Z.I.P.

I'd like to see someone (can't get up the nerve to do it myself) put this same poll up for the Morgan State game alone. I just can't see it drawing over 20k. MORGAN STATE? You've gotta be kidding me. And if you think 25,000 people will show up just for an "event", and not care about the opponent, then why don't we still have the Acme Zip Game? This shows just how wily Hunter is. Hunter knows.

There's no way a new arena will be built for an ABA team. Your average high school gym is too big for an ABA team.Bingo!!OR, as it seems in this case...Indian bingo!

It looks from these two sets of pix, that Brown Street, North of Exchange will be open as nothing more than a delivery driveway for the stadium and Lee Jackson track (Looks like no more than one lane!). Is that the plan?

I'm sure I'm not the only Zip who just watched this friendly match on ESPN El Ducero. #11 had several touches on the ball, including a couple semi-breakaways for the Drew Carey crew at Qwest Field, before he was subbed at about 55 mins. ESPN's John Harkes -- the first American to make it onto a Premiership club roster (West Ham, I believe), had repeated compliments for Steve, talking up his pace and repeated runs down the left side for Sounders. Zak had one breakaway that made it inside the penalty area, but when he tried to touch the ball to the center of the box, it was a bit hard and, frankly a too-early touch and was broken up by the Italian sub for Chelsea, Beletti. Steve had a step on the defender, and might have gotten a good SOG, had he gone one more touch up the left lane of the box before shooting or centering to a teammate. Overall, I think Steve judged out as one of the best of Seattle's players on a day where the home squad had many opportunities, but always seemed to make one small mistake that prevented any great scoring opportunites on Petr Cech or the guy who was in goal for the second 45. Oh, Chelsea got a couple of easy chances of their own the first 45 with newcomer Sturridge and Michael Ballack putting balls away on Kasey Keller before mass subs the second half.Hopefully the next friendly, in 2.5 weeks will have a different outcome, though the same effort by the home team, as I will be in attendance on la noche de Barcelona.

I bought my tik (will go to hopefully a kids charity) and will get the scarf. I just hope that I can get it before 8/3 when I leave to see Zaki play vs Barcelona. Has anyone else gotten any word when tix will be mailed? I was told the scarves will be sent with the tix -- rather than getting a coupon or something. Go FC Zippers 3[AKRON SOCCER]E

Is that GRAHAM WATSON's photo? The Graham Watson I know is in France this week. He's the most famous cycling photog of all time.

Ohhhhh! I thought we were getting a home game against the Thundering Terds.

Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summa_Field_a...oCision_StadiumThis is just one of the problems with Wikipedia.

Gotta love that NCAA Big Blue Dot shirt. Kinda reminds you of the old TV show, The Prisoner.

Ex-Zip Evan Bush is getting what i think is his first professional start tonight for Clevaland City Stars in the United Soccer League versus Austin Aztex. Game is being broadcast live by Fox Soccer Channel, so Akron has already got some good press, including their #6 pre-season ranking (the announcers did however NOT mention how much better they are than that). It's a shame that Evan's defense in Cleveland is not up to the caliber he was protected by the past four seasons at LeeJack. In fact, I think Clevelend City had a better squad a year ago before moving up to USL-1.

I wish him luck. He probably got tired of being on the practice team. Can't blame him.What little I know he should be a starter, even a star. at Malone.

Pulling this thread back up, cause I have a series of important questions that were not asked during the first go-round, and I hope someone might have some answers (for UA at least):How much total $$ is raised by the student fees?How much (%-wise) is taken to balance the athletic dept books?Where does the rest end up -- is it collecting interest, or does it go to the university general fund to pay for academic expenses?This came up, because news around my hometown is the U of Hawaii AD is almost $3 mil in the red, and they are about the last Div I school without a student athletic fee system, as students with faculty help have fought it tooth and nail.

The name sounds familiar. I might know him from the Mt West. It's nice to see the continuing connection to UVa -- the comparison to such a prestigious institution looks good on Akron. Now hopefully he can exert an calming influence on his boss.

They actually make the Philly team look good by contrast -- a feat I thought was impossible. They've gone to far in response to the haters of the last unis. I loved 'em myself. Sure beats the boring blue and beige of some teams.

This is funny: Take a look at the MAC East poll. See what's missing. I suspect the oversight was unintentional. Like, are they still trying to compete in the MAC???

I believe it was Soccer America that reported on Perry Kitchen coming to Akron. If I'm not mistaken, I believe he's another center back. Anyone know for sure?

Yes, but think about the Zips in Paradise. The 12 noon games start at 6 a.m. here. So, we just stay up drinking all night, then start in with bloody Marys at dawn.

Thought he was g-o-n-e. How many Athletic Directors do we currently have, anyway?

Kristen has the perfect attitude for a student-athlete. She's the "Counter Michelle Wie".

Baylor is considered an improving program. But, they managed to get beaten at Buffalo last year. That sort of puts the argument to rest based on recent history.

Sorry, Cap'n but with regard to the football situation I see it differently. Rhoades was quoted in an interview, I think last summer saying that coach Brookhart was in no danger of losing his job, and I believe he said words to the effect of, "this year or next". Now the next is here, and I don't believe things have changed that much -- except that JD cannot have another losing team. When I look at the schedule, I see seven wins being a really good result. My honest prediction is 6-6. I don't see a new guy coming in and canning the football coach of a .500 team considering how few .500 teams the school has had in the MAC. As bad as the East is, a half way decent effort should put them in the top two.

Well, I guess I have to chime in, seeing as how I'm the scarfmeister of Zipsnation. It's pretty basic -- first time I've actually seen the design, but it will have to suffice for a future national championship program. I'd say, if you can buy one of these -- get 'em early, cause they may not last long. Go Soccazips! Oh! They appointed a guy who lives in Hawaii as the scarfmeister! Who's in charge here? Is there a big scarf-wearing community there? At least it helps explain how I got appointed the Leimeister.HEY! I just got an idea for a new tourist T-shirt: I GOT SCARFED IN HAWAII.Whata ya think? Will it sell?

Where's Buffalo?

Just what we need around here, a Board of Trustees groupee.

I want George to stay at the University for the rest of his career and I think he might be a good candidate. Athletics doesn't lend itself to long careers.I guess the knock would be the change in Athletics over the past few years. I think the AD job has changed into one that is more fundraiser than marketing/selling (maybe it is not a knock afterall). Because of the general stupidity of the average person working in college athletics, the marketing job has needed to be sub contracted to companies such as ISP. Managing the sales/marketing producers (by managing, I mean hands off and let the pros do it) seems to be more important that actually generating the money yourself. Being a good paper pusher seems to be the key.Like I said, we need someone who shares Dr. Proenza's vision for the future.For the out-of-towners on here -- what is George doing these days? When did he leave the UA? You never know who might just come from out of the shadows to be a serious candidate.