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This game will tell a lot about the remaining MAC season and bowl eligibility. I'd call it a must-win.

Nice to see the Beacon do an article before the game. The zips need a big crowd on Friday night https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2026/09/24/akron-mens-soccer-georgetown-nationally-ranked-ncaa-teams-robert-morris/91899785007/ "We have done a really good job of getting some key wins.," Embick said. "Obviously, in [the Big East] conference, we didn't start well with only one point [with a 0-0 draw against Butler on Friday, Sept. 18]. Now you gotta face Georgetown. I think Friday night is a huge game for us. We gotta get something out of that. We gotta get momentum in the Big East. Non-conference, we have been excellent. We gotta bring that to conference play. "... We gotta show them [Georgetown] what Akron's about. Give them a nice rude welcoming to town. We can't make it easy on them. That's the [AK-]Rowdies. That's the fans. That's the community. We gotta make this a fortress on Friday."

Zips got three recruits today: Kobe Lewis - Fairfield, OH Jason Thomas - Sunrise, FL Wilzard Sterling - Lake Worth, FL Haven't looked into them but all seem like pretty good gets

My issue with the play was this...prior to the INT, the previous 5 plays were: - 15 yd pass - 18 yd run - 5 yd run - 11 yd run - Incomplete pass They were moving the ball with ease. It was 2nd and 10 at the UNLV 24 yd line. It was not the time to have Jordan Gant attempt a pass for the first time in his collegiate career.

I'm not sure what the point of a press conference is if you're not gonna ask about a QB injury.

i love the gold jerseys

Jesus’ 12-man staff would likely go 6-6 with our NIL coffers. Our training table would be endless bread, but at least the guys could eat. Could Coach Jesus turn water into a d-line? If so, 7-5 is the absolute best case. And he’d leave us for Notre Dame before our bowl game anyway.

The greatest deficiency in Joe's program is a lack of financial support. The university is in no position to provide it and he doesn't have the ability to rally the financial support the program needs.

apparently the circus came to town after all. Marty would've never let that happen.

Tuesday September 22 #7 Creighton 1 Denver 0 Seton Hall and #18 Princeton played to 0-0 tie #21 W. Va 1 Duquesne 0 Villanova 4 Drexel 2 U Conn 3 Siena 1 Cleveland State 2 St. Bonaventure 1 Xavier 6 Wright State 0 UNCW 3 St. Johns 1 Dayton 3 Northern KY 0 Providence 2 Brown 1 Marquette 1 Milwaukee 0 Cornell 3 Binghamton 1 on a national level College of Charleston upset #1 South Carolina 2-1 #2 Indiana and #13 Wisconsin played to 1-1 tie

He'll fit perfectly with Doug Gottlieb 🤡🤡

QB: The Chips have mostly used a two-quarterback system with former Northern Arizona transfer Angel Flores as their main rushing threat and redshirt sophomore Jadyn Glasser as a passing option. Against Miami(FL), CMU tossed senior Marcus Beaman into the mix as well. When the Chips do pass, it’s usually a quick and fairly short outlet, as only 15 attempts have been thrown beyond 10 yards this season. The Chips utilize their run game and short passing options by using a lot of pre-snap motion and misdirection to create opportunities to methodically move the ball down field. Flores has thrown for 123 yards on 33 attempts, while completing 57% of his passes. He’s also thrown two interceptions, with zero touchdowns, and has been sacked 4 times. Flores has run for 320 yards and 3 touchdowns on 63 rushing attempts. Glasser has thrown for 112 yards on 29 attempts, while completing 62% of his passes and has the same touchdown to interception ratio as Flores. Glasser has been sacked 5 times. Beaman hasn’t had as many opportunities and has thrown for 40 yards on 8 attempts. RB: Holy Cross transfer Jayden Clerveaux is the starter at running back, with Liberty transfer Vaughn Blue as the main backup, though the Chips will rotate in multiple backs. Clerveaux and Blue have combined for 244 yards on 49 attempts. Keep in mind that is less than Flores’ rushing total at quarterback. WR: Langston Lewis is a former All-MAC wide-out that hasn’t done much this season. In fact, the entire receiving corps have been less than impressive, albeit with limited opportunities. No receiver has more than 7 receptions or more than 46 receiving yards. There have been zero receiving touchdowns on the year. TE: Four different tight ends will be utilized depending on the formation and down. They are usually not counted on for anything more than blocking, but sophomore Myles Peters does have 3 receptions for 14 yards. OL: The offensive line is big and experienced, with all five starters being seniors. However, they have been next to terrible in pass protection and are built for the run game. LT - Jacob Booth (6’5 295) (Sr.) LG - Jacob Russell (6’4 300) (Sr.) - Former Valparaiso Transfer C - Losini Maka (6’2 315) (Sr.) - Georgetown Transfer RG - John Iannuzzi (6’4 320) (Sr.) - Former Columbia Transfer RT - Martin Koivisto (6’7 295) (Sr.) DL: JUCO transfer Jaxson Cherry and Cornell transfer Max Van Fleet are the starters on the interior, but will also bump outside depending on the alignment. Sophomore JJ Douglas and senior Korva Demma start on the edges. These four have amassed 42 total tackles and 2.5 sacks. LB: Junior Xavier White and Central Washington transfer Brett McCalla are the starters at linebacker. The duo has combined for 60 total tackles. Weber State transfer Mayson Hitchens also plays a high amount of snaps. DB: Bethune-Cookman transfer Matthew McKenzie and Campbell transfer Donovan Philord are the starters at cornerback. Junior Jaion Jackson starts at nickleback, while Wyoming transfer Justin Taylor and Northern Colorado transfer Darrell Bryant start at safety. Bryant and Taylor each have an interception on the year. ST: Sophomore Caden VanHuis is 2 for 3 on field goals and 5 of 6 on extra points. Former Illinois transfer Declan Duley is averaging nearly 43 yards per punt, with a long of 63 yards. Keys on Offense: The CMU defense has actually been fairly stout. It’ll be on the Zips offense to get ahead early and maintain a lead. There likely won’t be as many offensive opportunities due to the fact that the Chips want to use up the clock and limit opposing team’s possessions. Keys on Defense: Despite Akron’s struggles against the pass, CMU isn’t going to hurt anyone through the air. The Chips are going to try to run, run, and run some more. The Akron defense will likely face one of its most physical challenges this week and can’t wear down as the game progresses. Final Thoughts: I picked CMU to win in the preseason, but due to the Chips still struggling to find a suitable quarterback, I’m going with the Zips this game. The CMU offense can be downright anemic at times. Defensive line depth is my biggest concern for Akron, so that is an area to keep an eye on. Weather is another factor here - the sloppier the conditions, the better off CMU will be. Hopefully, it’ll be a clear fall day.

