Z.I.P.

Now THAT's what I'm talkin'bout!

Every MLS game I've watched with an Akron player in it, the announcer spends a few seconds talking about the Akron program. I've watched over 30 games where this has happend. Let's hope Zeke and Diggs make the NBA so that the same can happen for basketball. Alright, I know this is the wrong sport thread for this, BUT bobbyake has given me a hole I could drive a Mack truck through, so: the Chivas USA TV broadcasters refer to Akron as "The MLS unofficial 19th team"

Go to the MAC webpage for the video link. I would expect Frenchy to be on 1350 as well and is broadcast live online. Enjoy the game and Go Zips! Video/audio banned from my gov't computer! Plz provide gametracker -- I was expecting a link from the NCAA.com brackets, like former years, but none appeared.

Unfortunately, I do NOT have the Gametracker link that goes along with this one, so will someone PLEASE help out those of us a few miles (or thousands of) from the Cub Cadet Field pitch tonight? Gametime is reportedly 2:30 PM HST. Mahalos! And Go Champs!

Hey -- Michael Balogun says he's going! Try to keep him from overconsuming before the match, please.

Only thing I don't like is that the kid is another midget. 5-7, 135 lbs. Well, I guess as usual we have to trust our beknighted coach's knowledge of the midget corp. He scores goals though. Let's hope he's as good as the guy we lost to Chapel Hill. Go Zips -- beat the Mildcats! BTW -- I noticed on the USSoccer site (linked from above link) is a link to a USSoccer podcast with our man Zarek "Rudolph" Valentin(o).

Here's a printable bracket, all! BTW -- where the heck is Hoover Alabama, anyway? Is that the non-union town North Canton moved to?

Then who -- what are brackets? Linky please...

We learned a couple yrs ago that an OU grad working the electronic media in Boise likes to place a vote for a MAC team, whenever he fells it's worthy. Not sure if he's still on the vote list, but at least we get token #s!

Skip, how many people do you think would show up at the "Big Dialer" (I forget now what the actual name of the place is, can anyone help me?) to watch those two (NIU-WMU) play American football. Whoops! I forgot -- given local conditions, it might be more than would show to watch the home team!

Eighty-one to sixty-one? Hey that's a pretty close match, as women's hoops goes. That GoZips, er, uh, Z.I.P. must really know what s/he's talking about!

I believe Bardo and McNees graduated before their Senior seasons? Graduation doesn't always mean your eligibility has expired. Good point. Our women's all-time leading scorer, Cheryl ("Swoopes") _______ -- damn, I wish I weren't fighting dementia -- managed to get a Masters Degree before her eligibility ran out. Let's hope Brian is so inclined. He looked good in his limited minutes in Starkesville. edit: Cheryl Bowles! Masters in Physical Rehab. What's my name again?

Any clue what the score is?? Only one I saw was 22-15 Akron. They aren't even giving a Gametracker play-by-play, so I can't watch it on my phone.

Please tell me you're joking, right? What was the ACTUAL attendance today?

I thought Luis Gil (pronounced "Hill" or "Heal") was on the roster for the senior USN team for France. Was Teal in Paris? Going to Slovinija?

We played and beat Indiana at home last year 2-1 in the third round of the College Cup. Goes to show what a newbie knows Biz, because of the circumstances of our coach's background, and the caliber of the teams, I consider Indiana Akron's' biggest rival. There's a team from down in Suth'n Ohi'a that some folks place in that slot, but they would have to have a shot at beating us before I would even consider them. We once had a football rival like that... Sorry for bringing that up.

Trust me my fellow Old Timer, Akron's American football team is no "national embarassment" -- outside of the Zips Nation no one knows or cares that they have a team. And that includes the part of the nation I live in. I suspect my part of the nation is growing in size too. Having a pathetic team for X years is like having an NBA team on strike for that time -- when the strike's over, will people remember they still have a team?

I like that strategy, especially with MSU having only 2 days of rest The Bulldogs are currently 7.5 point favorites.Zeke marshall will have a chance to prove if he belongs in The Big Time. He is unlikely to face a better opponent than MSU's post player. Only the NCAA has been able to keep him down so far.

Crew8, was this the show that played on Sunday evening, same time as LA Galaxy-RSL playoff game? I started watching for couple minutes. But that was only because of the Babe host. Sorry if I sound obsessed, but for Pete sake, she's smokin'. I'll try and watch it on Thurs morning. Heck, I gotta work!

Well, we can HOPE... I think a good measure is, IF they can stay within 30 -- they may be the best team in the MAC. But UND may be the best team in the NATION.

I have to take issue with this statement! I am hoping and wishing that football ("soccer" for Skipzip) NEVER grows to be the type of Big Time Professional Sport that the "relevant" sports are -- and that it is never ruined the way those other sports have been ruined by "relevance", i.e., Big Money, celebrity and the swagger that those exhibition pro leagues consist of. A try out in Sporting KC is as close as TO should come to our league. We don't need that. As far as Bisbee's comment about the bigger issue being competing against international competition -- by clubs and the USA MNT, I couldn't agree more, but we can compete against the world -- some day, without developing Cristiano Ronaldos and that little man who coaches him.Nuff said?

can you imagine if a college professor went to a black college students meeting and yelled "death to all (N word)"?! Or if i went to a muslim students meeting/muslim speaker and yelled "death to islam"?Yeah...what a disgusting double-standard.This loon has been doing crap like this for years though.I don't usually like to get into this kind of debates on this board but you leave me no options.Israel is a political state, not a race, not a religion. So your comparison to someone yelling death to N word/Islam has no ground.Yelling death to Israel compares to yelling death to Saudi Arabia or Iran or Palestine, which, by the way, happens everyday and nobody cares.Mahalo, Ada!

This will have a DRASTIC effect on the non-MLS-based youth clubs -- making them incapable of competing with the creme de la creme. And especially those clubs that do not compete in the Development Academy League. We may never see another Brian Ching come up from the Aloha State, unless he pulls a Bobby Wood and moves to SoCal as a teenager. There are vast areas of the US where kids have no access to the elite level of competition that is becoming a "must" for youth development. Calling Sunil Gulati.

There is no set amount -- it's negotiated. Zakuani got like $175K, which was a record. My question is -- do they get a market "salary" on top of the GA $$?

I can only hope Caleb is not using the "Robin Fraser method", and neither developing young talent, not giving experienced players the opportunity to star, as our young ex-Zips players @ Home Depot Center are experiencing.On the draft side -- the MLS draft guru (forget his name) has come out with his first draft list of the top 25 players available, and only Darren Mottocks is included. I still believe Barson should be a high DP.