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What a heartbreaking loss that was! It was all right there for the Zips to take. Much appreciation for the really good senior class! Thanks for the memories, boys! The very harsh, straight red card on Matt Dreas killed the match.

Pretty unbelievable that the lowest seed in the pod was able to get three home matches.

Don't worry, they won't be able to hold a candle up to it now. 😉

Yes, also if you go back to 2012 their enrollment was about 23k. In 2025 their enrollment is now north of 50k and is still growing so it has more than doubled in less than 15 years. Meanwhile, ours has been cut in half. If our student body was ~3.5x the size that it is currently (to make it comparable to Kennesaw St) we would also be in a better position to fund athletics.

Perry Kitchen-esque to send Furman to their first ever College Cup.

So the Big East had two chances to get to the College Cup and got neither. The College Cup will be a 15 seed, a 16 seed, and two unseeded teams. St Louis last won in 1973, and none of the other three have ever won a national championship.

I find it funny when they talk about Akron's magic number for scoring being 85. Almost any team would win every game if they scored at least 85.

KSU fires their CH during the season and yet ends up with exactly the same record as Akron. I have been and will continue to maintain that Akron can not compete at the DI level unless some huge changes in commitment are coming from the Administration. Simply changing the HC might make some feel better. But that alone won't get long term improvement.

That joke was awful! Funny, but awful!

I casually check out TWolves forums and someone mentioned that Minnesota may have brought him in for a few days to evaluate him in practice to see his progress and to give him some areas to work on back in Iowa. They have been remarkably healthy so far this season, which has limited opportunities for he and the other two-ways.

Absurd start to the season for Tavari.

Enrique obviously has to play for the team that will sign him but I thing the T-wolves aren't a great fit for him.

“Big get” heh. Candle is one of the most underperforming coaches in the MAC when you consider the resources he has had available to work with.

There should be a financial penalty for backing out of a contract that one signed just a few weeks prior. Otherwise it only benefits the player, not the school he signed it with as he would be free to leave anytime, but the school is committed for the length of the contract. If the situation was reversed and Georgia rescinded his scholarship and ripped up his NIL deal after he signed we would be ripping Georgia apart saying they owe him every last penny. Perhaps the buyout on the players part shouldn't be 100% of remaining value, but I wouldn't be opposed to 25% or 50%. Something needs to prevent players from signing with a team, but then continuing to shop for a better deal. If the concern is about predatory contracts perhaps certified agents should be negotiating these deals instead of these random 'agents' off the streets or family friends.

Zips are favored by 7.5 points according to ESPN

Updated conference NET as we head into the weekend slate... 44 Akron 62 BUGS 97 Toronto South Campus 113 Miami OH 142 PCCC 160 Toledo 171 EMU 197 UMass (they did it! top 200; insert Buddy the Elf congratulating them) 262 Ohio 290 WMU 308 CMU 313 NIU 346 Balls Yes there will be the usual carnage in MAC play, but there is a clear separation between the top 8 Cleveland-bound teams and the rest. Seeing Ohio with "the rest" will always make me laugh. Imagining a world where "O clap clap clap H clap clap clap I clap clap clap O clap clap clap" isn't played during any of the games in March gives me hope.

Yes this wasn't a "big win" but it was an excellent performance imo

The portal hasn’t been too bad for us in recent years. If we can keep most of the talent that isn’t graduating I still think we can build upon this. Maybe a new stretch like the mid 2010s

Wow….a disappointing game, more like a disappointing half. I am not usually positive but if you would have told me that Akron would make it to the elite eight at the beginning of the year, I would have been elated. Soccer is a brutal sport. The best team doesn't always win. The dominant team doesn’t always win. Losing any player would have been tough but losing Dreas was a backbreaker. He is a wonderful player and is able to do some much for the team. I hated the style of our penalty kick (see my post above) but at the end of the day - if we played with 10 men for any length of time we were going to lose. It just is tough because the bracket really broke Akron’s way this year. It is so tough to win a championship in soccer. One day we will get a second star but unfortunately not this year. I have no complaint with the players today (besides the penalty kick). I just think this wasn’t meant to be.

Hard to argue with a personal reason like that. And I am in Raleigh right now, so if the Wolfpack win, they essentially get a home game right next door in Cary. Woulda been way to convenient for me to see the Zips in the College Cup, which is probably another reason it didn't happen.

This is just the type of thing that drives Groce crazy- this team's propensity to not step on the neck's of their opponents when they get a decent lead.

Yes - too bad it's empty. (Goes to show a new arena isn't a top level issue re: attendance)

I think if I was Coach Groce I'd tell Hardman, if you get an opportunity on a catch and shoot three fire it up, otherwise pass it. 😊

Okay yeah the getting in Morck’s face is dumb but in terms of taunting the fans after the 3rd goal is normal

Sharron with the block 🤯

St Louis avenged their only two losses of the year by beating Indiana and Akron in the NCAA tournament.

42-34, Akron at the break.

Barre doing some good things out there.

Nothing more classy and humble than Barry Sanders just handing the ball to the referee. Even if it was the first time, It showed that he belonged there, not necessarily that he had been there before. I hope Georgetown has the opportunity to pound St. Louis.

Nah, weak take. Act like you've been there before.