Sounds like if we can shut down the run and prevent the big plays, we should be able to pull of this one. Would be huge momentum swing going into the homecoming game 2-3 vs 1-4

Opponents released for ESPN Events Invitational. https://x.com/ZipsMBB/status/2104695445930885415

I only post the prime unsubstantiated and unverified rumors.

I agree with this analysis by the eminently qualified fknbuflobo. The better team won. We are nor at their level. They had no weaknesses and to beat them we had to play a perfect game. We were not capable of doing that. We can do better though. This game showed us what level we needed to sustain to go deep in the playoffs. I do not feel we have found the best 11 to do that. The process continues and the coaches have to figure it out with the talent we have.

Hopefully we’re able to rollover whatever was promised to him to next year considering he isn’t even eligible.

AKR 1-3 GTU FT A competitive contest with the better side winning. Zips dominated the first minutes of the match before a PK was awarded - after a prolonged VAR. Hoyas converted the PK and took both the lead and control of the game. Minutes later, Zips conceded a cheap goal resulting from slopping possession along the back line. Game was pretty much decided in the first half. Akron rallied in the second frame as Thomas O’Rourke smashed in a lefty to close the gap. But the energy expended was more than the Zips could sustain. Final analysis is that Akron 2026 is very good but they are not quite elite. To contrast, Georgetown is a legitimate contender. Zips need to change some things and/or get lucky to overcome a side like Hoyas. Even so, do not be surprised should these two meet again this year.

Surely you're not questioning the offensive genius.

The 2nd goal given up was from us pussyfooting around in front of our own goal... again. We've been doing too much of that for years & it's not been healthy for my blood pressure.

What is the story with the blown coverages? Was it a bad scheme? Bad execution? Bad players? How are we to understand receivers being that wide open? Also, I was listening on the Rebels audio stream and the commentary from early in the first quarter praised the play of our offensive line.

What to write…? So horrible on 3rd and long… Got a redshirt sophomore QB who’s playing well enough for us to win, and we’re getting smoked. One bungling, crippling mistake after another…

Rumor is he might end up at Providence

Dont forget he took Conner

FYI for those coming to Akron Saturday morning, the Akron Marathon is this Saturday.

The Zips lost their Beacon beat writer in 1989

When there's no independent press at the presser and the person asking the questions is obviously a UA employee it's really no difference than a casual friendly PR type interview.

Kind of nice not to see the Zips mentioned anywhere in the Bottom 10, but one of our former conference members has taken over the #1 spot. That move to the Mountain West really looks like it was a good move for NIU. 🙄 I did find this funny though. Sacramento St has been included and had this about their matchup with UMAss (who is also nowhere near the Bottom 10). The Sacks host the Artists Formerly Known as UMess, our preseason top Bottom 10 team that is now 3-0. It's a conference matchup, despite the schools being 2,940 miles apart. Imagine, a Mid-American Conference game in which the teams' only chance to see middle America is if they have a window seat on the plane.

