Let'sGoZips94

I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MAC CHAMPS! I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MAC CHAMPS! Oh we're not? Whoops my bad, after today it sure seemed like it! HAHA! LOVE BEATING THE FLUSHES!

Nicely for Heisman!

STILL AND WILL ALWAYS... SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's a flush? On behalf of JD, I would like to say thanks. The players always play for him no matter how bad the circumstances. Hey, the man whooped on Can't during his tenure here. I love the man's character. However, I don't think character alone can save his job, sadly.

WHAT A GAME! The first goal for the Zips was very pretty. Curving it over the line of Hartwick players and into the goal. Then Hartwick responded with what I consider 2 to-perfection-goals meaning you couldn't have executed better than they did. The first was a cross that was beautifully headed in. The second was a sweet shot where the player just jumped and shot it in (if I'm not mistaken). Akron looked pretty sloppy the rest of the first half. Coming into the second half, Hartwick stacked 11 players into the box and Akron couldn't do much. Finally we broke the ice and got a goal with around like 20 minutes left. The goal was a pass that wasn't touched and just flew into the goal. That tied it at 2-2. That made Hartwick play offense if they wanted to win, meaning they couldn't stack the box (as easily). This completely gave the green flag for the Zips to just start ripping shots . One just nicked the top of the goal post. Another was saved. Then the red card occurred. I can't really tell you what happened, I wasn't really paying attention to that spot at the time, but all I know was "Potato" was knocked down pretty harshly and then the color red in a form of a rectangle came into the air. This took away Hartwick's 11th player and pretty much gave the game to the Zips. The final goal was so gorgeous. A split the defense pass led to the goal when the goalie came out to try to stop the play. Well, Jeremy, you weren't stopping that. That was pretty much the game. With around 35 seconds left, Akron got into Hartwick's heads and just made them keep kicking it out so the time was wasted. This is when Hartwick got mad and a fight occurred. Such an intense game! I loved it. But for the future Zips, can we please make sure we keep the lead when we score that early? I thought I was going to after Hartwick took the lead. I agree with Go Zips when he says they are the dirtiest team. Lots of cheap shots. Should have been better officiating. But I can't complain. We won! 18-0-0. About the seeding and this game affecting it, I say no way. Strength of schedule is bull crap when you go undefeated in the regular season. So what that Northwestern beat Michigan State. Akron played the best of the Big Ten (minus Northwestern) and beat them all. We beat everyone, and we'll get rewarded. We're the soccer kings! WE ARE AKRON! WE ARE AKRON! WE ARE SOCCER KINGS! Now let's finish strong and when the rest of the games, including the NCAA tourney! 7 games left until !

This is great to hear! If he can stay healthy, we'll have a very strong backcourt. I like this article. Although there were a few mistakes, i thought it was very well written. I'm interested to see what Alex Sullivan can bring to the backcourt. I watched him last year during warmups and he seemed like a great shooter, rarely missing. Call me crazy, but if all goes well, and we have no injuries, we'll be a top 25 team.

Seeing all those teams, and seeing us ranked so high, I'm ready for basketball season!

Any chance we could just kidnap the whole broadcast crew, and force them to show soccer instead?? After they see our football team, we might not have to force them.Speaking of soccer game coverage, will the Big Ten Network broadcast it? I know it's not 2 Big Ten teams, but it's against the #1 team in the nation.

I voted "A successful coach from a lower division". Those lower divisions are still college football. Last time I checked, Appalachian State beat Michigan. Coaches who can coach win, no matter what. Right now, I think we have the talent to be successful once we figure out how to catch a ball and get healthy.

