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OMG, in that scout video he annihilated everyone lol.

Oh no sorry let me clarify...they weren't exactly Tulsa fans. They were St V graduates that were friends of Joe Salem, they were very obnoxious and spilling beer on me and people around me (including my 14 year old cousin and his friend who came with him). This was along with them shouting things far more profane than any Rowdies were yelling with many children in the general area.Oh yeah and there were about 10+ of them.It's ok. I watched some of them (The ones that were screaming during the corner kicks against us anyway) hassle one of the...more vocal rowdies. After the game they were leaving and one of them yelled "Go Tulsa". I made eye contact with him and screamed "You lost...GET THE F*&K BACK TO OKLAHOMA YOU B*&@H". It was fun calling someone out and screaming profanities at them.

Since he said Akron or Cincinnati I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Don't players see it as a privilege to play for the 5th best team in the country. I cant imagine he would transfer from Cinci if he landed there would he?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4111912Marshall vs Ohio- Little Caesars BowlArmy or UCLA vs Temple- Eagle Bank BowlBowling Green vs Idaho- Roady's Humanitarian BowlSouth Florida vs Northern Illinois- International BowlCentral Michigan vs Troy- GMAC Bowl

The link below, posted on ZN before I believe, is an EXCELLENT source for all FBS football helmets, past and present. The "moving A" was used by all of Faust's teams (beginning 1986 in the link).LinkMan, that site is awesome. My favorites from the mac are Ohio and Bowling Green's current helmets, maybe Miami's. Can't's are the worst.

I'M 19!!! but I've always kinda liked retroish stuff I guess. I think some of the Oregon jerseys are awesome, like the ones they wore in the BSU game. And I'm not trying to insult any of the Ak-Oldies by calling these logos "retro" either, haha. No disrespect.

Oh, that's just marketing.Lawlz, they've found an effective way to get our zippers... jk haha, and I meant to say f.l.a.s.h. the camera, not flush it.

I think I know what you're talkin about. Is it the A with horizontal lines coming off of it? If so, that was the retro A I was talking about. I searched google for Akron Zips helmets and found a picture of some blonde girl in a football helmet about to flush the camera

This is gonna sound dumb but are they actually Carbon Fiber?

This is gonna sound dumb but are they actually Carbon Fiber?

I don't mind the donkey logo. I think it"s pretty cool, but at the same time I've always liked the retro "flying A" that was on the players helmets in the Jason Taylor days? Correct me if I'm a wrong.

BAWHAHAHAHA I LOL'ED AT THIS

THAT WAS YOU!?!? Oh man. I was right in front of you. That ball flew right passed me and as it was in the air I thought about sticking my arm out to stop it but for some reason I just moved out of the way. I'm soooo sorry for not saving your...bing bongs.. from what looked like the most painful shot I've ever witnessed.

This is pretty awesome. Two things. 1) KEEP THE POUCH... 2) Find somewhere for some new tennis courts. It definitely will look cooler with the gone but a lot of peeps play on those courts so they need some somewhere. If they just convert the blue courts in the rec to tennis courts I may go insane. It's hard enough to get a court for basketball already.

I'm going to both, then basketball on Sunday, or at least I'm planning on it. Never been to a soccer game before football so we"ll see how that turns put. My guess is I'll sleep good tonight...

Best...Wish...EVER

This makes ChristianZIP happy

Haha, I remember watching your camera screen when you were shooting. I was literally right behind you lol. As for the game, I'm not even taking this one into consideration. I'm not going to be a Jerk and down play Mount Union or anything but I was kind of upset that this was scheduled. The difference in schools was just too great, D3? and D1... I understand that this was an exhibition game and that it may hold some value in establishing team confidence and testing out plays in actual competition but my god.. I would say so and so "did good" or "has improved" but I honestly can't gauge our skill level because of the immense difference in play. It was nice to be back in the JAR again though, and both teams and teams family members seemed to be having a good time, which is what it's all about.

