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this one ???? 😎 https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/11/08/akron-zips-mens-soccer-emil-jaaskelainen-big-east-tournament-jared-embick-long-island-england-usa/76108092007/

or potentially Matta/Holtman (whoever it was at the time) as OSU.

Good suggestions...... Charles Guthrie and the marketing department are not even trying...... How many kids that play high school soccer......in the 5 county area....will end up going to Akron for college (for education , not soccer)? How much work....would it be for the UA marketing person......or Marcus (Charles's #2).....to send e-mails........to the coaches Hudson , Stow, Jackson, Revere, Medina, Copley, and 45 other schools (boys and girls teams)in the 5 county area........and offer them a deal.........(coach and 9 high school players get in for $50 for 10 tickets)....and offer them a chance to see the nation's leading scorer....and the 13th ranked team in the country? the kids would have a fabulous time cheering with 8 or 9 of their high school soccer team mates.......These kids would remember the great time that they had at the Big East tournament game.....when they come to Akron for their education....they would be likely to come to games when they are at Akron for their education. Shoot, carve out a section of the grand stand....where the Hudson kids could sit in a row behind the Revere kids or besides the Copley kids or a row in front of the Stow Kids and the Medina kids. The kids would want to be creative and outdo the other kids in cheering for the zips.....Get 300 to 400 high school kids in one area....it would be alive and festive and you would have $1,500 to $2,000 of revenue that you would not have had. who knows, these high school kids.....might even become fans for life.....and support the zips as the adults......... Charles Guthrie and Marcus are doing absolutely nothing in being creative to attract fans from the community. Thundersticks is the best they can do ??? We all know that Akron student enrollment is down is because the previous presidents and the board of trustees have not been creative in trying to attract students. Rob Nemer did well for the Business School. I am pleased that he is president..... Charles Guthrie and Marcus and the marketing person hired by Guthrie are failing the university in attracting new fans to mens soccer.

Disappointing but not surprising. We really laid a number of eggs early in the season. The Ohio State game was an abomination from start to finish which was NO FUN to watch AT ALL. Then tying Cleveland State, losing to IU-Indianapolis, and losing 0-1 to Temple, all at home. Those games were atrocious.

Am I the only one to see the irony of this discussion. In the football forum, we complain that the football team plays 3 of its first 4 games against power conferences. In the basketball forum, we complain that we do not play enough games against power conferences. I am going to make one prediction about tonight's game, we will not fall behind 17-0 like we did against Colgate in football.

I understand it was a personal fit issue, not grades. Furman is a university named after a Baptist pastor with a school motto of "Christo et Doctrinae" which translates to "For Christ and Learning." That had to be quite a transition from the Portage County School of Animal Husbandry.

The game should be played by FIFA rules.

Catch if you can the really top notch article in The Akron Beacon Journal written by Michael Beaven regarding Emil Jaaskelainen. Very informative.

The student turnout this year has been just pathetic. So frustrating because 21/22 and parts of 23 were good. I don't have high hopes for the game tomorrow student wise.

Fair enough. Good job with the numbers. I think we would all like to see some top notch OOC games, especially at the JAR. That being said, when similarly situated programs are having similar OOC schedules it tells me that maybe it is a "difficulty" thing across the board for decent mid-majors rather than UA not adequately scheduling. Another story Groce told at the reception was that after they played a very tight game against a more prominent opponent that was coached by a friend of his as they were walking through the handshake line the coach leaned into him and told him "we are NEVER playing you again." I suspect that may have been Huggins after the West Virginia game.

Groce can't be trusted, and he immediately needs to take Ford to task for this scheduling. Not sure how he can trust Ford again. Why aren't the Zips doing a home and home with DePaul? He knows their coach. He also know Matta. There should be a sweet home and home deal with Butler.

I’ll disagree with both of you. Full 20 minutes of OT should be played as opposed to sudden victory which is a travesty to the sport like skipping OT and going straight to PKs, counting away goals as more than home goals, or the clock counting down rather than up.

We shall agree to disagree. As a self-styled football purist, I do not at all mind the strategic draw, regardless of the motivation. The objective is winning the league over winning the individual contest. Your point that this is less relevant in NCAA must be taken, I concede. Straying from the traditional path on one important detail, I strongly endorse the NCAA Sudden Death format in tournament scenario. It is both definitive and exhilarating!

Now I respectfully disagree. You must not watch a lot of international "football", because the "draw" is an important factor in most European and South American leagues, where there are no playoffs, just a table where the single point for a draw makes a huge difference in a lot of standings. And yes, there are "inferior" opponents in most of these leagues, as 2-3 monied teams dominate a 20-team league. So a draw between say Brentford and Manchester City is considered a "win" by the Brentfordites, and by the pundits and supporters, and plays into the strategies involved.

Shockingly, Dennis Helsel, Tom Wistercill and Larry Williams were not invited to join.

Welcome new AD, Keith Dambrot?