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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.

Can you imagine the nightmare DHS would have it we hosted the World Cup?

I like where we are headed. Gotta make hay while the sun is shinin' - Zeke is great for recruiting.

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.

What we need is to keep Caleb and then the future looks extremely bright!!!!

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 would think being a top 10 recruiter at Notre Dame would be a given. Not sure I get this hire if it is true....

Keep in mind Fear the Roo was essentially taken from The University of Maryland's "Fear the Turtle".........lets not get carried away.

How many years of eligibility does he have with us?

I want this one.

Corrected link for University of MarylandMaryand

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.

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.

Whooo Whooo Whooo.....nyuck...nyuck....nyuck!

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.

One of my first wet dreams had Elizabeth Montgomery in it. She was HOT!

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?

Next up for auction will be 2008 Northwestern Soccer Highlight Video.

I am as pissed as anyone BUT I am failing to understand why the NCAA would have any bias for NW - There is no attendance bump, Akron Soccer is much more prestigious than NW, we have higher profile players and a much better soccer pedigree. I could understand if this was football and there was a 50K+ bump in attendance and increased interest but that is not the case here. I want to be pissed at someone but I am not so sure it is the NCAA................I just hope Caleb stays.

I hope this does not cost us another Head Coach~

I have not read all the posts but I love this topic. When you have a great coach...........do what you have to do to keep him! The MAC has the reputation as being the "cradle of coaches" F that!Good coaches are the key and have been the foundation to every successful program you see on T.V. today. - Penn St was nothing before Paterno, Fla State was nothing before Bowden, Greg Schiano is making it happen at Rutgers (until JoePa retires) - in basketball it is exponential.I was hoping J.D. was the hot young coach to move us up and was ready to campaign to keep him at all cost but I have to say the new stadium is a nice line in the sand to make a change if we do not atleast win the MAC east.Unrelated to Zip FBall..........we have K.D. and I hope we do everything we can to match ANY offer he might get.

He is good......Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 Wake Forest (23) 575 1 5 - 0 - 0 2 SMU 552 4 5 - 0 - 1 3 Notre Dame 518 5 4 - 1 - 0 4 Maryland 490 8 4 - 1 - 0 5 St Johns 464 11 5 - 0 - 1 6 California 458 6 3 - 0 - 2 7 Connecticut 402 7 2 - 0 - 3 7 North Carolina 402 12 4 - 0 - 1 9 Northwestern 366 14 5 - 0 - 1 10 Akron 357 2 3 - 1 - 211 Illinois-Chicago 350 16 4 - 0 - 1 12 Creighton 322 3 3 - 1 - 0 13 Saint Louis 282 17 2 - 0 - 3 14 Indiana 265 19 3 - 1 - 2 15 Ohio State 229 10 4 - 1 - 1 16 Boston College 227 9 2 - 2 - 1 17 Loyola (Md.) 196 23 5 - 0 - 0 18 Dartmouth 167 25 3 - 1 - 0 19 Louisville 144 RV 5 - 0 - 120 Providence 127 RV 3 - 0 - 1 21 South Florida 114 21 2 - 1 - 1 22 Georgetown 94.5 20 5 - 1 - 0 23 UC Davis 59.5 RV 4 - 1 - 0 24 UC Santa Barbara 50 13 3 - 2 - 0 25 Duke 45 RV 3 - 2 - 0

I know this is a bit picky but I would like to see the player's wearing their jerseys for the roster pictures. It looks much better than some of the outfits these guys come up with. At least make them all wear a blue and gold tie.Go ahead and rip me.....

I hear what you're saying about ND's incredible "poll buoyancy" Cap'n, but they DID beat Duke 4-1 the day after the 3-0 Zip win. Hey, I guess we should oot for them to stay highly ranked. This way, come NCAA tourney seeding/selection, it will go down as a true, undeniable quality win.Good point Johnnyzip. I am actually happy with the jump we took and I think it showed a lot of respect for our program. I agree with MDZip above also.....BC moves up to #2 in the polls going 1-1-0 to unranked teams?? How about SMU jumping 10 spots after beating Old Dominion (has not scored a goal in last 3 games) and UVA (who are usually good but unranked) Folks, it sounds as if you are not familiar with the history of the NSCAA poll. There are unwritten rules about voting. As I recall, all voters must select at least four schools from New England, including two Ivy League schools, (where did Brown go to? -- they were in the top-10), along with four ACC schools, and must place either Indiana or Notre Dame in the top-10, or else a minimum of two Big-Ten schools.. That along with either UCLA or Ohio State in the top-10, and something about the ratio of Big Ten to Missouri Vallry teams, ensuring that either St Louis, Creighton or SMU is in the top-5, or two of these make the top-10. Are therre any Billiken fans out there? If so, please tell us what a Billiken is. I think Indiana had more kids from St Louis than St Louis has. How about Will Bruin -- is he the best freshman in America? Our #5 ranking is fair for us.....if we keep winning-I never want to see it drop. Screw the rest of em' - This will be our first National Championship team.