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Odd? It was 90+ degrees; fans in the stands were going down with heat exhaustion. Game was OVER. Seems obvious that Nicely was in so that Moore wouldn't get hurt. He wouldn't get hurt doing what? If he hadn't gotten hurt earlier,he was going to get hurt in the 4th quarter against OSU's subs? Ianello knew that Moore wasn't moving the team and there was no reason to leave him in. That was not all Moore's fault OBVIUOSLY. Ianello decided to play a guy who as far as I know had never taken a DI snap. If you are worried about him getting hurt,you better take him out in the first half 'cause thats when the game was out of hand. I agree, but we're talking about iCoach. No way do I believe that he brought Nicely into the game to make a difference on offense. BTW, I also agree with your first post in this thread that the Temple game @ home will be more telling than this one.

Odd? It was 90+ degrees; fans in the stands were going down with heat exhaustion. Game was OVER. Seems obvious that Nicely was in so that Moore wouldn't get hurt.

Are you kidding?! The guy on the bench was an absolute disaster when he came into the game.

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.

Stream is working but not the ZIps. Still no score with 8 minutes left. Does my memory serve me correctly that regular season has Golden Goal with no PKs if this is still tied? Yes

Thanks for posting Zach. I suspected our former Zips in the LA area would come out to support. I hope they can make the UCSB game in October also. EDIT: Sorry Yaz. I hadn't realized that was where your link went. Thanks all who posted links to that story.

Love those words Defending National Champion Akron.

I agree... the new kits are great! I'll put in the extra effort to learn their names/faces in spite of the difficulty reading the numbers on the pitch. Given their hard work, the pride they bring to The U of A, and how much I LOVE watching them, I have to know their names and be able to recognize them off the pitch.

I agree. He's looking good.

Balogun was one of only 2 subs in the semi-final against Michigan. The Zips had only one sub in the Championship Game (the other sub in the semi-final), and he's now at UNC.

I have a scarf for every MLS team that has a former Zip/Zips playing for them. I agree, though, that the Sounders are my favorite MLS team with Portland being a close second...organizations and fans. I'd love to see a Sounders/Timbers game at either Portland or Seattle.

I absolutely agree. DeAndre played the first half on my side of the field, and he made it look effortless to cover one end of the pitch to the other. I wished I had brought my Sounders scarf to wave as extra acknowledgment for him. EDIT: Great article, btw. Thanks!

Nice comment from Steve Zakuani on his twitter page tonight: stevezakuani11 Steve Zakuani Seattle wins 6-2 and Akron wins 5-0... perfect day of football! #GoSounders #GoZips (BTW...the 6-2 Seattle win was against the Cowlumbus Crew)

Nice start, albeit exhibition

Very nice video. I was there and must say you captured the event very well!

The scarves are awesome...blue, this year, by the way. Reinaldo Brenes (7) is the scrimmage starter you missed.

IMG Soccer Academy retires six jerseys Anthony Ampaipitakwong, #8, Class of 2007: “Ampai” is the most talented midfield player to grace the fields at IMG Academies. After a stint in the US Soccer residency program, Anthony moved over to IMG and never looked back. He captained IMG sides that won the Sun Bowl, Dallas Cup, League Cup, Men’s League State Final, State Cup Final and PDL semifinals twice. After IMG, Anthony attended Akron University where he led them to a NCAA Championship and helped form one of college soccer’s most prolific programs. As a Generation adidas player, Anthony is in his first season with the San Jose Earth Quakes in the MLS. Zarek Valentin, #4, Class of 2008: Zarek is a versatile defender who has poise, guile and tenacity. One of the most competitive individuals to represent IMG, Z’s appetite for the game has caught the eye of every National Team coach in his age range and has represented the US on all of its youth National Teams. Akron Coach Caleb Porter spotted him early on at IMG and Zarek played along Ampai and Blair Gavin at Akron winning the NCAA championship before joining MLS with Chivas USA Not quite right since Ampai is not a GA player, but a nice honor for our former professional Zips.

All I can say is, if those are close to the MLS' rankings...Someone's going to get a HUGE pick-up in Barson! Hard to imagine him being outside the top-5. Can Columbus pick up Chad as a home-grown?

You just did. And, you're right...perfect speed and direction. Actually, it was a very nice series of passes between Darlington and Chabala to set up Chabala's score. Also, you had to love, or at least I did, Portland crushing the Galaxy 3-0 in front of their awesome home crowd (2nd only to the Sounders faithful)...Galaxy's first loss since May 1, I believe.

Beat me to it! 34th minute. Great to see Teal back in the starting lineup tonight.

Outstanding! It looks like he'll be joining his Serbian squad in POOL B for the games. It'll be interesting to see how he does. Hopefully this will help him in preparing for BOTH the 2011-2012 Zip season AND his subsequent European career. I hope the Serb coach teaches him the art of the lay up. He'll increase is scoring average by 6ppg this season if he can consistently make the 2-ft bank shot. No doubt! Here is the Serbian roster for the games. He and another Nikola from URI are the only US college players. Good link. It helped me learn some Serbian. I had no idea that "pictured below" in Serbian is "in BOLD letters." Hey, give them credit...they got The University of Akron correct but not URI. I wonder if the URI folks hate "RIU" as much as UA folks hate "AU"? (I think our Nikola took care of us.)

So, it is the New Mexico game. As Z.I.P. pointed out earlier, I shouldn't have discounted that game so easily. I see that FSC prefers Friday games, but made 2 exceptions...Zips/Gauchos on a Wednesday and Notre Dame/Louisville on a Saturday.

And what makes you think I need larger than XL? This is Z.I.P., not Gozips! Not you. Me.

Thanks Z.I.P., but this T-shirt has been available since January 2011. They never had shirts larger than XL. Nice price reduction, however.