OLDSCHOOLZIP Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I've been attending UA games for ten years now, and I've never sat in a sell out crowd. Anyone think we have a chance of selling out a game next season?? Is the Army game a possibility?? Hey, if we open up with an upset over Purdue, anything's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 No. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDSCHOOLZIP Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Come on GP, I think the Zips are gonna surprise next year. We won't let MTSU slip by us again and Army should be an easy win. If we play Miami late in the year we could very well hold something like a 6-1, 7-1, 7-2 record late in the season. I honestly think that if we have that kind of a record the excitement we generated in the community last year won't even compare to what could happen. All the people of Akron want is a winner. If we win, they will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 If we win, they will come. I think you answered your own question. That's all it takes. Marketing a winner is easy. What the UAM has been doing the past years has been tough. PS If your "old school" and have only been attending games for 10 years, I must be moldy school. Ouch, you make me feel old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Come on GP, I think the Zips are gonna surprise next year. We won't let MTSU slip by us again and Army should be an easy win. If we play Miami late in the year we could very well hold something like a 6-1, 7-1, 7-2 record late in the season. I honestly think that if we have that kind of a record the excitement we generated in the community last year won't even compare to what could happen. All the people of Akron want is a winner. If we win, they will come. I agree that they will surprise next year, but a sell out is selling a lot of seats. The Rubber Bowl is the second largest college football stadium in Ohio and that spells a lot of ticket sales. I wouldn't be surprised if they had two games next year in excess of 25,000. I'm still surprised there were only 17,000 people at the Miami. It sure looked like there were almost as many as the Marshall game. Your optimism is very commendable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 I've never seen a sellout at the RB. I've been hoping to see one since my first game over 11 years ago. I was blown away with the Can't State crowd in '03 and blown away twice this season with MU and MU(O). There was a LOT of excitement this year with ESPN and the MAC East Championship. I think we have a hard time getting a sellout this next season. If we win, they will come, but we need to win for a few more years before we get an early season sellout. Can't State will be big again, but not a sellout. I do have one question though...if they build the new stadium, will they let me walk out with the bleachers I've been sitting on for the past 11 years after the last game?? Maybe I'll just start taking them out in pieces now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Can't State.....Can't State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 NICE! I like it! Are there others? Miami Marshall Toledo BG Bowling Green Ohio State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Apparently not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan37 Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 I must be beyond moldy, even ancient--I can remember a sell out (sro) in fact at a W. Ky. Acme-Zip game also one against U. Tampa and a few others-- the Bowl looks nuce filled--you can't see all the disrepair. We need a new FB stadium, any facts on a new stadium--I've heard all the rumours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1 Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 I do have one question though...if they build the new stadium, will they let me walk out with the bleachers I've been sitting on for the past 11 years after the last game?? Maybe I'll just start taking them out in pieces now. You can take the seat if you want. In a couple of years it will be so loose you will easily be able to pick it up. Watch out for the fiberglass though. If you need extra pieces for a home upgrade project, take some of the junk pieces they are keeping (for whatever reason) by the Varsity A Room with the rest of the junk no one can figure out why it is still up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 NICE! I like it! Are there others? Miami Marshall Toledo BG Bowling Green Ohio State Can't imagine how this happened .. we'll have to look into it No others as of yet .. ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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