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Not an appealing lineup to me either, but shouldn't they have some all tournament pass ticket package? Or did I miss it?

If it was only that easy… That said, there is a tremendous amount of talent in that area and some of our better players hail from there: RB - Simmons WR - Golden OL - Blanchard OL - James OL - T. Williams DE -Nunnally LB - Fish

Our old friend Mark Montgomery and Detroit Mercy taking it to Ball State.

Thoughts?

Quick turn around for the winner of this match. 1pm in Bloomington on Sunday according to ncaa.com

The new roster limits will have an impact on both the men and women's soccer teams for next year. While we should know by now, things change! The NCAA and the courts may not be finished with us. Plus budgetary issues, particularly at Akron, may affect our ability to be competitive within these rules. With that said, the currently announced roster sizes for 2025 men and women's soccer stands at 28. The women's team has already posted a Spring 2025 roster of 18. They have signed 8 incoming players (think some may enroll for Spring ). If all of those players remain active for next Fall, that means they could add only 2 more players via the portal or elsewhere. The men's team typically has more than 28 on the roster and add some late in the game. They may have to cut current players and/or adapt their recruiting calendar. They both can add additional scholarships as long as the number is equal for each squad- not likely given the budget at Akron. The whole new world continues!

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https://open.substack.com/pub/akronzippedup/p/what-we-learned-kent-state?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email 👆Very good substack article from a Zips fan

Considering we have not won back to back games in 8 years and I have seen some really bad Akron football teams in that time period I am not sure we have any room to talk about bad Kent teams.

Even in their bad years...of which there have been many...they've always had an Edelman, Cribbs, Harrison, Davis...some player that stood out as pretty good. Not this year.

I'm not sure I've seen a worse FBS team in general, let alone just Kent.

I'm 55 and don't think I've ever seen a worse Kent State team. Right or wrong?

That's not excuse. I went to a sports bar in Raleigh because my hotel didn't have CBS Sports.

If we beat Toledo next week then I'd say a corner might have been turned. Beating a team that might be the worst team in all of division 1 (including FCS) that we were double digit favorites against doesn't really mean much. It's too early to predict what our record would be next year. I'll make a guess once the transfer portal period is over.

This guys seems like a decent guy to me....

Rooting for Ohio tonight. Toledo not playing for anything next week would be ideal.

They need to show up next week and play a really good game against Toledo. Obviously a win would be ideal and prove that maybe, just maybe, things are changing but playing them tough is a must.

Isn't it sad that this is what college athletics has become? It's just another free agency market. I wish there were a better system in place to compensate student-athletes.

(GP1) word for word what I would have responded.

For the first time in my recollection ESPN has added a scoreboard for all the NCAA Tournament games. Hurray. https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard/_/league/usa.ncaa.m.1

There is a lot outside of just the players and coaches that has to change before I believe a corner has been turned. The Zips had a really good win last night, but that's short term. If the Zips played as well last night against top tier mac schools, they would be going to a bowl, but Kent has a way of making teams look better than they are.