Blip in the Plain Dealer

[LosAngelesZipFan]

This tidbit in Sunday's article on the Browns by Roger Brown:"A bowl official tells us the University of Akron made a huge impression by selling nearly 10,000 tickets for its recent Motor City Bowl appearance in Detroit. He said the Zips will be "favorably mentioned when [various bowl officials] have future discussions." In general, bowl officials love schools that can sell 8,000 or more tickets to their games."Awesome, except we really should get credit for selling more than 10,000 tickets, right? But hey, the fact that Brown went out of his way to credit UA is a great start, particularly in an article that had nothing to do with local colleges. Also, another tidbit in that same article:"Word is, struggling football programs Syracuse and Illinois plan to intensify their recruiting efforts in the Greater Cleveland area."These are exactly the reason why these teams should be willing to play UA at the Rubber Bowl. NEOhio is a great recruiting area and BCS teams are looking for ways to gain exposure. UA should totally leverage this interest to get quality, big name competition at home!

[Ryno aka Menace]

I agree we should have played Rutgers when they were struggling, I agree lets play Syracuse at home and beat them I feel that is a game we can win.

[Z.I.P.]

I agree lets play Syracuse at home and beat them I feel that is a game we can win.

September 12th, 2010. Circle that date!