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When we get done with this, we can put signs above the lockerroom doors reading, "Whites Only...and Only If Your Parents Have Money".I'm not interested in turning on the TV and watching LSU vs Alabama with DIII talent. Sorry....I enjoy modernity.Sorry, throwing the bullshit flag on you here. Millions of college students somehow manage to make it through with combinations of loans, work, etc. And believe it or not, a lot of those students are black and they somehow do it too. The percentage who are helped by athletic scholarships is miniscule compared to that number. Throwing the race card in doesn't help your argument, especially if you just want that for your own entertainment.

Here's a radical idea. Eliminate athletic scholarships entirely. Athletics is only tangential to the misson of college anyway. Anyone who still wanted to play and could make the team would be able do so. Yes, I know it takes time but that's a choice you make. It also might keep people out of college who would have no business being there otherwise. The professional leagues can be like baseball and make their own minor league setup and people who want to make sports a career can also elect to do so. There is enough money being made to do that. Div III somehow manages to have fun sporting events without scholarships. Let students choose a school based on its merits and not how fast it can get them to the pros. Its time to end the charade. Plus I'm in a pissy mood tonight.

Zips win 3-0! Clinches the MAC tournament at UA once again.

Anyone seen CK and Dr. Z? Man I hope this wasn't some sort of bizarre football "statement". Why would you choose Infocision?

I admire the toughness of Moore but man he has got to learn to hit the deck or he is gonna get killed. That long snap and loss of 27 right before the half hurt.

Discussion on BigSoccer about Caleb's selection. Some seem to think that if he does well at the Olympics, then he's gone. I don't think so. At some point, I think he'll have to but he still seems to be extremely motivated with the Zips right now.

I hope for a top 4 seed but we need to make sure we get a top 8. Then if the 1 team ahead of us slips up and loses one of its 2 home games it would then become an "Akron Region" and we would have home field for the elite 8 contest.Excellent point! There is plenty of history supporting top 8 (if not top 4) teams winning it all. Outside top 8 is much more problematic. Where are our stats people on this?I was curious about this too so I did a little research. The last ten Champs and their initial seeding:2010: Akron #32009: UVA #22008: UMD #22007: Wake Forest #22006: UCSB Unseeded2005: UMD #12004: IU #22003: IU #82002: UCLA #32001: UNC #7So it does appear that a top 8 seed is pretty important. Top four even more so.

I think that's a perfect set of opponents. Highly thought of but not top 25. We have a chance.

Hate seeing those without an "Akron Region". Pleased to see NIU included, especially since this is after we played and beat them.

We were so poised to take advantage of this week playing a bad Michigan team. UConn, UNC, ST. Johns, UC Irvine all lose. Maryland has to be happy right now (but UNC may take them down Saturday). At least the Michigan loss wasn't last year in the semi's.

USF up on Lousville 3-0 at the half. Of course USF is higher ranked right now so that may not be completely good.

I'd love to see NIU get an at-large bid. Would stop some of the complaining over the MAC as a conference. I wish them well in al of their remaining contests unless they play the Zips.

Still a way to go to get to be an elite team yet. Lady Zips down 3-0 late in the second half.

I think I heard Frenchy say that Porter was the fastest to 100, and that only Sigi Schmid had also done it in only his seventh year.

Nice goal by Mattocks to steal the ball from the goalkeeper and get a goal, 2-0 Zips! Not much time left. This will be Caleb's 100th win as Akron's coach.

Don't ever want to get so complacent about Zips soccer that we don't have a game thread. Zips up 1-0 on a Thomas Schmitt goal.

After seeing today's results, the Zips had better win at least 2 of the remaining six, minimum. Four teams just as bad as us and two others that aren't exactly playing like juggernauts. OU loses to Ball State (and Buffalo and barely beats Can't). Can't and Mami played the pillow fight of the week, 9-3. Buffalo loses 34-0 to Temple. EMU beat CMU, Western gets destroyed by NIU. The opportunity is there boys - take it!

Nice article. I like the photos included. Speaking of that...shouldn't that face be plastered all over Akron? I want to see this one on a billboard with just the caption "Zeke!" using the stylized Z. Like it, but I'd rather see the one of him blocking Rodriguez's shot at the end of the MAC Championship game (and then just the number "9" quietly underneath). And while I'm dreaming I'd like the Can't State board quote during the championship game of "Marshall's only a sophomore. Crap!" included as well.

Ties are not ignored - they count as both half a win and half a loss, so in your example the adjusted winning perecentage would be 98.5/100 matches = .985 winning percentage. If the ties were ignored it would be 98/99 or a .989 winning percentage. The Zips right now are 9-1-2 so they have a 10/12 adjusted winning percentage of .833. If the ties were ignored, it would be .900. So the ties help and hurt as it should be.

1-0 final. Not awe inspiring, but a win regardless.

1-0! Mattocks yet again!

Here is the stream if anyone is interested. http://mac-sports.com/Schools/Akron/LiveStreaming.aspx

They apparently came up with a new list this year, just called the 100 hottest fan bases. A shot of the Zips Cheerleaders made the list at #97.

Dang it, I actually believed this for a few seconds and then remembered what thread it was in.

I brought one.