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I learned in our run to the title in the spring of 21 not to pay any attention to TDS. They have Marshall setting at #13 after whipping #2 Pitt and WVU at #10 after getting thumped by #2 Pitt and unranked Penn State. TDS looks and sounds a little cliqish to me. Enough about my rant on TDS, just stopped by to wish Akron good luck against the Hoosiers. And its nice to have Akron back to their old self as a player in the college soccer world.

Huh? Promising? They gave up 23 points to an FCS team that was sub-.500 last year. I'd prefer him to write about how the uniforms with the new logo were spiffy and the new field looked good.

There's A LOT of nonsense (non-truths) in this history (link at bottom) of the Akron-IU rivalry. The one point I believe is correct is that Akron owns the advantage in the last ten meetings. I well remember the game at Lee Jackson in 1980. It was played on a Sunday -- not Saturday as this says. The Browns (aka that season as the Kardiak Kids) played I think the Steelers and Pittsburgh's PK was Matt Bahr (he joined the Browns the following season) who played soccer against Akron earlier, and along with his fellow NFL placekicker brother Chris was the son of another hated opposing coach, the legendary Walter Bahr (pronounced VAL- tehr- Bar) who coached his sons in soccer at Penn State . My memory is that Don Cockroft kicking the winning FG at the end was the highlight of either game -- and that "Uncle" Georgie Nanchoff was more interested in the Browns game on my transistor radio than the Hoosiers win (3-1 I think) on our field. 🤣 This was the Indiana team on which Yeagley subbed his entire field squad of ten players at the same time. I don't know today, but at the time that seemed incredibly arrogant of Yeags. Jerry at that time was the biggest referee baiter ever. It was amazing he never received even a yellow card! I believe our 2022 Zips can maintain that past ten-year advantage, and anything less than a draw will be terribly disappointing. fknbuflobo bring back a W from Armstrong! https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/msoc/opponent-history/akron/153

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I’m definitely not ecstatic over our performance but Saint Francis isn’t as bad as your all making them out to be. They came within 5 points of being the NEC champs last year. We played our 1st game with a new regime & he mixed up playing time quite a bit. But real positives we can take from the game that we always killed our selves in the past is 1. We punted & kicked well, minus the 1 field goal but those things killed us in past. 2. Penalties as a whole, especially delay of games & false starts not an issue that always killed us. I’m hoping you will see more out of the defense as it continues to improve & the correct player combinations are on the field. That being said the next 2 weeks will be huge challenges.

Goes to show the Beacon Journal covers the Zips as a local obligation only. "Oh, the Zips won? Okay, I'll just assume it was a promising performance now and write something simple so I can get back to slobbering over Ohio State". Nothing about the game was promising. I appreciate the win, but we literally almost lost to a cupcake team.

Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda...?

"promising opening-game performance" I wouldn't say that almost getting beat by a mediocre FCS school, while letting them score 23 is promising at all.

For those who didn't get the survey, Akron is looking for input on Zips gear in the marketplace.

We will be in Bloomington.

In the minority here but I think a renovation and reduction in seat capacity would not only help with aesthetics and it will make the JAR seem like it's drawling more people in than it actually is.

Is the only way to watch this to drop $50 for a yearly subscription to Big Ten+ Soccer?