Zips Win! Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 The Rubber Bowl is a dump and only idiots (like us, me included) look forward to games out thereThat is funny!I don't like Connecticut on the road, again. Losing this game will not hurt our MAC record though...if we lose.Agree!I also don't like having to play CMU a third year in a row. The CMU game, more than anything, bothers me because we have not played EMU in a while and we should be due for a West cupcake to come to the RB. This is a point where I think we could be critical of Mack's scheduling. He has almost no influence over non-conference games as he has almost no cards to play. No D-1A team wants to bring their team to Akron to play in front of only a handful of paying customersAgree! I don't want to go back to the days of Liberty, Howard and Cal Poly.Mostly disagree.I have a hard time trying to find 5 wins on this schedule. Last year we bitched alot about the schedule bec. of all the November games as well as the three opening road games. Still, we had a lot of guys back and a perennial power like Toledo lost their qb, Can't always sucked, etc... so I thought we had a fighting chance.....for 6 wins. Wrong again.1. I consider the Army game a road tilt, not a home game. If we win and draw 35K, good move. Otherwise, I have no real desire to go watch my Zips in Cleveland. The Q (in Cleveland) brings back bad enough memories....2. Completely disagree with playing two big-ten teams on the road. One on the road and one at home, OK. Otherwise, find someone else to play even if we have to go the IAA route. Also, Connecticut demands a home game? Are they coming to UA next year? This better not be a 2 road for 1 home game deal. 3. Thank god the MU game is on a Wednesday and away. That way, I have no chance of going to that one. Watching on tv will be brutal enough.Here's hoping that I am way off base and all those highly ranked recruiting classes are as good as advertised. Otherwise, it could be another long year on the gridiron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 I like the matchups with Kentucky and Indiana - better those two, than say, Florida and Michigan! If we play Big 10 and SEC schools, we should shoot for the schools we've got a 50/50 shot at beating, not the schools that we'd have to shock the world in order to beat.I like the UCONN matchup. It's a Big East opponent. It's an opponent of our caliber. It's definitely a winnable game. Hopefully UCONN is coming to Akron in '09.I like the CMU game. They're definitely not a West cupcake, but I'd rather pay $15 to see CMU than EMU! Even if EMU is an easy win, the CMU is a marquee MAC matchup and should be a good game! However, if we win the East and CMU wins the West, then we'd play CMU again just 8 days later in Detroit! Kinda wierd.How about getting a series going with Cincy? We've got a connection there, last year's game was a good game, and they're another Big East team of our caliber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyboy Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 How about getting a series going with Cincy? We've got a connection there, last year's game was a good game, and they're another Big East team of our caliber. I agree, i was at that game and i definalty think we should have came away with the win in that one.....we let up on them, and they took advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Kinda pathetic to hear Zips fans complaining about having to drive an hour to see a game. I think the Cleveland Game is a good idea.....IF it's done right! I've always felt that we need to capture our market. IMO, Cleveland is OUR Market. Glad we did this before Can't did. We need to establish Akron as the top School in NE Ohio. Early in the year, hopefully good weather, football hungry fans in Cleveland. We need:PR: Need to put up a couple billboards in Cleveland this summer advertising the event. Get Charlie to make a couple drops about the game.Good ticket price: Introduce fans to the bargain that Akron really is!Akron Fan Presence: Need to have a good tailgating turnout prior to the game. Let the people in town know that this actually is college football. Give the students free bus rides to the game and also offer the bus/game package from the U for the die hard Akron fans. Rowdies/Oldies get the Dawg Pound (Which, we'll have to rename for that game....."The Pouch" sounds dumb).Win: First game, no excuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Glad we did this before Can't did.Actually they are scheduled to play Navy there next year (fall 2008) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 I'm just shocked that we have people who would rather sit on the shrapnel that makes up the bleachers of the rubber bowl than enjoy the game in the comfort of a NFL STADIUM. There is a lot to do in Cleveland before the game, and the tailgating should be great. That's more than I can say than playing in the middle of nowhere next to a blimp hangar! It will probably be a nice experience for the players and the fans. It's about time the zips start getting exposure in Cleveland. Last weekend, our hoops team got quite a bit of coverage from the Cleveland media with interiews with Dambrot and nice paper articles. BG and Toledo should not be coming in here and taking our recruits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eguins Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 wow, what a joke....... can the university and the MAC show us fans a little bit more respect. 