To further drive home the point of how many shots the Zips had tonight, here's an excerpt from the GoZips.com recap: Akron put up a whopping 35 shots on the Colonials compared to just four for the visitors — the most in a match since November 29, 2015 when they had 40 against SMU.

Zips fall from #6 to #17 in this week's Coaches Poll. Georgetown at #5. Creighton at #7. West Virginia at #21 (would have been nice to finish that win out) Cornell is receiving votes. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/

I've heard (and it is no stronger than that) that Broughton could have played against UNLV if absolutely necessary but that they didn't want to risk it and wanted him back to health by the start of the MAC schedule and that he should be ready for this week.

The 10-day forecast in Mount Pleasant says dry and mostly cloudy. Akron's defense seems like it's been pretty OK against the run and (especially Game 4) had some "minor" issues against the downfield pass. CMU might play into Akron's strengths. Definitely feels like a winnable game.

If there is one positive of the portal it's that we can land a higher caliber freshman than we could 5-10 years ago. Akron's best selling point to these kids is they will have an opportunity to earn playing time by year 2 and can use that to cash in elsewhere (if successful). The alternative for many is to go to a lowly P4 program, ride the bench for 2-3 years, and then transfer down to a G6 program.

top drawer soccer zips #17 last week #18 this week https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men

Some posters are a broken record that bore the hell out of me. Say something new and intelligent rather than bitching about the obvious.

Those do look like pretty solid gets, especially since aren’t getting them at the last second. Seems like a strong recruiting class so far.

What Could The 2026 MAC Football Budgets Look Like? - HERO Sports https://share.google/oDej3CFy0Tdub6ZJq 13th of 13.

Evan was at the soccer game Friday night. He was walking around with Ty Pence, MMK, and Halligan.

This game hurt the worst. We pretty much knew that Wake and Minnesota would be bad losses. We also knew we should beat Robert Morris. This game was going to be a good test of where we are. We knew UNLV was a good team, but not P4 and we should be able to be competitive- we were for a half. Then we showed our true colors again - so disappointing. Being outscored 38-3 after going up 7-0 is flat out embarrassing. Same old, same old - turnovers, bad penalties, blown coverages and the bottom line is that we only scored 10 points and gave up 38. It just feels like the Joe era is missing the intangibles. Intensity? Grit? Discipline? Attitude? All of the above?

Wide receivers running wide open 15 yards behind DBs isn't a talent issue. If the receivers were outrunning or out jumping the DBs we could say it was a talent issue but that scenario is a breakdown in the coverage by a player or players having a mental lapse.

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Friday September 25 Syracuse 1 #10 Notre Dame 0 Wake Forest 2 NC State 1 The Northeaster weather system played havoc with Big East games this weekend UConn at St. John's - postponed....rescheduled for Tuesday October 27 DePaul at Seton Hall - postponed ...rescheduled for Tuesday October 27 Butler at Providence - postponed....will be played on a later date Saturday September 26 #7 Creighton 3 Marquette 2 Cornell 4 Harvard 1 Dayton and LaSalle played to 1-1 tie Cleveland State and Milwaukee played to 0-0 result Green Bay and Robert Morris played to a 0-0 tie Xavier 2 Villanova 0 St. Louis 1 Duquesne 0 Army's scheduled home match with American was postponed

Stefan Dobrijevic is on the bench for Austin FC tonight with a possibility to make his MLS debut.

it was a TD if it didn’t get tipped.

UNLV NIL budget is 11m. https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/morning-download-unlv-projects-a-nearly-11-million-nilrevenue-sharing-budget

I'm not angry about it. It's only Year 5. Joe can't be expected to compete with a 10-4 Mountain West team after only 51 games coached here. Seriously though, Akron isn't good enough to beat teams like this when making mental mistakes, but I think they can win games in the MAC.

Well, last night was not good. Once we scored to bring it back to 2-1 we played 40 minutes of unthreatening soccer

I am not Thrilled by the non D1 opponents but I think overall this year home schedule is awesome. you get Tulane (very good Name) a top Sunbelt team in February and with in conference play you get all the good teams. Ohio, Toledo, Umass, PCCC, Miami, bowling Green etc. last year we missed Miami and Ohio and it I would take those games over Northern Kentucky any day.

I want to give this a like, but that OOC schedule is a Miami (OH) level of bad.

Can I interest you in Muskingum (11/9), West Virginia Tech (11/20), and Frostburg State (12/13)? Not sure how many open slots are left for games. 3 are being occupied by non-DI which I (queue Grinch voice) LOATHE ENTIRELY.