GP1

Playing players because you "want to see what they can do ' is a form of fan Nihilism.

Sort of. Past the second team players, most guys don't get very meaningful reps.

Out of curiosity, how many people voted?

I'm glad he acts like an adult. Met him at an alumni function and he was very friendly.

Only for the Adam's Family.

They can dress any way they want. They are paying for it.

Do the math. It you wouldn't be getting much of a break and you would be contributing to Ohio's public universities being a benefit to athletes students alumni fans and general communities.

Imagine if you could show up with your spouse and two kids with a pass issued from the state that shows you paid taxes in Ohio and get 4 general admission tickets to any MAc event you wanted, twice a year. You're already paying for it. You should get something for your money.

It's evidence nobody listens to college professors after the age of 24.

Regardless of on field outcomes, if the University was doing a better job of making athletics benefit the athletes students alumni fans and general community, notes from the faculty like this would make them look even more foolish than they already do. It would make a monitary argument look shortsighted and foolish.

The professors are making a badly informed argument, or they are Nihilists and just want to blow athletics up without out any idea of what comes next. We are living in very Nihilistic times. Akron isn't changing conferences, it isn't changing divisions and the football team isn't dropping down unilaterally. None of these actions are necessary and any one will negatively impact the athletic department. This is what Akron needs to do, FIX THE FREAKING FOOTBALL PROGRAM!!!!!!! Everything else will work itself out.

Good post and thanks. People love a winner, but they can stay home and watch OSU play in what is nearly a guaranteed win every week. My experience with college football in the past 15 years has been very different, almost unexpected. We made a decision to follow a historically bad program in Wake Forest in a city extremely similar to Akron. The product wasn't always great on the field, but the gameday experience is almost always good. Even in the bad years, they were still pulling in 15-20,000 per game in their 30,000 seat stadium. I've said it before, I'll say it a thousand times. There is nothing Wake does that Akron can't do. Akron needs to stop being this terrible on the field and the game day experience. From what I read here, the gameday experience can only be described as a joke. It doesn't have to be. It isn't that hard to create a good experience for someone at a game. My experience tells me if a group of fans can at least be given a nice day regardless of the game outcome, they will come back, and when the team gets good they are excited come back. That's where Akron needs to get to.

Maybe not great, but very good.

Good post. If I was hiring an AD at Akron's level I would look for someone could changed a program for the better for the athletes students alumni fans and general community. Are we seeing progress in those categories at Akron?

The relevant budget comparison is to primarily MAC and secondarily G5 schools. Id also like to know taxpayer support of programs with budget shortfalls. I'd also like to know what these schools are doing to add value to the taxpayers who are supporting their programs. The ultimate question to me centers around what G5 schools are doing to benefit the athletes, students, alumni, fans and general community around their schools. I don't think it takes massive budgets to do this smartly and well. In fact I believe the P5 schools are largely spending money on nonsense at this point and have lost sight of the mission.

The ending was interesting. The game was not.

Alignment between President, Athletic Director ang coaches is important.

I watched Wake Forest beat Pitt with their #3 QB. It was a joke of a game. Boring beyond belief. Wake Forest has gone from Wolford, Newman and Hartman to Larry, Moe and Curly in one season.

Direction?.... Yes. I would say we are in a good place. The football program is poor but the athletic department is doing well.

When I watch high school football, I wonder how a D1 program gets enough players to field a team. Heck, half the kickers can barely get the ball over the line in HS Most high school starters aren't D3 material, let alone D1. A kid can look like a superstar because everyone else is so bad. Fans have been duped into believing the star rating system means something. I think at the highest level it does, but the rest appears to be throwing darts blindfolded. Coaches are still heavily reliant on word of mouth from trusted high school coaches in regions. How bad of a job do coaches do at recruiting and how bad are decisions HS kids making? The massive numbers in the TP are a good indicator. Half of those will never play again. In reality, D1 programs could get away with around 65 scholarships and the average fan would never see a difference in the quality of play. https://www.axios.com/2023/05/11/ncaa-football-transfer-portal-record

A lot more games. Akron doesn't need "secondary" (I get your meaning) players. They need primary players and players about to be primary. The juniors and seniors who can play should be retained. The juniors and seniors who cannot should be shown the URL for the transfer portal in order to make room for players who may become primary players now or in the future.

This is the sort of thing someone says when they know there is no way to be proven wrong.....or right for that matter, but it sounds great. His last five full years have been solid. He is averaging over six wins a year and two seasons with 8 and 7 wins respectively. 75% of the MAC would love to be able to say that. He recruits Ohio, but the main focus isn't NW Ohio. The point I'm making is fans from NE Ohio believe there is more/better D1 talent around NE Ohio than reality. There isn't a place in the country that doesn't overestimate the quality of high school football in their part of the country. It's natural for fans to feel a sense of pride about history and where they live. The main point is a coach can't fill his roster up with future transfer portal players just because he thinks fans will be happy if he recruits his local region. There is little evidence this works as a strategy for schools outside Florida, Texas and California. 3 of last 6 MAC Championships have been won by Miami or Toledo. I've already the point about Miami. I could make almost the exact point about Toledo and Toledo has won almost 80 games over the past 10 years.

It's awesome for recruiting. It lets a player know you think so much of him you will open a spot for him. It also is appealing to a hyper competitive kid, which we need to turn around the culture. Coach Prime has done a great job of this.

Ya!!!!! Why should people publicly voice their criticism of an organization their tax dollars support. It seems unAmerican to do so.