4 home games? YSU has 7 home games!!! Consider playing us in 2008, and we will come to the Rubber Bowl! We'll bring 7500 fans with us too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74ZIP Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 :blink: hope expectations aren't tooooo high this year...the way the Athletic Dept. keeps punishing these guys to try to make a buck is obscene...at some point for the good of the program and the FANS...thats US...you just have to WIN GAMES...i'm not saying schedule howard and st. swithens...but if you schedule competetive games at home and win some you have a better shot at more butts in the seats and a BOWL game...if the ZIPS won a couple out of conference games last year...not to mention conference games... they would have had a decent shot at a bowl AND....more MONEY for the program...RPI don't count in Football... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
74ZIP Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 i wanna hear from fans actually buying SEASON TICKETS...not students getting in on their ID"S...(been their done that) (no disrespect but i paid my student fees and got in for 'free'back in 1970,1971,1972,1973,1974 etc)...what kind of games do you, the season ticket holders who pay to get in want to see at the BOWL for the next couple of years?...we are treated like CRAP as far as i am concerned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 Wow this is a strange string of messges. I have listened to people on this board talk abou these amazing recruiting classes we've been getting here at Akron. Here we are in season four of the Brookhart era and season three for recruiting and everyone here is talking about 5 or 6 wins. If these recruiting classes were so stellar shouldn't we be poised to win the conference this year. I get that we have a new QB, but doesn't defense win games? Also, those of you bitching about traveling to Cleveland and not calling it a home game are so funny. I would rather watch all games at the Cleveland Browns stadium instead of picking fiberglass out of my ass at the Rubber Bowl. The place is a dump and you know it. I once heard Dr. Proenza something that seems in order here -- he was talking to a group about looking at NE Ohio as a region instead of Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown and he said, "Last time I checked it was the same distance from Akron to Cleveland as it was from Cleveland to Akron." He was of course talking about people not forgetting about Akron as he was speaking in Cleveland at the Cleveland City Club (I think). I'm now telling you the same thing from those of us theat make the arduous and lengthy trek down from up north. By the way you can priceline a hotel at the Hyatt on Superior for like $35 -- spent the night show the lady in your life a nice night out on the town after the game -- get away like you were kids again. Quit bitching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 What would I like to start seeing for football?-A new attitude toward the fans. We are the customer putting down our money (including students who pay their fees) who deserve to be treated better. This blanket give-a-way to the season ticket holders was a farce last year. And it was the ticket office, not the gift shops that were responsible. But still, they have kids working the concession stands and the gift shops who think it's the customer's pleasure to be served by them. They should have customer-service training before staffing the stands.-Lets face it, home football is going to be a joke until we get in to the new place. But once we're there, I would like to start seeing 6 and 7 home games a season with some middle-tier BCS teams coming to our house.-I'm hopeful that once the new place is open, attendance will increase, especially if we are winning. The corporate community will be behind the team with their suite purchases. I'm hoping that the support the Aeros have is precursor of things to come for Zips football.-More student support. Now that the stadium will be up on campus, there should be no excuse. This has been a problem for decades. Let's have some spirit contests between the dorms and the Greeks...someone in promotions should be spending their full attention to this.-And as far as driving to Cleveland for the Army game. I live in Akron and work in downtown Cleveland. I make the trip every day. Outside of rush hour, it's only 30 minutes to downtown on 77 from the west side. If you're on N. Hill, East Akron, Firestone Park, it's only a few minutes more. Campus to downtown is only 40 minutes. Have fun with it...I don't see what the fuss is about.If you park in the Muni lot on the east shoreway, you'll have all the room you need for tailgate action. Browns fans do it every home game. Does anyone have a hot tub on a trailer we could use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONDO Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 It go n 2 b a good season for Akron football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 keep in mind that you'll be able to buy a beer and take it to your seat up in cleveland. i for one can't wait for the season to start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 i wanna hear from fans actually buying SEASON TICKETS...not students getting in on their ID"S...