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I work in the construction business and I can tell you that with enough time and money they can do anything.The problem is they need a new stadium as soon as possible, so they don't have time. I assume they are having trouble getting the money or they would have stated publically that the stadium is a done deal. So, without a lot of time or money, we are going to have an outdoor stadium when we get one.The discussion about a retractable dome is pointless. The reason Ford Field has a permanent dome is the cost of a retractable dome was going to be about $20 million more.Give me a 30,000 seate stadium on campus and I'll be happy. All I need to be happy at a game is a field, a seat and some beer.A dome would be nice if they could afford it.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/spor...es/13554399.htmAllow me to rewrite this headline for everyone: "Moorhead Promoted to Co-Offensive Coordinator: Brookhart Will Continue to Call Plays".For those of you waiting for black helicopters to pick you up, it could mean that the current OC is interviewing for other jobs......which may not be a stretch in that business.

The Browns are a great analogy. They are still suffering from a hangover from a speed kills guy, Butch Davis. Butch thought everything could be like Miami and completely forgot his days in Dallas when they were winning Super Bowls with a physical running back and full back, a great offensive line and a tough defense. It had little to do with speed.The Zips must be more physical if they want to continue to run that 3-3-5 defense.

I have to admit that I didn't see much college football this year because I went to 10 of 11 regular season Akron games and you miss out on the other teams when you go to games. The bowl season allowed me to see a lot of games and come to a personal conclusion about what Akron needs in its program. I know we had a topic similar to this, but now that the games are over, you may have a different opinion and I'm interested in what you guys think.The days of just saying "speed kills" are over. Only Lee Corso and SEC punch drinkers continue to come to that conclusion. In fact, Corso is probably still wondering why Florida State, Florida or Miami didn't win the Rose Bowl last night. Big, physical players at every position is now the trend in college football and as long as football is football and not a track meet, it should be the Zips trend. Memphis did it to Akron, Texas did it to USC, LSU did it to Miami, Penn State did it to FSU, Toledo did it to UTEP, Wisconsin did it to Auburn, etc.Akron needs bigger players at every position. I don't mean fat @$$es, just taller and more athletic players. In the Motor City Bowl, Reggie Corner played the halfback pass perfectly and lost out to a bigger and more athletic WR. If we don't get that type of recruit, we will always lose those battles and win around 6-7 games a year hoping to win a final game to make the MACC. That type of player is out there and we need to get some. Toledo gets them, Miami gets them, NIU gets them and Marshall used to get a ton of them. Why not us?I would like to know from someone like InTheZone who is around the team frequently if we have in fact recruited this type of player the past two seasons, or if we have just recruited a bunch of fast dwarfs. I haven't stood close enough to any player to know what we really have.On another note, I had an ugly flushback last night watching the Rose Bowl. Does anyone remember the days of......1. Poor time out management2. No defense3. Going for it on fourth down and not making it giving the other team good field position.4. Passing up easy field goals for no points later

We do have to give Toledo props for one thing. Last night they put up a statistic on the longest winning streaks in history and Toledo was high on the list with a bunch of real heavy hitters. So the MAC did get some good play last night.

http://www.sportspickle.com/features/volum...-0104-hawk.htmlI always enjoy a good mean spirited read on Sportspickle.com. This one somehow fits this topic. I have no idea how this topic continues, but it does. Isn't this an Akron board? Oh well, good humor this time of year needs to be viewed.

Damn, that's a nice dome. I bet it is cool in the summer and warm in the winter and dry during a rain storm. It would be nice, but I'll take anything as long as it isn't the Rubber Bowl and I can go to a bar before the game.

Nothing gets me as excited as the NIT basketball tournament. If the NCAA wants to put on a one game freak show the night before the Super Bowl after all the bowl games have been played, then fine. But that will just be the first step for those who want a 16 team playoff nonsense. They'll never shut up.

Never apologize for your opinions Zipsrifle.

I don't agree at all. The same people with the OSU stuff would continue to wear their OSU stuff and probably wear it to the game AND cheer for OSU. They would also be pissed off to no end if Akron beat OSU.I travel all over the country for work and this is something that isn't just isolated to Akron and Ohio. I know a guy in Nashville who graduated from MTSU and every week he goes to UT to watch the Vols. I could tell you the same thing about Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, etc. People tend to follow their bigger state schools. I don't agree with it, but that is the way it is.Akron just needs Akron alumni to be Akron fans and everything will take care of itself. Akron doesn't need the greatest players out there, we just need better players than every other MAC team. The Akron alumni can influence that by just coming to games and if we make the conference championship game and bowl game, they need to go to that as well.

