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--- Quote from: IAA Fan on February 15, 2019, 02:27:46 PM ---First of all JT has not 'gotten' a game for us since 1999, so people should get over the "superman complex". He is the president now ...not the AD. Strollo is much more of an AD than JT ever was. Furthermore, Akron & Kent would jump at a game with YSU in a heartbeat, so it is not much more than a desperation move on our behalf. Not some heavily-negotiated coup. We let the MAC and Akron dictate the terms.
I could care less about what happened in the past, we have played Akron in most every other sport for years now. It does not change the fact that we let a school and a conference walk on us years ago and did nothing about it. We should have petitioned the NCAA many years ago to send a request to the MAC to drop the policy to not allow conference schools to play at lower-division schools. At the very least, allow exceptions for historically significant schools, schools within a certain mileage of each other, or within the same state.
So again, YSU will struggle with Akron (because of proximity and history); where NDSU, JMU, SDSU and other would barely break a sweat. This is a no-win game for us:
-If we lose, we will be written off at the beginning of the year (just like the Butler loss doomed us this past season).
-If it is a close win, YSU is "not looking to be very good this year".
-If we win big it is an expectation, because of Akron's terribly-low ranking and standing as an FBS team.
In short, a no-win situation and a game that NEVER should have been scheduled. BTW Chief, real fans do not have to be deaf, dumb and blind. GO ...Butler and Akron are both "bottom-feeders". So in that regard, they are exactly the same.
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IAA I respect your opinion about this game even though I disagree with it. And you do bring up good points of it being a gamble. Of course losing the game will hurt recruiting. But like the comment that only those over 45 are interested in this game .... I have to set the record straight.
http://www.wfmj.com/story/39967993/akron-ad-lunch-with-president-tressell-started-talks-of-ysu-akron-football
So sure stollo is the AD, and I'm sure involved in this. But this conversation started thanks to JT. Unless this is all lies and fake news.
IAA Fan:
--- Quote from: HappyPenguin on February 15, 2019, 06:53:32 PM ---I will probably drive in from NC to watch this.
Before I moved I couldn't care less if I drove the 45 minutes needed to watch us play the likes of Bobby Mo or Duquesne.
Say what you want about return games, I don't give a crap abput that.
Football is a recreational activity. Entertainment, pure and simple. As a consumer I would much rather see YSU\Akron than any other non-conference game in recent memory. To me, this is a great event. Another game against a Pioneer\NEC league team isn't. I don't need or want to see another one of those as long as I live unless its after Thanksgiving.
This is a rivalry, and I for one am glad its back, even if its a one and done.
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Well we already have our two warm-up games in 2020, so this is not a substitute. It is a substitute for a money game. Again, IMO any home game is better than any away game. Secondly, you know darn well that a game against an ACC, Big-12 or Big-10 team would be preferred, this is all we could get.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
"We're open to continuing if after the one year," Williams said, adding Akron won't play at YSU due rules in Mid American Conference playing at FCS schools.
According to Williams, Youngstown State will receive "in the ball park of $300,000 dollars" for the game, but did not have the exact amount.
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He is dictating policy to us. If he truly cared about having a continued series, Williams would step up and confront the MAC. Clearly we are simply filling a date on their calendar. This cash is not much more than an FCS game would cost/bring. Agree or not, this was a bad game to schedule.
Penquin68:
1AA Fan has some points, but I see reality in this game. We are FCS and they are FBS. Is that correct or not, that is debatable. We for sure can not afford to be FBS. I am not aware of any FBS teams playing at FCS team currently. Haven't done the research, but who would come to YSU as an FBS team and play us?
As difficult as this is to accept, it is reality. We need the game and it will bring huge interest from YSU fans and plenty of MAC fans as well. A loss to us is really a knock on their situation. They have way more to loose that we do in this game in my opinion.
ytownchief22:
300k to drive 45 min to go beat them in their own stadium ? Count me in.
HappyPenguin:
--- Quote from: ytownchief22 on February 16, 2019, 10:16:52 AM ---300k to drive 45 min to go beat them in their own stadium ? Count me in.
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Agreed!
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