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Blog space sin: You didn't post a link.Last week the projected winner of the MAC (UB) was setup with Florida State. I think that would be a great match up for us. Anyone else have a desired matchup for the NCAA Tourney provided we get there?

Amen.

72 Roo, how do you know this. Please provide more detail.

End of discussion.winning is fun, although if you're in a bad conference and you are winning, it's always in the back of your mind... but we aren't even dominating (yet ) so the whole discussion is moot.Let's start kicking some arse, and then let's b1tch about the conferenceI concur 100%. The only program that has the right to complain is men's soccer...and the conference isn't really holding them back...the stigma of being Akron without a long-standing tradition of being National Championship contenders is the limiting factor.With the exception of football, the conference will never hold us back so long as we perform well in our out-of-conference schedule against respected programs.

Wish I could have seen Conyers' dunk!

Not yet. It is delayed, so we'll see.

I like this match up. As KD says, we aren't getting into the NCAA without winning the league. So, it is nice to have a road game in which we are favored to potentially contribute to a 20 win season. RPI is meaningless at this point and Valpo is a recognizable program. Go Zips!

I love Frenchy!

I hear something... Thanks, Sarge!Odd...it only works for me via Internet Explorer and not Firefox. (I loathe IE.)Great to hear the Zips up 17-14 at half though. What a score. Is this football?

2-1 with 15:31 left in the first half. This could end with a baseball score.

Anyone know if the internet 1350 connection is working? In Pittsburgh and wanting to listen. Gametracker just isn't the same.

Checkmate!

If we run the 3-3-5 again and are a sieve on defense and lose several close games, I will be ready to crucify JD regardless of a few offensive turnovers. Will be patient and supportive until then though.The scheme should fit the talent, not the other way around. Any real coach knows that.

Everything is moving in the right direction...http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page8011.htmhttp://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page7825.htm

...and yet Bush wasn't taken? Surprising.

And I am sure it was uphill to and from the game as well.

I am absolutely appalled. What prestige and dignity do these awards and the tournament have if they are so biased?

Hope he wins the Herman Trophy on Friday!Good luck to you, Steve. Do UA proud!

Utah played a lights out game. I was loving it. I agree, Utah beat a top 5 team worse than Florida did and Florida is in the NC game.And Utah is undefeated. Florida has a loss.Agree with BigZip and johnnyzip that the Big East is not worthy of an automatic BCS game. Their basketball prowess is carrying the conference.

I gave up a few years ago. I could care less if people call it "Akron U." Hell...Dambrot does it every so often in post game interviews. Life is too short to get all riled up over "Akron U" vs. "The University of Akron." Your precious time on this earth should be spent hating K.e.n.t. State, and occasionally, Ohio State. And the 3-3-5..................and Peter King, the NCAA, Bubba Walther...........and Northwestern and NIT selection committees.

It's unbelievable how sick I get of seeing professional publications use "Akron University"! You never hear/see "Cincinnatti University" or "Toledo University"!From the local old timers, okay, I get it...No excuse for professional publications though.

really? Interesting. What is it that you would say makes UA's dept. better?(I always thought those rankings were BS anyways)UA actually cares about its students. Pitt does not care about its students, but rather research dollars and posturing in the rankings. What a joke. As UA increases its research profile, I hope it maintains the student emphasis. I would be ashamed if it ever became like Pitt.

BS Chemical Engineering '03MS Biomedical Engineering '05 both from UAPhD Biomedical Engineering '10 from Carnegie MellonI did all my PhD coursework at Pitt and can say that UA's engineering is far better in preparing quality engineers although Pitt supposedly has a top 15 program (not in my opinion).

OSU and NW are in the same conference. OSU was pissed that they had to play here, and wait an extra day because of the weather (almost identical scenario to the WVU game a few years ago). OSU lobbied the Big Ten to do whatever they could to punish us for having the insolence to beat them at a high school field. Big Ten whispers into somebody's ear at the NCAA, who then changes the game site prematurely while conveniently taking off a few days for Thanksgiving. Sound far-fetched? Some people have the idea that this is what happened. I don't think that was it at all.I say this was an inside job by a guy with a grudge or an OSU fan that just happens to work in UA athletics. We were sold out on the trip to OSU at the end of the season. Somebody warned them that we were bringing busloads of fans, because that somebody severely dislikes either the fact that we have better fan support or dislikes somebody who is in charge of creating fan support. Well, we won despite that. Then it happens again - UA plays OSU, this time at home, and we make them look bad on the field and in the stands. This somebody is even angrier, and decides to screw over Akron, so he makes a call. Then the NCAA is more than happy to move the game to Chicago under the pretense of "player safety".Whoever it was that works at UA and decided that our field would be unplayable four days in advance, without consulting Mack Rhoades or Caleb Porter who were both conveniently located off campus at SVSM at the time, needs to be fired.I fully endorse this theory. What a sham and what a shame!While I'm saddened by the outcome, at least the rest of the team, Coach Porter, and the program will live to fight another day. The ones I truly feel for are the seniors who have to end stellar careers on such a low and unjust note. Here's to good luck with the MLS for Bush and Tutich!

Considering we lost, the article just sounds like sour grapes. Had it been written before the game and rallied more support then I'd give the some credit. Well written, but too little too late.What I want to know is how Mack and Dr. Proenza are going to guarantee the fans, alumni, and especially the team and Coach Porter that this will never happen again. I'd hate to see Coach Porter become the next Ken Lolla.