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Ask KD! Well technically the bball team played them in an exhibition game right? I think all the teams we played in the regular season were at least in Division 1, but I could be wrong. Also with basketball there are 30+ games, you have room for a few cupcake teams. Football's tougher. You only have a handful of home games, and saying that UA is avoiding scheduling MU is ridiculous. A team is good in D3? big deal! they wouldn't last 1 quarter against any D1 teams. It's a whole different ballgame. Those guys were most likely not recruited by any schools, and are not on scholarships. It might as well be club football. I think the Morgan State game showed how a pretty poor FBS team can do against the FCS. Of course you have the once in a blue moon App State game against Michigan, but still that's two D1 teams. We would not benefit anything, nor do I think we would even be allowed, to play a D3 team. It's a complete WASTE of time for everyone! The basketball team played Malone in a a regular season game on December 12 and won 62-30. I understand that this was finals week and if KD wants to make an argument about this being beneficial for STUDENT-athletes, I buy it. However, this is definitely not the way to garner the interest of Joe Akron or legitimize the program as being in the big leagues. If there is a similar option in the future, I would just prefer KD doesn't schedule a game leading up to or during finals. I know, I know...easier said than done because of other scheduling constraints, etc. Consider this horse beat!

Ask KD!

http://www.mlssoccer.com/content/ironclad-...ets-qwest-field "For Seattle, Steve Zakuani led the charge, who had his way with New York right back Jeremy Hall. On several occasions, Zakuani beat him one-on-one and sent in dangerous balls for Seattle to attack. None found the net, though, and Seattle didn’t have anything to show for its franchise-record nine corner kicks in the first half. In the second half, New York stepped on the gas. Kandji forced a diving save from Kasey Keller off some excellent buildup play in the 52nd minute. And Coundoul continued his unbeatable performance. Zakuani turned in a superlative individual effort on a blazing run down the left, but Coundoul, one of the best pure shot-stoppers in the league, tipped the low effort past his far post." Attendance of 36,000+...impressive.

You're joking right? You refuse to go to any Clippers, Blue Jackets, or Crew games because Ohio State is less than 10 miles from all of those stadiums? I sometimes feel like when I am that close to OSWho....that's correct. Doesn't the presence of high concentrations of Red and Silver make you ill as well? But regardless, I don't have an interest in making a 4-hour round trip to see any of those teams you mentioned, and don't really care much for Cowlumbus as a whole, beyond using their highways to get to other places south of here. I agree 100%, I also have desire to go to Columbus anytime soon. Same reason no one would want to go to Pittsburgh. Some cities are just full of idiots.... I take exception to that!!! well as long as your a zips fan I can let it slide... just keep your women away from athletes around there in pittsburgh Yeah, I have heard personally from girls that have had run-ins with some of the players you regularly see on the news and they have attested to those guys being total d-bags. They think they are entitled to having anything and anyone they want because for the most part, they get treated like gods around here. Rant over.

You're joking right? You refuse to go to any Clippers, Blue Jackets, or Crew games because Ohio State is less than 10 miles from all of those stadiums? I sometimes feel like when I am that close to OSWho....that's correct. Doesn't the presence of high concentrations of Red and Silver make you ill as well? But regardless, I don't have an interest in making a 4-hour round trip to see any of those teams you mentioned, and don't really care much for Cowlumbus as a whole, beyond using their highways to get to other places south of here. I agree 100%, I also have desire to go to Columbus anytime soon. Same reason no one would want to go to Pittsburgh. Some cities are just full of idiots.... I take exception to that!!!

+++ Back atcha Cap'n. But, a chance at bringing the Zips West of the Rockies looks like an improvement to Z.I.P. Last time Akron played in Boise I was a freshman and the Broncos kicked their butts. Akron has played Boise? I don't think it has been in my 10 year tenure with UA.

