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Maybe their students will be ticked off enough to boycott the game this weekend.

Edelman caught 8 passes for 98 yards. Maybe Cant's problem is they don't know how to evaluate talent. Their last two quarterbacks have done very well in the NFL at a position other than QB.

One problem with this is that one of those 1-AA games would not count toward bowl eligibility, and making a bowl also helps fan interest. No reason to make one of your games "not count". I agree with eguins, let's bring YSU in next year.

Gary Taylor doing betterVery scary for him and his family. Glad he is doing better - we need "our" T. Boone Pickens.

2003. Miami (with Roethlisberger) finished at #10, BG was at #23 (and NI at #29)Marshall was 24th in 2002.Toldeo just missed in 2005 at #26.Bowling Green and NI were close in 2004 (#27 and #29 respectively).No one since 2005 has even finished in the Others Receiving Votes category except Ball State last year (#32).

Amidst all of the gloom and doom on the board over football right now, at least our "other" football team is giving us a reason to smile. They are going to be ranked #1 in every poll now. Wake Forest lost over the weekend so even College Soccer news has seen the light. The team has given up exactly one goal over 6 games over some pretty stiff competition. They are a legitimate threat to win a National Title THIS year. The atmosphere at the Indiana game was electric, we don't need that many people to make a sellout in that stadium. Bowling Green comes in this weeked and tOSU the next. Let's get as many folks out there as we can. Go Zips!P.S. The Zips are undefeated at home in the last 25 regular season games and are 42-2-4 at Lee Jackson Field since 2005.

Yep, Chase was the other one.

The basketball team was there - pretty much all of them. I was walking in behind a really tall kid and thinking he should be playing with them. It was Mike Bardo. I think a little recognition would have been good too, especially since they were advertising season tickets.Was kind of cool having LeBron there. He was also at the Cowboys-Giants game this evening. Must be good to be the King. Speaking of that game since it was the nationally televised Sunday night game, I did enjoy seeing two Zips players starting and saying "Akron" as their school. I would bet two Zips introducing themselves to a national TV audience because they were in the starting lineup has never happened before.

Are you trying to plant subliminal messages?

Here is what I think (because I know you were all waiting for my opinion). We got ahead of ourselves. The stadium is very nice but I think anything would look better next to the Rubber bowl. I love the stadium but it could be dressed up a little more like some giant players posters or the flags of the MAC teams like we saw in the drawings but it is no panacea for solving all of the Zips issues. Quite frankly with the awful facilities we had up to this point, it's damn hard to recruit quality kids. So we're playing with the best we could get over the past few years. Do you know that when recruits were brought on campus in the last few years they never got to see the Rubber except from a distance? Now the stadium is a centerpiece. The stadium really only comes into play for helping with recruiting from this point forward. As far as attendance and tailgating go, it's going to take time to get established. The area is hungry for a winner, but give them a good product and they will come. OK, 18K isn't great but considering what we've averaged in attendance over the last few years, it doesn't look so bad. The experience is good for the most part, we just need to get some interest in the community by putting a product out there that generates interest. For any of you that were at the soccer game on Friday, that was phenomonal. You think most of those people would have been there without the #1 ranking? That's what draws interest. I did happen to see Zeke at the basketball tent and talked to his parents (nice family) but I didn't see him limping or I would have asked. Gamechanger are you out there? She did show me a picture that was pretty cool, hope she posts it soon, but I don't want to steal all her thunder. OK, I've been all over the map so I might as well end it with this. How strange will it be that Jacq will be the answer to the question "Who threw the first touchdown pass at Infocision?" in the only game he ever played there.

Very disappointing. Don't know if Jacq would have helped but it seemed our biggest issues was in the passing game. Rodgers has had very little opportunity and to have to shoulder it all today is not all his fault. Hope Jacq feels a lot of the responsibiulity for that. Rodgers did not play well (with 4 INT's) but Indiana outmanned us, and with the poor field position the D was handed it was almost a given to score. Indiana is not a good team, but we sure made it easy on them.

Outstanding game - tons of energy, great to see a big crowd like that (seemed like more than 2448). Zips had a lot of chances to score but just couldn't quite finish (the Indiana goalie also made a number of very good saves). That worries me a little come tournament time, but the defense was outstanding as usual. I happened to be taping while the goal was scored, I'll try to get it up on YouTube. Funny thing was it was not a great shot compared to all of the others before it, but it was the one that counted. We're still #1. Beat St. Louis on Sunday and lets go for the Indiana sweep today. When we win this afternoon do we get to call Indiana our b####?

I've seen that too, I believe the one loss is the 1896 Akron/Buchtel loss. No other MAC team has beaten Ohio State (at least not in the modern era) so I'd suspect that is the single loss.

The most beautiful thing I ever saw was in the film "American Beauty" and it wasn't that stupid wind twirled plastic bag at the end. This is a close second though.

I love this guy - no prisoners.

For those that wanted a program from last week, seems the Zips are printing more (see the bottom of the article above). There are a lot more money stats in it too to include concessions (more money in one week than was made all of last year) and Zips apparel.

Was that Toledo from last year?

Yeah, we've heard of her. Heck of softball player and a fine looking woman. If you guys are using her as a safety, you have probably upgraded the level of talent on your team.Actually I just wanted an excuse to post a picture of her.

Lot 4 drummer who was kicked out of the band in 8th grade for lack of talent. I'm in.

The timing on getting to the tournament combined wityh Zeke's arrival has been perfect. So we get a little notoriety from making the tournament and then people notice we also have an excellent recruit to match up with the most of the players returning from last year. I would just like a mention in one of these articles how smart he is, seeing as how he picked Akron just as much for the academic program.

Zips 3 Hoosier Daddies 0. Ampi, Nagbe and Sarkodie on a penalty kick.

Since I have been wrong so frequently lately, I'm going to go with Indiana 28 Zips 24.

Why don't we just do it anyhow?Yeah we could sneak in while Coach Martin is off doing the same thing at NCAA headquarters.

I am glad he didn't go to the hospital last week, would have been a real shame for him to miss the opening game. Get back on your feet soon Gary.

I think it's funny how low key Coach Porter is, he just casually mentions how they happen to be the #1 team in the country! I'll be there for both - I'm fired up! A double Indiana beatdown!