I haven't chimed in but wanted to share the following post from the boogeyman himself Connor Stalions when talking about the MSU hire - It's insightful. "People need to understand coaching is just one piece of the pie. More times than not, it’s a huge factor because talent & resources are usually close. But at Northwestern, it’s not even in the same ballpark as the rest of the conference. The academic standards make recruiting damn near impossible. The administration doesn’t care about winning. It’s basically an Ivy League school in the Big Ten. Pointing to a couple bad seasons (from a record standpoint) is lazy. Speaking from personal experience (yes, at a much different scale): I coached at Mumford HS in Detroit as the DC for a few months. We had 3 coaches & 18 total players in the program with a team-wide average GPA of a 0.9 when we arrived in the summer, and had to play JV & Varsity games with those 18 players (do the math on that). We somehow won a game. But of course we lost to Cass Tech 70-0. Went to Belleville right after the regular season as the OC and won 70-0 first game in the playoffs. Do you think I didn’t know how to coach then all the sudden learned in one week for a 140-point turnaround? No… We won at Belleville because we had Bryce Underwood, Elijah Dotson, etc. We lost at Mumford because we didn’t (and played against CJ Sadler, Don Tabron, etc.). While talent gaps are much greater in high school, I’m explaining the point that coaching only matters when the talent gap is manageable." Akron like Northwestern's issues are largely structural (and financial here), and Moorhead is not to blame there. Without addressing those underlying issues, a coaching change seems cosmetic. Unless they could line up someone like Jason Taylor. They are working to address the underlying issues though.

That's because you're hearing what you want to hear. You keep just saying move on from JoeMo and it will make us magically better. Others are saying we need additional resources regardless of coach. Just because someone points out that the program is underfunded doesn't mean they're saying the program can never succeed in the MAC. They're saying that if we want to have success in the future we need to find ways of increasing resources. Whether that falls on getting more donations, playing more buy games, or whatever else. Replacing a coach is just a bandaid. I'm not even opposed moving on from JoeMo. I just want there to be a plan in place for how we're going to be financially competitive with the other MAC schools. Without it you will be here in 2-3 years demanding we fire another coach.

Nah weak take. SL won they can celebrate accordingly.

Soccer is wild. Making one team play with one less player for 25+ minutes because of a play where the player was pretty clearly just trying to kick the ball is just crazy to me. Doesn't happen in any other sport.

We can't just sit in the final third and expect to clear the ball out for 20 more minutes can we?

On the app search menu type in Akron. Or go to the soccer and it is listed. I am streaming it now.

I was at the UConn, Notre Dame and Duke games but I can't make today. Somebody take my place! 😊

Hope isn't a strategy. I'm of the opinion we aren't far from getting 6 wins every season. The 2025 season wasn't the disaster some believe it was. Over half the MAC schools had losing records. Akron literally finished in the middle of the conference and had a .500 record in conference. The Kent loss still sticks in my craw because I believe Akron is a better program and had better players. That's the difference between going to a bowl or not. It would have also given Akron four wins for the home fans, which is badly needed. Akron also won two games on the road which seemed out of reach not long ago. On the surface, Akron should have beaten Kent and Wyoming. Dig a little deeper and it's understandable why a coach finds winning at Akron so difficult. Akron isn't far away. Just a couple more financial pieces.

What a dick. I thought it was obvious from my post - last night would have been a good time. Definitely not on the same day as the BIG10 and SEC Conference championships. Oh, and no it does not give us legitimacy playing on the same day as the BIGs, it makes us look stupid. That is why the SBC and the AAC have surpassed the MAC. Another thing.....play it on the campus of the highest rated school!!! You might actually have a chance to fill a stadium (like JMU and Tulane did). For those wondering who makes the decision..

When people say it’s impossible to win here you have to look at situations like this, or even Indiana. Last season was their first in FBS.

that was one very awesome goal by Coach Michael

Interesting on a couple levels, Joe isn’t going to UConn and now Toledo will be looking for a new head coach

Since I grew up in Stow, I obviously love the Zemanski jersey behind Coach Embick in this video. and I always love to hear @fknbuflobo tell the story about how Caleb Porter's first action as Akron U. head coach was to travel to Stow, Ohio. Ben Zemanski had committed to play soccer for Akron when Lolla was the coach. Caleb went to sit down with Ben Zemanski and Dan Zemanski to convince them that Akron was still the best choice for Ben's college career. Ben Zemanski was a great midfielder and he was a building block on those excellent teams from 2006-2009.

I honestly prefer it. One can attend the game without having to take the day off work. Besides the Big 10 Championship, which is what the MAC locals would care about, doesn't start until 8PM. There is plenty of time between them that someone could watch both. The MAC does a lot wrong, but having both the football and basketball championship games on Saturdays is the one thing they get right IMO.

I hope UGA gets it. NIL can't only be a one way deal in favor of the athlete.

I feel at least one of those bottom 5 teams will find their way to Cleveland. Not that they will be good, but that they will sneak in with a 7th or 8th seed. Personally, I'd find it hilarious if it was at UMass expense given how their fanbase ragged on the MAC as if they were too good for it when it was announced they were leaving the A10. They really thought they were going to come in and buy their way to the top.

Our old pal Ryan Panther scored 11. 1-6 for 3.

I really thought I'd see Gage Summers somewhere. I know he caused and recovered multiple fumbles as well as some sacks. Seemed like he was in most every play in some way.

100%. Im still waiting on the day ESPN reports on the declining graduation rate from all the transferring and acts like no one saw this coming.

College football is an unsustainable, dying entity in its current form.