Z.I.P.

Gozips.com has now corrected that Weaver and Tonga(nator) have two years -- not three -- to play for Akron. Thanks for your expertise, UA SID.

To pdt, and 72:First the game was not moved from Lee Jackson because of the grass. It was the poor drainage UNDER the grass that made the field unplayable. I haven't done any research, but I'd bet very few Div I soccer programs employ field turf. A good field turf field can be as good a field as top-flight agronomy grass, but the soccer world still looks down on it. When they go to turf at Camp Nou (FC Barcelona), field turf will have come of age. Our sport takes its cues from FIFA, not NCAA.72, leaving the MAC at this point will make little to no change in Akron's image in collegiate soccer. It will take time to become a household name, no matter what league we are in. Only difference would be (possibly) the impossible jump to Big-10. However, Akron is on the verge of knocking down the door to college football (oh, I mean soccer for those few) supremacy, and that will impact the UA athletic program across the board.

Interesting. Last night when I checked Scout, they had Akron below #110, like in the bottom 5. It is a crap shoot, monster hands or not.

Sorry for reframing the debate, but: Buffalo draws @Vermont (on ESPNU)! The two would have met in the final of the Rainbow Classic here in H'town, if UVM hadn't played their worst game of the year vs Colo State in the semis. UB is a good but far from great team. The same goes for the Catamounts. Prediction: Vermont 71 Buffalo 65.

Thanks for making me feel better, QZ. I posted the previous thread. Hope she finds her way to the right locker room! :blink:

I'm afraid to imagine what HIS hands look like. :blink:

Not 81-0. The 99 game scoreboard read 35-0 PSU after one quarter however.

In this case, it might be favorable for Akron to face a better team than JMU -- one who like Nevada two years ago would lead to their coming to Akron in the fall of 09, in a 'trap' they may not be aware is awaiting them. IOW -- we might be better off playing a team we have little chance of beating THIS year, in exchange for an opportunity to beat someone nationally ranked or 'name' in the NEXT year (of course to acquire such a foe we need more 'W's for the ESPN selectors). I don't know who that might be though. Any ideas?

Hey Dude. I bought mine before the season. Next time you're in the islands, come on over and I'll model it for ya. Do you prefer boxers or briefs?

Are you talking' bout the same Brett McKnight whose been playin for Akron all this season? I don't think that was the same Brett McKnight, homey! Let's keep this one.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/extr...grid/index.htmlThat's way longer than the one in the magazine (which doesn't arrive in HI till Friday); And I can't believe Steve isn't tuned into Dizzie Rascal! My answer would be "what's an iPod?".

230 pounds, and can't beat five seconds for 40 yards? Why did we offer him, exactly?

It felt strange reading this story. I remember watching Benny Dargle -- now coaching with Cleveland Soccer Club -- play for Akron in the 70s, but somehow I had the idea he was older than that (sorry if you're reading this big guy!). Benny was one of the best American fullbacks in the North American Soccer League and also played for Cleveland's last professional soccer team, the Cobras. My best memory of the NASL was the final Soccer Bowl championship. Not sure what year that was (maybe 1982 or 83?), but the Sounders played the New York Cosmos, and Akron's Benny Dargle was assigned to mark whoever was the star of the Cosmos and the NASL at the time. I also can't remember who that forward was -- I think either Giorgio Chinaglia or Franz Beckenbauer -- huge stars of international football before finishing their careers with the Cosmos. It will be fun to watch whether Stevie Zakuani becomes the second Zip to star in the Pacific Northwest.http://soundercentral.com/museum/1982%20up...enny_dargle.htm

Is this inside information, because I haven't been able to find anything yet on the net that confirms this?Hula dancers (and Hula Zips) see all, know all.

Is that what they look like (Zippy and the cheerleaders)? Beats the heck out of Curtis Sliwa (who's hangin out in Ewa Beach, O'ahu these days) as far as I'm concerned!

It's good to know Swiech won't be the next Brian Wood, at least. Check it out: http://news.politicswest.com/devlin/ci_11132984

Bring back the Vulcans? Is Sonny Gibbs still living? I just hope the league's #1 draft pick doesn't make more than Steve Zakuani!

Overrated!

Well, if you think it's bad there, you should be in Hawai'i. The governor shut down all schools and told state workers to stay home today, because of a high wind warning! I can't believe what whimps these people are. I had to walk to school through snow up to my waist!

Thanks for that glowing review of yourself Jose. You were here for four years and hardly saw the field. You won't be missed that bad, but good luck at Hofstra, all the best.Didn't he initially verbal to UNC?

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,1...4799083,00.htmlHere's the picture from across the pond. Steve reportedly joked to the media after his selection that as an Arsenal youth academy player he got to meet then Arsenal star and now Seattle Sounder player Freddie Ljungquist, "but he probably doesn't remember me", was Zak's punchline. Rim shot.Also, I was wondering if expansion may help former Zip left back (think that's his spot) Cameron Knowles, arguably the United Soccer League's best defender. A Sounders bulletin board was mentioning that at least 1/4 of the expansion club's players will be moving over from the "Triple-A" level of US soccer. I can see Cameron easily holding his own in the Sounders' backfield.

Marcus Tracy signed -- or is about to sign -- a pro contract with Danish first division club Aalborg (check out ESPN's Ives Galarcep at soccerbyives.com). That's the reason he wasn't drafted. Tracy and Duke's Mike Grella, who is training in Europe but hasn't yet signed a contract were both rated to be chosen ahead of Steve, if they had stayed home. But let's be honest, MLS salaries are pathetic. Steve apparently does not even get a salary on top of his signing bonus, which is paid by MLS through the deal with Adidas. Most of the players taken today will be lucky to make $30k for the season -- if they make their teams.

Phhhhhewwww! I think Ives Galarcep of ESPN Soccernet and Sigi Schmid of the Seattle Sounders were the only ones who believed in Steve being the best overall player available right to the pick. Get me that Sounders jersey. What's the number, Sigi. Steve-o?

What's the carrot, and what's the stick?As I mentioned previously, there's a private (D-II) university in Hawaii which provides small scholarships to their student rooting section (actually amounts to several hundred $ as I'm told), and to receive it the student has to show up for like 75 or 80% of men's and women's BB games and some other events. I don't know if this is at all feasible for a public university, but you have to have some incentive, as I'm sure like in my day, most students are working adults with little time for Zips games. Good luck Rowdies. I know you sure aided the soccer team, from what I've seen on YouTube.

Holy cr@p! We got destroyed on the boards! And had same # of free throws, but they made what, six more than us? Now we gotta beat them on the road to even up.