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I too am questioning Groce right now. It's an easy thing to do when the Zips have lost 5 of 6. That being said, let's not act like we lost some great talent in K-lac. Great kid yes, prime D1 basketball talent, nope. K-lac was a 7 footer who never made the All North Coast League team. That's the North Coast League, a league of a bunch of very average basketball programs (with the exception of VASJ and CCC). He ended up at IMG because he didn't have the game for college basketball when he graduated and ended up at UA because he was a 7 footer and UA was desperate for recruits. He played hard and showed some flashes, but his hands were awful and he was a defensive liability at times. If he's smart, he'll head to a place like John Carroll or Ashland where he can contribute. Otherwise, he's destined for the end of the bench in any reasonable D1 program. I agree the Zips need to recruit another Zeke, Bog Dog and Tree. Every team could afford to again recruit their best 3 players in the last 10 to 15 years.

I've noticed that when the Zips are playing well I refer to them as "we" and when they play poorly they are the "Zips" or "they." The ZIPS need to play better Tuesday night than THEY did today. If they win, WE will have to carry it over to the PCCC game.

She was the only person from Akron that showed any talent on the JAR floor today!

PIT 1-0 AKR More experienced players are more accustomed to finishing. Zips actually had greater number of chances; they should have scored at least one. Biggest takeaway: The raw athleticism of Will Jackson. The freshman will contribute this year. Sam Tojaga and Carlo Ritaccio played well, each in their own way.

It will be interesting to see if LB Michael Scott has a strong spring. I wonder if he might contribute in 2019. Can't count out Arslanian to have more of an impact in 2019, but are there any other 5' 9" LB's in FBS? On the defensive line Matt Hanson is going to have to play more solid minutes and I expect Logan Hawkins to show up in 2019. In the defensive backfield, it's time for Lubin to shine. I don't think we are as weak on defense as some prognosticators think, but we are thin. 2019 should be interesting. Wouldn't surprise me to see a significant increase in offensive stats in 2019. Illinois will be a good gauge. They are beatable.

No way! She did great. The team not so much however. It's just one game, off nights happen. But what a bad time for a dud like that

If this thread would be "souley" dedicated to football I think we'd all be happy

I go: L vs. ILL W vs. UAB L vs. CMU W vs. Troy L vs. UMASS W vs. Kent W vs. Buff L vs. NIU W vs. BG W vs. EMU L vs. Miami L vs. Ohio 6 and 6 Off MVP - Deltron Sands Def MVP - John Lako Champion - Toledo

I kept trying to tell you guys and gals to cross over to Ocacek to watch WSD win the MAC, but noooo.....

I have confidence in both Lubin and Riley, but they've each got very little experience. They could both end up being great players, but banking on them is pretty risky, IMO. With our depth of safeties (Davis, Featherstone, Hooks, Jacobs, Hall, Adetutu, and incoming Corey Thomas), I wonder if they don't look at moving one of them to CB at least for this year. I wouldn't mind one of our extra schollies going to a grad transfer CB to add some depth at the position. With what we have coming back and the recruiting class, I don't think I'm too worried about the front 7 and def not worried about the safeties. I expect the offense to take a big step forward. Our OL has another year experience and is healthy and some of our younger players who weren't ready last year should be ready now (RJ Kelly, Fonte, Devin Jordan).

Dillon Serna hit a curling shot that the GK could not handle and then the rookie from the univ. of Denver....tapped in the rebound

Good news! This is very well deserved!

Congratulations to Ger https://www.soccerwire.com/notes/ger-coppinger-named-top-assistant-coach-for-akron-mens-soccer/

Why can’t we just talk about football?

Is there anyone that went to the game against the Riverhounds yesterday? Any updates?

IF UA adds a back-peddling team to it's athletic program they should recruit the hell out of 5120.

As a recruiting buff, I already miss Otis Mounds.