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While we're waiting -- and thanks to my pal Root4Roo44 4 da linky -- did ya see this score from CutterTown, or the broadcast on BigTenNet? Looks like they may have made the right move (trading the past for the present) after all. I believe we venture to Whosyourland later this season, correct?

Congratulations Skip. Your wish has come true!! Now let's work on OUR dream

Roogangs, Are you at the game? What was the crowd? How many UNC students? UA fans?

90 FULL. SHUTOUT!!! Gigargantuan victory. Carolina dominated the stat sheet. Akron the scoreboard. Real domination on the road. Meanwhile, Wake was losing to Seton Hall 2-1 85th min.

OR ...We could make it three to nil! Darlington Nagbe in the 63rd minute!!! Header by Darlington My Darling, off a cross by Chris Korb. Shots stand 11-6 North Carolina, and goals, well, let's not be redundant.

OR ...We could make it three to nil! Darlington Nagbe in the 63rd minute!!!

Coming Soon! Hey, give'em a break. They still have a few hours to go!

HALFTIME. AKRON 2, NORTH CAROLINA 0. Stars: Dave Meves 4 saves. Kitchen and Stevenson, one goal apiece.

Thirty-seventh minute. Shots are 5-2, corners are 4-0 both for North Carolina. Score is 2-0 for Akron! Nanchoff off for Caldwell, Schmitt on for Mattocks for UA Zips.

TWO TO NIL Akron. Goal at 21:25 by another freshman, midfielder Perry Kitchen. Assist by Nanchoff. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? Who is number one???

ONE TO ZERO AKRON!!! Took just 7:56 for freshman Eric Stevenson to score goal #1 versus the nation's #2.

The CBS College Sports version -- the best gametracker in my limited experience -- is linked on this story! BTW -- the statement that the Akron-North Carolina series is tied 2-2 can't be correct, since last year's game ended in a draw.

Less than two hours to the start of the 2010 "Journey to the Cup". Thought you would like warming up with last year's highlight film from Caleb's Twitter page. Go Zips!!!!!!!

Thanks LAZ. Fine article. You're just one thread late, however.

It'll be none other than Andy Alleman. Link Awesome, Too bad his NFL days are over.. he was mentioned on national TV a few times as a quality backup! Yes. Yes! The pride and joy of Aultman, Ohio! Let's hope his horse and buggy get to the Info on time.

This story is already out on Gozips.com, about two hours after it went live on SI.com. It is, honestly the best national media article yet on what is happening to Akron soccer, as well as what's happening to Akron as a result of Caleb and how he has changed the culture of the town and "the children on campus" -- a reference that both he and his mentor Yeags appear to embrace. Ah, shucks, I just' love the li'l Zip boys and girls! And I am sure that the shout outs to the Rowdies will make them most happy. I HOPE this appears in the print edition. edit: For some reason, the link above starts with page 2. Here it is from the top: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/socc...rter/index.html

Steve Zakuani was Man of the Match, with two sterling assists, as Seattle Sounders defeated CD Chivas USA 3-1 in the semifinals of the US Open Cup at their practive facility in Tukwila, WA last night. SSFC will face the Columbus Crew at Qwest Field in Open Cup Final Oct 5. Take a look at the great video post-match on the right of the page. Great to see the team winning in their best colors, including Nate Jacqua, the pride of South Eugene, OR in his Ducks Green. This was the Sounders-Chivas match to watch, as the last time they faced off at Home Depot Center, Zaki was injured and no Zips played for either side. I'm not sure of the status of Blair Gavin (injured three weeks ago), but I suspect Ben Zemanski was rested last night. http://www.soundersfc.com/Matchday/Matches...Chivas-USA.aspx

Here is the Beacon's story on the corrosion grant. Link There truly is HUGE $$$ in corrosion control. Here at Hickam AFB, where I work and write prose, we have recently built a multi-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars Corrosion Control Hangar for the recently arrived fleet of C-17 aircraft, and we probably spend tens of millions every year for maintenance to prevent corrosion on those birds. No surprise that the AF (USAFA) is interested in UA's expertise in the field. Think they can arrange for the Falcons to play a FB game vs the Zips?