I love this topic.The only reason other levels of college football have a playoff is there would be no interest at all in their divisions if there wasn't.I like the bowls because for almost two straight weeks I am able to turn on the TV every night and watch a college football game. I love college football and I just like to watch games.The NFL has a playoff because there are only 32 teams and the purpose of the NFL season is to determine who gets into the playoffs and then who wins the Super Bowl. The purpose of the NCAA football is to determine conference champions for almost every team out there.A playoff would create an insurmountable recruiting advantage for those teams that make it every year and it would end up being the same 16 team in every year. Look at the other divisions, it is the same teams in their playoffs every year. Mount Union? The other teams in their league can't even come close to beating them now because every good D-III player in Ohio goes to Mt. There are no institutional checks (draft position, scheduling, etc.) like the NFL has to level the playing field for those teams who do not make the playoffs. Good programs like North Carolina State would be destroyed by a playoff.Attendance at college football playoffs at neutral fields would be horrible. It is one thing to fill a 18,000 seat stadium for NCAA basketball, it is another to fill a 80,000 seat stadium for football. Most fans can barely afford to go to a bowl game let alone four straight away games.Some say there is more money in a playoff system. I say that is a load of crap. Athletic Directors are pretty smart people and I'm sure they all have calculators and have sat down and calculated the take on bowls vs. playoffs. If there was more money in a playoff system, we would have one already.A football playoff would make the regular season as irrelevant as the current basketball regular season is. Every week, football games are hugely important and I want to keep it that way.A friend once told me the NCAA basketball tournament is the greatest "spectacle" in sports and football could have the same thing. I said that if I wanted a spectacle, I would go down to a trailor park and watch domestic violence cases break out. I don't want a spectacle, I just want good entertainment. The bowls are good entertainment and I was hugely entertained in Detroit on December 26. The trip to the Motor City Bowl was worth every penny I spent going to it.Lastly, I don't think the Earth will fall off of it's axis if there is not a football playoff and we keep the bowls.

www.motorcitybowl.comI don't know if this has been posted or not, but there are some great photos on this board. The size of the crowd is impressive to me. I knew it was big, but I didn't reaize how many people were actually on the Akron side until these photos.

There is an experienced stick up guy on the loose right now in Columbus. Maybe you could call Mo C to do the hold up for you.

Don't bother......I'm not a very likable guy.For those of you voting and not giving an opinion, shame on you!

I think you hit the nail on the head with the money. Five years ago we were paid something around $365,000 to play OSU. That same year or the year before K-ent went to WVU and only made $200,000. As far as recruiting, I think it would help on a small level to have OSU on the schedule. Especially with in state recruits. At least we could match the other Ohio MAC schools that play OSU.A game at Browns Stadium against OSU is not the answer for Akron. Look at the wonders playing OSU at Paul Brown in Cincinnati has done for that program. Four years later they are one of the worst teams in the Big East.Akron should take the approach Toledo does with their team. Toledo was on national TV 12 times in the past two seasons because they are willing to go anywhere and play anybody on any day. Kids will be attracted to playing on TV more than playing at OSU. I agree Akron should schedule two BCS teams on the road each year for the money alone. If you can get a two for one deal then great. The other games should be against any D-1A team willing to play us home and home. Maybe a home and home against Pittsburgh or Cincinnati or someone like that. I'd love Akron to include some west coast teams. Boise State, New Mexico, Fresno State, Air Force,......how about Colorado State?How about this? Opening day of a new Akron stadium, OSU comes to town. The only way to guarantee tickets to the game is to buy Akron full season tickets. Sell the tickets for that game at a way inflated price to pay OSU what they would want and sell the remainder at a normal price.

I love the "congratulated" line.Look, this young lady knew exactly what she was doing. She did a segment for ESPN's Cold Pizza and she had on the split jersey during the game. I hardly feel sorry for her. She wasn't hiding from the media in any way.

Was anyone more disgusted than me about the constant showing of Brady Quinn's horse faced sister in the stands yesterday? I know this isn't an Akron topic, but the answers might be fun.In the second half, AJ (I'll never have as good of an NFL career of Katzenmoyer) Hawk sacked Brady Quinn and OSU apologist Brent Musberger (sp?) said, "I wonder what they said to each other?". The poll allows you some selections to decide. Feel free to post your own if you wish.ZipsWin!, you can take your time on this one. I'm sure you have a lot of reading to do. The Notre Dame excuse machine was probably late getting out all of the excuses for Notre Dame loss and trying to explain why they are actually a better program than OSU even though they are 0-3 against them in the past ten years. I'm sure they are beating the drum for how tough their schedule is, even though it was absolutely horrible this year. If you tell a lie long enough, people begin to believe it.

Interesting you posted this ITZ. You have been conspicuously quite about this subject the past couple of years. I've always felt there was more than meets the eye about your lack of comment on this subject. That goes for others on this board as well. Happy New Year everyone.

Find a fourth linebacker and switch to a 3-4 defense. We need more size up front. Memphis completely dominated the line against Akron.Secondly, they need to develop the WRs.

