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Well-coached teams are disciplined, adapt and improve from mistakes, and win close games. Even though we won the Can't and EMU games, we were either handed or lucked into those outcomes. They weren't actually won. We lost four other games that were undecided in the last half of the fourth quarter (UC, BGSU, UB, and Temple). That has made the difference between a subpar season and one that could have been a top three all-time for this program. What's worse is that with three games left, a game removed from a nearly three week break, and a potentially great season for the taking with the division leader and two weak teams ahead, our team played its worst football of the season and appeared unmotivated at times. Unacceptable.Please spare me the "we outperformed expectations (by the media in preseason)"! This team had the talent to win those four games. Coaching was the difference. Period.If this program is ever to be taken seriously, it has to start next year with a fresh face. With some of the best facilities in the country, there are no longer any excuses for mediocrity. From season to season, this program should be 7-5 to 10-2. 5-7 or 6-6 are even OCCASIONALLY acceptable, but shouldn't be the norm.Head coaches make very good money (even relative to other professionals) to produce wins and represent their university well. JD (and his players) represent the university well, but the wins (or corresponding progress) isn't their to justify continuation in the most important season (prospectively and retrospectively) this program has and will likely ever have. However, I would sympathise with some of the assistant coaches who don't make nearly as much and for better or worse has their success tied to the head coach and performance of the entire team. Unfortunately though, that's the nature of their profession.For now, go support the soccer, basketball, rifle, and track/field/CC programs as those are well-deserving of our support.

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/35027229.htmlI'm really glad KD is building our program in the right way.There needs to be a new emoticon with a golden flush behind bars.

I'll give you that, skip-zip. For the record, I'm not a JD hater. Just disgusted with where some of the coaching decisions have put us when IMO we have much better talent than the results demonstrate.Still, 1-4 in games that come down to the last half of the fourth quarter or OT is unnacceptable. The Can't and EMU games are not considered here considered because as I said before, we didn't win those games. As the rest of the MAC knows such situations, we Akron'd them. That is, the ball bounced our way and we won when circumstances could have very easily dictated otherwise.Everything else being equal, we should roughly be 0.500 in such games...meaning 2-3 or 3-2 is reasonably acceptable in my book. Apply that to our overall record and consider where we'd be. I would be very satisfied to be sitting at 6-5 or 7-4 right now. The OU game was a must have as were either the BGSU or UB games.apologists are what i hear....i've based my decision not on one game, but the last two seasons....stupid mistakes, underachieving....hey, if you guys wanna support medicore football have at it...(Still, 1-4 in games that come down to the last half of the fourth quarter or OT is unnacceptable)...rack that statementgood coaches and good teams beat ball st, cincy & BG AT HOMEI am not apologizing for anyone, I think I've made it quite clear that I am not satisfied with the results or the coaching. Period.(good coaches and good teams beat ball st, cincy & BG AT HOME)...rack that statement too. Well coached teams defend their home field. It's referred to as home field advantage, not home field disadvantage.

http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...;ATCLID=3621896The first thing I though of after seeing this article...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YABRmdyuMk(If anyone knows how to embed this, please do so.)Gotta love Austin Powers!

"Practice? We're talking about practice!?" -Allen Iverson"A bowl game? We're talking about a bowl game!?" -trimmy10The result of the OU game officially concluded football season. Thankfully the last game in the Rubber Bowl was meaningful. Imagine if we had Temple at home to close it out this Friday. Scary. Go support the soccer team. They are national title contenders and play a very respectable (yet nameless) big time school/program in a rivalry that we dominate with a home game in the NCAA Tournament. Excitement at any D-I school doesn't get any bigger than that.

I'll give you that, skip-zip. For the record, I'm not a JD hater. Just disgusted with where some of the coaching decisions have put us when IMO we have much better talent than the results demonstrate.Still, 1-4 in games that come down to the last half of the fourth quarter or OT is unnacceptable. The Can't and EMU games are not considered here because as I said before, we didn't win those games. As the rest of the MAC knows such situations, we Akron'd them. That is, the ball bounced our way and we won when circumstances could have very easily dictated otherwise.Everything else being equal, we should roughly be 0.500 in such games...meaning 2-3 or 3-2 is reasonably acceptable in my book. Apply that to our overall record and consider where we'd be. I would be very satisfied to be sitting at 6-5 or 7-4 right now. The OU game was a must have as were either the BGSU or UB games.