Larry Dawson doesn't need the athletic scholarship. He is part of some deal through a local attorney that awards a number of scholarships to inner city kids. He goes to school for free as long as he maintains a 3.0 or better. I didn't know that. That's a cool program. But I really do wonder about the extra scholarship and any others that might open up over the course of spring practice. Looking at Rivals, there are some good recruits at positions we need help at who have yet to verbal to a school and have an offer from Akron. Could you be more specific for those of us who don't have a subscription to Rivals?

Sadly though, the Zips ended at #27, which I believe breaks a 4 year string of being ranked in the final Mad-Major top 25 poll. That is sad although I think the ranking is accurate. After getting lit up by our rival at home to end the season with the championship and NIT bid on the line, losing the MACC, then sleep walking in a loss at home in the CBI, we don't deserve the top 25. Getting lit up in the MACT by every starting guard we played against didn't help either even if two of three games were wins. It exposed a huge weakness of ours relative to many of the other top 25 teams. I am not complaining. The program is on track to continue growing, and I believe KD is the man to do it. We'll get them next year!

You are lapsing into classic UAkid nonsense here. Good to know that it's not just the new UA hires that get thrown under the ZN.O bus before their first day on the job. Equal opportunity for opponents too! ZNO does not drive a bus...it is more like a tank. Glad I haven't been thrown under it.

+1. Thanks, Mods. I read ZNO more closely and often than the newspaper. ZNO makes every Zips success and failure more interesting. It is a welcome distraction from my everyday work. I would love to meet some of the members of ZNO and particularly the mods at future Zips events. Would be awesome to put faces with the screen names. I am overjoyed that ZNO is yet another dimension that makes us a "cut above" that wasteland of an institution to the east.

11. KD and the gang didn't want to distract from other programs' new found success (i.e. woman's basketball and tennis) by making a deep run in the CBI.

I like this idea. Let's start the country's first collegiate auto racing team. This fits within Title IX, and UA might as well buy the entire Fulton Airport and convert the runway into a track like at Burke with IRL. by default.

You poo poo a lot of the sports based off your pre-conceived notions and not legitimate reasoning. CSU has fencing, well they also have basketball and soccer, OSU had all those sports before either of us. Plus fencing isn't about fan support it's about catering to a type of student (foreign). It would be as low cost as Rifle and is Coed. Rowing doesn't have a body of water? Nimisilla is a 3000 meter body of water, rowing requires 2000 meters. Lacrosse has to use the soccer field? No not really, you have the Track field, and the practice field that can be converted, and not to mention Buchtel Field. Title IX only requires that for every scholarship offered a male an equal scholarship is offered to a female. Assuming the largest size team (Lacrosse, which is roughly 30) you could eat that up by adding women's Lacrosse or gymnastics and field hockey. Hockey is at max 18 scholarships. And nobody said let's add sports, I believe I prefaced the whole thing with "assuming we could eventually add sports". I didn't mean to "poo poo" on anything. I was just trying to be realistic about the situation. Your points about rowing and fencing are valid, but they still require additional infrastructure (regardless of how minor). The woman's tennis team currently hosts matches off campus and the rifle team is worthy of upgraded facilities as well. The soccer programs play at an inferior facility and who could forget the basketball arena issue? Let's focus on those first. Also, consider the last program that was added: woman's golf. Justified by being small and paired with the already established men's program.

Provide us with some details concerning how football = swimming and diving + volleyball + tennis. Is it: A. number of scholarships B. number of bodies C. size of budget D. an equation you just pulled out of your rear You can't go wrong with bowling. It's coed and you can rent the shoes. This was an estimation based on scholarships, number of student-athletes participating, and consideration for the parity in all other sports.

