Steve1982

About 25+ years ago I was at my nephew's rec league game at Hyre Jr high. Joe Jakubick was coaching one of the teams. He started shooting half court shots he made 7 in a row before missing. He stopped at that point. At one game (I think was against E Kentucky) he was bringing the ball up court. The defense was playing a box and one. When he got over half court he picked up his dribble at the larger circle around the half court jump circle. He turned back toward half court to pass the ball to the point guard ( Tony? I can't remember the last name from Willard). The defender moved with him and was now standing at half court. So Joe turned back toward the basket and took the shot, nothing but net. He had unlimited range.

I'll admit I turned off the TV after the Zips couldn't get 6 inches after running three plays into the line. My thoughts leaned to, let's just drop football and beg the Big East to let us in for all sports. I know it's a win but something has to change.

Does anyone know if there is a cost associated with being an affiliate? I'm wondering because I believe MAC wrestling and men's swimming and diving have more affiliates than core MAC schools. Not sure why the MAC would use resources in this situation unless money is involved ( or promises were made years ago).

It seems the place to start is: Are there any other sports the Zips have that the Big East sponsors that the MAC doesn't?

Daeshawn Davis (seems like a no brainer to me) Gavin McCabe Dave Monnott III

Looking at your wants and the list of potential candidates I believe Lavar Woods is the guy. If kids want discipline and order they would certainly get that.

I took what everyone is looking for and searched my mind for the very best candidate. One name stood out.... Levar Woods. Other than head coaching experience I believe he hits all the right points. Here is his current Bio. Phone number and email included for those in charge. https://hawkeyesports.com/coach/levar-woods/

While traveling this past weekend one of the Sirius NFL channels did a show on draft sleepers. Gilbert was mentioned. One of the two analysts said his NFL position may be as an in-box safety. I suppose his forty time is adequate?

Local kid, had a couple of big games (Colorado, Michigan State). Played in 33 and 35 games the last two seasons. I'll take him. Being a Hawkeye fan I know he was buried behind a senior and a sophomore (coaches son) last two years. Iowa also has a couple of redshirts coming back next year.

My Canadian friends who thought that Buffalo had outgrown the MAC during football season are sure of it now. Their preference is the American Athletic Conference, and they are convinced it will happen soon. They reference working out details with Wichita State and Navy (but I'm not sure what that means).

It just may be my crotchety old man thing but I do really miss the classic numbering in soccer.

I don't think the B10 would let us in so I thought about it two ways. One , the less likely is recruiting another school or two to help enlarge MAC men's soccer. Two what other leagues are having the same issue the MAC has so we could combine and hopefully fix the issue longer term. In addition to West Virginia and SIUE schools that operate men's soccer outside of their "normal league" include: Kentucky, South Carolina, Belmont and Eastern Illinois. There are others but not good geographically. I don't see Kentucky coming back and South Carolina fits in well with the C-USA schools that do have the sport. Belmont fits in well in the Southern Conference and with 6 of the 7 teams being normal league schools probably more stable than the MAC. Eastern Illinois is in the Summit League which is in about the same condition as the MAC. So... my second option of joining with another league as a group of MAC schools is making more sense to me. In addition to the Summit League would be the Missouri Valley Conference. Current Summit League teams are : Denver, Omaha, Purdue FW, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Oral Roberts. Current Missouri Valley teams are: Bradley, Drake, Evansville, Loyola, Missouri State and Valpo. I just wish the MAC leadership would be more proactive, 4 schools playing men's soccer is not enough to sustain a championship. I guess the other option is to go independent. Not sure how that would work but if anyone should have the gravitas to get into the tournament as an independent it should be the ZIPS! What do you all think?

I've said it before, I believe the league needs to fix the problem and not the individual schools. There are a few MAC sports that have low participation based on how many schools sponsor teams. Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Men's swim/dive, Women's Tennis and Women's Swim/Dive is a pretty complete list. In checking the Missouri Valley Conference (I assume their are others but I looked here) match up perfectly on these sports for also having low participation. So... for my solution have the two leagues combine for these sports only. For example the MAC would have teams from both leagues for Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis. The MVC would have Men's Swimming and Women's Swimming. It would reduce many issues of scheduling (more league contests so less non-league to fill), costs of holding championships, and maybe even spur some rivalries by playing teams more specifically.

I've heard it for years "we ARE what we ATE" or something like that!

Everyone, we get Cedarville while Texas Southern plays their "pay me" schedule. Which one would you rather have? https://tsusports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball Baylor, Gonzaga, Iowa State, San Diego State is quite a start to the year.