Biomimicry rules!

Folks, the Zip in Paradise would love the opp to see a Zips football game in the future, West of the Mississippi (prefer West of the Rockies), but in all seriousness, the only WAC/MWC schools that would even CONSIDER playing home and away with Akron would be NMSU, USU, Idaho, SJSU (unlikely they would travel to OH) and Wyoming. UNLV? unlikely, but let's give'em a call anyway! And someone please tell the I-Coach that he still owes a game @Hawaii from the Owens era.

I like it.: ''When I first heard from Caleb, I didn't know where Akron was, I didn't know it was in Ohio,'' senior co-captain Anthony Ampaipitakwong admitted. ''Players would tell me, 'Akron? Why are you going there?' I got it from everywhere, even my family.'' But, I wonder, if Ampai were from Akron -- as good as he was (and is) would he have come to UA? If he were FROM Akron, he might have been already infected with the fatal illness, that if it's Akron, it can't be any good. Thank you Doctor Porter, for offering the cure! Now let's get that vaccine distributed widely.

I can't comprehend how Utah State was going to the Mountain West. No one has heard of their football team since Merlin Olsen strapped up the ol' leather. And frankly, I think all this movement just predates the point at which the BCS will form their own division, and leave everyone else in the dust. The point of this MIGHT be to determine who will be IN the BCS when it throws the rest under the wheels. I think BYU's chances were better in the MWC, as a couple more BCS bowls from it would increase the probability of the entire conference moving up --- or at least the schools that make BCS bowl games consistently. Independence will make it tougher -- not easier, for BYU to get into a BCS bowl game. And, as for the Sunday article in the Honolulu paper goes, Carl Benson is history's greatest evidence of the Peter Principle at work. He has to be the worst administrator in American history. Only a league as brain dead as the WAC would have failed to fire him years ago. I'm looking forward to the Rainbow Warrior's future rivalries with Portland State and Humboldt State. Go Bows. Beat those (HSU) Jacks!

Final entry on that board for that thread: RE: GAME THREAD: Akron 5, UNC 4 - National Semi Game 2 - PKs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nice run for men's soccer, I was calling for Elmar's head back in the 90s but he turned it around this decade. Reality is Akron will lose their coach next season to the MLS or a bigger school, then we'll have another shot. See you next year! haha, guess we dont have our coach now eh? I hate UNC. Believe it or not, I can find NO discussion of #2 North Carolina's battle with the nation's top-ranked college soccer power coming up in just three days at Chapel Hill. Or is it in Cary? I presume our fans know -- and may compete along with our team versus Tar Heel fans. If there ARE any real football fans in Tar Heel country, they're welcome to discuss the match, politely, here on Zipsnation.org.

Fox Soccer Channel has finally released it's schedule for the 2010 National Soccer Coaches Association of America, National Game of the Week. Beginning Friday with two noncompetitive teams, Clemson and South Carolina. Well, Clemson made the news by hiring a new coach at what is believed the highest salary in the nation, c. $300k. Highlighting the schedule are games between Maryland and Duke, October 1; UC-Santa Barbara and Duke Oct 15; and the Central Coast Tangle between Cal Poly SLO and UC-Santa Barbara in San Luis Obispo on October 27. They played last year before around 12,000 spectators. Oh, and another game that may create local interest in everyplace but Brunswick, Ohio, where they have banned football, is The Akron Zips hosting the Golden Hurricane of Tulsa in a replay of last year's NCAA quarterfinal matchup. That one on Friday, September 24 comes to you from the newly renovated Lee Jackson Field Soccer Stadium in Akron, Ohio.

Personally, I suspect Dreal1scout is still hurting from being cut from .