I would not count the Can't game a close win for us this year. That game was handed to us. The EMU game was pure luck. I am yet to see a close game win where we take command of the game and take the win as opposed to having it given to us or lucking into it. The opportunity to do so existed in four other games and in all four, we've found ways to lose.There is no way we go bowling at 6-6 and IMO, we don't deserve to.

But the rest of the campus is a while ours is gorgeous. I'd personally rather have a nice campus than just a nice arena. Good showing by the Zips.

They can't spell Special Teams either. Who's the Special Team's coach, fire Him! (I know its JD so he needs to fire himself). one game we're talking about how great the special teams are (block pat for 2pt safety?) and now they have a bad game and we're calling for the coach's job. we really are pathetic fans.It's not just this one game though. It's the fact that we've had the talent to win four other games this season, but continue to make the same mistakes/errors that have prevented us from being put over the top in those contests (i.e. high snaps, in opportune penalties, dropped passes, poor game management, and an unwillingness to try something new when old tactics aren't working...3-3-5). These are all COACHING issues! Given the fact that we were close to winning all of these games proves that we have the talent to be 8-3 or 9-2.I have been a supporter of JD up until now, but I think the Temple game should be make or break for him. Even at 6-6 and bowl eligible, we will not be offered a bowl game and IMO, we don't deserve to one.Other than a couple BCS wins against losey programs, JD has nothing to hang his hat on since the MACC. Yes, we won that game, but even so, we were lucky to be in it given the tie break scenario. Let's not forget that we've had roughly one win every season that shouldn't have been (EMU this year, WMU last year, etc). Take those away and what do you have?Yes, JD has beaten Can't 4 of 5, but this program would really be in the if he hadn't. Given how poor Can't has been, beating them every year is no longer a feather in the cap, but an absolute requirement to continue as coach.

Ziprifle, what do you mean by this? Are you referring to a possible UA Medical School w/ a UA Hospital?I'm referring to the fact that the CSU BioEng dept nailed down the deal with AGMC and UA didn't. You would think that UA would have an edge just because of the Engineering Dept. reputation and the location. Now, I don't know squat about how the UA BioEng compares to the CSU BioEng, but I know that UA Eng. as a whole is more respected than CSU.I am a grad of UA BME and co-oped at the Cleveland Clinic. I know for a fact that CSU doesn't even have a BME Department or associated BS or MS offerings. That's part of what makes this such an unfortunate situation. UA has all the faculty/programs and location to support AGMC's needs.What I find ironic is that the UARF and UA Office of Technology Transfer support CSU, so much of the expertise probably goes through UA anyhow. Sadly though, none of the research development will.

The writing is on the wall for NEOUCOM to move and become affiliated with UA. Together with the Biomedical Corridor and the new BioInnovation Institute, the necessary components are aligning for an academic medical center in Akron. Given Summa's sponsorship of the stadium project and their feature on the Campaign for UA's website (with no mention of AGMC or Children's), I would suspect Summa to be the primary hospital entity and AGMC was upset about it.Nonetheless, this is a big coup for Cleveland. I wish AGMC, Summa, Children's, Aultman, and Mercy would align under a University of Akron Medical Center in the future, but I'm guessing it wouldn't happen because there would be no local competition. However, such a unified group would compete with UPMC, the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and the OSU Medical Center.Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy are the only major programs that UA is missing in having all major academic offerings. I would love to see it happen and know it's best for the region and research.

http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...;ATCLID=3620609Quite impressive. I think as long as there isn't a major faulter in the NCAA Tournament, Steve will also win the Herman Trophy. Regardless of how the season ends, I'd love to see Steve back for another two seasons and to have him earn his degree.Why isn't Bush named for one of the goalie positions? Should be first team in my book, but a total snub! ...come on!Don't let the avatar fool you...huge UA soccer fan!

No doubt, trimmy10. After all, my mother, sister, two brothers and various other relatives are still there and I visit them often :DI DO find the football facility comparison to be an interesting one though. Talk about totally different philosophies. Pitt HAS an aging, on-campus facility and decides to tear it down (granted, for a beautiful basketball facility) and move to a shared, off-campus venue, while UA HAS an aging off-campus facility that it decides to abandon for an new on-campus facility. FWIW, I have a lot more faith in the UA model over time.What I find ironic though is that the City of Pittsburgh needed a new arena (and has since gotten one) while the university builds one across the street from the medical school in Oakland with no parking and hospital traffic. Meanwhile, the new biomedical research buildings are put on the South Side two miles from main campus and a major inconvenience for the students and faculty. This is the joke that Pitt is. At Pitt, the student is an afterthought to research dollars and alumni pledges.

