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The only caution I'd have is that these modern uniforms may be just a trend and look out-of-style in a couple of years, whereas you can't go wrong w/ a classic uniform. But there's no reason we couldn't switch back to something more traditional if that is indeed the case in a couple of years. On the other hand, these modern uniforms may indeed be the uniforms of the future & pretty soon anyone under 30 will think the old classics just look boooooooring & unoriginal.

My question would be....would you really want to add to the negative stigma of soccer in American as an insignificant Euro-sport? As I've run around bragging about Akron being national champs in soccer since December, this is normally the response I get from people outside of the Akron soccer community. Wouldn't european flags just add fuel to that fire, and place a major obstacle in front of our efforts to make the sport, especially at the college level, more appealing to American sports fans? Now I find this very interesting, because it's almost the exact opposite of what I've experienced! My experience has been that, basically, Americans think that anything European is cool & so soccer is considered quite cool - almost as if it's cool to say you like soccer, even if you really don't. Thus, for a while now I've thought that having flags of internationals would be a great idea; it would just really make you feel cosmopolitan. I've also had the thought that flying flags in front of the Info - flags of the various nations represented by students at UA - would be a great way to advertise that this is now an honest-to-goodness international university; quite gone are they days of "hilltop high."

You maybe the only person that thinks they are "cool". They got destroyed on twitter....they are hideous. I like them. A few years ago, Oregon's crazy uniforms also got lamblasted - they're just so different - but now most people, especially younger people, absolutely love Oregon's uni's.

Do they run the same offense he ran here? Whatever it was, it usually produced a lot of yards and points.

This one goes out to the former players on ZNO & those w/ more X's & O's knowledge than me. What offense did Paul Winters run under LO's watch? We were a rather legit, high-powered offense that often put up big numbers. Did we simply have more talent under LO? Better QB play? Better OL? And then what did Brookhart run? The spread, right? Or was it a special version of the spread? I know that JD seemed to be more into the newest gimmick O & D because he didn't think he could recruit well enough @ Akron to run the typical 4-3 D & pro-style O.

If only we had Nike to pay for these, I'm all for it..... LeBron gives us some shoes....Big wup!!!! LeBron can only get gear for the basketball team. Our contract is still with Adidas.

ABSOLUTELY, YES!

awwwwww - were those mean Ohio State boys blitzing you guys. Maybe you can try scheduling Lake Erie College or Baldwin Wallace. Hey now. The context of my quote was that we were trying to figure out what RI was complaining about to LF after the game.

AMAZING tweets!!!

Wow, couldn't have said it better myself. Absolutely spot on.

The MAC had a pretty good opening week. (Probably not good news for us.) Ohio - 44 New Mexico State - 24 Ball State - 27 Indiana - 20 NIU - 49 Army - 26 Buffalo - 16 Pitt - 35 W. Michigan - 10 Michigan - 34 K.e.n.t. - 7 Alabama - 48 Miami - 6 Missouri - 17 BGSU - 32 Idaho - 15 CMU - 21 South Carolina St. - 6 Toledo - 58 New Hampshire - 22 Temple - 42 Villanova - 7 7 - 5 overall OOC record.

I'd have to watch the game again to be certain, but without double-checking, I think this is what happened. I think the coaching staff threw in the proverbial white towel & put in some subs - Nicely & some OL - but Columbus kept the same heat on as they had with our starters.

Concerning the vanilla playcalling, either Speilman or Myer noted at least twice that, "Akron keeps running plays into Ohio State's wheelhouse," i.e., just coming straight ahead into the strength of Columbus' defense. Discouraging. And with Rossi, if we're going to waste his LB talents by playing him @ FB, let's not completely waste all of his talents by having him ride the bench. I really don't understand the thinking here. I know many of you are upset w/ not going for it on 4th down. I was hoping they'd go. If we can't QB sneak for 6-inches then we don't deserve it. However, it was on our own 20, so I'm not as upset about not going for it as many other posters. We really should have taken more shots downfield. We didn't challenge, stretch, or confuse Columbus' defense a single time all day. Discouraging.

Recruits really have nothing to do with it for me. It's the potential fan base. This week I've taken a ton of heat about being an Akron fan, from fellow Akron-area residents!! It's sickening. It's demoralizing. I'm not looking forward to work this week. Still won't bow down to Columbus.

Sorry, I'm not defending today's performance, but 5 years ago, Brookhart looked just as pathetic if not moreso in the blOSU game...screen pass, screen pass, screen pass, punt...blOSU shitty possession...screen pass, screen pass, screen pass, punt...blOSU shitty possession...repeat until halftime, with an Akron safety and a blOSU field goal thrown in there somewhere in the first half. Then it was screen pass, screen pass, screen pass, punt...Akron repeat until, thank Heaven, the game ended...with 2 blOSU td's and 1 FG thrown in there somewhere. I agree. As bad as our O looked today, it was better than the last time we played Columbus. However, I do think we should have definitely taken quite a few more shots down field.

Bringing Nicely in was most likely the coaching staff's way of throwing in the towel; clearing the bench. Columbus, however, didn't oblige, as is customary, and kept blitzing.

Thanks, GP1.

Hey, now. Let's see what the 2nd half holds (though I think the heat & Columbus' greater depth will make the 2nd half worse than the 1st.). 21-0 at the half after the attrocious season we just had? If real money were on the line, I would have bet that it would've been worse. Though I can't argue that I wish he would have gone for it on 4th down. But, maybe this is a sign of maturity that he's not going for broke int he 1st half and playing Columbus just like he's play any othet game - i.e., smartly?

Basically the entire nation is going to be watching this game. I've got Time Warner and the only competing games are: FSN: Miami-O -vs- Mizz ESPN2: Utah State -vs- Auburn BTN: Indiana State -vs- Penn State

Temple - 42 Villanova - 7 Jeesh. Didn't 'Nova win the D-1A National Championship last year?

Thanks for the clarifications! And I hope you all know I wasn't bitching. I am just pretty computer illiterate!

These videos are great! One minor concern - are we "stealing" hits from GoZips.com by posting the video here? I don't know how that sort of thing works, but I do want the UA athletics department to realize how appreciated these videos are, and they may not think anyone cares to watch the videos if they're not getting any hits for them on their website?

1. (1995) Willie Spencer throwing a TD w/ maybe 10 seconds left to pull the Zips to w/in 3 of 14th-ranked Virginia Tech @ the Rubber Bowl. 2. Dennis Kennedy's TD -vs- NC State. 3. The entire Cincy game in our last year @ The Bowl. Just a hard-hitting, excellent all-around game. -OR- Stuffing Beanie for a safety & going into half-time only down 3-2 to Columbus.

Very cool. Thanks for this. I have NEVER been in an atmosphere like that before. UNBELIEVABLE student support. FANTASTIC experience. Will be back for the tournament in a couple of weeks and will be in LA this weekend to support the guys. Hey students, let's see that kind of support for the men's basketball team @ the JAR!

Maybe iCoach wants to give Tyler Williams a redshirt year to develop more of a man's body? He is pretty slight. Idk. Just a thought.