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All of this is temporary until the P5 schools only play each other in their own division.

4-8 would be underperforming. 5-7 would meet expectations. 6-6 would exceed expectations but not out of the world of reality. 7-5 would almost be a miracle, but an early season win against Temple could gain enough moment to make it possible. 8-4. No way. Temple is a very important game for the season.

On the bright side, it's more than you could say about anything at the Rubber Bowl.

No. Just stale air.

It smelled like mold.

Good app. Simple and let's me see only what I care about.

I'm in Akron for a day/night for business today. Walked campus and went to the bookstore. Campus looks good. I like the new logo on the merchandise I bought at the bookstore.

It's interesting how mistakenly we remember things. I was thinking of the Zips victory against them and thought NW probably had a bad season. In fact, they went 8-5 that year, won the Big Ten West and played in the conference championship. In fact, Akron beat a really good team.

In the Snow Bowl of 1987, you wouldn't have seen the field.

I don't think many schools are looking for players who contributed to a 1 win season. NW built a palace of a practice facility on Lake Michigan and it's probably the nicest in the country. Yes, the nicest in the country. They will get players. When I first heard this story I doubted Fitz would be involved. Looks like I was wrong. It's extremely hard to win at NE and he won a lot. Probably the best Big 10 coach during his time there. Anyone can win at places like OSU and Michigan. They are football factories. NW is a school for dorks.

I'm hoping this horrible trend is over across college football and we donated the white helmets to a needy high school. They look like the guards uniforms from The Longest Yard.

Road uni- White tops, white pants, gold helmet with the Z Home uni - same as road only with blue top. The jersey should always say Akron. The pants should always have the new logo on the side.

I've been to a game at uncc. Today, it's not even close to The Big Dialer. Maybe in the future, but not today. If you look closely, it's designed to have a second level at some point.

The University has done a good job of acquiring buildings for renovation, demolishing existing buildings and building on the lot, and expansion with new buildings. It's been a thoughtful balance. My brother knows a guy in Columbus who was recently hired by tosu to head up a much needed renovation program. With all of their expansion they have allowed their core buildings around the center of the campus to fall into a state of disrepair. It's going to be an expensive fix. It appears as if Akron has better managed their facilities program with better thought out solutions.

It's Hasenstab, not Hasenstad..... Does anyone fact check at the ABJ? In any event, Hasenstab has a really good reputation in the architectural world. They should do a good job.

If Akron goes 6-2 in conference, the City should paint the town blue and gold regardless of a conference championship or not. At worst they would have a seven win season and at best an eight win season. It is OU's for the taking if they choose to do so. If not, it will make the day after Thanksgiving game very interesting.

If Akron starts the season 6-3 and tanks the last 3 games, it would be disappointing. There is a good chance they would be in first place going into the final three, which would make a collapse even more disappointing. If they start 6-3, the expectation would be to win at least one of the final 3 games. I agree Temple is a huge game. Akron has a returning starting QB with one season and two spring practice seasons under his belt. It's now or never for him. Temple is a terrible program the Zips have beaten in the past. It's all there for the taking and the Zips need to step up this game. It indeed will set the tone for 2023.

"If we put a dome over it, at the cost of $40 million, those 50 people who show up for weeknight games in November will be dry and I can move on to destroy a bigger school using taxpayer money."

Not filling vacant positions and eliminating programs with little to no demand seems like a smart move.

Looks like he sat down an thought up 15 random names that popped into his head and made an article out of them. Sometimes in life the best thing to do is nothing, and that's what the AD should do. Wait it out one season and let things play out. If he absolutely must make a decision right now, I would try and find a turn around artist. Former Kansas State and South Carolina and now UMASS coach Frank Martin is good at this. It takes him a couple of years, but he finds a high level of success after 3-4 years, but fizzles out quickly after that. The trick is to not do what South Carolina did and hold on to him too long. Martin is a tough disciplinarian and WVU has always had players who respond well to tough coaching. He would be a good fit.

At this point in his life he has horrible judgement and a lack of perspective about himself. With the millions of dollars he makes a year, he can afford to hire a daily limo to drive him from Morgantown to Pittsburgh to blow some money at the slots. NFL players are now showing better judgement. Not that long ago during football season Tuesday morning was called Mug Shot Tuesday. Since the NFL has a mandatory day off on Tuesdays, players used to go out on Monday night and get hammered then arrested on the way home, or hammered and end up in physical altercations with other drunks. This rarely happens anymore because all a player has to do is notify the team he is going out for the night in public and will need a ride and security. The NFL pays for an off duty police officer to pick up the player at his house and escort him around. WVU should have done this with Huggins.

Colleges Closing For lack of anywhere else to put this.... In the near future, we aren't just going to see fewer D1 sports programs, we are going to see fewer colleges. Public universities will benefit from this trend as college eligible students will go to college somewhere. I doubt this trend will make MAC sports any better as we are not in the D3 talent market. The Zips gave up on this market when Arth departed.

WVU has become a mediocre program under Huggins. They can afford another mediocre season with an interim coach and take next off season to hire a new one. The evidence Huggins left behind in terms of the condition of the vehicle and empty booze bottles at least hints to a larger personal problem. The last thing WVU needs is a drunk trying to right that program. He has more money than he can ever spend and should quietly move to his retirement home and get himself together.

When I was 25 I had a Masters Degree, a full time job and was one year away from being married. Eventually you have to put down childish things. I just hope he isn't the next guy clogging up traffic riding a bicycle down a crowded street.

The only thing you can do is let your mind go blank when the topic comes up.