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I see a near repeat of the Stanford game from last year. Give me 3-0 Zips in front of a record crowd of nearly 5,000. The California boys can't handle the cold. I bet they don't even have winter gear for their bench players to wear.

Who's everyone rooting for? Would you rather play Lolla in the championship or the Suckeyes? I want the Suckeyes because that would feel so much better saying we won the title against the "big" Ohio school. I'd rather play Louisville. Because OSU is better than them. Let's be honest, we already own the Buckeyes in men's soccer. Besides, on a national stage, our supposed inferior university and programs would look that much better beating a coach who left us because he couldn't win a national championship here. Also, we don't have a lead in the all-time matchup against Louisville. I love seeing us beat teams like that and Indiana was by far the best example. They have owned us, but the tables have turned. Bring on Louisville! (However, I don't see either Louisville or OSU getting past the winner of UNC-SMU.)

but expecting them to stop wearing OSwho crap to Akron games/events, is perfectly reasonable. +1. When this happens, the Rowdies should ridicule the guilty person with chants to the point of utter humiliation. Perhaps that would curtail it from happening again. Yeah, because then they'd want to come to another game for sure... Who cares what they wear? They are a PAYING customer who, on that night, made the decision to go to an Akron Zips game over other forms of entertainment. If they have a good game experience, they'll probably come back. If they're ridiculed for wearing a shirt of a school that isn't a rival, isn't in our conference, and never plays us because some of our fans have an inferiority complex with Ohio State, they will probably say screw it and go to the movies next time. When we start selling out games, you can start being concerned with what fans wear. If it's not graphic or vulgar, who cares? Good God...it's no surprise our fan base (especially student fan base) has trouble growing with short-sighted, ignorant attitudes like this. Our fan base has trouble growing because of the short-sightedness of allowing people to think they can get away with wearing the colors of a school we actively compete against for recruits and TV time. How can you be taken seriously when nobody cares that half the fans are wearing the gear of another team and not the one they're watching? Complacency kills. +1. Not caring sets us up to always be second best. I can just imagine what might be said to someone wearing Akron gear to an OSU event.

We win 2-1. Nerve wracking, but we get the result, and that is what ultimately matters.

It's too easy to relax with a multiple-goal lead, especially when you're tiring.. I'd like to think that we are better than that though. I love how high our standards are.

UNC advances over MSU 1-1 (5-4). Seems like the Tar Heels are much better in penalty kicks this year having advanced in two consecutive tournament games.

2-1 on what sounds like another scrappy goal with less than 10 minutes left. Why are we so vulnerable in the last 10 minutes of a game?

Sounds like dominant soccer to me!

Mattocks had the assist on the first goal.

I really hope the crowd is huge. There is no reason for it not to be. I'd be there if I could. Cal just went up 1-0 on Brown. UNC tied the game against MSU in the last 10 seconds. They are in OT now.

but expecting them to stop wearing OSwho crap to Akron games/events, is perfectly reasonable. +1. When this happens, the Rowdies should ridicule the guilty person with chants to the point of utter humiliation. Perhaps that would curtail it from happening again.

I would expect them to be at will call. In my experience, they always have been.

Great form! I can't wait to listen over the internet on 1350. I really hope there is a much bigger crowd than there was for the WVU game! GO ZIPS! My prediction: 3-1 Zips, and bring on Cal-Berkley.

So when is this story going to break? Can't be soon enough so that I can see TCU slide into the #2 spot!

I enjoy following the rifle team because it is great to see UA getting the best of big name schools like OSWho, Purdue, and West Virginia. Rifle also lays claim to one of our few National Championships. I love the tradition. Keep up the great shooting!

Or he decides that building a long-running national soccer dynasty in Akron, Ohio, is a more impressive career accomplishment than anything he or any other coach could accomplish at one of the "name" schools where everyone automatically expects success. +1. Building a soccer dynasty at UA is a true legacy. Take notes, Lebron. The only thing worth leaving for is head coach of the USMNT and the World Cup. If he chooses to do so, we should appoint an interim head coach and welcome Coach Porter back with open arms after his international tenure is up.

Sadly, this truism is my main source of optimism. Amen. We can't move to a different conference because then all hope would be gone.

Any more than one is embarrassing. The MAC is a joke on many levels and especially in terms of alumni/fan support. I watched on TV tonight with family who are also alums. The comment from others down the stretch, "typical Zips." We are a good team but didn't come to play tonight. We were pathetically soft around the rim on both sides of the ball especially in the second half. Fortunately, KD's teams improve throughout the season and finish strong (except for last season's CBI).

What is the story with SMU, Blue & Gold? I bet things like this happen much more often than anyone would expect. Could Auburn leaving the SEC trigger another conference shakedown?

I heard Martin was only considering resignation and was consulting a friend via text but sent it to the wrong person. He ultimately resigned to save face from such an embarrassing mistake and a seemingly inevitable outcome. I wish iCoach would do us all a favor and fall on his own sword.

I heard Notre Dame's Director of Game Tape is looking for a new position. He has no head coaching experience and has never been a player himself, but man, you should see how this guy edits tape! And he's from Notre Dame, so he'd surely be successful in the MAC.

Just like we did.

We won 3-2. Two late goals (<20 min left) from WVU, and they were pushing hard at the end. No way we should have let them back in it. We are more vulnerable than I thought. Not sure why the defense isn't as solid as last year. Afterall, the roster is pretty much unchanged.

And Michigan and Penn State both won.

Agreed. The standards for this program couldn't possibly be any higher. I love being in other parts of the country and/or on interviews and bragging about how good the program is. Great job, Coach Porter. You make me proud to be an alum.