Blue & Gold

Correct. Saying "they" when referring to the Can't fan is being far too generous.

What Michigan is saying prior to the match

I see they beat the University of Charleston. No, I see they destroyed the University of Charleston 118-76. Isn't Charleston a D-1 school?

Since they're supporting the Zips, anyone who's 21 or older should go to either Tap House or Barley House & reciprocate the support if at all possible. Or any other area bar/pub/restaurant. Let's stimulate the economy a bit.

I was going to post this under the "UA in the News" thread but couldn't locate it. If a moderator would like to merge it... Good to see that UA has plans for former rehabilitation hospital Edwin Shaw. I grew up not far from Edwin Shaw & used to volunteer some time there. I hope UA goes forward with this potentiality and Edwin Shaw doesn't sit vacant for long. Man, what would this city be without UA?! I shudder at the thought.

Ditto. I was unable to attend the Miami and Buffalo games. Though I did listen online!

Lolla did a lot for the community when he was here. He's a good man. I don't think he was happy about leaving Akron, but felt it was a move he had to make for professional reasons. Having said that, I would none-the-less beat UNC in the title game. We're familiar with the Tar Heels. I'd be much more anxious facing the Cardinals.

Meyer resigns... again.

If there is a playoff, the bowls will come to an end within 10 years of the playoff system starting. There will be no interest in them. Neutral site games are not realistic for a football playoff system because most of the alumni of any school can't afford to travel to more than one bowl game a year, let along 2-4 playoff games. The stadiums would have a lot of empty seats as it is hard to find 85,000 fans in any city willing to go watch a game they have no interest in. Speaking of neutral site games, I see the PAC 10 is going to play their championship game at one of the schools in the championship. I think this is a great idea and something the MAC should look at doing again. Nothing says "small time" like the thousands and thousands of empty seats in Detroit. Play at a smaller stadium and the empty seats won't look so bad. If the PAC 10 can do it, the MAC can do it. In the above brackets, there are only three games there that would be worth the time watching. The first round wouldn't be much different than the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament. They should play the MAC Championship game @ Fawcett Stadium in Canton.

How the Big East has fallen. They have the Big East champion (UConn) slotted @ #14 - just one notch higher than the MAC champion (Miami O.) @ #15.

Not 100% sure if all editions are the same, but mine has a large picture of Meves (featured image on the page) making one of the PK saves along with the article on the front page of the sports section. That's great! The Akron Beacon is doing a much better job of covering Akron. One or two years ago the lead article on the front page of the Akron Beacon Journal's sports section would have been a preview of today's Cleveland Brown's game. Honestly. Did we get mentioned on any of the evening newscasts last night? I know, I know... I ask for the moon.

The ABJ has some great shots from yesterday's Akron v. Cal game. Picture #1 is an Instant Classic. And notice how Darren Mattocks looks to be getting his nose broken in picture #7! SocceRoo photos

Unfortunately, Buchtel lost to Columbus Bishop Watterson by one point today - 13-12. Tough loss.

I did not hear the post-game interview so thank you for the update. I hadn't hear that Zeke was under the weather so was wondering why he didn't see more PT than he did. We really could have used more of the big fella than we were able to get today. We were fortunate to win that game without him.

The announcers were incredibly high on Teague. Apparently he's been a stud in the state title games (all of which Ursuline has won) for the past three years. So I also jumped over to Rivals.com and was shocked/disappointed/perplexed that, according to Rivals, we haven't even offered him.

Thank you

Pomeroy thinks UIC will only win one more game the rest of the year, yet we're only favored by 2 points?! Not terribly flattering.

Brett McKnight's status

A good point made in this article concerns our excitement about the cold Akron weather being a distinct advantage against the Cal Bears. However, Darren Mattocks - our true freshman leading scorer from Jamaica - isn't too thrilled about the weather conditions himself. I hope he's in top form! ABJ Story

Dysfunctional is a good description. It's confusing and flat-out just doesn't make sense how we could have, no... SHOULD have beaten the MAC champs?! We're probably the worst team in all of D-1A football, get absolutely rolled by NIU, yet... whatever, it does no good to try and understand it. Again, the MAC is so pathetic it's just begging for a mediocre school to dominate the conference and garner illegitimate Top 25 rankings. Come on, iCoach! Make us that illegitimate Top 25 team!

"Match" - game "Header" - hitting the ball with your head "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!" - score

We really must have been. We got absolutely blasted by NIU but really should have beaten Miami. Goodness, the MAC is there for the taking. As we all know, it really doesn't take a whole lot to win in this conference. NIU was undefeated in conference play, and had that Top 25 ranking which I so covet. Come on, iCoach! Work your recruiting magic!

330 > 216 Here's a tweet from Dru Joice on last night's beat down: "it ain't nothin but drunk people in the stands tryna entertain themselves with erroneous cheers #sad" Here's a couple from Willie: "Understand!! He could go for easy 50 tonight... Nall... Nall... But I a SAY... NALL... He aint gon do tht... You happy NOW Cleveland!!! Lol" "SWENSONS won B!TCH#S, KINGJAMES won B!TCH#S, #AKRON is the SH!T B!TCH#S!!" "ya boy bout to have the Q quiet as hell tonight haha < Mouse in the House Lol" And from Romeo: "I wish I cud b sittin at tha Cavs game w/ [Willie]... I'm sure I'd b dying laughing>wouldve been nice"

It's a challenge, but I'll give it a shot 1. How many downs will Ryan Bain play this year? 2. Will the next hoops arena be built downtown or on-campus? 3. When will the Zips finally win by 14 so that Zipmeister can start up his long-desired gambling web site? 4. What's going to happen if the MAC only has 5 soccer playing members left???? 5. Can we fix the blasted audio on these ZTV reports already? 6. Will we begin the 2011 gridiron campaign in the infamous "Bottom 10"? 7. Hey, what's with the band taking up all of the seats on the lower portion of the JAR? 8. Did you hear LeBron is refusing to urinate or defecate in the Q during his 1st game back, instead preferring to "hold it" until his armada makes its way to the Summit County line? 9. When will Zips and Buckeyes ever learn to "just get along"? 10. When is the NCAA going to enforce the attendance clause on us and send us back to 1-AA??

1. Akron 2. Toledo 3. Ohio 4. Buffalo 5. Temple 6. Northern Illinois 7. UMass 8. Army 9. Navy 10. ECU 11. Marshall 12. Western Kentucky Rather decent conference.