Game Number One: Wyoming

[Zipped Up]

20 hours ago, ZipCat said:

 

Most consistent program over the past 20 years. For MAC teams it ain't about NCAA wins, it's about NCAA appearances, and the most consistent team is Akron. 

 

It's just like how MAC Football isn't about being ranked or getting into the National Championship bracket, it's about post-season bowls and consistent over 500 seasons. The premium MAC football program is Ohio University, and Akron Basketball is the equivalent for Basketball.

One championship last year, since 1968, and OU is the premium football program in the MAC?  😳 

And under the rules of division winners the prior year, they wouldn’t have even qualified for the title game last year.

[dre22era]

On 9/1/2025 at 9:52 AM, GP1 said:

Nobody here cares about the viewership. 

 

Espn+ provides a lot of flexibility for start times because when you stream you cann start whenever you want. Why couldn't they have started the game on Saturday at 5PM?  Why is it so hard to watch a Zips game on a Saturday when the sun is up for at least half the game? It shouldn't be this difficult to be a Zips fan. 

Because there is too much GOOD FOOTBALL on to settle for watching Bad Football 

[dre22era]

23 hours ago, ZipCat said:

 

Yup, and without looking at ESPN stats would have zero clue they've had any success over the past decade. Why? Because every major game they get blown out. Why? Because they can't compete with the big boys.

Welp you just proved you are a clueless casual 

Boise State has a 503–189–2 record .726

Bowl record 13–9 (.591)

2 claimed national titles 

Made the 1st ever CFB Playoffs as a #3 seed.

and has 22 Conference titles. 

Please do yourself a favor and STFU 

Edited 14 hours ago by dre22era

[GP1]

1 hour ago, dre22era said:

Because there is too much GOOD FOOTBALL on to settle for watching Bad Football 

Give people more than just football. 

[UAZipster0305]

On 9/1/2025 at 12:33 PM, ZipCat said:

 

Most consistent program over the past 20 years. For MAC teams it ain't about NCAA wins, it's about NCAA appearances, and the most consistent team is Akron. 

 

It's just like how MAC Football isn't about being ranked or getting into the National Championship bracket, it's about post-season bowls and consistent over 500 seasons. The premium MAC football program is Ohio University, and Akron Basketball is the equivalent for Basketball.

I disagree. Toledo is the premier football program.

[dre22era]

58 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Give people more than just football. 

Yeh give us apparel we can buy from the team shop to support our own damn team 

 

[dre22era]

Premiere basketball program huh

How many NCAA Tourney wins do we have compared to Kent and Ohio U?

Ill hang up and listen 

[HoopsFan03]

1 hour ago, dre22era said:

Yeh give us apparel we can buy from the team shop to support our own damn team 

 

I just want to buy a football or basketball jersey

[dre22era]

44 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said:

I just want to buy a football or basketball jersey

Exactly what I want too with the exclusive pair of Lebrons the basketball teams get

[GP1]

2 hours ago, dre22era said:

Yeh give us apparel we can buy from the team shop to support our own damn team 

 

That would be nice. See how easy it is. There are ten other easy things they could do. 

[Spin]

On 8/28/2025 at 11:09 PM, tomzip said:

Game day experience:

 

5) Why are the speakers so loud?

Empty seats don’t absorb noise.

[ZippyRulz]

9 hours ago, egregiousbob said:

Big changes looming on the horizon include not just where the football program will fit but where/how the school will exist as an individual entity. There's a major public college shakeout coming for the State of Ohio, and the 14 existing public universities will very likely become seven or five within the next 15 years. I have a feeling the state will return to its "four in the corners, one in the middle" concept, which will pit multiple schools against one another, particularly in NE and SW Ohio.

 

 

 

Care to share a source for this? I haven't seen anything to indicate that level of interest in the Ohio university system by the state government.

[dre22era]

Florida 

10 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said:

 

Care to share a source for this? I haven't seen anything to indicate that level of interest in the Ohio university system by the state government.

Hes making up BS out of thin air. 

Ain't happening. 
I have my own sources. 

 

[clarkwgriswold]

My sources say that:

1) Akron is bad at football; and 

2) Nobody in a position of authority at Akron gives a $h!+.

[ZipCat]

12 hours ago, egregiousbob said:

Big changes looming on the horizon include not just where the football program will fit but where/how the school will exist as an individual entity. There's a major public college shakeout coming for the State of Ohio, and the 14 existing public universities will very likely become seven or five within the next 15 years. I have a feeling the state will return to its "four in the corners, one in the middle" concept, which will pit multiple schools against one another, particularly in NE and SW Ohio.

