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The Zips made an appearance in the College Football 26 trailer. Turnover Tire!

The 1:32 mark has a nice little surprise.

it will probably be a while before the zips announce the official schedule. Some schools have announced their schedule. Huge early season test for the Zips. Zips play at Ohio State on September 5. https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule Zips will play at Butler on September 27 https://butlersports.com/news/2025/5/8/mens-soccer-mens-soccer-releases-2025-schedule-featuring-matches-with-six-ncaa-tournament-teams.aspx

A10 team St Louis University will play the Zips in Akron on September 23. They were in the NCAA tournament last season after finishing second to Dayton in conference. https://slubillikens.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

ZIPSWATCHER hasn't lost his ability to spot a former Zip. It took me at least a minute to find Serb even after Zipwatcher identified who I'm trying to find.

Nice job by everyone who tracked those down. Here's the aggregated list so far. Very strong so far. Friday, September 5: @ Ohio State Tuesday, September 23: vs. St Louis Saturday, September 27: @ Butler* Friday, October 3: vs. St John’s* Saturday, October 25: at Xavier* Saturday, November 1: vs. Marquette*

Good grief. It's worse than you described. The first game is at home on a Thursday night. Why do they make this mistake over and over again? This is the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. While it is true that many will take Friday off, but why rush them home from work to scramble to make a game that probably won't be over until after 11 PM? It would be better if people had time to prepare for a nice day with their family and friends at what could be a great day for the players, students, alumni, fans and general community around Akron. They can't start this game between noon and 4PM on Saturday? It's all so gross. Prime time games against Nebraska and UAB? These should be "get in and get out" games starting at noon. Players get home in time to have a fun Saturday night out. Akron only has three chances to start games on a day AND time that is convenient for people to attend games. I understand TV is hard to control, but they need to do everything they can to play these games when the sun is up for at least half the game. For the first time in over 15 years, I didn't buy Wake Forest football tickets. Its not about the money because the tickets are relatively cheap. I'm waiting to see when games start and then buy single game tickets for game I want to attend based up a sane starting time. The first game is on a Friday night. The third game is on a Thursday night against NC State. I've gone to games like this before and the fan experience isn't good. The small 27,000 seat stadium they have is half full and after halftime there are only around 5,000 remaining at best. People vote with their feet. College football shouldn't be this hard to be a fan of.

Thanks for posting this. What these schools are doing is gross. It gets worse every time another story comes out. The solution isn't paying minors to maintain what may have been a bad decision made by a teenager. The solution is to prohibt schools from offering scholarships until January 1 of a players senior season. Further, no early graduation. Let's keep kids in high school until the normal cycle ends in May.

The UConn Huskies will come to Akron on September 19th. This must be the first Big East game of 2025 https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule Friday, September 5: @ Ohio State Friday, September 19: vs. Connecticut * Tuesday, September 23: vs. St Louis Saturday, September 27: @ Butler* Friday, October 3: vs. St John’s* Tuesday, October 7: @ Cornell Saturday, October 25: at Xavier* Saturday, November 1: vs. Marquette*

Zips play at Xavier on October 25. https://goxavier.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

Sam is planning on staying. Her institutional knowledge will really help out the new AD.

One of the only nice things I will say about Ohio State is I appreciate them not shying away from playing Akron on a consistent basis - both here and there.

St John’s will be the Family/Homecoming Weekend game on October 3. Important Big East Conference game. https://redstormsports.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

Team Captain with a 3.82 GPA. Need 20 more of him.

Caleb Borneo 👏👏👏

Mitch Budler listed as a top 11 USL 2 player to watch by Top Drawer Soccer. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ9-7lFxy7v/?img_index=3&igsh=MWFveTV5YnZwMWdhcg==

After the 2-1 win vs Cleveland Force, Akron City Coach Hoggarth, mentions using James Buebendorf to open the game up with his pace at left back. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKDrpkEsfNO/?igsh=MWM1NDZpYWRmOW1xYw==

Stefan and Remi from a week ago 👏👏👏

Zips will play at Ivy League team Cornell on October 7. Cornell lost to Pitt in the second round of the NCAA tournament last year, and finished ranked #22. https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule/2025

The Zips will host Marquette on Saturday November 1 https://gomarquette.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule/2025

Xavier picked up a couple highly regarded transfers and will be a tough conference opponent on the road.

HGTV. The rime place to advertise football.

Flint City beats Kalamazoo 1-0 on a goal from Ashton Kamdem. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKDuRthv7-O/?igsh=MWVqMG9vbGJwb2dpcQ==

I saw something that I have not seen in years. A TV ad promoting Akron football. Can anyone remember the last time you saw any paid advertising for any Akron sports program?

Zips have a 2025 midfielder from Nashville SC Academy. Was with US Youth u15 in 2022. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7NXohR74H/?igsh=dDQ0N3FnNjFzam4=

As far as I know, this is the most championships won by Akron athletics in a single year. MBB Regular and Tournament MSOC Regular Men’s Indoor T&F Swimming & Diving WLaX Regular and Tournament Men’s Outdoor T&F Also the best finishes by Softball and Baseball in years Best finish by Football In 6 years

Congratulations to Markus!

Nate got his degree.

Hello - Just registered to tell you all you are getting a quality person. Dr. Tire is very approachable and yes, brings energy. GW, like most smaller private liberal arts schools, is having big financial challenges, which he dealt with here from day one. We are also in the midst of a Presidential search on campus as well, this is a critical time for the future of the school. He picked the right time to strike oil and move up the chain. We wish him well. He really didn’t do much hiring, he did hire Cris Reisert as football HC (from Tiffin up your way) to replace the young juggernaut Tre Lamb (now already HC at Tulsa) and he just hired Penn State assistant Terri Williams as head women’s hoops HC. The financial resources at GW, for a D1 program, are scarce, which made his job, especially hiring/fundraising, challenging to say the least. I read some posts mentioning a thin budget at Akron. Goodrich can easily adapt and get your fundraising apparatus kicked into gear. Go Dawgs. Go Zips.

Brubaker is on the 15 day DL for the Yankees.

Congratulations to Mr. Guthrie on meeting the minimum standard for good job performance. A schedule like this should be the norm, not a pleasant surprise. Imagine not having to play on Tuesday nights. It's shaping up to be a season in which the Zips have meaningful games in November, and they will be playing those game in an empty stadium on the weeknights. Degenerate gamblers around the country with have something to do though. God knows that is what football has become about. MACtion is a piece of insanity the league will need to deal with eventually. I also like not having a bye week and having the season over before Thanksgiving. The players will like that. A peaceful weekend with family is important. If the Zips can't pull off a good season with this schedule, then when?

Here's an interesting article about how the rest of college football is becoming the farm system for the P5- https://sports.yahoo.com/as-college-footballs-elite-is-engulfed-in-a-power-struggle-g5-left-just-trying-to-survive-we-are-a-farm-system-140058685.html