Why no one cares about Akron

[J-BIDDY]

All I want to say is that I went to the game yesteday wearing my Akron jersey proud, never once was I harassed, I got asked questions like 'what's a zip?' But thats to be expected. I get asked that when ever I go to a visiting stadium.There were over 100,000 fans there rooting for OSU and I never once got boo'd or harrassed, in fact I got a few GO Zips from buckeye fans. I even talked to alot of them and most of them had good comments about our program and congratulated us on the announcement for the new stadium, some even stated that they would like to come to that home opener. Now whether they were being jerks or not I don't know I was looking for signs that would lead me to believe they were being sarcastic but I never once saw any or got that vibe. Some of the drunk students were trying to be funny but once I started talking to them they were really cool and just enjoying the competitive atmosphere.Now they only real problem I had yesterday was during the game. I didn't enjoy the comments that OSU was playing badly, that's demeaning, why wasn't it, 'man, Akron came to play and they are giving us a game.' Those comments upset me. Akron played tough for 2-1/2 quarters, then finally OSU's 3-4 deep at each position wore on Akron's 1-2 deep at each position and the game broke open. So to end, pre-game, I thought the fans were very respectable, during the game I felt they were a little arrogant - thinking they were playing bad rather then Akron just matching their intensity and talent and competing in a physical game.

[Buckzip]

JBiddy, I agree with the statement about the arrogance.Being an OSU fan too, whenever OSU plays a team "deemed" to be below them, they always crititicize the game of the Buckeyes, rather than complimenting the other team.Again, I don't think that is strictly an OSU thing. I think all of the elite teams are like that. When a top 20 team has a tough time against a mid-major, they drop in the polls and are criticized. It's not right, but it's reality.Look at Michigan. They are being teased and made fun of because they lost to ASU.Sure people are praising ASU, but the underlying thing is bashing Michigan.

[RACER]

the reason i am so negative was the same offensive problems last year are also back.i know we have a youg o-line but the coaches did not to adjust in th 2nd half. our offense playbook had two plays screen pass,and the dive.how about faking the dive and throwing once in a blue moon? we never threw the short passed ove the middle to the te.our offense looked liked the team was trying out for chorus line 1 2 3 kick 1 2 3 kick 1 2 3 kick.that gets old after awhile.the defense was great buut it was a wasted effort.we need to get better fast next week.