Taken from a phone

So after the football game, which was awesome in an of itself, me and a couple buddies walked up and down Exchange trying to find a place for food that wasn't packed. It was actually kind of cool, I've never exited the stadium from the south exit before and saw all the peeps walkin' around. We ended up having to settle for McDonald's, which was fine with me, and after downing a bacon and cheese third pound angus burger, fries, and a coke, I felt that I had enough calories to go to a University of Akron Men's Soccer game. From Exchange we walked along the West side of Lee Jackson Field behind the net with the scoreboard reading Zips-1 Guest-0, a familiar sight... All of a sudden we heard a RESOUNDING Z..I.. from the stands, answered by another resounding P...S... from the pouch. It literally sounded exactly like it does at the Info, with that same intensity and magnitude. "Holy Shit" my friend uttered as we looked through the fence and saw the huge, screaming crowd. Our excitement grew from there. We entered the field and made our way through the crowd to our usual spot, right behind the goal, a little to the right of the center of the field. It was there that I witnessed two things, one very uncommon thing and one that had remained un-witnessed all year, in fact, un-witnessed for 50 some odd games at Lee Jackson Field. The first, a goal scored by the opposing team, a cross from a mid-fielder to, presumably a forward standing in front of the goal. He sent it sailing immediately from the pass to the right Meves, past his hands, and into the net. It was actually a very pretty score but left me wondering how the scorer was so open and why he had a straight shot of the goal. The latter, another goal, with basically the same idea, cross and shoot. They put us down 2-0 in the first half and we were losing, for the first time to my knowledge, and at home... What I saw of the first half reminded me much of what I saw in the first half of the MSU game, but worse. We looked lethargic and like we didn't even care that this was the last game of a possibly undefeated season. They were sloppy, particularly on their passing and control, which is something I thought I would never see, and they didn't seem to be playing with intensity..at all. It's a feeling I hope I seldom have to feel again. My friends and I were astounded. We were losing the last game of the greatest regular season in school history. I remember my buddy saying how he couldn't believe we were down and how our team lacked the aggression that we had seen all year. I told him that I thought we would turn up the heat in the second half and that hopefully, Hartwick would get worn out and let some goals in. Soon after the first half had ended, Willy, one of the higher-ups in the Rowdies turned around and silenced the crowd. His voice was leaving him but he still managed to scream his speech to the crowd and get us into the game. He told us how we were dealing with perfection, and how we haven't been down going in to the second half in 57? games at home. He told us that "WE DO NOT LOSE AT HOME", and he told us that Hartwick and particularly Hartwick's goalie didn't care about our season and our team. He said that our guys needed us and that this was our time to scream. After his rousing the pouch erupted with excitement and the electricity stayed with us, from that point on, till we all went home that night. Hartwick's team came back on the field and their goalie was met with a barrage of never ending screams, boos, and insults, this time, worse than all the goalies that had come before him. Poor Jeremy... The second half started and as I had expected, we turned up the heat...a lot... It was amazing to me how much energy and aggression our team was playing with right before my eyes. Literally no ball went un-chased. If a Hartwick played managed to gain possession, someone in an Akron jersey would be running full bore to catch him and steal that ball. Within 15 minutes of half-time, our players ignited on the field, with all passes made in precision, all players from the other team pressured, and all plays conducted maximally, not only physically, but mentally. It was then that I noticed the "dirtiness" of the Hartwick players. It became undeniable when Sarkodie had the ball, got pressured by a defender and made a move to pass the ball to the center. When he did this he turned his back and made a few steps. Before he made those steps the defender had attempted, with both hands to push Sarkodie away, literally shove his back. Since Sarkodie moved to pass, the Hartwick player missed and stumbled forwad a bit, arms still extended. It was so obvious what he intended to do and was only reiterated by the rest of their team, grabbing and tripping, doing anything to get ahead. Saturday's game was the first time I had actually screamed obscenities at an opposing player, not to mention a Referee. At the top of my lungs I let the goalie have it, me and thousands of others in attendance. I don't know if it was the excitement or that the foul play on the field was truly call worthy, but missed call after missed call by the Ref earned him a good amount of harassment as well, probably to last him a couple of seasons. Our equalizer came as presumably a pass to Teal, but instead hit the back of the net and tied the game. Relief and anticipation ensued. When the Zips turn the heat up, they turn it up... I can count on my hand how many times I remember a Hartwick player with the ball in our territory in the second half. Witnessing this, I knew the shots would come for us and eventually, some how we would score. Beyond all else, it's simple probability. The tension