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I prefer being unranked and having to prove ourselves. We have experienced the opposite of late and it sucks missing out on big games in November!

Love it!! Niagara defender will want that game tape burned, LOL.

Unfortunately, JT has been getting clobbered since your post. He was having difficultly locating the strike zone, his delivery got out of sorts, and he is giving up a TON of dingers. My hope was for JT to be one of the few serviceable starters for the Buccos, but the jury is still out with his latest performance. I do give him credit for being positive and upbeat, despite playing for the worst owner in professional sports!

I was ok with going in a different direction from Bowden. However, this roster is showing little promise and I'm not seeing more than two wins. That is NOT ok for year three in a rebuild.

The gap between the haves and have-nots continue to widen.

Anybody have an idea when the fall schedule will be released? They teased us with a mention of "a lot of home games" and then nothing. August will be here soon!

This is a very astute point. I have numerous friends and co-workers that will watch ANYTHING as long as involves a football. Why? They are addicted to the sport and will place bets on the first quarter score. They have zero rooting interest, don't care if a single person is in the stadium, and will gladly watch on a Tuesday evening to help them make it through the week to watch "real" football (P5 and NFL) on the weekend. That's what the MAC has become: week day filler for football and gambling addicts.

CUSA would be a GREAT fit for UA soccer. Outside of BGSU, there is ZERO appeal to remaining in the MAC. Maybe the conference will do us a favor and drop the sport?

This team has not performed up to Akron-level expectations. I am not happy to see local guys leave, but perhaps we need some new voices to get things turned around.

Thanks for sharing! Chad mentions a lot of home games this fall. I like the sound of that!!

The backline has been a grave disappointment. A veteran group giving up three goals in a half? Also, our recruiting classes have been missing top shelf talent as of late. Good, solid "Akron-types," but no recruits that have a chance to play MLS after a year or two in a Zips uni. We will get things straightened out. I have faith in this staff.

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POST-GAZETTE ARTICLE Love this kid already. Please note the way Arth sold him on Akron.

Thanks for posting, I was at that game with my father who graduated from Duquesne! Good memories!!

I could not agree more. Sad.

Sad, but true summary of the MAC... https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/opinion-big-ten-cancels-nonconference-games-to-save-itself-signaling-beginning-of-the-end-of-2020-season/ar-BB16ykjZ?li=BB15ms5q

Flushes just lost PSU $$$ and Alabama/Kentucky might be next. This is going to get ugly MAC-wide ?

Anybody else getting a bad feeling that Zips soccer is in trouble? No fall schedule release, MAC soccer on the ropes, B10 announces no out of conference games (a big piece of our OOC schedule), financial issues at the school, etc. Spring schedule looks to be best case scenario at this point in time...

I like Rey'Nois size and attitude ?

I love it! Watching him level people on that rugby tape has me sold ?This should be an interesting class that Arth is building.

A lot to like here: 1) name, 2) height, 3) two years, and 4) academic awards.

One of the better MAC players officially transferred to Pitt. Big loss in Oxford. https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2020/06/20/Nike-Sibande-Pitt-basketball-guard-transfer-miami-ohio/stories/202006200039

Not crazy to think that 2020 will be the end of MAC-sponsored soccer. BTW, anybody have info on a schedule?

P5 schools selling the belief that G5 are not going to make it. Here is a quote from Brecksville QB Joe Labas today when he flipped from Ball State to Iowa: “We don’t really know if these MAC schools will be lasting after the second wave of Coronavirus, we don’t really know what’s going to happen. We know that the power five schools can take the burden.” https://247sports.com/college/iowa/Article/Iowa-Hawkeyes-Football-Recruiting-Joey-Labas-Commitment-Ken-OKeefe-Kirk-Ferentz--147917090/Amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Very cool!! Future UA Engineering student?? ?