Akron Football 2009: Who's going to a Game? (Cleveland, Cincinnati: sale, condos)

[ksu sucks]

Okay, since I'm incredibly bored, and because football season is right around the corner, I thought I'd take tabs on who's going to a game. If you're going to more than one, then how many? And which ones? Why?

If some of you are undecided, here's a few tidbits that might tip you over the edge:

1. A shiny new web site with all the information you could possibly want to know. Be a part of a new tradition at the university!

Akron

2. Stadium Web Cams. Check out live feed of the current stadium construction. I check daily.

Stadium Cams

For those of you who doubt what the university is doing, take a long hard look at the University of Cincinnati. Cincy was in the exact same situation as Akron about 15 years ago. Public, in the MAC, growing, trying to shake old reputations. Now check out UC. In the Big East, in a BCS bowl game, and they could probably beat Ohio State most years.


The first game is expected to sell out, so get your tickets quick. Single game tickets go on sale in August. A schedule is located on the website in tidbit #1.

And no, I don't work for the university. I'm paying them.

[CityGrrl77]

I payed them a bunch of money as well. As a matter of fact, I'm still paying off my loan. My mom mentions all the time how there are several trees on campus in her name lol!...
Anyway, I would seriously consider going to any one of the games but the tix are like $90. Really? Really?! I think that's a bit much. But, I guess that have to pay that stadium off somehow
Actually, I don't think I would go to the KSU game only because everyone and their mother will be there.

Plus, I think I would rather invest the money in a ticket to see the Buckeyes play. One of my friends is an alumni and they offer 'lottery' recipients tickets for $65 apiece (usually 2 of them). I would much rather drive all the way down to C-bus for that.

[ksu sucks]

Originally Posted by CityGrrl77

I payed them a bunch of money as well. As a matter of fact, I'm still paying off my loan. My mom mentions all the time how there are several trees on campus in her name lol!...
Anyway, I would seriously consider going to any one of the games but the tix are like $90. Really? Really?! I think that's a bit much. But, I guess that have to pay that stadium off somehow

No, they want $90 for season tickets! If they charged 90 bucks I'd probably transfer(not that I have to pay anyways, but that would just drive me crazy.)

Originally Posted by CityGrrl77

Plus, I think I would rather invest the money in a ticket to see the Buckeyes play. One of my friends is an alumni and they offer 'lottery' recipients tickets for $65 apiece (usually 2 of them). I would much rather drive all the way down to C-bus for that.

No offense, but I think you just made every single Akron fan cringe with that statement! But seriously, Single game tickets go on sale in August and should only be between 10-20 bucks. It's a pretty good deal for one of the nicest stadiums in the country.

With how this stadium is already effecting recruiting, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict a national top 25 appearance within the next couple years. Expectations are a lot higher now. If J.D Brookhart(head coach) doesn't pull off atleast 8 wins this season, you can bet hes as good as gone. The years with losing seasons are over. President Proenza wants to be second to no one--and that includes Ohio State!

Lofty goals...I know. But remember where UA was fifeteen years ago! If he can turn the school around as much as he has already, I'd imagine he can help pull this football team around.

Regarless, make it out to a game! If anything you can enjoy the nice view of downtown from the east stands!

[Beavercreek33]

I would definatly make it out to a game if I lived in NE Ohio. This is just one of the many awesome projects in Akron. Really going to be one of, if not, the best stadium in its conferance.

But I don't know how much the University of Akron can compete with The Ohio State University.

[CityGrrl77]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

No, they want $90 for season tickets! If they charged 90 bucks I'd probably transfer(not that I have to pay anyways, but that would just drive me crazy.)

No offense, but I think you just made every single Akron fan cringe with that statement! But seriously, Single game tickets go on sale in August and should only be between 10-20 bucks. It's a pretty good deal for one of the nicest stadiums in the country.

With how this stadium is already effecting recruiting, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict a national top 25 appearance within the next couple years. Expectations are a lot higher now. If J.D Brookhart(head coach) doesn't pull off atleast 8 wins this season, you can bet hes as good as gone. The years with losing seasons are over. President Proenza wants to be second to no one--and that includes Ohio State!