Last night I turned on ABC to watch Dick Clark ring in the new year, something came to mind. It happened when he stated the following sentence..."Yieag hmhey mo mowhf blathl." While most would just consider this statement pearls of wisdom to live by, I decided to use them as a tool to change my ways.I could say something like, "What's next, Dick hosting the show with Corky from Life Goes On next year", but I won't.Or I could say something like, "Great, now we have to watch Baby Boomers make fools of themselves for the next 20 years on television", but I won't.Or I could say something like, "I bet the guy running closed caption is having a Hell of a time tonight", but I won't.Or I could say something like, "So much for eternal youth", but I won't.Or I could say, "Does anybody else find Dick Clark douche chilling or is it me", but I won't.I hope that when I am old, my loved ones will preserve my dignity by not allowing me to go on national TV in that state so some jackass can make fun of me on a web board.....

I want to weigh in on this arm strength issue between the two. If it was a contest between the two of them throwing the ball from their knees, Getsy would win. The game isn't played like that though.To piggy back on the physics theme CK put up early in the week, we all know Force=Mass x Acceleration. Frye is extremely fast for the position he plays so when he is running, it adds to the acceleration part of the equation and he can throw the ball really hard and he also has good accuracy when he runs which is a huge part of the NFL game. If you can force him to stay in they pocket, he is easy to beat because he does not have the stand and throw arm strength required to win long term in the NFL.Charlie will waste away in the graveyard that is Cleveland for 3-4 years. It will be interesting to see who wants him after that though. Just ask Tim Couch. Maybe he could marry a hot Playmate fo the Year like Couch did and they could retire together, count their money and argue over who has the hotter wife. Not bad work if you can get it.

I don't think "people" are down on Frye. I think one person is...and that person likes to type alot...so it looks like many are. I don't like to type a lot..................I LOVE to type a lot.

The University should build the stadium without help from the City or the Convention Board. If you build it with them, they have the right to tell you what to do with it. I love the idea of a dome though. With a dome, truely fair weather fans have no excuse not to come to games. The dome should be next to the fieldhouse. Ther ewill never be a dome though because it will increase the cost of the stadium too much.If the Univeristy wants to rent the dome to any convention coming into Akron, that would be fine because the convention would have to pay rent to the school and it could be a good source of money.Welcome aboard ZipsNation.

Boise State nearly beat BC on Boise's home field. Boise State...not Penn State, not Ohio State, not Florida State...B-O-I-S-E STATE. I remember similar "we're going to lose 65-0" cries when we played Virginia Tech at the Rubber Bowl several years ago. We almost beat them.If Boise State can take BC down to the game's final play on their home field, the Zips could do as well or better in 2006. We could certainly also do worse too...but that is the same regardless of any team we'd play. Be careful of what you wish for. Akron needs to bring in a Cincinnati or a Kentucky or Vandy or someone like that. Boise State destroyed a MAC school, I just can't remember who it was, this season in Boise. BC is a good team this year and they are going to be even better next season. I'm fearful the MAC is on the decline after the Leftwich and Roethlisberger years and nobody realizes it yet. Most people are drinking the leftover punch from Roethlisberger's senior year when the MAC did very well nationally. Bringing in a team like Temple actually makes the conference worse, not better. We'll see if the MAC can improve the nonconference performance next season. It wasn't very impressive this season.

Look Einstein, we all know how scheduling works and teams playing at alternating fields. I know how you think football was invented at Toledo, but those of us here in Akron aren't your little students to teach lessons. My point was BUGS could have been scheduled at Akron this season. Do we have an advantage next year, of course. Look, the MAC offices hate Akron and if you ask anyone in the Athletic Department, they will tell you the same thing. Now that Akron has proven it can take a large crowd to a bowl game, they should ease up on giving us the shaft. I'd love to continue to win just to stick it up the ass of the Commissioner.I wonder if you thought the MAC East was weak when Marshall and Miami were winning it year after year?All that matters is what happens on the field, and this I know for sure. Akron beat that overrated team (NIU) from the overrated Division (MAC West) twice this season. We have a trophy in our building to prove it. Don't think for one second that we all sit over here scared of the MAC West. The "C" in MAC West stands for chokers. Maybe Toledo Tom could win a hot dog eating contest and bring a championship trophy home. 2005 isn't over yet. How long do you think his whistle would last if it was made of butter?Since you are all knowing about how "things at this level work", how are the rest of your athletic programs doing? In the fall alone, we won the MAC East football, the MAC Championship game in football, went to the final eight in the European football and our gals won the MAC Cross Country Championship. I think Akron is operating at a pretty high level, can you say the same thing? Or are you just going to go on and on about how many people go to UT games? If you ask me, I'm glad we don't operate at your low level. Fear the Roo bitch.