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2 weeks ago Umass was leading Buffalo at half and only lost by 7 to them. Don’t get me wrong, they are not good, but the Zips can’t take anyone lightly! In regards to Joe at the end of the season, I think he asks for some changes: increased budget, some modest NIL dollars, etc and if he doesn’t get it he walks. If so, I just hope it happens fairly quickly after the end of the season so Akron has time to find a replacement. It would be bad for the program, and the players, if it drags out and he resigns in mid January.

At home, versus a hapless Minutemen team. coming off a MAC road win at Buffalo, this is a "must win" game for the Zips. Should they win, the Zips are poised to force the locals to pay at least a little attention to the program as the Kent game approaches. They absolutely cannot take a step backwards with a home loss next Tuesday. A win would go a long way in securing Joe Moorhead's return in 2026. That is...should he want to return. But that's a story for the offseason. The Zips have done a good job of handling their business against lesser teams. Relatively healthy, at home, and coming off a road win, I see a 41-17 Zips beatdown of UMass next Tuesday, setting the table for a fun, intriguing Akron/Kent match up the following week. I think I saw Joe Akron's left big toe move a little? Could he be emerging from his coma?

Akron still not ranked again in the Top Drawer Soccer poll this week. Meanwhile, in the College Soccer News poll, Akron moves up to #22. https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-mens-week-10-top-25-coaches-poll-maryland-and-virginia-jump-into-the-top-5-and-san-diego-climbs-to-10/

Big difference between “should have” and “could have”.

LSU is a program that should be a consistent national championship contender and Brian Kelly failed to even qualify for the College Football Playoff at LSU. The true short-sighted move was giving a 10 year, $95 M contract to a head coach who has never won a Natty and has questionable character.

I consider "should have won" games that they were in a position to win, but didn't because of a missed opportunity. The UAB loss would be one of them. But if we are counting double-digit losses to Miami and Ball State as "should have won" games, we have to consider a 6-point win over CMU and an 8-point win over Buffalo could have been losses, too. You are what your record says you are.

Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Oklahoma aren't going to be able to raise NIL money like an OSU, Texas, Michigan, etc. can. Oklahoma also no longer has the benefit of building its resume by padding win totals against a weaker Big 12. Oklahoma probably can still fundraise enough to be relevant to make the playoffs fairly often, but they will infrequently be one of the favorites IMO. Wisconsin and Nebraska are even a step behind Oklahoma and likely need a homerun hire coach, like a Dantonio or Cignetti. Someone who excels at being able to do more with less. Even then I'm sure there are many P4 programs Dantonio's tenure wouldn't be deemed good enough given today's unrealistic expectations.

And programs that are not traditional powers but have managed to do some building despite NIL, such as Indiana, will be more short-lived now more than ever, unless they have a Phil Knight on speed dial to retain talent and team chemistry.

Why is NIL not kind to these three schools?

Sunday October 26 number 25 Kentucky 1 number 10 West Virginia 0

Good post. Kelly was a terrible hire for cultural reasons. Put LSU into the category of Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Nebraska, etc. Once great programs whose best day are in a world long past. The nil era isn't going to be kind to these schools. They will almost always exist the second level.

Brian Kelly of LSU was added to the bin of discarded Power 4 coaches. It's astounding how short-sighted and toxic these unreasonable demands of proven, quality coaches from administrators and powerful alumni are. LSU lost to an undefeated #3 team in the country and are/were in the Top 25 themselves, yet he gets canned mid-season. There is no such thing as program building anymore. Thanks, NIL.

November 26, 2022. Akron beat NIU, Kent beat Buffalo

Just wondering if anybody knows the last time was that Kent and Akron had MAC wins on the same day?

So when we win by 30 it doesn't mean we're winning the Natty?

Perfect name too!

I save those for kids standing on the rail?

I will say this is also with the league practice restrictions in place because of our grades. I fully blame the full administration for that but the fact we are still performing this well with that stipulation as well is something to make note of

For future reference, I can highly recommend the Zip Burger at Zip's Cafe, ~3.5 miles from Xavier's soccer field. Tasted great, especially following a 3-1 Zips WIN!!! https://www.zipscafe.com/menu/

Bump. Went ahead and included weeks 10 and 11 for conference play due to all the mini-byes for MACtion.

5-7 is a year I'll take, but he will need to follow it up with 6+ win season next year before I would even consider an extension. We wouldn't be in a position to buy out 4-5 years of his contract if he regressed nor could we keep a coach around for 10 years that has never made it to a bowl game. It would place the University into a tougher bind than it is already.

Even 5-7 would be our best season since 2017 and it’s objectively still taking the program upward even with all of our all conference players transferring/graduating from last year.

nice win, fellas

As I recall, our Zips missed the MAC Tournament in 2022, but earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.