(been their done that) (no disrespect but i paid my student fees and got in for 'free'back in 1970,1971,1972,1973,1974 etc)...what kind of games do you, the season ticket holders who pay to get in want to see at the BOWL for the next couple of years?...we are treated like CRAP as far as i am concernedOK, well, in general, I'm frustrated that the "Big" schools get to play 7 home games a year, and we and other "Little" schools get screwed with 4 or 5. I think there should be a rule. No more than 6 home games with the exception of "Post Season" like confrence championship games, etc. I know, this will never happen. As for Akron, I think what gets me the most frustrated, as an Out of Town season ticket holder, is scheduling games on weekdays. I drive a LONG WAY (4 hours) to see home games, and again, this year, I'm going to going to get screwed out of one, maybe two games! So, if the Cleveland game is covered in my season tickets this year, that means I can't make up to 40% of the games......and how are we supposed to tailgate???? The MAC totally screwed us in BB this year, why do we continue to bend over for them and ESPN???? We'll just get dumped for reruns of Poker Tournaments anyway!I'm not impressed with Mack so far. Nothing on the BB Team getting screwed, another crappy FB schedule, jacking up parking at the RB...WTF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
you am i Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 since it was mentioned on a post for this topic that you could buy beer at the football game at cleveland stadium, and on some previous topic there was a discussion about why beer was not sold at the rubber bowl, i though i'd post what i found on this issue on yahoo!answers: "the ncaa does not allow beer to be sold at a college game if the stadium is on campus. if the stadium is not on campus, then you are allowed to do whatever the stadium normally does." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I think one angle being missed is the need to continue to maintain at least 15,000 per home game every two years. Yeah, we hit it last year, but we can continue to buy more time for us until the new stadium by continuing to hit that mark.The Cleveland game should help immensely in that regard. Of COURSE it's a home game. It's 30 minutes from Akron and over 7 hours from West Point per Yahoo maps. They'll probably paint the Roo on the 50 yard line like the did for BG last year and we will earn more money and asses in the seats than we would have at the rubber bowl, and that's the important thing.Some of you guys just demand everything to be perfect, and think that there's some Santa Claus out there we can hire to make everything Right and Just, who can get blood from a stone, and derive influence out of thin air. Your pissy attitudes do not help things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 The 15,000 rule has no teeth....although it is a good benchmark to reach for, but it is not enforceable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Zips Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 The 15,000 rule has no teeth....although it is a good benchmark to reach for, but it is not enforceable.actually it IS enforcable... Its just of matter of whether the NCAA WANTS to enforce it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
you am i Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 i don't expect things to be perfect but a schedule in which you play only 2 out of your first 9 games at your home field is unbelievable. it's inconceivable that there is any team at any level of college football that has a worse home/away ratio for the first nine games. what a slap in the face to the team and the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 The 15,000 rule has no teeth....although it is a good benchmark to reach for, but it is not enforceable.actually it IS enforcable... Its just of matter of whether the NCAA WANTS to enforce it or not. OK, I'll buy that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelegazna Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 The 15,000 rule has no teeth....although it is a good benchmark to reach for, but it is not enforceable.actually it IS enforcable... Its just of matter of whether the NCAA WANTS to enforce it or not. Exactly. I'm afraid they could start playing hardball at any time, especially if the BCS conferences that hold all the sway in the NCAA decide they want it to be more strictly enforced.Back to Cleveland, I think whatever conditions exist in the Rubber Bowl that helps the Zips when (ie., home field advantage) will be in play at Cleveland stadium too. In fact, I'll come right out and say: Zips will beat Army! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronad Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Of course the Zips will defeat ARmy.BUT IT IS STILL NOT A HOME GAME!!!!Contrary to what all of you might think. We not using U of A facilites, regardles of how rickety they are, ergo it is not a home game.Will we draw more people to Cleveland? I hope so.Will it be more fun? It could be, if it is marketed properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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