Title IX dictates that it would not make sense to add a large men's prrogram/team such as hockey. I love the sport, but it is not going to happen. We won't add wresting or gymnastics because Can't is already established and dominant in theset sports and we'd be setting ourselves up to be an inferior program to our rivals...the same reason Can't does not have men's soccer....so, not going to happen. Lacrosse and field hockey require new facilities or to share a field with our #1 soccer team that already shares with the woman's program and is torn up by the end of fall...not going to happen. CSU already has fencing and there is not enough national (let alone local) participation or interest to establish a program. Rowing?...We don't have a local body of water worthy of supporting a program. The only thing that makes sense to add would be men's tennis because of the parity with the woman's team and the relatively small roster and cost. At UA, now, because of Title IX, football = swimming & diving + volleyball + tennis. I don't look for it to happen though. We already have 19 programs. Look at a much larger and more prominent school like Pitt...they only have 17 total programs. You could argue we are already overextended as it is. I would love to see UA add men's tennis. However, until we regularly win Reese and Jacoby trophies and move onto the national stage in sports other than rifle and soccer, we should focus on improving the programs that are here and now.

Saint Louis beat Indiana State. And oh surprise, VCU beat George Washington.

I thought the exact same thing.

Crap again, VCU is on our side of the bracket, and we'd have a tough second game (winner of St. Louis and Indiana State).

Crap, VCU is now in the CBI...and I thought we had a chance to win this thing.

We are in the CBI at #8: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-co...to-the-nit.html http://twitter.com/RobDemovsky/statuses/10500857589 UWGB at Akron on Wednesday.

Can't got a 4 seed in the NIT. They play Tulsa at home. (Sound familiar soccer roos?)

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As Keith Dambrot is fond of saying -- "Each game is a mutually exclusive event."If the Zips go out and get pounded by K.e.n.t. (rival)...in a nationally televised...sell-out...home game...the fans will react differently than if the team goes toe-to-toe for 45 minutes and simply fall short.I think most fans have been very fair in any criticism this season. There are a few that consistently go way overboard. Conversely, there are fans that really don't seem to care if we get waxed by K.e.n.t....they're just always happy, and looking towards the future.Welcome to the phenomena known as the Internet Fan Message Board.One guy says ZipsNation is WAY overmoderated. The next guy says "The moderators let WAY too much stuff go." Who's right?I AM RIGHT! :screwks: Enough said.

I'm with you 100%. After driving back and forth to the Q for three days, I thought I was going to be angry and depressed if the Zips lost tonight. But they played their hearts out and almost came up with yet another miracle finish.Numbness is a great description. I do feel numb. I also feel sad for the players that their season is ended after they tried so hard to make it two straight trips to the NCAA tournament. They came so darn close, and I'm so darn proud of them for never giving up. They were just outplayed tonight by the smallest of margins. A different bounce of the ball on a single possession could have produced a different result.Kudos to KD for getting his team to the MAC championship game for four straight years. How many other coaches have ever achieved that in the MAC?I'm already looking forward to next season.bunch of damn apologists, you better be furious about this loss....3 outta 4 and here we go with the "oh it's ok" attitude...it is time to hope for more I agree. heres the question. is KD what we need to take us to the next level? personaly I don't know enough about basketball to put in an opinion here other than to say it's a high risk move especially for a mid major like Akron where people aren't exaclt foaming at the mouth to be hereI support Dambrot 100%! In terms of loyalty/commitment and results in improving and making this program an annual competitor for the MACC, Dambrot deserves at least another 5 years regardsless of those seasons. Let's also not forget about the upward trend in the quality of student-athletes he has been recruiting. Zeke was a huge get as are the players for the incoming class.Go Zips!

http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/kent_state/"I hate to say it, and Can't State fans don't want to hear this, but suddenly these past two seasons the tide has turned and now the MAC tournament is Akron's turf. Watching them win these close games, I knew they were going to win. They make winning plays down the stretch, and yes, they get some breaks and bounces. The key is, they put themselves in position to have some good luck. The difference is this year, and the part that really stings, is that Can't State was the best team in the league for the entire grind, the entire four month process of the season and couldn't get to the semis for the second straight season."Beautiful.