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My goodness. I actually put this post in the wrong thread. I couldn't be more indifferent to what's going on with this program. Post belongs in OU thread.

I was driving home from Winston Salem today and turned on the game on XM. Ten minutes to go. Zips down by 3. A comedy of errors take place in 3 plays. I turned it off. Life is too short.

In addition to a better product, what if we just gave tickets to those people already paying for them? Meaning, since the taxpayers of Ohio already support MAC football because it can't support itself, why not let them attend the games they are already paying for? Let's confess that MAC football is a public works program that benefits the taxpayers and let them take advantage of it.

Our previous stadium was literally on the verge of being condemned by the City of Akron. For the cost of renovating a delapidated public works project from the Depression Era, 10 miles from campus, with no doors on the bathroom stalls, we got a brand new stadium, on campus while eliminating what had become a very bad neighborhood. I agree we need oomph. It's called winning. As a Cyclone fan, you should know how important this is. There is no good reason for Akron to be as bad as it is currently. A game in Canton isn't going to change that. The Hall of Fame is an awesome thing to those who don't live in NE Ohio. For those who live in the area, it's just another thing to do every few years and will not attract people.

I think these games do, indeed, have a measurable impact and that impact is almost entirely in the negative. If it was positive, athletic directors, who are little more than snake oil salesmen, would not describe them as being "good for exposure". The snake oil salesmen sells snake oil as the cure for your ailments knowing the snake oil will only make you sicker. Since your condition is worse, they then are able to sell even more snake oil for your problems. This is how the Tennessee game came to be. There is nothing about that game that benefits the players, students, alumni, fans and greater Akron community. It almost exclusively benefits the athletic director's career and Tennessee. See how G5 ADs do not act in the best interest of the institutions they work for? Bet everything you have that the Tennessee game will not result in a rapid influx of students from Tennessee.

Not long ago Akron spent $65 million on a new stadium. That money wasn't spent so games could be moved to Canton.

Believe your own eyes.

The Wishful Thinking Universe. My mother always said, "Make a wish or crap in your hat. See which one fills up first." The exposure argument is made by G5 athletic directors right before they do something in their own self interest that harms the school they work for.

I've heard the exposure argument for years. How are these exposure games working out for G5 schools? As far as I can tell, we've never been as far behind the P5 schools as we are now.

Does the Tennessee athletic director now have to fight Mr. Miyagi in Okinawa to regain his honor?

Every parent has had experienced their child reaching into their diaper and pulling out a handful of crap then saying, "Look Daddy, poo." I thought of this when I read the press release about the Tennessee game.

I guess that's depends on how you define significant. $1 million is 2.8% of $35.5 million. I don't find that significant. In fact, I'm pretty convinced there are better ways to fund the athletic department and Ohio MAC departments that would better benefit the athletes, students, alumni, fans and general communities around these schools. Scheduling almost complete non competitive games is an incredibly lazy and short sighted way of funding athletic departments. MAC athletic directors simply do not function with the best interest of their schools in mind.

The celebration by the University of the scheduling Tennessee reminded me of this thread.

If they don't like embarrassment, wait until they try and put that KSU diploma to use. There has always been gun play around urban schools. It happened when I was in school only we kept the problem to Kathryn Place.....on May Day. OSU had a parent killed on campus this month. I think the school is doing everything it can to influence something it doesn't have any control over. Onward.....

They had an entire InfoCision Stadium worth of empty seat Saturday. Might be a good opportunity to get some good tickets at a cheap price on the secondary market.

JCU was pretty successful with him. Maybe the kid was just a late bloomer. Or, maybe there were some kids in front of him who were just better. There are tons of late bloomers in D3.

That's awesome. I met both Hunter and Mack when they were at Akron. Didn't know them well, but each time they were good guys. Seemed very professional and serious about their jobs.

That's pretty awesome. Most marching bands don't know Nearer, My God, To Thee.

If he gets going, it could cause quite the heat wave down there in Louisiana.

Thanks for the clarification. I mostly agree. I would add they are dangerously incompetent.

I spent more than twice that amount two weeks ago in a Buc-ee's on I-95 in Florida and I can't remember half of the crap I bought. What's your point?

The only way the Zips win this one is if they slip a foreign object into their pillow and clock the Owls over the head with it.

By accountable, do you mean punish? If so, who will be punished and how shall we punish them since they no longer work at the University? Sorry, I'm seeing the work accountable being used for punish too much these days. It has become a type of Newspeak.

My prediction for your Sunday morning is...

Im pretty certain there isn't a Hall of Fame. When there is, I am certain to be a first ballot entry. We could have an induction where the inductees get drunk at a dinner and are awarded one of those old plastic windbreakers the University to give first year letter winners.