GP1

Who is everyone and why is it good for them?

MAC schools should play 9 conference games a year like the Big Ten. Necessity.

The fans are #4 on my list.

Less travel for the players. Players from NE Ohio get to play a game close to home every other year. Toledo has a lot of players from NE Ohio. Students get an easy road trip or an extra game at home. Alumni get an easy to travel to game or extra home game. Fans get an easy to travel to game or an extra home game. General community gets a game against a familiar opponent that might bring fans making for a fun and exciting afternoon. Local business is stimulated by more people spending money.

I think you are correct and in time, God willing, will be proven correct. What worries me is this is the direction college football is rapidly heading and nobody at our level is openly talking about what to do next. We aren't going to be welcome and what to do next needs to be discussed NOW and in public.

Cancel Temple and schedule another MAC school. Preferably Toledo.

I think you are correct and in time, God willing, will be proven correct. What worries me is this is the direction college football is rapidly heading and nobody at our level is openly talking about what to do next. We aren't going to be welcome and what to do next needs to be discussed NOW and in public.

It could be a lot of things. The free movement of labor is good for everyone.

Everything you said is true. I always ask a basic question, "How does decision X by Athletic Director Y help the athletes, students, alumni, fans and general community around their school?". As it relates to college athletics, you can always replace Athletic Director with University President or Conference Commissioner. Whenever any one of these three people base any decision on money or "exposure" (whatever in the heck that is) or number of re-Tweets, they are not acting in the best interest of the athletes, students, alumni, fans and general community. The evidence is overwhelming they are NOT. What they are doing is either effing insanity or diabolically contrary to the interests of their employers. Sometimes I wish I lived closer to Akron and could go to more games....Then I realized by going to more games I would be enabling this insanity. MAC scheduling is absolute insanity and the Presidents of the universities have to get together, like the Presidents of the Sun Belt did, and put an end to the insanity. The ADs are not going to do it on their own because given the chance they will almost always act contrary to the interests of their employers. One P5, One FCS, One G5, Nine MAC. Less travel for the athletes, students, alumni and fans. More home games for the athletes, students, alumni, fans and general community. Better competition is better for the players. More entertaining games are better for the students, alumni, fans and general community. I could do this all day.

Things are never as they seem. The real winner is SMU. The get rid of four malcontents the next coach won't have to deal with and it opens up the door for four guys who want to be there. These four guys will just go somewhere else and be malcontents. Good luck to that team.

Almost as impressive as some guy named Lil Nas X leaving a concert to take a massive dump the day before. Maybe Kent could bring in Lil Nas X to drop some Demons on the 50 yard line at halftime so the fans can really watch the diarr......errr, I mean money flow in.

You still have to have a good OL to run. The problem now is offensive linemen aren't very good run blockers. The RPO has removed traditional defenses because the triple option does not run from side to side. It is a north/south offense. The RB runs forward and is he is defended then a WR is thrown to downfield. The QB, if he runs, is going to be running immediately forward. Too many linemen, you get killed with passes. Too many DBs, you get killed with running if the team has a decent running game. Too many Dlinemen against the hurry up offenses today and they will be gassed by the middle of the 3rd quarter than the QB will be able to do whatever he wants whenever he wants. It's a pick your poison game.

I don't like it now, but considering the way the game is played now I don't see a better alternative. It's wide open football with rules designed to gain a ton of yards through the air.

I believe he can. Time will tell. Everything is in line for Joe to be successful. Rick Neuheisel was talking last week about the importance of alignment between a President, Athletic Director and football coach. Joe has that going for him.

90% of college football fans are saying this today and they are 100% correct. Tackling is at an all time low. It's maddening. Worse is the once a game event when a player gains 20 yards and a DB let's the ball carrier gain an additional 20 yards while he has one arm on the carrier while trying to poke the ball loose with the other.

Jim Fleming was the DC. He is now head coach at URI. They ran a 3-3-5. It's widely used in college football now because of spread offenses.

He's 1-4.

Bgsu is trash. Zips should and will win.

What is ridiculous is the pee poor play of defensive backs. The first instinct of DBs now is to grab receivers when one approaches or the ball is in the air. A good step would be a rule change to mirror the NFL. They commit interference because it is only a 15 yard penalty.

I have no problem with penalties as long as there was a penalty. I saw Clemson get flagged for three straight pass interference penalties Saturday. Every one of them was a penalty. What bothers me about college penalties is the amount of time it takes to administer a penalty. Almost as bad as the reviews and college clock rules. As long as we are discussing things that bother me, I can't stand fans who think refs should equal out the number of penalties per team. What if one team just stinks and commits a lot of penalties? Why should the refs have to equal that out?

Liberty 38 Akron 14

I think in a good year 50% is the number. Wake was sold out Saturday and that number is basically 32,000. It didn't sell out until Friday. That number also includes 5,000 lawn seats. Liberty brought them number of fans you might expect from a close acc school. Unfortunately they are sold out for Saturday's annual beat down against Clemson. Fortunately it's at noon so I'll have plenty of time to get home for another activity Saturday night. My point would be an average of 15,000 people who actually want to be there, got some enjoyment out of the experience and decided they would come back for another game would be a huge success.

Get off my lawn and take your inconveniences with you.

I agree almost 100 percent. However, I'm not certain winning is the key to everything. Historical winners in the MAC still struggle with attendance. OSU is even having trouble filling their stadiums for early season cupcakes because sitting in peanut heaven to watch them destroy Toledo isn't worth the effort to attend. The fan experience has to be good. Winning is part of it. Competent play on the field also helps if the team loses. A scoreboard that doesn't make you laugh or cry or both at the quality helps. Cleanliness helps. Good concessions help. Playing the game at a convenient time and on a freaking Saturday for crying out loud would help. Games should be about providing an experience to the players, students, alumni, fans and general community that makes them feel like their time, money and tax dollars are well spent.

My advice about attendance for fans is....stop worrying about it. I love college football and enjoy going to games. In addition, I don't care if there is anyone else at the game other than Mrs. GP1, the luckiest woman in the world. Big crowds create inconveniences for me (lines and traffic) I would prefer to not deal with. My ideal Wake game would be as follows. I have a parking spot right next to the stadium to tailgate. Once in the stadium, all bathrooms and concession stand would be open. The people required to run the game would be there including the scoreboard operator. Cheerleaders and band would be there. Ideally my wife and I would be the only two in attendance. I've gotten to the age where I really don't care for large crowds and find the experience of them overrated.