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I don't know, a lot of us on here are always complaining about the lack of attention that our program receives, so I refuse to hate on this kind of article. Yeah, it puts unneeded pressure/expectations on the team, but this is also the kind of thing that can draw out the "Joe Akrons" that claim they won't support the Zips because they aren't really relevant. Articles like this are what the "big programs" get all the time. Baby steps, but it seems like our program has made a bit of progress this season. Between the extra press I've seen the Zips get both from the ABJ/random national press on social media and getting selected for multiple games on ESPN2, there is a different feel in my opinion. Hopefully UA can build on this in terms of keeping momentum in getting better talent and increasing attendance.

no i was just saying when you mentioned the Juco guys fighting for starting spots just saying he will be aswell thats all, you have great overview of the team and i love how you break the team and players down....Go Zips

I know. Maybe with a shooting guard they would he undefeated in league play.

There are six wins and a bowl in the overall schedule. Minimum 5 in the MAC and one OOC. No more excuses.

Prime time!!!

the main web page...features an article by the relatively new associate AD for Marketing. 47% increase in men's soccer attendance???? I have highlighted in bold.....the men's soccer words from Seth McFall. While his words are encouraging, I do not agree with his math. See my calculations...below. In coordination with our ticket office, our fall sport ad campaign was launched with the intent to create awareness of our home events, while executing engaging content that would entice the user to interact with our materials. Our coordinated attack with group sales and digital ads, Akron Athletics saw increases in all three of our Fall Olympic sports. Men's Soccer saw a 69% increase in group sales, as well as a 47% increase in game attendance. https://gozips.com/news/2024/1/24/general-message-from-the-ad-contributing-series-seth-mcfall Actual attendance from box scores...on schedules 2022 regular season home games VCU 1,488 wright st 1,418 mich st 1,411 ohio state 2.237 Duq 1,209 NIU 1,222 BGSU 1,129 cleve st 1,419 chicago st 938 west mich 1,477 attendance of 13,948 10 regular season home games average of 1,394.8 per home game 2023 regular season home games Niag 1,174 Vermont 1,618 S. Ind 1,198 long Island 1,691 FIU 1,302 Providence 2,042 Notre Dame 2,535 Seton H 1,831 N. KY 1,965 DePaul 1,743 Cleve St 855 Marquette 1,590 attendance of 19,544 for regular season home games 12 regular season home games average of 1,628.667 per home game 1,628.667 per game is better than 1,394.8 per game but it is a % increase of 16.767% per game where do Seth MCfall and Charles Guthrie get their 47% increase in game attendance at first, I thought that they might have done total attendance...even though that is unfair.......because 2023 is 12 home games and 2022 is 10 home games even if they are that unlogical, 19,544 total attendance for 12 games is a 40.1 % increase over 13,948 for 10 games I can't come up with a 47% increase even If I include the 2022 post season attendance....., I can't come up with their wonderful % increase figures the weather must have been awful for the 2022 post season games???? mac title game in 2022 ...they show attendance of only 942 in Akron 2nd round ncaa tournament game in 2022...they show attendace of only 586 in Akron for the game against Pitt if you add those 2 games to the 10 regular season games, you get 15,476 attendance for 12 games that is avg. attendance of 1,289.667 per game so 1,628.667 in 2023 is an increase of 26.29% per game 47% increase alleged by McFall and Guthrie.....does not agree with the facts and if you look close, the move from the MAC to the Big East.......was responsible for a large portion of the attendance increase rather than anything done by McFall and Guthrie MAC league games in 2022 NIU 1,222 BGSU 1,129 Chicago 938 WMU 1,477 attendance of 4,766 for league games...avg. attendance of 1,194.5 Big East League games in 2023 Prov 2,042 Seton Hall 1,831 DePaul 1,743 Marquette 1,590 attendance of 7,206 for league games...avg. attendance of 1,801.5 for big east games 51.2% increase in attendance for league games better competition....accounted for the better attendance. I am glad that the athletic department....is trying to do new informative articles.....but I feel like I am being misled by Guthrie and McFall "new math"

Good points @UAZippers. My reluctance is primarily based upon superstition.

$1 beers to celebrate their 1-5 record in A10 play.

not at all buddy!!! i didn't expect him to say that at all

When doubleteamed Freeman has started to pass to the open man, but too many times our guards and even Ali and Hunter pass up open shots. We ne3d someone to man up and hit some shots-doesn't have to be a 3 pointer. Oh how this team could use a good shooting guard.

I had to double take. I thought this was a GP1 post. There are only 18 profitable programs in the entire country. The entire system is broken and the G5s are taking the worst of it.

Hopefully he winds up being a lock down corner 💪💪

Outside of a couple of games, Hunter has struggled big time from the arc. Last year's 3-point percentage from him seems to have been an anomaly. At least to this point.

I don't think the JAR has the concourse space to accommodate a $1 beer night. It would turn into a crap show where the stairs would be blocked from the lines and people would miss huge chunk of the game waiting for a beer

Maybe we should move that idea to the JAR attendance thread!

God… this would be such a shitshow at Akron😭

Agreed. 6:00 PM on ESPN2 does feel big.

Well, that's because the taxpayers don't generally support the sports of public universities. Taxpayer support for universities has declined over the decades, and most of that is considered an investment in training a workforce...or something something [insert political initiative here]. It's the students; with their tuition money, taking on debt to pay for these programs. It's basically a Ponzi scheme. The constant inflow of new students to fund the thing through their debt, and to reward the Alumni/Community. The 2000s will likely be remembered as a decadent era of fraud founded on debt, but that's a conversation for another day. Don't look behind the curtain. Just consume, consume, consume. I don't want to sound all doom-and-gloom, I do after all love my Zips. I do think there is (or at least used to be) tangible social/community benefits to these programs, but I think it's wained over the past 2-decades because of greed. The formation of the FOX and ESPN mega-conferances has basically accelerated the death of the value college-athletics had to communities IMHO. It's going to generate billions for other people, from the socialized cost of the student's debt on the bottom. Something has to give...

That feels pretty big on a Saturday evening when so many other schools play that day.

spring roster https://gozips.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/2024

I agree, there really wasn’t any commentary in your comments, you were just explaining the lay of the land. I think he expects you to say that Zayden Taylor is a sure fire starter and likely All MAC this season 😂