Z.I.P.

Me gusta un "Whitey's Chili". Yo soy un gringo supremo!

Hola Tico. ?Conoce usted la via a San Jose? Buenas suerte a su equipo en cualificando para el Copo del Mundo. Manana dice "adios" a Mexico. Yo espero.

The coaches poll is the one that everyone looks at -- along with the SoccerAmerica poll. I expect scoring to come early and often, but not from just one or two players. Set pieces should be really fun this season, given how good our fullbacks are. We should initiate a new trophy for the highest scoring defender.

Well, it's about time my favorite former basketball coach was honored for his contribution!

It would have been nice to raise my Akron Soccer scarf for Stevie-Z amid the sea of Sounders scarves (seemed like the majority of the 68,000 in attendance had one) on Tuesday night, but here I sit at the Days Inn Seatac hoping I get one sometime this year.

Held down by what standards, and why? Because we're not elitist enough? I thought NOT being Miami or K-ent is what set Akron apart. (Not that all the other state schools don't play by the same rules)

No kidding! That photo looks like a painting or artist's rendering! Nice job!Now THAT's what Zeke meant, when he said he wanted a downtown campus that didn't LOOK like downtown! Damn, that's gorgeous.

Zips Picked to Finish Third -- Same As Northern Michiganhttp://www.gozips.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_...TCLID=204767163

What were the comments referring to -- he had a DUI?

Also, when I search, I'm getting a lot of pops for a track athlete by the same name from Whippany Park, New Jersey, Winter/Spring 2008. He may have moved. Just so his address next year at this time is the corner of Brown and E Exchange St.

ESPN's coverage helps explain how he slipped under the radar.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/t...recruitId=85947How do you improve your 40 time like THAT? Does he have a summer job at Balco?

Naaah THAT's what I'm talkin' bout! Nice job, engineers.

Okay. I read this, then the first thing I did was check the calendar. Today is NOT April 1st. So then I looked at the URL for this story. It is NOT from The Onion. Someone please do a fact check. This is just too good to be true! Especially for AKRON. What would Cowlumbus State do for a kid with that speed? Fastest player at Akron? He may be as fast as anyone in the NFL. :blink: Remember the kid from Jackson HS last year -- he was the OHSAA champ in 100 meters I think, and he wasn't THAT fast. I still can't believe someone like this can sneak under the radar.

Hey -- everytime I try the webcams (from the Stadium thread link), I get a No longer working message. Is there another site URL someone can post? Mahalos from da isles!

And in return, Tennessee just announced they will play MTSU twice in Louisville. Got me!

Boy, do I know what you mean, Rifle. I've bought, I think three times, the cheap plastic plate holders from the university. They lasted maybe a month or two before breaking to pieces. And I'm not THAT bad a driver, I swear!

How many times do we have to tell you people? DeVoe Torrance did NOT sign with Owho-O State.

I see Kyle Snyder of Barberton verb'd to OU last week. Any thoughts? Another Hiller (kid from our backyard makes good at another MAC school?) I hate to see that.

Good point.

To go along with this, many teams do a Pre-Game walk to the stadium from much farther away than 100ft.Like for example @ Fresno State, where the visiting team has to run a gauntlet of FSU students throwing things and spitting at them! At least no samurai swords (they keep their basketball team away).

Hey Zippers,Here's a fairly unrelated subject (didn't feel like starting another new topic). I've been watching the US U-17 World Cup roster to see if any of our newcomers would be away in Nigeria midway through the upcoming season. Never found any. Now I did find one -- not with the U-17s but with the U-20 team which plays its World Cup in Egypt late next month. Zarek Valentin, the rookie from Lancaster PA, and (I think) FC Delco, is in the U-20 player pool. I'll have to dig further to see if he's been getting any playing time with the team this year. This is a good thing. He gets great experience internationally, while he prepares to fit into an incredibly tight competition for Akron's back line.http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.j...2009U20MNT.html

Steve says, I coulda had a hat trick (just like last fall!). Well, he DID have five shots -- four on goal. Keep it up kid, and good things will continue.http://www.examiner.com/x-413-Seattle-Socc...against-Houston

Probably not, in and of itself... but Wake also lost six other starters (all of which were selected in the MLS draft) and didn't bring in as good of a recruiting haul as UA. Too bad we don't play them this year or we'd know for sure.It'll be more and more difficult for UA to get ACC teams on the sked for other than warm-ups or Spring games. Bonus points to anyone who can guess why. Cody is (I presume) the brother of USMNT (Gold Cup at east, though he will never be more than a deep sub) midfielder Davy Arnoux, who plays well for MLS KC Wizards.Here's another question we'll have to ask (not this year fortunately): Who will be the first of Caleb's kids to make the trip abroad? And who will follow?

Take a picture of it (not lightning) for me Captain. By that time, HY will potentially either be the "head", or he may have fled town.

Between those last two opinions, I'm going with Cap'n Kangaroo's two cents. It seems that an exaggerated sense of hopelessness can lead to throwing in the towel a bit too early. Even if our chances are slim, there are still some mid-major teams getting at-large bids, and making it into the top-25 every year. We may in fact, HAVE to be a top-25 team to get an at-large, so let's make that our goal, regardless of how we do between January and March. Frankly -- this is one of the reasons why I dislike conference basketball games in comparison to the non-conference (please don't call it the "pre-season"). They sometimes seem anti-climactic.