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We have a regular customer at the card shop that's a big Akron fan. He brought his son in who is probably 8-10 years old. He asked me where he can get some 3Peat merch. Luckily, I was gifted an extra hat the other day and had it in my bag. Gave it to him and, man, you should've seen the smile on his face. He went to dinner and came back a couple hours later with the tags off. I asked if he will ever take the hat off and he said, "Nope," with a huge smile. Never be afraid to talk Zips with people. Never know who you'll leave an impression on and foster life-long fandom. Also, 3Peat merch is a huge hit. Props to Wentz and the FTRC crew on creating great merch.

In the last 15 minutes of play, I heard the commentators say : Laryea has had a very good game. Richie Laryea has been outstanding. Richie Laryea has been fanstastic in this game. Not surprisingly, Richie was the highest rated Canadian player....by Sports Illustrated https://www.si.com/soccer/canada-player-ratings-vs-bosnia-herzegovina-canada-collects-first-ever-world-cup-point-6-12-26 LB: Richie Laryea—7.9: Ran a marathon down the left wing. Stout defensively and a valuable asset going forward. A strong showing should’ve been rewarded with a goal, but Kolašinac denied him with an incredible block near the goal-line.

https://gozips.com/news/2026/6/10/eight-akron-football-players-named-to-2026-phil-steeles-preseason-all-mac-teams

Look, I think we can all agree that the biggest winner of the 29-point Game 4 comeback is the Game 1 Cavaliers fourth quarter performance.

He's gone, but these guys are here. Significantly bigger this year. Very much looking forward to seeing this squad in action, but I will gladly be patient so we don't rush back into the crappy weather seasons.

The only hype was because of the Euro mystique. No one would have cared about that dude if he was from alliance

I question any Zip fan who is skipping a key Zip event like a golf outing for a meager excuse like his wedding. It seems Kreed has had his head turned by a subversive KSU spy masquerading as a love interest. Be very careful my friend. We would hate to lose you to the dark side. May the Zippy be with you.

I did my part! I got about 15 seasons in with them.

My first two thoughts when I look at that photo are - I hardly know most of these guys I’m happy to see Barre isn’t in a walking boot

I saw this event shared yesterday. I'll unfortunately have to sit it out this year as I'm getting married on 9/19. I hope to participate in future years and am looking forward to hearing how it goes.

What we know so far....only games confirmed by other schools...are home games for the zips August 20 Dayton August 28 Wake Forest September 18 Butler (BE) October 11 Creighton (BE) October 24 Xavier (BE) Coach Embick and Coach Nanchoff have let fans know that Georgetown will be the 4th Big East home game. Based on past schedules, the zips will play Big East road games at DePaul, Marquette, Providence and Villanova. Zips coaches have previously mentioned attractive home games against Army, Cornell, Syracuse and Robert Morris. I am very excited about this year's team. Go, Zips !!!

@Zips1991 Darn. So close, but what a great save by the defender.

Richie is starting today's match. Kickoff at 3 pm EST.

I hear the soon to be crowned world champs New York Knicks will be sending 3 scouts to each of his games.

He also wasn't quick and wasn't a decent defender and that doesn't work in a Groce scheme.

That definitely was an issue and likely why he completely fell out of the rotation. I do think the speed of the American game, especially the pace Akron wanted to play, was too much of an adjustment for him. Not because he wasn't athletic enough, but because he lacked the ability to make the right basketball play in split second decision making. D1 college basketball, even at the MAC level, is a higher level of competition than you see at many of these 2nd or 3rd tier overseas leagues.

Average seems like a generous term. I think people got too invested in the offseason hype. It never translated.

I've never seen fans take more to such an average player.

Richmond Laryea is a good man. https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/fifa-world-cup/news/richie-laryea-for-my-family-for-canada

Well, she's actually a Redhawk alumni. Nobody is perfect.

If your hope is to play golf more in future years, don't get married. I'm kidding (sorta). Just get a simulator (trust me). Early congratulations on the wedding!

You're on to something. A couple of things people should use as a rule when betting this game and it has nothing to do with Akron. First, never be surprised when you see an ACC team has lost a game. The teams in the ACC are as unpredictable as MAC teams. It's one of the things I like about the league. I would not be surprised if the Zips win, but they won't. In my time following Wake Forest, they normally play a horrible early season game they should win easily and struggle to win. However, they end up winning. They looked horrible in their first game last season with a new coach and barely beat Kennesaw State 10-9. Then, they played well the rest of the season and went 8-4. I went to Boone to see them play App State a while back and if not for 2-3 blocked FGs, with one of those at the very end, they lose the game. I predict a close game with WF not coming close to covering spread. I also believe if you use Wake's first game performance to tell yourself they aren't very good, it will likely cost you money.

Think we can get "We went 5-7!!!" merch?

If you're a degenerate/homer, the early line on the WF game is Zips +22.5 which I think might come down a bit later, especially if our new QB looks good in camp.

Thank you. Am I understanding this correctly, that Akron isn't on the hook for any of Groce's bonuses from this past season? If that's the case, Akron essentially paid $500k for Groce last year after the buyout is taken out of the base salary. Wow. However, pertinent clauses in Groce's contract state the following: Payments of bonuses will be made in June, and if the coach were to terminate the contract (which Groce did a few months ago), the university's financial commitment to him would be limited to accrued but unpaid base salary and not include incentives. I like this. Not a very big bump, but it does place an emphasis on experience around Ford as he gets his feet wet as a HC. For three assistant coaches, Groce had a minimum base salary pool of $394,900. For three assistant coaches, Ford has a minimum base salary pool of $425,000 at his disposal.