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It's going to be one of those seasons. Our youth at key positions coupled with our reliance on the three are going to add up to a lot of inconsistency and some painful nights. Just when we'll be ready to throw up out hands, we'll get a gem. Welcome to the 2014-15 Zips.

Klinsmann calls Kitchen, Trapp, and Serna in for the first training camp of 2015.

If we are talking NE Ohio in general, there have been some good teams play at CSU. North Carolina played at CSU during their championship season in 2005. In 1998, a Rhode Island team that made the Sweet 16 played CSU in the Rock N Roll Shootout at the Q (Gund Arena). In 94, Ohio State played at CSU, though that was the year after Jim Jackson left and OSU wasn't great. And Michigan played at CSU during the first year the Convo was open.What did all those games have in common? The opponent had a Cleveland kid on their roster. (Kind of like Pitt with Jerome Lane). UNC specifically played that CSU game as a homecoming for Jawad Williams, a St. Edward kid. While I'm not sure if the reason the others played in Cleveland were for that only reason, but Rhode Island had Luther Clay, from Oberlin; OSU had Malcolm Sims from Shaker Heights (who hit a game winning buzzer beating 3 for OSU that night); and Michigan had Eric Reily from St. Joes. Point is, if you want to try to get a big name team to come to NEO. 1, look for a program that has a NEO kid on the roster. 2, especially in Akron's case, play the game at the Q.