heated up and the physicality of the came reached a level that I hadn't seen before. It was awesome. Time was getting low, or at least it seemed so considering it was the second half and we weren't winning. Finally, the third goal. Regardless of the reported accuracy of Ampi's shot, which honestly is somewhat of a blur to me, this goal was beautiful. I remember the pass that came from the heel of our player, (and correct me if I'm wrong) who spun around and somehow passed it perfectly to an uncovered Ampi, who then gained control of the ball, dribbled, sized up the goal, and shot. I wish I could see some sort of slow motion replay of that play and then the reaction we had behind the goal. Screams, arms, and red Gatorade filled the air in complete celebration. Immense high fiving ensued. Nearing the end, Willy told us to group up to the left of the goal for "THE BIGGEST I BELIEVE EVER". Fast forward. With the seconds counting down, to be blunt, Hartwick lost it's cool. There was a commotion between Teal and an opposing defender that nearly came to a fight. I don't think the defender took into account where he was at the time as some of us started moving under the yellow rope to have Teal's back. We screamed and yelled at the kid and as the clock ran out, he got to spend the last seconds of this game with thousands of people an inch away from converging on him. I honestly worried for him when Teal started to gesture some "put up or shut up". The clock ran out and instead of waiting to go onto the field as we usually do we burst onto the grass. We stormed the field, flooding the box with Rowdies. Their goalie came back to get his water bottle or something which no doubt was being trampled by our stampede and got into some sort of shoving match with some of us. This happened right in front of me so I got to see Meves come, to the aid of this opposing goalie, and attempt to settle things, only to be shoved aside by Jeremy, who just got his ass handed to him. That pissed me off so much and I remember the look on David's face like, "What the hell??". We circled around our players in celebration and it was awesome. With C.J. on someone's shoulders, we started our "I believe chant" but modified it to " I BELIEVE WE'RE UN-DEFEATED". Ben Zemanski came up to me and my friend and high fived us saying "Thank you" and I high fived Matthew Mason, him being all smiles saying "YEAH BABY". We then all got in a huge circle, joined arms, my buddy in my left and me holding some little girls arm on my right, and started singing our soccer tune. I could barely hit some of the notes my voice was so bad. Then all of a sudden rushed the center of the circle and celebrated some more. My friends and I took some pictures and conversed while still on the field about what we had just experienced. Simply amazing and truly a memory I will never forget. I loved seeing the players with their families and friends. Anthony's dad looked so proud of him and I'm just now realizing how cool it was that the player's parents all came on the field and found their sons at center field for congratulations. After a while the crowd slowly dispersed. I saw Zemanski one more time walking over to a group of family or friends and pointed my finger in the air for #1. He smiled and thanked me again. Hartwick was no where to be seen and I wouldn't have had it any other way. We grabbed some more pics, made sure we had one of the scoreboard, and made our way back home. We didn't stop talking about how amazing that game was the whole way and kept replaying it in our minds. We got home and told everyone in my apartment what had went on and I could only feel bad that they had missed it. I grabbed my phone to call my dad back, since he had called me during the game and I had told him I couldn't talk, and saw I had a text message from him. It read "YEA, GO ZIPS!!!". Upon calling him I learned that they were watching the game on game tracker from gozips.com and then proceeded to tell him about the football game and the awesomeness of the soccer game that we had just witnessed. He was happy for me. IF ANYONE HAS ANY SORT OF VIDEO OF THIS GAME OR KNOWS HOW TO GET IT LET ME KNOW, I NEED TO SHOW MY FAMILY THIS GAME. So all in all, I can honestly say that this was probably the best weekend I have ever had as a zip. The opening of the info and the soccer game vs Hartwick are in my head fighting for first place and Basketball hasn't even started yet. It's a good time to be a ZIP.P.S. Just to stir up some commotion, while people were leaving the field I noticed Tom Wistricill and and elderly gentleman with a Zips hat on talking and making their way to the exit. I pointed him out to my friend who had asked me about him earlier. About 100ft from the corner Tom and the man he was with stopped and turned around. Facing exchange street Tom began motion his hands in the air, as if painting some sort of mental picture for the man he was with. I could only let my mind run wild thinking of the possibilities of what or new soccer stadium would look like. You guys can make your own call but I know for a fact what him and that old man were talking about.... GO ZIPS!

STILL SUCKS

That game was simply unbelievable. I've gotta go but I'll probably come back and tell you my story. I want to hear how it went for other people. POST UP!!

Akron wins 5-1 Nagbe with 3, Bunbury with 1, and Nanchoff with 1.

GOAL, Nagbe 62:03

How come no one is still mentioning the Bizzaro guy at WR? Have people forgotten or has his status changed and I'm unaware of it? I remember reading things saying how he runs a 4.25 and although didn't get thrown to much in high school, he caught everything there and at the Zips camp.