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Yeah, we've played 7 games in this challenge and are 4-3 in those games. Picked up our first road win of the challenge last week. It's an odd take to say the SB is beneath us when we're not exactly dominating, even at the top. If we were sitting at 6-1 or something like that then yes that argument might carry some weight. If we go on to win our second match-up and sweep next year bringing our record to 7-3 then sure it's a discussion worth having. Even then though it takes two to tango. The conferences most here would want us to play aren't interested in a challenge with the MAC.

Toledo got destroyed on Thursday by Michigan State. Kowalchoke's Toy Rockets were down by 30 before you could blink and ended up losing by 30 because Izzo showed some mercy. Ball State lost by 1 at home to Indiana State. Painful loss for their fan base. Xavier beat EMU last night by 23. NC A&T/Ohio at 1pm EST, Toledo/Marshall at 2pm EST, and Bellarmine/Miami OH at 5pm EST today.

Unbelievably idiotic that schools who don't even sponsor soccer got a vote.

Bizarre. I am assuming that Minnesota sees value in Freeman but wanted to sign someone else to a 2 way deal while he is dealing with an injury. Minn may resign him to a 2 way once he is able to play.

This relegates soccer to continue as a minor sport that cares little about the players health or academics. This proposal was overwhelmingly favored by the schools that took the game seriously.

C'mon he lost the House and the Senate. Quit piling on. 😉

First of the season. Way to go Sam!

GOAL! Sam Bunch!!

The top 1/3 of the MAC, especially Akron, is there or at least a heck of a lot closer than you'd think. I'm not saying a conference wide event with these other conferences, but an exclusive top of each conference would match up well.

I would assume so too since it was framed as Iowa trading for him and not Minnesota.

Muskingum won their opener 82-77 over PSU-Brandywine in OT. Owen Emig led the Muskies with 22 points.

I don't think O'Rourke came back in after his knock to the head. Hopefully he's ready to go on Thursday!

Yes CO CHAMPS

Neutral site boyds, Md for both semis and final

Nice shooting by Sam and Tyler on the goals... Nice passes by Jack Sullivan and Jack Roman... 7 shots from the zips in the first half...6 on goal......that is good efficiency... very solid recovery defense by Matthew Paiva on Marquette's one very good opportunity Good first half, Zips !!

SLC must have claimed him after Minnesota released him. This is pretty hilarious they traded for him after releasing him.

I'm so confused.

You could point to a lot of issues in the Kent loss , but I think the backbreakers were the two instances where DeShields "Houdini'd" us. We had him dead-to-rights twice, and instead surrendered 2 TD's. It sucks we had to wait so long to see CB play against MAC competition. His escapability and running threat would have won us a couple games.

If anybody is up for some scouting, the Muskies play in Alliance today against Penn State- Brandywine at 5:00 and against Franklin & Marshall tomorrow at 3:00. I had a buddy decades ago that went to Franklin & Marshall, home of the Diplomats. One year, the basketball team was very excited about their new custom shoes coming from the manufacturer. When they arrived, they had emblazoned above the heel in nice bold lettering the word "DIPS" (short for Diplomats). LOL.

Wow. How boring.

These were largely a result of Louisiana's defensive game plan and effort and adjusting to said game plan/effort will be something we can focus on improving. Oriol had 18(?) in the game vs. YSU - not worried about him. Staveskie will be fine as well. The turnovers are troublesome, but I'm glad they came in game 1 during a double digit victory. This was nearly a perfect game 1. Did we play anywhere near perfect? No, but we won by double digits and will be able to work on the flaws, most of which are under our control. - I thought our off-the-ball movement lacked a bit on offense. - 45-29 rebounding advantage is huge, and we didn't even have our main center. - Decent shooting night, which means there's certainly room for improvement. - Lots of flexibility in this offense; can go inside and out. - Defense is going to be a nightmare for opponents; we are so long at nearly every position. - I'm glad we have Muskingum next before Tulane; ironing out the rotations and lengthening the rotation a bit will be key

Wasn't sure where to put this but I saw this post from Paul Davis on Instagram saying that he's retiring for medical reasons.