a-zip Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Possibly being football competitive and being in a tournament possibly playing for a national championship is 'giving up the football program'? OK just don't go to the games. Looks like a lot of people are not already. Got my season tix AGAIN. Will be there every home game,some away whether they play DI,I-AA or D-II. Its supposed to be about HIGHER education,RIGHT?THAT'S WHAT WE NEED!!! AND about 15K more of ya!!Lee Adams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 No way. Balsy said Bowden will finish his career at Akron.exactly...if they drop to 1-AA he quits. End of career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Ball Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 This would mean Akron is not joining the ACC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Anyone going to show up for intramural touch football? The tailgaters will still be out in the parking lot even if UA drops football entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 This would mean Akron is not joining the ACC.Not true. We are still going to the ACC for all the other sports. Just like ND only different, I heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsoutsider Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Who cares what the faculty senate thinks? Maybe they would like to get demoted to Community College profs. Seriously. They know about us much about the budget, cost and benefits of the football program as Hillary Clinton knows about email servers. Them voicing an opinion on it is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen. What a joke.We haven't even made serious efforts, yet, to rectify the financials and some people are ready to sell the Zips down to 1-AA. This anti-football sentiment (yes, I consider the idea of going to 1-AA anti-football) is one of the most ridiculous things I have seen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Wether this is just a recommendation, or a threat, or just a theory. The point is to go to the games, have faith in Bowden, and sucess will come. Even if we up our attendance average by a few thousand and have a winning record or even go .500, all will be good and dandy. Not what we want, like sell out crowds, mac championships, and bowl games. But it'll stop discussion on dropping divisions or the game itself by the front office.In Bowden we trust!A shining diamond of a post amongst a sea of diarrhea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Wether this is just a recommendation, or a threat, or just a theory. The point is to go to the games, have faith in Bowden, and sucess will come. Even if we up our attendance average by a few thousand and have a winning record or even go .500, all will be good and dandy. Not what we want, like sell out crowds, mac championships, and bowl games. But it'll stop discussion on dropping divisions or the game itself by the front office.In Bowden we trust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Will UA's faculty be making a recommendation for Pitt's football program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Will UA's faculty be making a recommendation for Pitt's football program?+1. Or the other MAC programs that are heavily subsidized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip-Law Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 This is a non-story because it will never happen. As it has been mentioned previously, the best way to make sure these type of stories don't get traction is for people to stop whining and actually go to the games. It's time for fans and students stop sitting at home watching the Suckeyes and actually go to the Info to watch their team. Time for Akron fans and students to put their butts in the seats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Mort says no changes coming. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Mort says no changes coming.Thanks for posting!He says there have been no talks within the university about dropping the football program to a lower level to save money, as proposed by the head of the University of Akron's Faculty Senate. "I'm not focused on dropping anywhere. I'm focused on staying where we are, and being competitive, and having a good team on the field," Mortimer says. Mortimer says getting more people in InfoCision Stadium - for both athletic and other events - is a focus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Further proof of the following:Mark my words - Mort will go down as one of the Top 3 UA Interim Athletic Directors of all-time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipgrad01 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Mort says no changes coming.That announcement was much needed to nip that story before if gains traction. I couldnt imagine being Bowden on the recruiting trail trying to sell the program with this garbage floating around. Talk about disaster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrship35 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 That announcement was much needed to nip that story before if gains traction. I couldnt imagine being Bowden on the recruiting trail trying to sell the program with this garbage floating around. Talk about disaster.BINGO !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballzip Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Everybody needs to calm down. Terry Bowden has brought the program back to respectability, He needs to take the next step with a winning season and a bowl game. The school has already built state of the art football facilities along with a gorgeous stadium. Why turn back now. We have to much invested already. Winning cures a lot of ills. The school has done their part spending a ton of money on these facilities, its time for Akron Football to start winning more games and create an interest around the community and campus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 What is bullshit is the story. If you are advocating a dropdown, do it behind the scenes. Don't make it public. It shows those people care less than zero about the program. That's what burns my crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 What is bullshit is the story. If you ran an Akron paper, would you print that "story?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K92 Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 If you ran an Akron paper, would you print that "story?" Kinda shows where their head is in regard to the program also. Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Controversy sells. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 If you ran an Akron paper, would you print that "story?"I'm not a regular reader of the ABJ, but did they print this story as a followup?http://www.wakr.net/personalities/jasen-sokol/item/159244-audio-ua-interim-ad-baseball-s-gone-no-football-dropIf not, pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd&twenty Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Kinda shows where their head is in regard to the program also. Disgusting.The ABJ seems to be going out of its way to cast a shadow and sway public opinion against the University. That should have never been a "real" story. Of course most professors are going to be against any sports. That's not really news. But, by reading the comments following the online version, the public is buying in to the negative hype. As if Joe Akron already isn't apathetic enough, now they can be downright disgusted. And feel good about because the ABJ says it's so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 The ABJ seems to be going out of its way to cast a shadow and sway public opinion against the University. That should have never been a "real" story. Of course most professors are going to be against any sports. That's not really news. But, by reading the comments following the online version, the public is buying in to the negative hype. As if Joe Akron already isn't apathetic enough, now they can be downright disgusted. And feel good about because the ABJ says it's so.You shouldn't use comment sections, or editorials, as a means to gauge actual public support/dissapproval. People who are not happy about an issue are usually the one's who take the time to write about it, or those who want to defend it. Summer is a slow season for news, It's also the time when universities make a lot of big decisions. It's a perfect storm of not-good timing. Now, I'm not defending the ABJ, but Scarborough hasn't necessarily been the master of press or narratives either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I can't give the faculty douche bag any more exposure in the football forum, so the thread was moved.If people want to try and bring the football program down, they can do it here in the Jokes Forum. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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