While in one of the Cleveland watering holes before the game, I met up with an old childhood friend who went to Akron. He and his Akron friends were amazed at the Ohio support. This is even more impressive when one realizes that we are one of the smallest schools in the MAC. I don't know the exact stats, but for the longest time Ohio and Miami were the two smallest schools (undergrad) in the conference. Sadly, we are not in the center of any media market and no MAC school has a smaller population within 30 miles of the campus than does Ohio University. Thank God our students and alums give us such strong support that few realize the obstacles Ohio University has to overcome in comparison to other MAC schools like Akron, Buffalo, Northern Illinois and Toledo who are literally within the centers of their media markets.