Not to mention people who have had sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, coworkers who went to the two schoolsPeople don't let friends or family go to Can't State. That's what I was taught. It's my GOLDEN RULE. About the rivalry, growing up, my dad pretty much brainwashed me to hate Can't and LOVE the Zips. My mom always tells me the story of how when I was 2, we were driving home from a Zips game and my dad was whistling the Zips fight song. At the end, apparently I woke up and said "GO ZIPS!" then fell back asleep. Back then (in the mid to late 90s), I don't remember too much football, but I do remember a lot of basketball. I remember going to Can't with my parents when I was like 3 to watch the Zips play them in basketball. Each game was a brutal battle until the end. I remember a game at Akron. It was a pretty meaningful game in like '97 or '98. The winner I think was MAC East Champions. Well, Akron lost a close one, but it was one of the most exciting games ever. Every person in the stands was standing and making tons of noise. The rivalry is in my blood. I absolutely loathe Can't State. Throughout middle school, my 5th grade science teacher (who was a Can't fan) would decorate the school in Can't stuff and my Dad and I would go around and cover it all up with Akron stuff. The rivalry is just something you have to believe in to fully understand (I might get ripped for that, but I couldn't think of any better to say it). The more you believe in it, the more it's intensified and the more exciting it is. By the way, is Can't still colorblind? Do they still think their colors are Blue and Gold? Oh well, I think the Zips are gonna take care of business. I've been pretty hard on them, but if JD is good at one thing, it's beating Can't.

He should be like Quinn and "DOWNSIZE".

For my prediction, I have 1 thing to say: GO ZIPS SOCCER!

Honestly, if Porter goes anywhere from Akron, it's going to be to Indiana. I don't see him leaving the #1 team in the country for a project. Now he might leave to coach his alma mater, but that's different. IMO, as long as we get him a new stadium, he's staying. But first:

I was at the game yesterday and sat in the Akron section. Well, I was just about to become a Syracuse fan after those calls. 3rd and 1 TWICE and you throw from the shotgun. Now I don't have a problem throwing, as long as you go for it on 4th down, but no! YOU THROW FROM THE SHOTGUN AND GET SACKED ONCE MAYBE TWICE IF I REMEMBER IT CORRECTLY! Absolutely horrible! This is just sad. By the end of the game, I was chanting "CALEB PORTER!" and "15-0! LET'S GO ZIPS SOCCER!" I love football, but this isn't football. This is just terrible coaching that should've been fired last year. Now these players are playing their guts out, so let's still support them. JD on the other hand, all I can say is your a great guy, but it's time for change. Let's go Zips!

And they played on turf which is hard from what I hear to play soccer on. The true competitors find a way to win the close ones.

Honestly, that Michigan game proved to me we can go all the way untouched. Playing like we did against NIU and VT, where we had close calls and some sloppy play, then coming back and whooping on a good Big 10 team, that's what champions do. This team is the best in the land. I will say though, that I would much rather have that national championship over an undefeated season.

My dad, my friend, and I are. Mostly for my friend who wants to play basketball at Syracuse, but hey, LET'S GO ZIPS!

You know, I was watching the under 20 World Cup finals the other day, and I'll tell you what, I don't think either team (Brazil nor Ghana, and Ghana won) could beat the Zips. Now, a tie might be a possibility, but the Zips looked better. This team is very Very VEry VERy VERY special.

GOAL! NAGBE! 3-0

If we play like we did against NIU, we're toast. Michigan is a pretty solid team. Let's just hope the #1 team in the country shows up.

A fire? There is no need for a fire because his goose is cooked.agreed...

if we lose to buffalo, im wearing a bag...

Zips 28Buffalo 17Nicely throws 3 TDs and we have a pick 6.

I would make that deal. Trade Cribbs and his seemingly one dimensional game and his threats if he doesn't get renegged for a pure reciever who can actually CATCH the ball. And not a bad return guy himself.I don't know if the Giants make that. Throw in Quinn maybe...Reasons I'd make that trade:1) Abram Elam and Cribbs are both Flushes. I want a Flush free team. 2) Cribbs can only return. Hixon can return, IMO, almost as well as Cribbs. Hixon can also run routes and catch the ball. Hixon is better IMO. 3) HIXON IS A ZIP! WE NEED A ZIP ON THE BROWNS!

Just throwing this out there, but... Josh Cribbs and Elam for Hixon and someone else (maybe).

II BELIEVEI BELIEVE THATI BELIEVE THAT WE...I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE WON! I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE WON!