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I was wondering -- and since I'm reading this thread, it's quicker to ask than look up boxscores -- Is Mike Nanchoff getting any playing time yet this year? I just got home from watching his sister play for Duquesne vs Hawaii, and was wondering. Ahhhhh, what memories, Georgie and Louie and Friday evenings eating paprikash at the Hungarian-American Club! But I digress.BTW-- I think I just saw a score on ESPNU -- that tOSU beat UCLA in LA??? Next Wednesday will be VERY big after the season -- if we don't win the MACC -- and for seeding regardless. PLEASE bring ALL your friends, loved ones and coaches from Southern Ohio to watch this battle for Ohio futbal supremacy. Hell -- bring Bob Dowdy back!

Do we get to hear their melodious voices singing "Zip Go the Zippers"? If not, it may not be worth the price of the vinyl. It IS on vinyl, isn't it? :blink:

And -- according to the article, Blair got the Red in the third minute. Uh, 40 minutes? What happened to the other 47 minutes?

Okay, I'm not philosophically opposed to playing YSU. But the idea that we would play them in the very first year of the new stadium sounds like we are having trouble getting bigger name opponents. I don't see any reason why we should have to play a "1-AA" opponent in the first year, so it sounds like bad news to me.

Hoosiers are a good team, that could pull a surprise on a number of Big-11 ballclubs. I was expecting a number around three touchdown personally! I can't see Akron beating the spread a third week in a row. I think 15-17 is a realistic number.

Aha! J. Pierpont Morgan, you have said a mouthful.The Breveland Clowns need to clean house -- from the top down. I would love to see Charlie Frye in a Miami Dolphin or Atlanta Falcon uniform. Too bad his career was set back on draft day in '05.

29?? My paper says 33! :blink:

Anybody can publish a poll, but the only one that matters is the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll. It should come out on Tue. Look for it at NSCAA.com.BTW, did you see how Maryland took apart Notre Dame over the weekend? Wow, the ACC is awfully good -- but so are the unranked Akron Zips. So good I expect them to be top-15 in the debut poll.Sorry to the Goal Patrol for missing the show over the weekend. I had Computer Meltdown Syndrome. But UA melted down David Gualdarrama and the Loblows. Go Get'em!

Aaahhhhh! That's all we need -- another Michael Vick joke!

Hallalujah! Goal Patrol? Oh, yeah! Now we're talkin' futbol.For the members of the GP Crew, I will provide your opening night instructions for the New Mexico game in a follow-up addendum on the soccer board. Bring your leis and pineapples, it's Gualdarrama night in Akron!

I've heard this from self-described CFB "experts" Oooooh, too many times! Army is not a very good team, but to say they're worse than Fla Int, Utah St., Idaho, or half the Sun Belt is absolutely ridiculous. In fact, I'd say Army is better than half the MAC -- that's why Akron canNOT afford to take a break against the Knights.

we got Beckham? Steve Zakuani! Remember that name -- though I expect it to be repeated quite often by public address announcers over the coming years.

The camp you speak of would probably be the US Youth Soccer Residency Program in Bradenton, where two of our recruits were resident last year -- along with gaining U-17 international experience. It may be better that he was left off the roster for Korea -- as the team has gotten crushed by Tunisia and Berzerkistan its first two matches. Yes -- Berzerkistan -- as in Doonesbury.

Can you say "libero"? Typing this while watching Hawai'i vs Michigan on live TV before about 7000 in town tonight. Could you imagine that number watching all UA's games this year?As for the Zips VB squad, they had massive injuries last year and never recovered. But nonetheless, it should be "bubble time" for our coach. He hasn't been in the postseason in a looooong time, and never contended for a title. Never.

I jusdongetit. If this kid runs a 4.13 -- or anything near it, he's wasting his time in football. He could be the next Carl Lewis for godsakes. (Didn't Bob Hayes run 4.17?)How many track offers does he have???

