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Win is a win. Big one on the road Friday!

About as dominate as a 1-0 game can be right? Would’ve loved another goal but it wasn’t like didn’t have a bunch of chances. Onto the next one

Zips get a 1-0 result.

I don't know about that. Have you ever visited the Parthenon?

Roman from Dobrijevic.

I think it is but also GOALLLLLLL

GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!

Is this commentator the football PA announcer? I would rather have the student from the WVU game

Scoreless at half

Honestly, how would the MVC even benefit us? It’s been relegated to a 1 big league (same with A10 basically). The Big East wouldn’t take us (nobody cares about college soccer). A tougher bball league makes it harder for us to play in March Madness. We’re in a college athletics era where it’s P4 or bust aside from a few select programs (Memphis BB, Gonzaga BB,etc) and it sucks!

1,000 years from now archiologists are going to find all of these bobbleheads in landfills and think we worshipped more Gods than the Greeks.

My whole comment was in response to you grossly overestimating the pull Akron basketball has with the MAC. If we want to be a basketball focused school we would be better served elsewhere, perhaps MVC if they would have us. The MAC isn't going to bend the knee to accommodate us because frankly what they care about is FBS. All the FBS conference schools prioritize football, even the ACC. That shouldn't come as a shock.

Got mine on my bookshelf at work!

Then the MAC shouldn't exist at all then right? It exists only because the universities' students subsidize the MAC's existence by taking on absurd levels of debt for a "product" that will never be anything than, as you put it, the tallest midget. Sorry, but the Emperor is wearing no clothes. Why are we allowing this absolutely insane system to continue?

Western Michigan came back and defeated UNH 2-1. Good outcome for the Zips.

Agreed, and that's where the MAC is getting it as wrong as the University of Akron. Emphasizing an overly expensive sport that in which they have no chance of success on a national level.

Early scores from September 1 number 1 Vermont and Georgetown battled to a 1-1 result Villanova got a 1-0 win over St. Joseph’s At halftime, New Hampshire leads Western Michigan 1-0 (WMU has started their year with 3 losses)

That's like claiming to be the tallest midget. If the MAC kicked Akron out of the conference, the MAC might go from being the ~25th rated conference in hoops to the 27th or 28th. Akron basketball isn't earning the MAC any at-large bids and isn't winning any tournament games so it's not adding anything additional for the conference. Akron basketball has been good, but it hasn't been good enough, like a Gonzaga or a MVC days Wichita State, to carry the conference on its back. It would take that level of success for the MAC to cater to Akron's demands. Football is what drives MAC decisions. Basketball is a distant #2. All other sports are irrelevant.

It has to do with the broader topic that Akron Football is so embarrassing, why are we even bothering anymore? It's not moving the goalposts, it's pointing out how much of a scam the entire proposition. The moving the goalpost commentary is the people trying to defend why Akron is blowing millions on a D-1 Football program, when it can't even score a point against the Mountain West juggernaut of Wyoming (obvious sarcasm). Like what possible good press/advertising/branding is there from that? None. And ZERO mid-majors are benefitting from playing football.

Most consistent program over the past 20 years. For MAC teams it ain't about NCAA wins, it's about NCAA appearances, and the most consistent team is Akron. It's just like how MAC Football isn't about being ranked or getting into the National Championship bracket, it's about post-season bowls and consistent over 500 seasons. The premium MAC football program is Ohio University, and Akron Basketball is the equivalent for Basketball.

Yup, and without looking at ESPN stats would have zero clue they've had any success over the past decade. Why? Because every major game they get blown out. Why? Because they can't compete with the big boys.

MBB is MAC elite in 2025. Those who want Akron to leave for another conference need to realize it isn't elite in many mid major conferences.

Finally in their top 25!

I question this claim. Yes, the Zips have been successful under Groce, but how do you define premium? Zero NCAA wins, very average fan engagement (5th-6th in basketball attendance), and an NIL strategy that is wholly dependent on one guy's checkbook. Do these facts add up to the top "program" in the league? I think not.