player on any high school team that would be a big contributor to a D-1A team.The dynamics of recruiting are very complicated. I'm sure the coaching staff knows full well about this kid and maybe they feel they have enough players at his position. God knows we have brought in a bunch of WRs in the past couple of years. Who knows? Columbus has not ever been a hot recruiting area for the Zips. Probably the last really good player we recruited out of Columbus was Butchie Washington. I don't think the success or failure of the Zips will depend upon whether Trey plays for the Zips or not. Trey is a good kid from a good family and he will not be playing for Akron.

I saw this team play three times last season. Trey is a good player and a good person, but if we miss out on this one we will be ok and so will he. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over this one.There were at least two kids on the team last season that were better than Trey. I believe one is going to WVU on a full scholarship (Akron did not make much of a run at him). The other kid is the left tackle on offense and will be a senior next season (can't think of his name). 6' 6" and 305 lbs...he already looks like an NFL player and he still has room to grow. He has already declared he is going to OSU and without injury, he will be in the NFL some day. Probably the best high school offensive lineman I have ever seen in person. Some say he is the best Ohio offensive lineman since Orland Pace. He is shocking athletic for his size.

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.