I will be looking for the name "Sean Hakes" to pop up on the radar at a WAC or MWC school in a year or two. Orange Coast is a good place to prep for that level of program. If he has the skill we all thought, he could still be a starter at a mid-major. And when he does, we can all say, "Well, he wasn't good enuf for us!"

I was surprised to find this kid was somehow left off the roster for the U.S. Under-17 World Cup team, which the US started on Monday in Korea. He had played on the team in a tournament in France in April, scoring a goal and providing two assists. Is he injured?Hopefully, he will be a Zip in '08. Any Akron futbol fans who can provide there review of his talents? He's a member of Everest SC in Akron.

Soccer America named the top-10 teams in their Top-25 coaches poll in the new edition of the magazine out this week. Voila, it has the usual (can you say "Atlantic Coast", Boobie?) suspects, Virginia, North Carolina, Duke and Maryland congregated at the top, along with UCLA, SMU, St John's and defending champs UCSB. Interestingly, SMU is the only top-10 team remotely in the "Midwest". Nary a Big Tenner to be found.The rest of the top-20 will be on their website later, but like most everything there anymore, you'll have to pay to read it. I expect UA to make the top-20, maybe around #15, but that will be the poorest ranking they'll have all season. Look for a minimum 15 wins friends.

Hey! Since I haven't been able to acquire a ZipsRowdies shirt at this point, I want to at least have a fall-back, when December comes and the Zips in Paradise (UA Aloha Section Alumni) welcome our Boy Bubba to town for the Rainbow Classic. BTW -- I guess it's not too early to ask folks back in A-Town for ideas on signs to bring to the arena for the Ohio ScatCats. Rumor has it, some "experts" are going to predict that group to win the MAC this year. The Zips in Paradise want to be sure to let Bubba & Co know they can run -- they can even fly -- but they can't hide from the Roo!

Well, you beat me to the (luau) punch. Unfortunately, the chances of a June Jones team playing a road game vs the MAC is about the same as a snowstorm on Kalaukaua Avenue. That's Waikiki folks.Now, a one-and-one (or even 2-2) vs UNLV?!?! Just say the date, and I'll meet you on the Seventh Island! Zip in Paradise

Okay! Here come my memories from the late sixties to early 80s.When the starting post referred to the night the lights went out, I assumed he was referring to the Eastern Kentucky game about 1980. What a fan-TAZ-tic performance that night.I'll never forget Canton McKinley's state championship victory over heavily-favored Gerry Faust's Cincinnati Moeller team. That was sweet! 1976 or 77 I think.And I'll remember walking thru the end zone to get to the far sideline when I was about 14 before the Browns' - Giants' game. I was the same height as Giant's DB Spider Lockhart. (5-5).Thankfully, memories are all that will be left of the Bowl. I do wonder what the plans are for redevelopment. Any clues?

Bucknell??? You haven't been following Air Force basketball lately, have you? Even with a new coach, look for them to be the best of the group for a while. Bucknell? Where is trimmy from, Kansas?

Well, if you want to hear a divergent (don't call it deviant) opinion, I feel IU may be one of the most underrated teams in the nation. Definitely better than the NCSU team we surprised a year ago. I see them beating out Illinois, Minniesota, and possibly MSU to get to 6 or possibly 7 wins, and MAYBE, the Motor City Bowl -- where the MAC would have a real showcase to show if they can beat a "Big-10 bottom dweller".Go MAC!

I don't care, I just wanna know when my residuals will start rolling in.I was the one who first suggested the motto, before the Maryland football (soccer for you Yanks) game, about three years ago. Gotta have my people call Mack's people. Tell them to Cease and Desist!

Amen to that bruddah! I think, if the basketball team wins 20-straight MAC titles, and plays in 20 straight NCAA tournaments, that in 21 years, 69-year old coach Keith Dambrot will be working like a fiend to get attendance over the 5000 average mark.