Lofty goals...I know. But remember where UA was fifeteen years ago! If he can turn the school around as much as he has already, I'd imagine he can help pull this football team around.

Regarless, make it out to a game! If anything you can enjoy the nice view of downtown from the east stands!

Wow those are lofty goals. I love UofA but I doubt that would ever happen altho I do agree with you that that school has come a looooong way even since I have been there (I graduated in June 2003).

Wow - well, if tix are $10-$20, then I will definitely go to one! I thought for sure tix were $90 for one game. Apparently I read something wrong somewhere.

[ksu sucks]

Originally Posted by Beavercreek33

But I don't know how much the University of Akron can compete with The Ohio State University.

Haha, I'm not naive. Right now, they can't. But that's the ultimate goal for this athletic department; to compete with the big boys. A new stadium won't do that immediately, but getting a Big Ten team like Indiana to come to the stadium is a start. If Akron can keep scheduling bottom to mid tier BCS schools and winning(that's the key) then soon they might find themselves in a Boise State type situation. It's a reality that not many MAC schools will make much noise on the national level, but every year there's atleast one or two that crack the top 25 during the season. With all the money Akron has put into the program, that's the direction they look to move towards.

I understand there will be a lot of skeptics, but I just reference Cincinnatti. It wasn't very long ago that Cincy was in the same boat as Akron. They simply put money into the program and look where it is now. If Cincy can get into a BCS conference, then Akron can aspire to atleast being a top mid-major team.

[Buckeye in SC]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

No, they want $90 for season tickets! If they charged 90 bucks I'd probably transfer(not that I have to pay anyways, but that would just drive me crazy.)

No offense, but I think you just made every single Akron fan cringe with that statement! But seriously, Single game tickets go on sale in August and should only be between 10-20 bucks. It's a pretty good deal for one of the nicest stadiums in the country.

With how this stadium is already effecting recruiting, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict a national top 25 appearance within the next couple years. Expectations are a lot higher now. If J.D Brookhart(head coach) doesn't pull off atleast 8 wins this season, you can bet hes as good as gone. The years with losing seasons are over. President Proenza wants to be second to no one--and that includes Ohio State!

Lofty goals...I know. But remember where UA was fifeteen years ago! If he can turn the school around as much as he has already, I'd imagine he can help pull this football team around.

Regarless, make it out to a game! If anything you can enjoy the nice view of downtown from the east stands!

I admire your fervor for your school, but to think that UA is going to be a top tier program in a few years is a little dreamy. I could see them (or another MAC school) pulling off a Marshall-type run from a decade ago for a few years and get some national spotlight, but beyond that, they are a mid-major! The day they beat Ohio State will probably come long after we are on this earth! Won't ever say never - who'd have guessed App St. would go into Michigan and beat them - but even w/improved recruits, it would take UA playing Ohio State on a down year, actually this year would qualify since the Bucks lost so much to graduation last season, and the Zips playing the game of their lives while Ohio State plays sloppy and turns it over like 5 times. Possible, yes, likely, not so much. Not to mention, they would need to move out of the MAC into like the Big 10 or Conference USA before you can seriously give them that kind of props. Getting 8 wins is nice, but doesn't mean nearly as much when you're beating up the Eastern & Western Michigans of the world.

I think you have a much better chance of seeing your basketball program doing more damage over the coming years than the football program seeing their consistent rise the past 5 seasons or so, as long as they can hang onto Dambrot for a while. He seems to have built a solid program.

By the way, I take offense to your title being a Kent grad...haha...while I don't think KSU was the greatest university in the world, I wouldn't say it sucked!

[Buckeye in SC]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

I understand there will be a lot of skeptics, but I just reference Cincinnatti. It wasn't very long ago that Cincy was in the same boat as Akron. They simply put money into the program and look where it is now. If Cincy can get into a BCS conference, then Akron can aspire to atleast being a top mid-major team.

