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The MAC Championship game is on a Saturday this year so maybe we can get one more Saturday game in. BTW we need to use this image from the Simpsons somehow for Tuesday.

You can always tell by whether they say "Akron U."! From Summit County and born before 1960 makes it about 100%.

I hear that. That WAS our offense in that Buffalo game. Period. Without it, we aren't talking about sitting on the doorstep of a MAC East title right now. Just look back. Maybe to the breakout offensive performance 2 years ago at Louisiana Lafayette. We've had our greatest successes going for big plays with Woodson at QB. There have been times where we died offensively also. I guess it's like being a team that relies on a lot of 3-point shots in basketball. And Terry has always had that "throw the ball downfield" tendency. Three weeks from now, I hope I can say that it helped us this year, instead of failing us. Because it ain't goin away, Dadgummit !!

When I was a student and lived in the area, there was nothing I'd rather do on a nice fall evening than go to a Zips soccer game. It was an event to look forward to. Even as a youth, being a ball boy or going to an occasional game with my parents or teammates were memorable events. I have watched the Zips play VCU in Richmond and against UNC in Chapel Hill...both thrilling wins! I have every intention of traveling to the College Cup in Philly from Baltimore, if we make it.

I'm hoping that the Suckeye Faithful down there on Exchange will now get bored, knowing that there's no more drama to cover in Cowlumbus for the rest of the season, and might be looking for some other relevant local sports news, and might suddenly discover that the Division I-A school that's a 5 min. walk away for their office just happens to be on track for a conference title. I know. Blind hope. Expect to see more coverage for the Suckeye's upcoming invitation to the Holiday Bowl instead.

Wow, this is a new one. In all the threads around attendance I have seen; Football - we don't win games, the team is not a contender, old stadium off campus, bad weather, weekday games, conflict with OSU, don't have top competition come to Info Basketball - we do win games but they are not important games, JAR is old outdated, not exciting, don't have top competition, we lose in postseason NOW for soccer...... Our team is always Top 25 - but that is expected People will only care if we are ranked #1 People expect us to win so there is no need to come I've heard em' all now ...... I think...

I'm surprised that it's 5 points. I thought it might be a field goal, or less.

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It's great to see WMU doing well. It gives us two more solid RPI games per season and adds credibility to MAC soccer. The most fans ever was under 6k, not between 6 and 7k. I think fans not showing up for UA games like they have in the past is due to a handful of things: 1) The program has already succeeded to the pinnacle...a National Championship. Unless another one of those is imminently obvious to the casual fan, it's just another season. 2) Embick does not have the bulldog-instigator personality that Porter does. Charisma matters. How awesome was it to see Porter essentially pick fights with the B1G teams (especially OSU, Michigan, and PSU) and then take them to the woodshed on the field? Coming from Akron, we all have a chip on our shoulder and whether intentional or not, Porter played right into this. "We will play anyone, anytime, anywhere." 3) The local media and social media have not created a buzz throughout the local community. 4) The viewing opportunities are now so good via ESPN3. I've watched every game from my living room in MD. I miss the atmosphere of FE Stadium - CC Field, but living in another state, ESPN3 is an unprecedented option. 5) The early losses to apparently no-named programs on the road to start the season were a buzz kill. Utah Valley and Denver have had much success in recent seasons, and Embick is fully justified in scheduling them for RPI purposes, but the casual fan does not have this advanced knowledge and the corresponding appreciation. The US not participating in the World Cup does not have anything to do with college soccer. If anything, the strengthening of MLS enhances the college game because of serving as feeder programs much like college basketball and football. MLS has also given better opportunities to players from throughout CONCACAF, and the success of other CONCACAF countries is a reflection of MLS. This is overlooked by those who think the USMNT sucks and under-performed. They definitely under-performed, but the quality of their competition was as good as it has ever been.

Tickets arrived today. Excited to get this season started. GO ZIPS!

That's fantastic news. I think that adds some credibility to our national standing as a program. I think we have way too much talent and experience this year to not make a run at a national title. We might also be playing our best at the right time. But it's soccer. One stupid play can end everything. So I have to ask again. Where are the fans? Another sparse crowd on a Senior Night with fantastic weather. Why are people failing to connect with what is happening, vs. how they connected and responded maybe 5 years ago? No blame on the students either. Even the formerly-always-packed main grandstand appears to have plenty of room lately. Does it take some of the excitement out of it when you now come to expect this every year, like basketball did for so many years? I don't want to get the soccer fanatics all fired up, but I am also worried that not having a team in the upcoming world cup is likely going to have some impact on the sport in this country. I think we always could count on some sort of added interest in the sport outside of the core soccer fans when that event was about to take place.

https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/team-of-the-week/1111-college-soccer-news-national-team-of-the-week-week-ending-november-5-2017 It's Stewie time...team of the week again

Our boys look good. Really good!! I've got a really good feeling about this team.

I picked Hawaii.

I know the MAC isn't the most glamorous, or high powered conference, but it just occurred to me how robbed I feel with this No-Saturday-MAC-games scenario...We didn't play today, nor did any MAC teams, but it seems like EVERYBODY ELSE did, and we missed out on the Saturday Football Experience, and won't get it again until 2018. I miss it.

Watching Alabama LSU. I have not seen the Alabama tackles get in a 3 point yet.

Morgan run for nine yards between the tackle and guard. Pass play to TW's left. The one 8 bobbled and almost caught in the end zone. Pass play out of the end zone to 3. Run play Morgan off tackle right. I could post more, but I think you get the idea, no matter run or pass, tackle up, guard down, at least for the BSU game. I'll keep a better eye out Tuesday.

Pass blocking out of a 3 point stance is much easier than run blocking out of a 2. Anyone who doesn't think so, try it in the back yard with your friends.