Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALLFOOTBALLMESSAGE BOARDCHATLINKS site searchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Football Topic:  Zips go on zippin' Topic:  Zips go on zippin' Author Message SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,233 Status: Offline     Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/6/2025 9:58:41 PM  Akron had the second-worst APR in FBS last year. This year...the worst. Banned from post season play, including a MAC title game. Great (empty) stadium, though. Back to Top M.D.W.S.T General User Member Since: 12/23/2021 Post Count: 2,796 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/7/2025 9:11:16 AM  What's crazy about this - other than it happened last year, and I think a few years before - is not many of these dudes are majoring in bio chem, they're taking FBS 101, athletes get their schedules padded with nonsense all the time. Especially after last season. ESPECIALLY those that are struggling. Your WHOLE TEAM is struggling? Do they not have study tables? Is there no accountability whatsoever? Hell, even on Last Chance U coaches would lose their shit if these JUCO kids were getting bad grades. I'm not saying they need the death penalty, but maybe they need the death penalty. That would likely kill the program, but its pretty clear they need a HARD reset. It's not like they're winning and skipping class, they're losing at an alarming clip and still not going to class. Embarrassing. Last Edited: 5/7/2025 9:11:40 AM by M.D.W.S.T Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,709 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/7/2025 11:01:41 AM  This isn't just a Zippie athletic program problem, it's the whole darn school. Time to abolish UA and make what is salvageable the urban campus of KSU. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,542 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/7/2025 11:16:09 AM  Do academics matter anymore in the professional era? It’s pretty sad. Last Edited: 5/7/2025 11:22:49 AM by colobobcat66 Back to Top GoCats105 General User Member Since: 1/31/2006 Location: Seattle, WA Post Count: 7,416 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/8/2025 11:21:42 AM  M.D.W.S.T wrote: What's crazy about this - other than it happened last year, and I think a few years before - is not many of these dudes are majoring in bio chem, they're taking FBS 101, athletes get their schedules padded with nonsense all the time. Especially after last season. ESPECIALLY those that are struggling. Your WHOLE TEAM is struggling? Do they not have study tables? Is there no accountability whatsoever? Hell, even on Last Chance U coaches would lose their shit if these JUCO kids were getting bad grades. I'm not saying they need the death penalty, but maybe they need the death penalty. That would likely kill the program, but its pretty clear they need a HARD reset. It's not like they're winning and skipping class, they're losing at an alarming clip and still not going to class. Embarrassing. The repeat violator rule aka death penalty was designed to punish schools who are committing MAJOR NCAA rules violations. I highly doubt the NCAA gives two shits about Akron football not being able to remain eligible. They've got bigger fish to fry at the moment. They could have the nicest stadium in the FCS though. Whoops, no, 2nd nicest next to the Kibbie Dome. Last Edited: 5/8/2025 11:22:12 AM by GoCats105 Back to Top Big Willy General User Member Since: 12/29/2004 Post Count: 192 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/14/2025 11:21:48 AM  And yet the NCAA just punished FORDHAM for some BS recruiting violations. Back to Top M.D.W.S.T General User Member Since: 12/23/2021 Post Count: 2,796 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/15/2025 9:18:54 AM  Big Willy wrote: And yet the NCAA just punished FORDHAM for some BS recruiting violations. So hilarious where they draw the line. A photoshoot at Times Square...? I mean... Fordham is in NYC. That's part of the draw? It's not like they flew them to Dubai. Is OU going to face penalties if a recruit takes a photo at White's Mill? Back to Top Tymaster General User Member Since: 3/24/2017 Location: Chillicothe, OH Post Count: 265 Status: Offline     RE: Zips go on zippin'    Posted: 5/15/2025 1:59:21 PM  M.D.W.S.T wrote: What's crazy about this - other than it happened last year, and I think a few years before - is not many of these dudes are majoring in bio chem, they're taking FBS 101, athletes get their schedules padded with nonsense all the time. Especially after last season. ESPECIALLY those that are struggling. Your WHOLE TEAM is struggling? Do they not have study tables? Is there no accountability whatsoever? Hell, even on Last Chance U coaches would lose their shit if these JUCO kids were getting bad grades. I'm not saying they need the death penalty, but maybe they need the death penalty. That would likely kill the program, but its pretty clear they need a HARD reset. It's not like they're winning and skipping class, they're losing at an alarming clip and still not going to class. Embarrassing. It's crazy. I work with folks whose sole job at OU is keeping track of the athlete's academics. It's insane that they (athletes) get this kind of help because this is actually the kind of system special needs students have been in dire need of in the public K-12 setting for decades. Their literal job is to make sure the athletes A) go to class B) do their work C) Study D) if you're not doing one of the above, you need to be at practice/working out or at the library E) stay off Court Street. So, how does Akron not have this kind of system in place? How are they all doing so poorly in underwater basketweaving and study habits 102? Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 8  of 8 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 196 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 196 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

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