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Marty has been coming to the games with me since the nineties. He got season tickets a few years before the Info opened. There are three of us that grew up in Ellet and then went to UA and attended the games. This is so cool!

Tempting possibly if QB wasn’t a big question mark.

I won't be excited until they do a Darlington Nagbe bobblehead for season ticket holders. DNag is an absolute Akron zip legend....and season ticket holders would love a Nagbe bobblehead.

College athletics has become much less entertaining once a JD degree became required to properly follow. Probably why I watch much fewer random games than I did ~10 years ago.

It's about that time...time to start talking about the Zips upcoming opponent. I will be traveling to Winston-Salem for the game. What the heck...it should be good weather and a great time. We'll hit Asheville for an extended weekend afterwards. Will my trip to Lourdes France bring the miracle we need to get Poffenbarger eligible, or has the Cibastian Broughton Era gotten off to an earlier-than-expected start?

I will say Akron's effort in the past has been poor. Under Goodrich the past 2 years the effort has seemed much improved. It just takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day. Not that Akron is Rome.

Wake Forest earned $42M in ACC revenue share. Translation: Wake Forest offers a Mercedes Benz experience compared to your standard P4 Lamborghini. Akron receives ~$2M +/- in revenue share from the MAC. We're delivering a 2005 Honda Civic with 300k miles experience. "Limited resources" LOL. The only notes that should be taken are how to ride the coat tails of more successful athletic programs to bigger financial gains than most of the country while in a geographically advantageous location. I'm sure Wake puts fine effort into their gameday experience, and I agree Akron's effort is poor at best, but comparing the two situations in any manner whatsoever is disingenuous to a logical discussion.

Big one tonight. While unranked, Wake Forest is one of those "it" schools (in soccer) that are circled on the calendar no matter what their ranking is. This will be a great measuring stick to see where this year's Zips squad is truly at.

I wasn't all that surprised to see PA, MI, FL, CA, and TX rank among the top 10 states for Akron alumni. I was surprised to see the heavy concentration of alumni in the VA, Carolina, GA region. Not that I wouldn't have guessed 1 or 2 of those states to make the top 10, but I wouldn't have guessed all 4. Scheduling more games against programs like Georgia Tech, Virginia, NC State, etc. would seem to make a lot of sense if we want to keep alumni outside of Ohio more engaged.

We will be there along with our alumni son! First time getting to see the Zips since moving to Greensboro a few years ago.

Remember, if anyone needs recommendations on where to go, let me know what you would like to do.

AKR 0-0 Army FT Army are fit and physical, not to mention large. They are disciplined and organized, as one might suspect. Zips could not unlock such a committed defense. The last pass, and the finishing, went begging. That is all. There is no reason for grave alarm right now. I do think Embick needs to get more players into his rotation, but that is a minor point. This was a hard-fought contest where none had the quality necessary to score. It was entertaining, nonetheless. But I am a football junkie, so... We will know more about this team come Friday.

Sadly, seats bought today are just as likely to be WF fans. They travel well.