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Notre Dame is a very solid #5. They have already had a couple big wins and we whooped on them. Louisville beat UNM (who we play this weekend) in overtime last week. I think we are every bit as the #2 ranking indicates. HUGE game coming up at the end of the season at #10 OSWho both for recruiting and Ohio bragging rights.

Because the state of Florida has very few men's soccer programs and FAU could make a big name for itself in this sport, which has growing media exposure.

With a schedule this difficult, the only thing that matters is winning our games. Besides, I think IU will be strong and well respected going into the post-season. They always are.

Thanks. Too bad we got scored on, but the W is the biggest thing.

Does anyone have a link to a gametracker for the UA versus UC game? The UA website has a link, but a gametracker doesn't come up. Feel free to post updates if you can.

Another quality OOC win for the MAC. This week, I'm looking for UB to beat Pitt, BGSU to beat Minnesota, Temple to beat UConn, and our Zips to beat Syracuse. In the other games, I don't think the MAC teams have a chance.

1-0 win for UA. Yet another quality win! To verify for yourself, click on the media button for the game on the schedule:http://www.gozips.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_...amp;SPSID=47177UC also won 1-0, so the UA-UC game on Sunday will be for the championship.

The best part of the article is that after the negativity regarding Can't State, the #5 ranked UA men's soccer team is mentioned along with the promotion of Coach Boals. Beautiful!

Thanks!...I looked on IU's athletics webpage, but didn't find one.Check out my recent post in the soccer forum and give me your thoughts please.

http://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPS...;ATCLID=1569559"Indiana is one of just six all-time UA opponents to post a winning record against the Zips in a series with at least 10 meetings. Akron trails Indiana 4-24-1 and is 1-12 in its last 13 meetings. UA has defeated IU just once in Bloomington. The 2-1 UA victory occurred in the schools’ second meeting of their series, Oct. 4, 1975."So who are the other five programs to post a winning record against UA in a series with at least ten meetings?I know OSU, Michigan, and Notre Dame are not among them.My guesses: St. Louis, UNC, Penn State, UVA, and Oakland (Michigan).What are your thoughts?Anyone have factual information that supports/refutes my guesses?

Anyone have a gamecast link? Please post.

From gozips.com...Further distancing itself from its “mid-major” label, Akron has more than held its own against schools from the larger conferences. In fact, UA is 34-14-6 (.685) all-time versus schools from the Big East Conference and 60-32-7 (.641) versus schools from the Big Ten.Very impressive!

Special teams.

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page424.htmI think we'll finish much higher. Go Zips!

Seriously? This is a weak move by the athletic department, or the MAC office, whoever is in charge of the schedule here.It just tells people that we're second-rate. Why the hell should we base our schedule around another, unrelated school's game time? I don't care who you root for, this is weak.I personally Like the shift to a 1:00 PM start, however to say that it is so "football fans in northeast Ohio, who can now watch two great football games in their entireties" is not "weak" it is just plain stupid. If I was in charge of the Athletic Department whoever wrote that would be very lucky to have a job the next day. :mad_flame: I agree that the change is definitely for the better. However, to publicly acknowledge OSWho's game as having an impact on the decision making is very poor. It highlights we are a second rate program. Even though it's true, our own Athletic Department shouldn't be publicizing such a stigma. The challenges are great enough without handicapping ourselves.

I can match their yellow spot on.So can I.

The list of schools that offered him is very impressive. I wonder how he's ended up with us? Seems like we have the same log jam that UL does at RB. It just figures that's his position though. Why don't we ever seem to get transfers or new talent where there are big holes (i.e. QB and DB)? With a stud QB, this team could go from being average/below-average to top of the MAC.

Out of curiosity, I checked one of the gopher sites & found this thread:"The official "Where the **** is Vince Hill?" Thread" I wonder if maybe Da'Von Moore might be able to put a big hit on this kid this season. Is he still around?Da' Von Moore still around. He hurt himself in the first practice he took place in during last season. Either tore his ACL or something with his ankle. Needless to say it wasnt very good. He will be at camp once it opens this week. Also coming to camp a BIG NAME running back! Could be the the best recruit in the MAC by far next to Deryn Bowser.Unless you're going to name names and give some details, please don't bother even mentioning stuff like this. It's beyond frustrating for those of us not "in the know". As for concerns about starting a rumor as a result, simply qualify your statements as heresay.

The only Big 11 team to make the list is # 25 Northwestern. OSWho?

Good idea. I've been saying for a couple of years now that we should intentionally try to stoke up a rivalry w/ Toledo. It's a natural rivalry-in-the-making. And, aside from the last 2 years, they have had an outstanding FB program.Toledo has made it clear that they want to leave the MAC at the first good opportunity. If we can build a good rivalry with them, they might take us with them. As of right now, though, their only real rival is BGSU, and that's the way they like it.How and when did UT make it clear they want to leave the MAC?

Checkout the new UA HomePage at www.uakron.edu!I'm impressed.

The only I-AA school I would even consider wanting us to schedule is YSU because of the rivalry and potential for a large crowd. Otherwise, it's not worthwhile and would contribute to the stigma that we have a second class program.

Dear GoZips,That makes the Akron coaches more conscientious than some other college coaches I know of. I've been to universities in the off-season, and seen things like this: Coaches playing together with their own players in 'open gym' situations; Coaches sitting in the stands at open gym sessions, yelling out instructions to players -- even calling out plays to them. Of course it's easy for one school to get away with it, because there is no other D-1 school within 2000+ miles to turn them in. I wonder if said school used to be called the Rainbows?

Considering YSU and Ashland aren't D-IA (or whatever the heck it is called now), I would hope the offense looked good! Had this been against a few MAC or BCS level opponents, I'd be impressed.Nice to see the team has enough leadership to put something like this together without coach involvement though. When talent differences are marginal (as in the MAC), things like hustle, team spirit, and leadership can make the difference between winning and losing on a weekly basis.GO ZIPS!

This is huge! Lebron essentially states that he is endorsing UA as his personal program of choice....I really hope to see a Nike Arena with King James Court sometime in the next five years!