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He is kicking off a block.......hopefully he can kick of the ground.
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The NCAA because it means we have won the MAC Championship.
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Can we get any of UNC's recruits? They have some good ones.
Do we have room???
From Top Drawer Soccer.............
Despite finishing in a tie for second (behind AkronTop Drawer Soccer) in our chat audience poll asking who had the best incoming class, North Carolina has garnered the most Top 100 players with six. Jordan McCrary, Darvin Ebanks, Miguel Lopez, Ryan Dodson, Jon Ray and Cooper Vandermaas will all be donning the Carolina blue.
http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-...igning-Day-news
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Can we get any of UNC's recruits? They have some good ones.
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If there's one person right now to trust in keeping the Zips at the top, its Porter. He'll bring in a recruiting class that should be able to maintain that level of excellence we've come to expect. Let's not forget we've lost a significant number of players to the MLS draft in recent years and every year we seem to have gotten better. Porter will have the new recruits well entrenched into our system and I expect another exciting year. Like zip37 said, maybe a few more losses due to the lack of experience, but I firmly believe our style of play and the level of talent we bring in will keep things going. It will, however, be interesting to see how things go come tournament time.
Most of the players we lost were underclassmen (Kitchen a true freshman) so how much experience did we lose? It's the system and coach baby. Time to reload!! I said this years ago on a string about MAC football and the "cradle of coaches" tag.......A great coach and system will attract players and result in consistent WINS.
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Since we have had two NFL'ers since I have followed the team, I don't buy it for an second. Derr & Alcorn. Both recruited to kick in the Rubber Bowl too.It's hard to predict. Apparently it's very difficult to find a kicker for the college level. Nevermind that it seems like every team in the country from the BCS all the way down to D-III can find one that is more consistent than ours were.We actually had a string of great kickers in the 80s - Graham, Heckman, Klaus, Dombrowski...and they kicked in the Rubber Bowl.
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Zeke has already been quoted about what attracted him to UA. He said he wasn't just interested in basketball, but also wanted to get a good education from a school with a nice campus. He said he liked that KD and the coaching staff didn't cuss all the time, and they were like family.
That is what he is quoted as saying he wanted. What did KD say to make him believe that he could get that here. The actual selling points that brought him in.
Better yet. Why not ask Caleb what he had done to attract the top recuiting CLASSES in the country.
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Can you imagine the nightmare DHS would have it we hosted the World Cup?
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I like where we are headed. Gotta make hay while the sun is shinin' - Zeke is great for recruiting.
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Ironic that in the movie "More than a Game" Lebron criticized coach Dambrot when he left SVSM to take the job at UA. I believe he even said that he hated him for leaving them.
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What we need is to keep Caleb and then the future looks extremely bright!!!!
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I would think being a top 10 recruiter at Notre Dame would be a given. Not sure I get this hire if it is true....
I agree! Resume seems a little thin. In 1999, he was named one of the top-10 recruiters in the nation by ESPN.com and one of the top six recruiters nationally by Sporting News.I love the recruiting prowess, but no HC experience, or even as a high level coordinator makes me nervous. If he is the pick, I'd hope that a staff is put together that compensates for this. -
Keep in mind Fear the Roo was essentially taken from The University of Maryland's "Fear the Turtle".........lets not get carried away.Having been an athlete at Akron, I would LOVE to see Waddell get the job. He did a great job while he was here both while asst AD and interim AD. For any of you the like "Fear the Roo", you have him to thank for bringing that to Akron. He was passed over initially, partly due to the fact that he did not have a master's degree. He now has that Master's degree and would be a perfect candidate for the job. He loves it down in Cincy, but I would love to have him here in Akron. -
How many years of eligibility does he have with us?
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I want this one.Nice to have some cover from the elements. Creighton soccer stadium -
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2,500 would be a VERY nice stadium. Our attendance is pretty good.2007 Numbers 2007 Soccer Attendance2008 Attendance Numbers2088 AttendanceSt Johns Stadium is roughly 2,300St. JohnsUniversity of Maryland - 4,500 seatingMarylandLouisville Soccer Stadium ;-)LouisvilleInfo on Indiana college soccer attendanceMen's Soccer Ranks Among National Leaders in AttendanceFeb. 22, 2006BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The seven time NCAA Champion Indiana men's soccer team continued to demonstrate itself as one of the top draws in college soccer. Last season, the Hoosiers ranked second in average attendance and third in total attendance in the attendance figures released by the NCAA. The Hoosiers also were involved in three of the top 10 attended games in college soccer during the 2005 season. "It is an honor for our guys to have the opportunity to play in front of such great crowds like we have at Indiana," Indiana head men's soccer coach Mike Frietag said. "Our players love to perform in front of our home fans. We have the best fans in the country. Not only are they loud and proud, but they are some of the most knowledgeable. Indiana soccer prides itself on its tradition and part of that tradition includes our great fan base." Every year since the NCAA began tracking men's soccer attendance in 2001, the IU program has ranked among the top three in at least one of the two categories and has never ranked lower than sixth in any category. Indiana led the nation in average attendance in 2004 and in total attendance in 2003. In 2005, along with New Mexico, IU topped the national record for average attendance. The Hoosiers and Lobos are the only two programs to ever average over 3,000 fans per contest during a season. Indiana drew 28,013 total attendance during the 2005 campaign, an average of 3,112 per match. The previous national record was 2,779 by Saint Louis in 2003. New Mexico led the country in both total (36,228) and average (3,629) attendance a year ago. Indiana ranked second in average attendance, while national champion Maryland was second in total attendance at 33,121. The Hoosier-Terrapin matchup, which was called the top contest of the college season by Soccer America, drew 6,203. The number was not only a school record for Maryland, but the top attended regular-season affair during the 2005 season. The contest ranked fourth overall behind both sessions of the College Cup and the quarterfinal matchup between Creighton and Clemson. Indiana drew two of the top crowds to Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in 2005. The Nov. 3, 2005, matchup between then-No. 1 Akron and the Hoosiers was the seventh-largest crowd during the season with 4,884 fans in attendance.