Attendance this Saturday

[ksu sucks]

The rubber bowl is a hole (literally) compared to Stambaugh. And it is next to an airport miles from campus. Even though they compete at 1-AA, they have had an advantage over UA for years. We are still one of the newer 1-A programs by the way when you look at how far back many of these schools have been competing at 1-A. Our football team even had to practice in some pasture off campus for the longest time. We definitely had one of the ugliest commuter campuses in Ohio and there really was little pride in UA, making it difficult to build a fan base. *Enter Proenza* This talk of YSU's attendance and how great they are does not phase me at all. Yes, they outdraw us a lot, but YSU has seen its best days while Akron's are still ahead. The info will be the best facility in the MAC hands down and heads and shoulders above Stambaugh. The area adjacent to the stadium when the dorms are complete will look stunning and will definitely attract more students to games. When you factor in our enrollment (about doubles YSU's) and facilities, our potential far exceeds them. Akron football has missed some key opportunities in recent seasons and the Cincy game is prime example. That has not helped our cause in the attendance area. But when we get a winner look out.Any YSU hater might have a better argument against Can't State. They have been competing at 1-A for a long time and really have nothing to show for it. I guess they put a pretty canopy over their pressbox (wow) but where are they really going? So eguins you are not going to get really far on this forum. We like football here, but if you go to Can't's board half of them want to drop football all together or go down to your 1-AA affiliation. You might get further along over there.Here it is:http://www.ncaabbs.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=474

Wow, you pretty much summed it up for me. Lets face facts:*UA is evolving into something far better than it's ever been before. Faster then the general public even realizes.*YSU is done, over with. Look at the city of youngstown. There's nothing. Wow, high school football! Well if anyone noticed what Proenza has done with the campus at UA (completely renovated!), they should also know that he has public plans of doing the same thing to the city and the sorrounding neighborhoods of campus as well. A few years from now, this place just wont be the same, and that's a good thing!

[pdt1420]

I'll say this slowly for all the YSU fans....Nobody... cares... about... Youngstown.Pretty bad when the only way to hype your city is citing that a D4/5 HS matchup draws alot of people. Newsflush: there's great HS football being played all over the state. I played in a game that sold out Faucett, right here in Akron/Canton.Hyping your FCS school attendance when the only thing to do on a Saturday is go to the game or join the mafia isn't that impressive either.I can't stress enough that nobody is talking/thinking/caring about YSU. Just not happening anywhere outside Youngstown city limits (if it's hasn't been downgraded to "ghost town" yet).That being said, YSU still has a better program then Can't State.