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If we could run the table this weekend - would this be the best weekend in Zips Athletics history? I realize winning our 1st National Championship can't be topped until we do it again but collectively this would be HUGE for Ohio Tech... Saturday – Football home against Buffalo 3:30 Sunday – Basketball away against Villanova 4:30 Sunday – Soccer NCAA tournament against Rutgers 4:00

Anticipating the largest crowd in several years on Sunday! AK-ROWDIES @TheAKROWDIES Due to such a high demand, athletics has purchased another 250 tickets for students! Get your FREE ticket today, 11am-1pm by the SU Market

Great passing numbers for TW13 so far today. Keep it up, buddy! Running game alternates between good gain and no gain.

Dear Caleb, please do not give Akron fans any of that "Yeagley is the John Wooden of soccer coaches" stuff! We, who sat and watched his Whose-her teams will never forget the arrogance of that man. We know, "Yeags", the man who taught Bobby Knight how to be bad!

Wouldn't it be full circle for him to win the MLS Cup in Ohio? If Columbus Crew and Portland both win, Columbus will be the site of the MLS Cup. Would love to get tickets for it, but heard it's basically a sellout already. I'll just save that money for NCAA tournament games instead!!!

I know this wants a great Arkansas team, and I know that Arkansas (even with the 27 wins, SEC title game appearance and NCAA round of 32, last year) hasn't been the powerhouse they once were. But as an overall program perspective, this was a huge win. Arkansas is easily a top 25 all-time program when looking at NCAA tourney history: Total appearances: 30 (tied with Arizona, Georgetown and Illinois for 15th most) NCAA wins: 41 (22nd all time) NCAA Final Fours: 6 (tied with Cincinnati and Oklahoma State for 10th most. NCAA titles: 1 (without adding it up, probably only 30 or schools have won a title) From a program prestige factor, this is easily the No. 1 win in the KD era (and I'm guessing the best ever for UA). Funny thing is, this team can top that on Sunday if they can somehow beat Villanova, which has just as rich of a tradition, and is top 10 caliber this year. For Villanova: Total appearances: 34 (tied with Notre Dame for 9th) NCAA wins: 47 (tied with Goegetown for 13th) Final Fours: 3 (tied with a bunch of schools for 27th) Titles: 1 (like Arkansas) Note: Villanova had a fourth final four vacated. The Zips are one game away from doing something pretty historic, beating two of the game's all-time programs (both are easily top 25 all-time), on the road, in a span of five days. I don't know about anybody else, but I would easily trade this type of opportunity every year vs. two home games against SWAC or MEAC schools. BTW, here is some national pub from the Arkansas win: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25380564/arkansas-finishes-out-rough-day-by-losing-to-akron-in-fayetteville http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/arkansas--dreadful-day-includes-losses-on-and-off-the-floor-144904159.html Both CBS and Yahoo felt it was big enough to report on with columnists. True, the topic was how the loss to Akron capped a dreadful day for the Razorbacks, who lost their version of LeBron James (Malik Monk, hometown top 5 national recruit) to Kentucky earlier in the day. Both articles were also quick to point out that Akron was very underhanded, too. And while Arkansas was the focus, it shows how high up the food chain they are to get national basketball stories in late November, even though I'm sure their fans don't want to read it.