[/color] The Hoosiers handed the Zips their only loss of the season with a goal by Brian Plotkin five minutes into overtime. The crowd also was the sixth largest in school history. The Indiana-Penn State affair on Sept. 30, 2005, drew the ninth-largest single-game crowd of 2005 with 4,585 fans in attendance. The game was one of eight nationally televised on Fox Soccer Channel. The game also was the eighth-largest crowd in the history of the facility.I was curious about the same thing. I would be willing to bet that our administration doesn't really know how big to build the stadium because of the on-going evolution of soccer in the U.S.I am absolutely NO expert, but soccer seems to be a bit of an enigma in the U.S. right now. I'd say for the past 6-8 years I've known more little kids playing youth league soccer as opposed to youth football. So is soccer blowing up in our country, or not? Are all these little kids, some of whom aren't so little anymore, going to be college and MLS soccer fans? Watching the Seattle Sounders game was very impressive - I'll bet there were 40,000 people at that game.Is our country still fragmented when it comes to soccer? Is it more popular in some regions as opposed to other regions?Perhaps a good question for our athletic department's planning would be how many people Indiana averages for their soccer matches? IU may be a good, successful mid-western program by which to gauge our progress? Additionally, IU is probably Caleb Porter's default setting when it comes to measuring the Zips' program. -
OUR BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE RANKED IN THE TOP 20 WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS (will we be able to keep Coach Dambrot?)SOCCER WILL PLAY IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2 OF THE NEXT 3 YEARS.
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Whooo Whooo Whooo.....nyuck...nyuck....nyuck!
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Bigger is not better. Seems like someone with a creative mind could redesign the JAR to a classy facility. Duke has enjoyed a tremendous home court advantage with less than 8,000.
Duke University Renovations It was in February, 1986, that NBC Sports commentator Dick Enberg told the world about the latest planned renovations for Cameron. "They're going to make a real sports antique out of it ... complete with brass railings and stained glass windows." For Duke athletic officials watching the Sunday afternoon broadcast of the Duke-Georgia Tech game, this was certainly news. Planned renovations did not, as some rumors indicated, include stained glass windows, but there was a major facelift being planned which included new side walls, a new electronic scoreboard and even brass railings. Renovations began in 1987. The lobbies and concourse were remodeled during the summer of 1987. Then, in 1988, work began on the interior of the arena. A new electronic scoreboard, new sound system and decorative wood paneling gave Cameron an updated look, while maintaining the original elegance. The addition of 750 new student seats, increasing Cameron's capacity to 9,314, gave the Cameron Crazies, the Duke students who have made a name for themselves as Duke's exceptional "sixth man," a little more room to practice the art of supporting their team creatively. In the early 1990s, Mike Krzyzewski and Butters decided the time was right to give Cameron an addition with new locker rooms, coaches offices, an academic center and a new Sports Hall of Fame. Several years later, ground was broken for the new Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center after the end of the 1997-98 season. That complex now houses the men's and women's basketball programs, as well as Duke's athletic academic center. The first part of that expansion and improvement project was the installation of a new floor in Cameron Indoor Stadium after the 1996-97 season. The latest advancements in floor technology were utilized to give the Blue Devils one of the finest playing surfaces in the entire country. Prior to the 1999-2000 season, a new press row was added. Air conditioning was added in 2001-02 and for its 100th season in 2004-05, the concourse was enhanced to celebrate Duke's tradition in men's and women's basketball with the addition of poster displays and all the banners were replaced in the rafters. TodayOriginally the largest indoor arena in the South, Cameron is today one of the smallest in the nation. Nevertheless, its stature grows from year-to-year. Sellout crowds, top 25 rankings and championships of every variety have become the norm. The "creative harassment" of student spectators has given Duke the honor of being known as "one of the toughest road games in the USA," according to USA Today and any visiting team that has ever played in Cameron. In its June 7, 1999, issue, Sports Illustrated rated Cameron Indoor Stadium fourth on a list of the top 20 sporting venues in the world in the 20th Century, ranking ahead of such notables as Wrigley Field, Fenway Park and Pebble Beach Golf Club. The Blue Devils have had an amazing amount of success in Cameron, winning over 80 percent of their games all-time. In 1999-2000, Duke established both the Atlantic Coast Conference and school record by extending its home winning streak to 46 games. Duke's all-time record in Cameron is 675-141 for an .827 win percentage. The 675 wins is the most in the ACC and the fifth-highest total in the country on a current home court. Under Coach K, the win percentage increases to .850 with a 318-48 record. Headed into 2005-06, Duke has won 277 of its last 300 (.923) under Coach K at Cameron. Despite the changes that have taken place, Cameron Indoor Stadium has remained very much the same over the last 60 years. New seating, high tech electronics and a fresh coat of paint have not altered, but rather enhanced, Cameron's most enduring characteristic ... its spirit. It is still a building of superlatives. Excerpted from "Home Court - Fifty Years of Cameron Indoor Stadium" by Hazel Landwehr. -
One of my first wet dreams had Elizabeth Montgomery in it. She was HOT!
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The Big East is not in our near future BUT could we dip our toe in the water and have the soccer team join (i.e. Temple football)? Does it have to be all or nothing?
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Next up for auction will be 2008 Northwestern Soccer Highlight Video.
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With a brand new state of the art stadium, this is what we get. This is beyond embarrassing.