You have to realize though that UC rode the success of their basketball program over the past 50 years now including National championships in 1961 & 62, while making the tournament very consistently since the beginning of the Huggins era in the early 90s, that is what got them into the Big East, not so much their football history as the fact that from a basketball standpoint, the Big East wanted them and Louisville among others. Moving up has helped those schools promote their football programs in the mean time being in a BCS conference. Their football program went like 50 years between bowl appearances until they moved into Conference USA when it was formed in the mid-90s, and since then they have gradually gotten better to the point where they were in the Orange Bowl this past season.

[Beavercreek33]

Originally Posted by ksu sucks

Haha, I'm not naive. Right now, they can't. But that's the ultimate goal for this athletic department; to compete with the big boys. A new stadium won't do that immediately, but getting a Big Ten team like Indiana to come to the stadium is a start. If Akron can keep scheduling bottom to mid tier BCS schools and winning(that's the key) then soon they might find themselves in a Boise State type situation. It's a reality that not many MAC schools will make much noise on the national level, but every year there's atleast one or two that crack the top 25 during the season. With all the money Akron has put into the program, that's the direction they look to move towards.

I understand there will be a lot of skeptics, but I just reference Cincinnatti. It wasn't very long ago that Cincy was in the same boat as Akron. They simply put money into the program and look where it is now. If Cincy can get into a BCS conference, then Akron can aspire to atleast being a top mid-major team.

UOA has some awesome projects going on right now. I am in Cleveland on business for a month, and have made trips to Akron frequently. I can't believe how much downtown Akron has changed, with all the new condos, restaurants, and shops, and UOA is very close to downtown, and they are starting to combine and make for a very very nice diverse city center area. The new stadium just adds to all of it.

When does Akron play Indiana?

[ksu sucks]

Originally Posted by Buckeye in SC

I admire your fervor for your school, but to think that UA is going to be a top tier program in a few years is a little dreamy. I could see them (or another MAC school) pulling off a Marshall-type run from a decade ago for a few years and get some national spotlight, but beyond that, they are a mid-major! The day they beat Ohio State will probably come long after we are on this earth! Won't ever say never - who'd have guessed App St. would go into Michigan and beat them - but even w/improved recruits, it would take UA playing Ohio State on a down year, actually this year would qualify since the Bucks lost so much to graduation last season, and the Zips playing the game of their lives while Ohio State plays sloppy and turns it over like 5 times. Possible, yes, likely, not so much.


Not to mention, they would need to move out of the MAC into like the Big 10 or Conference USA before you can seriously give them that kind of props. Getting 8 wins is nice, but doesn't mean nearly as much when you're beating up the Eastern & Western Michigans of the world.

I completely agree, and you're so right. Akron could never beat Ohio State. I don't expect us to in the near future(although I'm hoping for it). Check out post #6 on this thread. It was there that I basically repeated what you said about Marshall. If we could put together a big run like Marshall, and if our hoops team keeps growing, I'd expect conferences like C-USA to be a pretty viable option.

Akron can be a top level Mid-major football program even in the MAC. The ceiling is admittedly lower than what could be available in a conference like the C-USA, but a top 25 spot is possible.

Originally Posted by Buckeye in SC

I think you have a much better chance of seeing your basketball program doing more damage over the coming years than the football program seeing their consistent rise the past 5 seasons or so, as long as they can hang onto Dambrot for a while. He seems to have built a solid program.

By the way, I take offense to your title being a Kent grad...haha...while I don't think KSU was the greatest university in the world, I wouldn't say it sucked!

As I said earlier, your point about the hoops program goes right in line with the hope for a conference change. Unlike most Akron fans, I'm hoping to run away from the MAC at all costs. Rather, I'm embracing the MAC. We have arguably the best football facilities in the conference and a fresh slate of history to build tradition upon. But the growth of our basketball team will hopefully provide another reason to gain acceptance to another conference, which will help better our chances at competing with the 'big boys'.

And no, Kent doesn't suck by any means. To the objective opinion it's a good school with some strong program. The the avid Akron student it resembles everything that's wrong with the world.

But hey, it goes both ways. I saw some girl with a shirt that said 'Screw the Roo' the other day. The rivalry is healthy for both schools.