I can only imagine what our men's soccer team would do to Pitt. The woman's team already beat Pitt this season.On a neutral court/field, Pitt is probably still better than us in basketball and football, but not by nearly as much as their fans/alumni think.I've seen both campuses and facilities and can objectively state that Akron's are FAR FAR better.GO ZIPS!!!The City of Pittsburgh is actually a very nice place in general though.

After reading the message boards it seems the fans characterize everything Pitt is about: elitism. Exactly why I hated it when I went to school there.They are so cocky about pounding us and having nothing but negativity regarding Zeke. I hope and think our fans/alumni are more classy this. We might not win, but we'll give a strong effort.Let me remind the Pitt fans that the Panthers have not played to their potential in the NCAA Tournament the past few years and their football program is currently not much better than ours.

I'll be happy if we play away at MSU because that means we've made it to the quarter-finals and gotten past likely opponents OSU and ND (again). Also, one game away from the Final Four.

If only toilet and cereal bowls counted, Can't would have something to build a program on.

Any one else think this is a to UA? I sure do!http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/34726604.html

Creighton will likely be ranked #2 in the nation when the NSCAA poll comes out (tomorrow?). yes -- Akron got screwed, but Holy Crap, the Big11/East/ACCk chew) will never have to earn respect from hte selection committee. Which by the way, probably is dominated by members of those conferences. I didn't look at where teams like SMU, UCLA, UCSB, Cal-Berkeley are in the pecking order, but the only team to defeat the Zips this year, New Mexico was on the bubble, and missed out making the field, despite winning eight of their last ten games. I have to look again, but if we win the first two, where might we have to go to make the Cup/final-four? Is it @ Maryland? That might be a fine little grudge match. FEAR THE ROO!!! (I don't have to worry about Waddell stealing that motto again, since he already did it once.) Missouri State was in its conference's final and had they won, would be in the field as well. Cleveland State was in its conference final. Along with UNM, these are teams on the bubble (if you will) and we were only 1-1-1 against them. Perhaps in the Committee's eyes, this is what warrants the #5 seed as opposed to the 4?...but MSU...come one!The Final Four is at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX.

Premier conference in all things sports. "Right now, the Big Ten is the joke of college football and OSU is the punchline." - Kirk Herbstreit during OSWho's piss poor performance against USC.If we play them again in real futbol, let's make sure OSWho is also the punchline of Big Ten soccer being a joke. I'm thinking a 5-0 beat down similar to what WVU experienced in 2005 at the hand of the Zips.

So many thoughts:1) I loathe the fact that in our first game we are guaranteed to play a team we've already beaten this year (albeit both of them on the road and now we have the home game).2) I really wouldn't want to play Louisville.3) This is by far the most difficult regional bracket with OSU, Northwestern, MSU, ND, Louisville, UNC, and Dayton.4) I'd love to see UNC defeat MSU giving us a home game against UNC in the quarterfinals during the first week of December. Don't think those Tar Heels would play well in cold weather.5) We are 4-0-1 against teams in the Tournament (wins against Oakland, OSU, Michigan, and ND; tied IU)6) Earning the 5 seed isn't really an injustice. The injustice is that MSU was awarded the 4 spot ahead of us.7) IMO, Creighton was equally worthy of the 4 seed and they really got screwed.8) Loyola (Md.) should have been a top 8 seed.9) All in all, not a bad bracket especially if we win because there will potentially be three home games against very big name schools/programs. 10) Let's hope the team has a better performance than last year's 1-0 loss at home to USF.11) Go Zips! and this is a better time and place than ever to remind everyone that

Zips win 3-0 in the shootout. Three PK saves for Bush!...incredible.Too bad it only counts as an official tie. Better than a loss though I suppose. At least we advance.

UC probably only looks forward because they won the game and are in the midst of capturing their league's championship. I'm sure they could care less about looking back on us and wondering how they didn't score more. They won the game and that's the point. Likewise, as competitive as we were with UC, BGSU, and UB, we lost those games and are yet to beat a truly respectable opponent.

The argument against our bowling (assuming we beat Ohio and Temple) will be that we haven't beaten a quality opponent all season and that is unfortunately true. UC, BGSU, and UB were all W's that we gave away.

So where ARE you now?