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Our punter is outstanding! He has to be in contention for an All-American award.

Very sloppy so far: penalties, drops, and a turnover. Elite football teams don't make those mistakes. Let's clean it up!

The offsides stat could be quite telling. ..plenty of those for us. That is either because guys are being lazy or the timing of runs is a half step off. The latter is the mark of a team that has not fully gelled yet. I hope that is the case. Too bad the penalty was not converted. It would have been great to salvage a tie from this trip. Let's get UAB on Saturday! Onwards and upwards, Zips!

Coastal Carolina up 3-0 at NC State!

We really needed that! Good start to the second half.

Meanwhile Coastal Carolina is up 1-0 at NC State. I never thought I'd see the day when the football team dominates an ACC opponent on the road while the futbol team gets dominated.

Judging by the gametracker, we are getting dominated. Down 2-0 and WF has had a ton of shots and corners. The only notes for us are substitutions, offsides, fouls, and saves. No shots or corners to speak of. The Jekyll-Hyde home-away character of our team is disconcerting.

I agree. Our D can hold until half, and it's only 7-0. Keep it close late into the game!

Nice defensive play like we needed! That is a long field we're looking at though.

7-0 is manageable, but we seem nervous/intimidated unlike against Tennessee and Michigan.

Three mistakes defining the game so far.

Good defensive series!

Is our kicker that bad or is he just intimidated by the environment and not mentally prepared? We can't leave points on the field in a game like this!!! Same thing happened in the first half at Michigan last year. Good decision making by Pohl on that drive, so that's encouraging.

It is the same mistake that was made in hiring iCoach. However, I am not prepared to say Embick is anywhere near iCoach in terms of his abilities.

The trend with players leaving and the early losses are disconcerting. Embick is not Porter, but I didn't expect him to be. This is a very young/inexperienced team, so I will try to show some patience. If we fall from the rankings (still #17 according to CollegeSoccerNews), recruiting will become very difficult. After watching Louisville's game against Maryland on Friday night, it seems we no longer hold the facilities advantage we thought to have. UL has surely fulfilled any promises made to Lolla. Meanwhile at Coastal Carolina...Docking's crew upset UConn 3-2 and lost to Maryland 3-2, both on the road.

+1. This season will be the real test regarding his abilities. With the loss of a large number of seniors last season, the team is beyond Porter's direct influence. The season is going to be long and tough. If the team gels and certain players step up, we have an average or slightly below average (for us) in a rebuilding year. Otherwise, Embick may be looking for a new job. I hope that is not the case!

I disagree. NEO Med is a logistic disaster for the state and region. There is a reason the Medical College of Ohio became affiliated with UT...and guess what pedigree our new President has.

What would be so bad about a medical school at UA? Medical education is in a state of flux right now because the system of memorization is ~100 years old and is no longer adequate. UA's curriculum could be innovative and modern, and research associated with a medical school would spur new technology that produces jobs. Also, a city the size of Akron with the quality hospitals Akron has should feature a medical school. One thing that immediately stood out to me about Dr. Scarborough's background is that it would enable him to pursue a medical school for UA.

DiG, is that you?

Everyone is AT the (sell-out) game and not on ZNO. We lack some intensity, but missing three regulars from the lineup really hurts. Most seasons I'm counting wins and thinking we should lose no more than 4-6 games in a given season. This year, KD really is correct...all that matters is what happens in Cleveland. We can be the best team in the MAC come tournament time...we just don't happen to be right now. I'm encouraged that one or two different guys who aren't normally in the lineup are contributing big nearly every game. The game time and confidence could prove very valuable in the tournament.

We showed some good effort and focus in coming back; however, we never win in Buffalo, and they shot lights out. I was impressed with some of our bench guys who really came to play. Solid efforts by Forsythe, Cheatum, and Evans. Overall, an entertaining game. On to Ohio!

I hope the decision to take him back or not is made independent of the PG situation. Off-the-court mistakes should require off-the-court amends.

At the library the other day I picked up "Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy" by John M. Heisman and Mark M. Schlabach. There is a full chapter devoted to his time at Buchtel College including a picture copywritten by UA. It verifies that the center snapping the ball to the quarterback was invented in Akron due to Buchtel's quarterback being tall and prone to fumbling when he picked it up off the ground. Also, the Buchtel victory over OSU is described in glorious detail. Heisman's reason for leaving Ohio was due to heartbreak when his sweetheart (a Buchtel student) received a terminal diagnosis. However, he left Buchtel College because the faculty bemoaned his relatively high salary and believed sports were becoming a distraction from academics. I recommend this book to all UA football and baseball fans. It amazes me how Heisman is such an under-celebrated part of UA football history. With the building of Infocision, the Heisman Lodge is no longer relevant though I believe UA still owns it. A tribute to Heisman and his part of UA football history needs to be celebrated somewhere on campus.

The UT stream looks so good because it is an ESPN3 broadcast. UT and Can't look fairly evenly matched. The MACC is wide open this year.

Aren't you neglecting Miami (Ohio) University, the University of Dayton, and Xavier University?