Z.I.P.

What the hell does the Valley Conference mean?They play in the Football Championship Series. Or is their football league called the "Gateway Conference"? In any case, its a league for schools that really don't care about football. Did Proenza waste $65M for a stadium when this school can't draw 20,000 for a Big Ten opponent?

Here it is, two hours after the first home football game versus the Big Ten, and according to "Online Users" I'm the only one on the ZNO.Can anyone guess why?

Fortunately for JD, he only needs to win five of nine to keep his job. I give him a 50/50 shot. At best. And that's an objective analysis.The game went bad from the start. Not only did the Hoos run back the kickoff, but ESPNU put up the pictures of Akron's offensive players, and above the name "Rodgers" was a photo of a black guy. At least UA didn't screw up that one.

That's the story through three quarters Akron can't hack it vs the worst team in the Big Ten. Sad day this is.

NO-- but the team AND the Rowdies got plenty of time on ESPNU today! Might have had more -- but Lebron failed to show?!

No. We scored in the ~77 minute I believe.First goal. Second generation!

Apparently Nanchoff wasn't in on the agreement! No wink, wink from any Nanchoffs. They LOVE beating Indiana. And I think this may be the first time one of them HAS.

Am I the only one who has the feeling these two coaches have an agreement among themselves to always play 0-0 draws?

Thanks!First game: St Louis defeated FIU 1-0.WE'RE UP NEXT! Go Zip Up Da Hoosers!

Jacq's second skrewup. I hope JD keeps Rogers first on the depth chart. Or Matt plays the kind of game that keeps him on top of the chart. In either case, GO ZIPS!

My fingers are crossed. Charlie! Charlie!

These polls are just for fun! In reality, New Mexico State, Idaho and Utah State have secured PERMANENT WAC membership at the bottom of the stack!

According to the University website:Additional student tickets are available for Saturday's home football game against the Indiana Hoosiers. If you were unable to pick up a student ticket, you may gain admittance by showing a valid ZIpCard*.Kickoff is set for 3:30 pm. Gates open at 1:30 pm.Students must enter at Gate 1 and Gate 4 (on Exchange Street).All student seating is general admission and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. New this game: Seating on the hill will be available when gates open.For questions, call the Athletics Ticket Office at 330-972-6920.* A ZipCard will be valid only if the student is currently enrolled in classes.So Zips students, this is your chance to make up for the lack of attendance by the rest of Akron's supporters and regular college football fans. FILL THE HILL!!! AND THE STANDS!!!

OK, if anyone's following the soccer portion of this thread and is interested in the answer to my trivia teaser. Rock Steady is the nickname of FSC color commentator Marc Rogandino. Aren't you glad to know that?

Can't get much more contradictory than that...Hey mods,How the heck did this jump into the soccer board?? :blink:

A very interesting commment from Zarek Valentin about Blair Gavin. Saying he couldn't believe how much Blair had improved since they played together as youth players. We have Perry Kitchen coming in in another year. Can anyone say "Eriq Zavaleta"? Only thing I wonder is how many fullbacks can one team use? The athleticism of some of our guys makes me wonder if there are position switches coming.

Amobi Okugo decided on UCLA last year. Altamirano, perhaps surprisingly because he's an elite player, went to Rock Steady San Diego State (a reference to a FSC announcer who was an Aztec. Can you name him? ). It would be nice if Caleb had a serious chance to recruit the best players on the West Coast, but there are enough players East of the Mississippi to establish a dynasty. Whoops! I shouldn't be using such bold language. I apologize! Here's an article about their play for the U-18 USMNT, along with Kofi, Chad and Zarek at the Milk Cup in Britain in July. That makes half of the team's defenders ZIPS! http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/players-to-...-needed-reforms

Per the Indiana Rivals board, IU sent back their ticket allotment to Akron -- after selling only 450 tickets! Hopefully they are buying them locally, because that might be fewer visiting fans than Morgan State had! How pathetic is the fan following of this opponent that says it's "of the quality of the Big Conference That Can't Count"?

This just in: IT'S A SELLOUT!!!!! First in 56 years (?) of Zips Futbol. Can anyone guess the attendance figure? 3000...4000...5000...More?

What? No one's going to comment about poor Coach Martin's "inflammatory comments"? Here's to the NCAA rep!

That high school is going to stick out in the program every time he visits the MAC Center, isn't it. Best of luck.

My favorite quote in the article. This Lynch guy is on to the MAC.I wouldn't be surprised if Lynch actually said "parity". Since he's coached in the MAC before, he's well aware of that aspect of the league. It's pretty funny, nonetheless Isn't the MAC a parity of itself?

Too late! Doesn't anybody want to be his latex man?

This thread should be patented as a sure-fire sleep aid!

Here's the weekly NSCAA D-1 Top-25 Poll: http://www.nscaa.com/seniorRes.php?it=1070