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On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful that the Akron Zips are still in the NCAA Tournament. (Zips Soccer is much more palatable dinner conversation that national politics.) That alone makes 2017 a successful soccer season. The A-Roo flag yet flies from my front porch during Thanksgiving! As many of you know, that is the indication of a good year in Zips Soccer. Cheers to all Akron Zips throughout the world! May everyone have a blessed holiday with family and friends!

Now that the regular season is in the books: Tied for most wins in regular season history, with a chance to tie and/or break the most wins in season history. Beat 3 bowl eligible teams, for what I assume, is the most wins over bowl eligible teams in a regular season in team history. 3 were beat in 05, but that includes the MAC-C. Have a chance to break this record with a win in the MAC-C and/or bowl game. Win MAC East outright. Clinch 2nd MAC-C appearance in program history. Finished with a better record than the 2016 MAC "Cinderella story" Western Michigan. Preseason prediction by the pundits: 4th in the MAC East.

We could be outright MAC East champs (as opposed to winning a tie-breaker with OU). At the half, Buffalo 24 and Ohio 10.

Starting safety ejected. Will have to miss the first half of the MAC-C.

Very interesting reading this thread. I really figured the Zips would win 4 or 5 games this year. Although I hoped the defense would improve over the disaster of 2016, I anticipated another struggle. The defense was a pleasant surprise. Much improved. The offense was as exciting as watching paint dry (with the exception of 1st half vs. Ohio). I expected that. I expect it as long as Milwee is the OC. A 7-5 finish was never in my wildest dreams. Kudos to the kids. They never quit. When you have a team that was outgained 8 out of 12 times and pull out 7 wins, that is a testament to never giving up and finding ways to win. Just think, if we had an offense with a pulse, Troy and Miami turn into wins and the Zips go 9-3! ??? Looking forward to going back to Detroit. Been a long time coming.

Nope. You can count on it right now, that you're not.

I think I would love to see the full roo on the gold chrome helmets from a couple years back

Pretty much maximum schadenfreude for me.

Lol I saw what I thought was a 30-24 final. Still 8 minutes left. That's how little faith I have in the Kittens. ?

And it happened, Zips win the East outright. Damn shame too as the Kittens were sooo much better. Just ask them ??

Don't expect the ticket allocation to make sense. They have a point formula that's harder to figure out than the theory of Pi.

Can only imagine the meltdown over on KittenAttack.

Creative playacting is all on Milwee. Executing those plays is all on the players. Both have had period of poor performance.

It did not look good, but I believe he is back in.

Pull out all the stops in the MAC Championship game. Like this play:

I bought my tickets, go zips!

I would say that the offense prior to Woodson getting hurt last year was a pretty dynamic and exciting offense to watch. That being the case, not sure that it is fair to saddle the lack of exciting play calling on Milwee. The first half of Ohio was exciting because the QB was making throws and the WR were making catches. They were pretty much the same plays called all year. Seems like exciting is more closely related to personnel than play calling. That being said, not a single trick play all year. Perhaps we have saved them all for the MAC championship.

Lee, If you've never dealt with it before, this is the process we have to go through during the MAC Tournament in Cleveland for basketball every year. The seats are sorted among the purchasers, based on Z-Fund donation points. The "home" and "away" designation would determine the side where the benches of each team will be located, and the seating for the school's allotment will be somewhere behind that bench. My guess is that there is a designated side for "home team", which will probably be on the main press box side, and use the Detroit Lions locker room, etc. From what you describe, buying 2 seats on each side in the same area where they say that the school's allotments will be located will ensure that one of those pairs of seats will be near other Akron fans. You may have ended up being in the rows closer to the field with the school's allotment. But, that might have been the only advantage to waiting until Monday to go through the sorting process within Akron's block of seats.

I went to the Info. ticket office bright and early Wednesday AM. Nobody else there. That was AFTER I got on the GOZIPS site to try to buy tix. The seat mapped was blocked. What they are apparently doing according to the guy in the office is taking your money but not being able to tell you where you will be sitting much less give you a ticket. He claimed they would not actually get there allotment until after the Friday MAC games. He said that if Toledo won they would be the 'home' team and Akron the visitors. He said if NIU came out of the west Akron would be the 'home' team. He said that would determine which side of Ford Field each teams fans would get access to tix through the schools. He also said the ticket office would not be open on Saturday or Sunday. So Monday would be the earliest you could know where you are being seated or to buy tix if you hadn't already given your money. Not sure what diff. the home or away designation makes if you are on the road anyway. I finally went to the Ford Field website. There were some seats already opened up in the lower levels on each side of the field in the same sections that will be released to the two schools. I was able to pick the seats I wanted(aisle). Bought two on each side and will sell the two I don't need on the website.

Early Signing Day Info TL;DR

Convert this kid to a position where his talent can make an impact.

I just noticed that WMU is at MSU on Saturday at 6 pm. Did MSU add lights at DeMartin this season or are they playing elsewhere?