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I wanted to see this movie a lot earlier, but I finally saw it. I thought it was pretty interesting, contained a lot of stuff I didn't know and even more stuff I forgot. I had forgotten, for example, that St. V. lost the state championship in the guys junior year to Kettering Alter. As an example of something I didn't know, one of the key members of that team that broke Dru and Romeo's hearts was Doug Penno.

What a classy kid. I hope he does really well there.

Would an upstart FCS team help them to lose the status? The question for me is: Would anyone go to their games? Plenty of vacant property on the East side to build a stadium, but who would want to venture into that part of town? But what do you do? Build another football stadium right in Browns Town? Try competing for fan interest in the Browns back yard. And talk about a "commuter school". I'm trying to find reasons why this would work. And I can't find any. I'm not saying they wouldn't have many hurdles, but getting a place to play probably isn't the largest of them. Ask Pitt. Or USF. Or Temple, whom I voted for because I do think its upsets the scheduling too much to have 13 teams, they should be in for all sports. They have a decent soccer team so that would help too. I understand why its helpful to have them around to help raise the MAC football profile a little, but that is only a recent occurrence, and as soon as they get good enough consistently enough, the MAC will have just been a stepping stone for them. I was going to vote for CMU, but then realized it wasn't to bring Carnegie Mellon into the league. I think we could beat them. It might be sweet to lay a heavy whipping on those Tartans That may be the dirtiest completely innocent comment I have ever seen on here.

You know you're a major player when you get recruits from all over the country year after year. Kudos to Caleb. Of all of things that Mack Rhoads did that people didn't like, we still have to thank him for this one.

Would an upstart FCS team help them to lose the status? The question for me is: Would anyone go to their games? Plenty of vacant property on the East side to build a stadium, but who would want to venture into that part of town? But what do you do? Build another football stadium right in Browns Town? Try competing for fan interest in the Browns back yard. And talk about a "commuter school". I'm trying to find reasons why this would work. And I can't find any. I'm not saying they wouldn't have many hurdles, but getting a place to play probably isn't the largest of them. Ask Pitt. Or USF. Or Temple, whom I voted for because I do think its upsets the scheduling too much to have 13 teams, they should be in for all sports. They have a decent soccer team so that would help too. I understand why its helpful to have them around to help raise the MAC football profile a little, but that is only a recent occurrence, and as soon as they get good enough consistently enough, the MAC will have just been a stepping stone for them. I was going to vote for CMU, but then realized it wasn't to bring Carnegie Mellon into the league. I think we could beat them.

The MAC really does get no respect. This is from a Peter King article (of course he is an OU grad) about the lack of international expereince from referee and the phantom foul disallowed goal vs. Slovenia. Why? Why is this just blindly accepted? FIFA uses a referee -- in a game of vital importance in determining who moves on in the biggest tournament in any sport in the world -- whose highest previous assignment was the African Cup. That's got to be the equivalent of a Mid-American Conference ref being assigned the Super Bowl. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/socc...l#ixzz0rbuWBwfK

Even so, it still made ESPN headlines LeBron surprises modest crowd at rally in Akron I wonder if they considered it modest because there were only 4000 people or because he showed up when most of them were gone?

Anybody going that happens to need a fourth? Would be nice to play with a few fellow ZN.O members. I am going to be in town for a reunion that weekend so I am going to exend it by a day so I can participate. I'll still send in as someone who needs a team if I can't find a team here, but I thought I'd try this first. Just don't be counting on me as a ringer.

So I had to check, baskteball was still ahead but not by that much, about 500 people per game. AP 2360 APB 2115 Niagara 2049 Malone 3381 UNCC 2226 STF 2028 UIC 2267 Valpo 2825 URI 2429 BG 3028 Mia 3357 Tol 3634 EMU 2674 Total 34393

Don't know if anyone has watched the series on the states that the History Channel is showing again now (original airing date was back in 2007) but two UA Asst. Professors, Gregory Wilson and Kevin Kern are featured in it. Akron gets a reasonable amount of play including a mention that the first motorized police wagon started there and quite a bit on the Soap Box Derby (one girl said she cried for a hour when she got to go to Akron - not HAD to go to Akron ). It also mentioned that the Cuyahoga river caught on fire in Cleveland 4 times in 6 decades (which led to the Clean Water Act and the creation of the EPA).

So the Big Ten and Big Twelve just need to switch names and we're good (Nebraska even has a head start). The Big Ten gains a championship game and the Big 12 loses one. Looks like this might be just about the end of it right now, except maybe the PAC-10 looks to pick up one more team for a Championship game for themselves. I still think this is good for the Zips. Money matters a lot, but it is still possible to compete at least occasionally even at the lower level. Utah, Boise State and TCU don't exactly have overflowing coffers. Even Miami, Fla. was pretty much a nothing program before the mid-eighties, so it is possible. I'll be happy with a Zips team that can win the MAC and maybe compete on a National stage every few years (both CMU and Ball State have done it in the last few years so its not impossible).

While I am a little disappointed in what appears to be a few mis-steps with the football program, I'm going to chalk it up to newness. Yep, I think there have been issues but I have no choice to see how this plays out, I don't really have any other options (well other than to make ZW's "Quit on the Zips" list ) Not concerned with soccer in the least. Another great recruiting class and I have a lot of faith in Coach Porter and his program. If there is any program on solid ground, it is soccer. I will be senidng in for my season ticket as soon as they are ready. Basketball is a little disconcerting but again I trust Coach Dambrot. He has been very successful and if he felt that the program needed what happened to become even more successful, then I'm all for it. Even if somehow his hand was forced, seems like he had a reasonable backup plan. Womens basketball and soccer are both on the rise and track has sustained an excellent run. Even if those are more minor sports, its still nice to see some success there. A lot of my uneasiness stems from all of the realignment going on right now. Akron has made big strides in the last several years and I would hate to see us sliding back because of it, but I think it is a very real possibility, I have, however, sent in my Z-fund donation and will continue to support my alma mater. Go Zips!

