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Weather really reeked havoc at FES Thursday, as heavy rain at kickoff and then the weather service's wind warning came true. The women battled to a 1 - 1 draw vs. Buffalo, but finished the regular season MAC at 5-4-2 and finished tied for 4th. They'll enter the MAC tourney as the 5th seed and take on Buffalo again, but this time at the Great White North, in that huge football stadium on crappy turf. Match is Sunday at 1 and the women should be proud of this progress-laden season. Competitive as heck in the MAC now, back to back tourney appearances, and guess what? Portage Community College's Flashes are 9th and out of the tourney.

With all due respect...I don't think ANY Zips fan can ever be called a "Fair Weather Fan". If we're still here, and willing to post on a Zips-Fandom Forum...we're probably not fair weather fans brother! But we, as a collective, do probably need to band together a bit. The Zips fandom always seems a little divided...

That's fair! And yes...yes it did, lol. I wasn't in the best of moods while typing that particular post.

The Zips are never going to be anything other than basement dwellers if they stick to the "recruiting local" model.

No. If only more Zips fans gave a damn...people keep asking about why not more people go to games...people don't care or give a damn. I won't apologize for caring...well, I won't apologize for used to caring. And note: I did not say that I wouldn't wear my Zips stuff...it's that I can't wear it with any shred of pride. In anything. You and I both know it's overly optimistic, borderline futile, to think that the Zips are going to turn around before Tom Arth is shown the door.

These women deserve their own thread.

I can't stand all the pessimism in this thread. Don't you people realize we are only 13 tragic bus accidents away from a conference championship? GO ZIPS

Thank you, Seniors I hope that Skye is healthy enough to get some minutes

Congratulations to Zips Mens Soccer legend Simon Spelling...

I have PS Vue. I love it for the sports package. As of right now I haven’t found an equivalent. Sorta sucks.

Clark Griswold gets an early Christmas bonus

Awe, you really do care, and appreciate having me around on this forum! I'll take your criticism under advisement. Though I believe you're a bit unfair to Balsy circa 2012 as he was a much more timid, Akron undergrad just looking for an outlet for Zips fandom that really didn't exist, and rarely made posts that pushed the envelope even slightly. Of course there were issues, no one is denying that! Recruiting still sucked (but was better than before), offensive play calling was a mystery after 2013...among other issues for which I probably am not aware of...but there is a level of nuance there that Bowden's detractors don't want to talk about. Predictable, sure. Bowden had a 1-11 first year. But beyond the simple prediction you have to have something tangible. Simply saying "all coaches struggle their first year" is a whitewash excuse. Bowden may have been 1-11 that first year, but there was a tangible improvement that could be seen that wasn't subjective: competitive late in games almost winning (FIU, BGSU, Miami that year...including a surprisingly competitive game against Tennessee) and overall defensive and Offensive statistical improvement. What are we seeing with Arth that is tangible, right now?

That's what I was saying for years. I'd take 5-7 with a chance at better, any day over 0-12. Arth ain't no PJ Fleck. Athletic Director has to go. Every decision he has made has been atrocious, and while we're at it...get rid of those on the BOT that thought supporting this move was a good idea. Probably? We are. Yesterday confirmed it as we lost to 0-4 UMass. Here coms the first winless season in Akron History; and you can go ahead and add in addition to all those costs you just mentioned; we'll be having to pay what reamains of Arth's contract when he's jettisoned. The point is because we give a damn. We're tired of seeing our University as the punchline of a joke. I refuse to sugarcoat anything.

No, I'm not happy about this. I'm absolutely miserable that I can't wear my Zips stuff with pride and talk to my students/other people about the Zips...or get excited about the Zips. "Mr. B how'd the Zips do this weekend" ... "they lost...again". I'm just waiting for all the hypocrites to come out of the woodwork and try to defend losing to 0-4 UMass. Hopefully the Zips will prove me wrong and find a way to win this. Experience has taught me not to hold my breath.

Oh...it looks like a Blowout is on it's way. Remember when losing to UMass when they were in the MAC caused everyone to lose their minds?

This hire does nothing for me. I don't get the excitement to hire him. He took over a program that had 10, 9 & 9 wins the three years prior to him and turned that into 3 and 5 wins in his two years. In his second year at the helm he never beat any of the top four teams in his league. Is that the success we want? I would love to know what LW saw in him that was better than Getsy or Kehres. He's our coach now and I'll do all I can to help him be successful, but pardon me if I'm not excited.