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There's a lot of speculation that those "personal reasons" are highly correlated with alcohol consumption, but I have absolutely no first-hand knowledge of that.

I hope that Zips Men's Soccer alumni players as well as the coaches instill in our players to not take SLU for granted even though the first meeting was a lopsided 3-0 result. SLU is doing as needed to survive and advance on the road. Danger! Beware!

We didn't even get 20 minutes! 16 total minutes for the season he was here!

Same here. Thanks for the explanation @Let'sGoZips94.

If only we could have gotten 20 a game out of our Wisconsin transfer (Taylor Currie).

I was thinking about that last night and thought naw, the B1G skews pretty far west. Then I remembered they've added Rutgers and Maryland on the east coast, so maybe. And then again, for members on the west coast it would be about the same difference. And who's to say Cleveland couldn't start up its own bowl game?

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/2025/12/01/akron-zips-soccer-will-play-saint-louis-next-in-ncaa-tournament/87548451007/?tbref=hp

Wrong thread by a couple of years but Mark Stoops is out at Kentucky. And incidentally, Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades is stepping down from both his duties for the Bears and as the College Football Playoff selection committee's chairman for "personal reasons," according to Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger.

Very true, although I think the Big Ten re-ups with Lucas Oil for one more go-around since the area around Haslem's Playground won't be developed right away.

I personally love the gamesmanship and quite frankly, with how sad the last PK attempt by Bryant was, they deserved everything they got lol. With that being said, I like Akron being the more composed, controlled, and skilled team on Saturday with everything I saw from SLU.

The one obstacle would be if the B1G decides to relocate from Lucas Oil. B1G current deal with Indianapolis conveniently expires in 2028. Just in time for the Brook Park stadium

I caught the yellow card but didn't know what happened. Yikes.

I can almost guarantee this will happen. The MAC moved its offices to Cleveland, the basketball tournament is in Cleveland, and the MAC will want to plant its flag at Haslem's Playground. With the massive renovation happening at Cleveland Hopkins as well, I'd imagine Cleveland will become easier to fly in and out of, too.

Bringing this information here as it's more pertinent. @kreed5120 did the top 5 MAC teams in another thread, but I want to expand on that so we can laugh at Ohio. Akron - 42 Buffalo - 87 Miami OH - 108 Bowling Green - 111 Toledo - 150 Kent - 157 EMU - 170 UMass - 208 NIU - 257 CMU - 285 Ohio - 287(!) WMU - 292 Balls - 340(!) For comparison, if I'm not mistaken, the MAC had 4 teams in the top 200 to end last season. If this trend of 7+ teams in the top 200 continues, look for the MAC to be both very competitive and highly thought of come March (in comparison to previous years). Top 200 Teams by Non P4 + Big East Conference: America East: 1 American: 7 ASUN: 2 A10: 9 (8 are top 100) Big Sky: 7 Big South: 2 Big West: 7 CAA: 7 CUSA: 5 Horizon: 6 Ivy: 4 MAAC: 4 MAC: 7 MEAC: 0 Mountain West: 9 MVC: 8 NEC: 3 OVC: 3 Patriot: 3 SoCon: 3 Southland: 5 Summit: 3 Sun Belt: 6 SWAC: 0 WAC: 4 WCC: 7 The MAC is positioning itself to be in the top half of conferences, which is a huge improvement compared to recent seasons.

Here's the OOC since im the OOC guy these days JMU 177 Princeton 263 Purdue 3 Iona 168 Evansville 317 Yale 25 Milwaukee 222 Bucknell 304 Tulane 236 Murray State 93 Potential Sun Belt Opponents South Alabama 117 Southern Miss 130 Marshall 132 Troy 133

That certainly plays a part. The formulas also while involving many of the same criteria weigh things differently. I'm not sure where Buffalo would be ranked in kenpom without the preseason expectations built in. We will find that out in early to mid-January when it gets completely phased out.

I believe I saw somewhere that NET does not take into account preseason expectations as a sort of starting point, while KenPom does. So, for example, Buffalo is probably higher in the NET ranking than KenPom because KenPom is essentially adjusting for them to "come back down to earth". Is this correct?

Buffalo is an interesting study. They've held onto some of their better players while supplementing with transfer talent. Their top scorer, Daniel Freitag is a Wisconsin transfer and is averaging 20 a game. I'm curious to see if they hold up as the season progresses. Their schedule hasn't been very difficult but it's much better than Miami's (whose isn't?). They squeaked by Bucknell 73-71.

Yup, but unlike scumbag Kiffin, he's finishing out the season at Tulane if they make the Playoff (if I'm not mistaken).

Wow. That is much higher than I was expecting. Bart Torvik's NET Predictor had a 40s number on the Zips next to a 60s number - wasn't sure which one they were predicting. Turns out the 40s number was spot on. Keep it going Zips!

They just lost their football HC so they will be very focused lol

Yale is at 25 with means we now have 2 Q1 losses. 1-0 in Q3 and 4-0 in Q4

NET rankings have been released. Akron currently sits at #42. Others of note. UB - #87 Miami - #108 BGSU - #111 Toledo - #150 Kent State - #157 https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/47272

I agree. I thought I saw our team jaw a little bit after the Creighton game and I did not like it. I think it starts with the coach. Can anyone see our basketball team heckle the home fans after a basketball team? I cannot see Groce tolerating it. The only time I remember this happening was when the Kent team heckled the rowdies after they beat us at the jar a couple of years ago and everyone on this board commented how the Kent team had no class. If the Zips win Saturday we can put this topic to rest.