It's time we started acting like a big conference. Lets just go grab the remaing four Big 12 schools and drag them into the MAC (Temple gets the boot unless they join in all sports). Then we could call it the "Big Mac" and get an obvious commercial tie-in.

Temple itself is not the problem, it is the football only situation that causes the problem. If they were a permanent member of the MAC, that would be great, because then we could maybe add a 14th school and balance things out. Does anyone really think the MAC was better off when UCF was a football only member? Especially with the terrible geographic issue? So if Temple leaves, I think it helps the MAC. Do we really want an East football champion that doesn't actually play all of the teams in the East? It is going to be a problem at some point. Marshall's exit was definitely a loss. If Temple joined as a full member, WKU would be an excellent addition if the Sun Belt implodes.

Height: 6 ft - 2 inches Weight: 195 lbs Position: SS-Strong Safety And his name is actually Mark.

In my opinion, nothing. This article makes a big deal about how the MAC is making contingency plans should the Big Ten expansion affect the MAC. While it's always good to be prepared, I don't think I'd put too much effort into this one. The MAC looks like the only conference that won't be affected, as a matter of fact it could even be positive because it might get rid of Temple.

Can't believe we're lower than that, and stop calling me Virginia (otherwise I'd be VAZip). Oh you meant the team. Now I'm going to guess we won't be lower than 90. If I'm wrong long enough, we can get to #1.

We have a winner, yep the Huskies are the only team to beat the Zips in the MAC in the Caleb Porter era. Zips haven't lost a MAC game in over three years.

Good guess, but not the Falcons. Happened in 2006.

A little trivia off of the article too to get people to start thinking soccer (too early to book tickets to Santa Clara?) - it states that Caleb is 20-1-1 in the MAC since he started coaching at Akron. The tie was against Hartwick in the MAC tournament (which the Zips won on PK's). Who is the only MAC team to defeat the Zips? Hint - it wasn't FAU .

Speaking of that, College Soccer News has released their report on this year's recruting class. Once again, one of the best in the Nation. My favorite lines - "They’re talking national title in Akron in 2010 with eight starters back from the 2009 team that was 23-0-2 overall and advanced to the national championship match" and "If ever there was a school on the rise nationally, it’s Akron".

This link was supplied in another topic but seems to fit in here even better. The Orlando Sentinel also does a countdown and they are down to #98 and still no sign of the Zips. I say no way we slip past #95. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_co....html#more-6409 No. 120 Eastern Michigan No. 119 FIU No. 118 Western Kentucky No. 117 Miami (Ohio) No. 116 Tulane No. 115 Memphis No. 114 San Jose State No. 113 North Texas No. 112 Washington State No. 111 Toledo No. 110 UNLV No. 109 New Mexico No. 108 Colorado State No. 107 Rice No. 106 Ball St. No. 105 Utah St. No. 104 Syracuse No. 103 Louisiana-Lafayette No. 102 FAU No. 101 Louisiana Tech No. 100 Wyoming No. 99 New Mexico St. No. 98 Buffalo

Again, you are thinking in the extreme. Morgan State is I-AA. One Morgan State is fine. Two probably not. Three, no way. One PSU is fine, two probably not, three, no thanks. Is it exciting for me to watch UofA take a beat down three of four ooc games against BCS teams? No. In fact, it is a comlete waste of time. Would I be more excited against Colorado State or New Mexico State or MTSU or Marshall? Hell yes! I want to watch the Zips play good competition against teams they have a realistic shot at beating and the other team has a realistic shot at beating the Zips. That's good competition. They are guaranteed to beat Morgan State. They are guaranteed to lose to PSU. They could beat a non-BCS team. I'll take the excitement of the unknown in a game matching two well equal teams rather than a certain loss or certain win. I would love to see teams on the lower end of the BCS success cycle(Maryland, BC, UCONN, Syracuse, Virginia, Iowa State, Indiana). Who cares about MTSU (Besides Mr. Holcomb) and New Mexico State. Colorado State would be ok and Marshall would be better than average. Schedule up and play up. The key factor is getting them to Akron. Buffalo has done what Akron only can dream of. I still remember the hype surrounding when Wisconsin visited Can't. Bringing top teams to Akron will do more for the program and the school than even joining C-USA. Grab the attention of local fans. Orlando Sentinel Link No. 120 Eastern Michigan No. 119 FIU No. 118 Western Kentucky No. 117 Miami (Ohio) No. 116 Tulane No. 115 Memphis No. 114 San Jose State No. 113 North Texas No. 112 Washington State No. 111 Toledo No. 110 UNLV No. 109 New Mexico No. 108 Colorado State No. 107 Rice No. 106 Ball St. No. 105 Utah St. No. 104 Syracuse Would you really like to bring in some crap teams ad "enjoy" the game? I know they ar preseason rankings and all but either traveling to or getting them to travel here would be a huge waste of money. I'm more amazed that we are not in the bottom 15, I'm betting we show up pretty soon. Not surprised that EMU is ranked last though, but the stadium they had in the picture in the accompanying article looked familiar.

Peter Noone would beg to differ.

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