 

What they should do is make a unified state system(s) like California. Have one research branch, and one professional branch; but all one system; have the professional and research branches coexisting, but the the individual branches no overlapping in the same geographical areas. Kent and Akron both don't need nursing schools. Both don't need biology departments doing research ... etc. 

[ZipCat]

6 hours ago, dre22era said:

Yeh give us apparel we can buy from the team shop to support our own damn team 

 

The merchandise game sucks today. Like seriously, wtf happened? I remember when I was at UA 2008-2013, there were SO MANY OPTIONS when it came to gear and merchandise. Now it's all generic slop.

[GP1]

6 minutes ago, ZipCat said:

 Kent and Akron both don't need nursing schools. Both don't need biology departments doing research ... etc. 

Ya, I'll pass on this idea. We need a lot of people doing a lot of research from different perspectives. We need competition to make people better. 

[ZipCat]

9 hours ago, dre22era said:

Welp you just proved you are a clueless casual 

Boise State has a 503–189–2 record .726

Bowl record 13–9 (.591)

2 claimed national titles 

Made the 1st ever CFB Playoffs as a #3 seed.

and has 22 Conference titles. 

Please do yourself a favor and STFU 

 

They lost if I recall, and the outcome was never in doubt. So getting the #3 seed wasn't worth more than wiping your own ass with it.

 

And no, I won't STFU, it's this kind of lame-ass pettyfogging that has led universities like ours to making dumbass financial decisions to support absolutely worthless football programs, all so a bunch of suits can pad their resumes. It's same pissass financial analysis that leads so many businesses into ruin because people value the dream over a sound cost benefit analysis.

 

Has being the #3 seed helped Boise State Financially? Nope. So why don't you sit down and STFU. What tangible benefit has football been to Boise State? Not. A. Godamend. eff'n. Thing. Oh, they have a #3 seeding and lose to Big-10 Penn State, while cutting programs and professors. Give me a eff'n break.

Edited 5 hours ago by ZipCat

[ZipCat]

7 minutes ago, GP1 said:

Ya, I'll pass on this idea. We need a lot of people doing a lot of research from different perspectives. We need competition to make people better. 

 

Which exists. You're not getting much "competition" between Kent and Akron. More like oversaturation and limited resources. 

 

Academic research IS NOT like Business. There are limited research grants and $$$, and with Republican States and Republican-run Congress cutting funding for most crucial research, there isn't any competition to be had. NSF ain't going to be funding to grants on the same topic in the Mid-West at universities less than 20 miles away from each other.

[dre22era]

36 minutes ago, ZipCat said:

 

They lost if I recall, and the outcome was never in doubt. So getting the #3 seed wasn't worth more than wiping your own ass with it.

 

And no, I won't STFU, it's this kind of lame-ass pettyfogging that has led universities like ours to making dumbass financial decisions to support absolutely worthless football programs, all so a bunch of suits can pad their resumes. It's same pissass financial analysis that leads so many businesses into ruin because people value the dream over a sound cost benefit analysis.

 

Has being the #3 seed helped Boise State Financially? Nope. So why don't you sit down and STFU. What tangible benefit has football been to Boise State? Not. A. Godamend. eff'n. Thing. Oh, they have a #3 seeding and lose to Big-10 Penn State, while cutting programs and professors. Give me a eff'n break.

And you continue to be a dumb ass overlooking and discrediting what it took for a Mid Major to make it to the CFB Playoff as a #3 seed. 
Go ahead and continue being a clueless jackass clearly making up a bunch of bullshit 

Edited 5 hours ago by dre22era

[dre22era]

And some of you clearly need to go take a trip outside of the State of Ohio 

Its a shame DeWine got yall brainwashed 

 

[ZippyRulz]

1 hour ago, clarkwgriswold said:

My sources say that:

1) Akron is bad at football; and 

2) Nobody in a position of authority at Akron gives a $h!+.

 

I think Nemer and Goodrich do. I don't think DeWine knows there are state universities in Akron or Youngstown.

[kreed5120]

1 hour ago, ZipCat said:

 

What they should do is make a unified state system(s) like California. Have one research branch, and one professional branch; but all one system; have the professional and research branches coexisting, but the the individual branches no overlapping in the same geographical areas. Kent and Akron both don't need nursing schools. Both don't need biology departments doing research ... etc. 

 

I’m actually on the same page with most of this and have expressed similar thoughts myself. One program I think might make sense to keep at both schools however is nursing, given the existing shortages in the field. That issue is only likely to grow as the boomer generation continues to age, requiring more healthcare, while they will also be also leaving the workforce.

 

It would be more the engineering, business, liberal arts, etc that I think would make the most sense to divide. Allow each school to plow as much resources into what they're best at. This way we can offer a higher quality education in our region. There will still be plenty of competition as we will be competing with other states and private campuses.