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I think we may have found our senior leader. He is just playing lights out right now. I think Keith may hold the same opinion after viewing the following quote from the Elton article. "The guy is becoming one of the best players in the league," Akron head coach Keith Dambrot said of Conyers, who averaged less than three points a game prior to this season. "He's getting better numbers than Nate [Linhart, Akron's 2009 MVP]." Wonder what set him off - other than the Captain calling him out.

I can't do it all by myself. Nice opening game MAC win against Buffalo. Kara Murphy with 21 points, no doubt she will be the ladies all time leading scorer when she's done. Nice job Coach Kest and team!

I saw the comments on BigSoccer as well. Really ticked me off so I stopped reading it. Some of it boiled down to "even though the Zips have a good GPA, how hard are their classes?". I got my Master's degree from Johns Hopkins (very much a "name" school) and I'll tell you I learned far more and my classes were much tougher at Akron. Not trying to denigrate Hopkins because it is a fine school, but it just shows how petty and ignorant some posters are. For those of you still in school don't let anyone denigrate Akron. I always stand up for them - the first job I ever had I worked right along side graduates of more "prestigious" schools, Dartmouth, Duke, Florida, Oregon, etc and what I learned and knew put me on an equal footing with any of them (and I didn't have a monster student loan to pay off either). Was their college "experience" better than mine? Quite possibly, which is why I donate to continue to improve the campus and the experience fior current students. I'm proud of what the University of Akron has become (play patriotic music here ).

Wow - I would have bet about anything against him winning this year after it seemed like Zakuani was a shoe-in last year. My money would have been on Corben Bone. Great for Teal and the Zips. Now I have a poster signed by the Hermann award winner. A Hermann award winner this year and a runner-up last year. Ampaipitakwong next year?

What's that now? Nine straight MAC bowl losses? Anybody know the record for consecutive conference losses in bowl games?

Really! The MAC has a contract that allows them to boot Temple if they change football coaches? (The yard nome strikes again)Yes, it's called the Golden Rule (in true Zipmeister fashion ). I think it goes "He who has the gold makes the rules!"

Although I agree in principle with the idea you presented here, Michigan has a national championship (and two other championship game appearances) and UCLA has perhaps the strongest pedigree of anyone wth 11 National championships. Now if you were to substitute say Virginia Tech and Florida State then I might agree with you.

And ... UCLA picks off Temple at the one and scores a TD - the streak continues (probably).

Late answer but they are only about 2 1/2 hours apart. The profile would work well for the ACC.

Lets keep this thread going for a while, maybe like how we detailed last years senior, Nate, on his way to 1,000 points.So Jimmy's year so far (points/rebounds):0/10/00/02/5Looks like the Captain could be right8/312/1111/56/96/310/710/1922/5Definite signs of life!Jimmy's averages at this point7.25/5.6 - well above CK's expectations (though I am sure CK is quite happy to have underestimated him).Throw out those first four games and the averages rise to 10.6/7.75 - very nice.Then along comes this Jimmy Conyers MAC East Player of the WeekHe has probably been the best player to date - looks like he might very well fulfill that great potential. Love to see it - nice job Jimmy!

Can we get Jimmy Conyers another year? Or at the very least have the Captain call out, say, Brett McClanahan?

I've had a really busy last two weeks so haven't been on much but I'm hoping the Zipmeister got some cash for Christmas so he can finally have that surgery to get his tongue of out his cheek. Merry Post-Christmas ZM!

Guy named Jakubick was pretty good in the D-1 era.

18 rebounds for Jimmy Conyers? Holy cow! Cap'n, I think he took your challenge seriously. Correction - 19.

Final entry on that board for that thread:RE: GAME THREAD: Akron 5, UNC 4 - National Semi Game 2 - PKs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nice run for men's soccer, I was calling for Elmar's head back in the 90s but he turned it around this decade. Reality is Akron will lose their coach next season to the MLS or a bigger school, then we'll have another shot.See you next year!

They were $50 in person and $55 with the handling fee by phone. Best decision that I made in 2009! GO ZIPS! I'm looking forward to the spring exhibition season. These guys are so much FUN to watch.Plus we got the cool soccer scarf to go with it (which looked nice on me when they showed me on ESPN2 for the a couple of seconds at the final ). I don't live in state and I only got an opportunity to watch a few games in person with my season ticket, but I bought it solely to help support the team (and it helped me get a ticket to the NCAA tournament). Best $55 I've spent in a long time.And to me the best line in the entire story on GoZips about Caleb staying is this:The Zips have been just as impressive in the classroom under Porter's watch with nine players named to the all-conference academic team; with more expected this season. UA posted a team GPA of 3.256 in 2009 and were led by a pair of Academic All-Americans, sophomore Kofi Sarkodie (first team) and senior Ben Zemanski (third team). Elliot Bradbrook earned Academic All-American honors (second team) in 2007.

Yep, those are the ones I have. They are the same as the basketball team wears (at least some of the guys). I got them on line a couple months ago. The Zips were undefeated in sporting events I saw while wearing them (1 football game, two soccer games and two basketball games) until the NCAA final - grrrrrr.

Awesome expereince. Weather was bad, result was not what we wanted but they proved they really are the best team in the country. Over a series I don't think anyone would have beaten them, but you only get one shot in the tournament format. Regardless I couldn't be prouder of them, I still have my Akron sweatshirt on as I sit here at the airport, they conducted themselves with class all of the way (I will proudly display my team signed poster from Friday in my home). And for those folks who wondered if our freshman goalie could hold up under the tournament pressure, how was his saving the final two shots or we were done do for you? I look forward to seeing him in goal for the next three years. We will have an amazing team next year and in my mind they are indeed champions. Its a game and it was fun. NCAA runnerup is still damn impressive.

They had a "drop box" for tickets for fans of losing teams. I was told the NCAA will re-sell them. Might want to try the ticket number at 11 today to see. 919-865-1510. That was awesome being there. The team had a nice autograph session after the game, so now I have a poster signed by almost every member of the theam. What a great group of guys!

Maybe we did, I haven't heard any salary mentioned. And since no one has mentioned it, look what happened last time we took a coach from Notre Dame. That has exactly zero bearing on the current situation but I can't believe no one used that one yet. :)If Tom is right, we're all happy. If he's wrong, it will likely cost him his job down the road. I'm sure this was not something he entered into lightly. Gotta give Rob a chance.And JohnnyZip84, I can't believe you got that job after they called me as a reference, were any of the other candidates breathing?

Bump just to give Zips fans one last opportunity since I haven't gotten any responses yet. I'll sell it at the stadium if nobody here wants it.

I have one now that may not be used so I will offer it up on the board first to see if anyone wants it. Its a combo ticket for both the semi's and finals. It cost me $150 total to get it, I will sell it for half price for $75 if anyone is still looking for one. Since we don't have enough time to get it to you since I am out of the area I will meet you in Raleigh to get it to you. If anyone is interested PM me.

I'm thinking that many of you are guessing it will be blue and gold but even more specifically I think it will be a particular shade of green - perhaps a Teal? I think this is where he really shines, I think he picks up the tournament MVP. This picture came off of the Top Drawer Soccer web site. I edited it slightly to remove any unwanted objects from it. Go Zips! 54 Hours to go to the beginning of

So now that the ticket distribution has concluded, the StubHub and ebay sites have all been scoured, who's able to make it down to Raleigh? I got lucky in my search so I will be there Friday and Sunday for the grand coronation (my niece, who attends UNC disagrees with me ).