Marla Ridenour Weighs In

[ZippyRulz]

I drove by this stadium yesterday. It is absolutely beautiful in person.

Looks nice but why not expand the sideline seating before adding end zone seats?

[Zipsrifle]

Maybe free beer. But students at Akron have never attended in significant numbers. I go back to 1970 as a student. Thats when the program was a winner. Never saw too many of us college kids on a regualr basis.

The campus atmosphere is quite a bit different now, then it was in the 70s.

So they don't show up in 2011,why? Winning or not in our case apparently is the variable. Point was that students still don't come out in any significant number just to watch football. More might show up if there is a winner. But just to watch a football game? Obviously not. Well,time to go unhitch the buggy and head for the general store y'all.

Like it or now, students at UA have not been exposed to Akron as an exciting football program. Every weekend we have the top programs streamed into our homes and people who are passionate about sports will typically gravitate to one of these teams. The teams on TV are there because they make money and they make money because they WIN. Walking into The Big House your first time with 100,000+ fans is an amazing experience. Walking into the Info with 5000 fans is depressing. We can't expect the students to support their team while they are losing. They don't need to be national champions, but something worthwhile must be on the line, like a MAC Championship. I am one of the people who believe we are a sleeping Giant....we just need to put it together and hope Can't doesn't get there first!

[ZachTheZip]

Danny Rocco was just announced as the head coach of the Richmond Spiders.