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This will play out interestingly. If the leaders don't have the courage to tell people who are endlessly looking in the past "no", they won't have the courage to police a large outside park It will become infested with bums and undesirables. Charlotte bulldozed one low-income housing project after another in the South End and replaced them with apartments for taxpaying adults. The success has been on purpose. If Akron fails, it will be on purpose as well. For the record, young people don't want parks anymore. They want bars and breweries to drink, stare at their phones, maybe play some arcade games and generally be boring. They will not use a large outdoor park. Too much sun.

I don't know how many people you are having at your wedding, but those two hotels a large enough for a decent size wedding. One idea people in Akron need to get in their heads is, Akron isn't a convention city for too many reasons to list. More hotel rooms isn't going to change that. How are the Civic, EJ and Musica suffering from not enough hotel rooms in Akron? Do these event venues have any proof that more hotels would draw more people. My memory tells me almost everyone who attends events there lives within an hour drive. Time after time after time after time Akron makes the mistake of trying to be a place people want to come and visit then go home to the suburbs. Really successful cities in 2025 are executing on plans to bring young people into their cities to live and work. It's what Akron needs to do. When I moved to Charlotte 19 years ago, the part of the city known as the South End was a dump. It's the area between South Blvd and Tryon Street outside of the inner belt down to Woodlawn Road. About 4 miles. A former mayor of Charlotte once called it The Corridor Of Crap. They tore down old buildings and built one apartment building after another the past 15 years and the area is thriving with young people enjoying plenty of new restaurants, bars, live music venues, breweries, etc. Akron can do this on a smaller scale, but they can't let nostalgia for old, bad ideas hold them back. "Well GP1, if they build these apartments, there is nothing to do"... Well, build multi use apartments/entertainment like on the South End. Young people want to live in places where access to fun is easily accessible. Make it so.

It's awesome watching how hard this team plays.

Of course there is. The reason is it is a historical failure as a hotel and it's time to put the property to better use.

Akron has a couple good hotels downtown now if you consider by Luigi's downtown. Demolish the Quake Hotel and build apartments for young professionals. Get people living downtown again.

Or........Jim Grobe.

When I watch eX Game I always think about at what point in the competitors live did they decide to get good at things like flipping around in the air on a snowboard. I think the same thing with this lady. When did she decide to get good at this?

This is fascinating. I live relatively close to Davidson and have gone to a game there. It's a beautiful setting with a really nice mod major arena. He's from the Charlotte area and could really help the program after retirement.

What do you mean by serious money and what would you like to buy with it?

NC State is a graveyard of coaches for any meaningful sport. That pack of rednecks has no idea how to win. The Final Four run last year was a fluke. Once Steve Forbes completes another late season collapse at Wake Forest, they should can him. Wake Forest is a better job than NC State. JG could actually get the support he would need there and have a longer runway to get the team in the condition he would want. The problem JG has is he is a good person. It takes a certain high level of sleaze to win with NIL at the P4 level and I don't think he has it. My money is on him staying.

I don't know what he'll do, but Akron is a great place for him at this point in his life. He has almost 20 years in the Ohio retirement system and needs some years of service to maximize retirement benefits. I've heard, but don't know for sure, this pays an average of your three highest paid years in retirement. His lives in a very good public school system for his kid and one isn't a teenager yet. Most of all, he seems happy and a different job may equate to misery. Staying at Akron is a no brainer.

Dayton is a solid private school, but the pricetag is pretty steep for just solid. Ohio public universities offer very good value for the cost. Kids should be looking at the Ohio public university more than they are. It's a great value. I'd stack UofA up against Dayton any day of the week. I understand demographic, etc. but it seems easy enough to exploit.

They have ruined rivalries like this for years now. Listen carefully everyone. I've said this before but it doesn't seem to be sinking in. The people who run college athletics simply don't care about the in person fan experience. It's almost completely about TV, boozers and degenerate gamblers. As soon as you accept that, you will feel less disappointed when you see leaders do stupid things.

We don't really have a bye week. It's just a lag between Saturday and weeknight games.

Thanks for making me feel old. As it turns out, I can imagine it because I saw it. The fall of 87 was my first semester. It was the last semester Carroll Street extended through campus. I remember how awesome it was when the commons was finished.

Who are these people, by name?

Congratulations to Mr. Guthrie on meeting the minimum standard for good job performance. A schedule like this should be the norm, not a pleasant surprise. Imagine not having to play on Tuesday nights. It's shaping up to be a season in which the Zips have meaningful games in November, and they will be playing those game in an empty stadium on the weeknights. Degenerate gamblers around the country with have something to do though. God knows that is what football has become about. MACtion is a piece of insanity the league will need to deal with eventually. I also like not having a bye week and having the season over before Thanksgiving. The players will like that. A peaceful weekend with family is important. If the Zips can't pull off a good season with this schedule, then when?

This is very good schedule.

Agreed. Has his performance been even better this year?

I have an entry, but not a player. I don't even know the answer because I don't see enough games. Is the most improved person on the team Groce? He was.a high level coach to begin with and now maybe better YOY. He lost a lot after last year and the team seems to be better.

Yes, then no.

He was saving 60 first graders from a burning school bus. Seriously , I'm sure he was around. It's recruiting season.

Relationships with coaches and players have become transactional with nIL and Transfer Portal. Transactional relationships provide the least trust and loyalty. Knowing this, take him back.

This happens a lot. Replay ruins the fan experience and should be eliminated, but that's another topic.

It could have been worse. They could have had 10 interns with Gopros five feet away.