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I'd call it a tossup: p://thepowerrank.com/predictions/ 45. James Madison at Akron. (0.33) James Madison (129) will beat Akron (165) by 2.3 on the road. Akron has a 45% chance of beating James Madison. Looks like a computer ranking... so after a week... can't be too accurate. But the "Z" factor is that this is football... not basketball or soccer. 2010 wasn't that long ago... Gardner-Webb 38, Akron 37, OT on the way to an 0-11 season. Hope you guys are right about a blow-out... and I agree that if it is a blow-out... Zips win... but... I don't have much hope of winning this game if it's close. This signature is for SOCCER...

Caldwell is up... barely... 23.6% to 23.3%... But UCLA is down 5-2 to San diego... might help Scott's cause... http://www.uclabruins.com/gametracker/laun...artschool=& LOOKS LIKE THE FINAL NOW... so maybe UCLA will loose interest in soccer some...

UNC wins

UNC in PKs against UMBC: http://www.goheels.com/mediaPortal/player....;DB_OEM_ID=3350

Tied at 22.3%... this is going to take some effort... UCLA is a big school.

The ACC will have a lot more impact than the Big East !!! Big East: All of the Big East teams but one... will loose this week... in the Big East Tournament. Georgetown plays Marquette and Notre Dame plays UConn. Two of these teams will not get any more RPI points... and two may pass Akron for a Friday win... and one will get more points than Akron in the Sunday win. The worst case scenario is that Notre Dame does not win... and another Big East team passes Akron... and ND stays ahead of Akron in the RPI. ACC The bad news is that the ACC is just starting... with first round games TOPNIGHT (more chances to gain RPI points) !!! Here's the bracket: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sp...msocbracket.pdf So... one team will have 3 more wins against quality opponents... and one will have 2 wins... and 2 will have 1 more win. Not Good. IF Maryland and North Carolina play for the Championship... the best two teams... they could both pass Akron in the RPI with at least 2 quality wins (2 and 3). Since we can't see the RPI points... we may also have to worry about the winner of the Wake forest and Virginia game winning the tournament... even though they are down the RPI scale a bit. But... that would also likely allow only 2 teams to pass Akron. PAC-12 Probably... we only need to worry that UCLA passes Akron. Big Ten(12) Here’s a link to the Big Ten tournament... the bracket link is here: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/...gtenbracket.pdf Same scenario with the Big Ten as the ACC... winner could have 3 more wins... but Indiana is the highest ranked team and they are not likely to pass Akron with an MSU win and 2 more quality opponents (Penn State and Northwestern?). So… WORST CASE SCEANRIO for the NCAA Tournament for Akron: 2 ACC teams and 2 Big East teams pass Akron… and UCLA gets ahead on a PAC 12 win… putting Akron 6th BEST CASE SCEANRIO: Upsets in the ACC, Big East and PAC12 and Akron finishes #1 Most Likely Scenarios: 1 ACC Team and 1 Big East Team and UCLA finish ahead of Akron… and Akron finishes 4th OR 2 ACC Teams and 1 Big East Team finish ahead of Akron… and Akron finishes 4th OR 3 ACC and Big East teams… and UCLA finish ahead of Akron… putting us at 5th. I think that we'll finish 4th... based on a couple of upsets.

Entertaining Vid from PSU Coach: http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-soccer.../101012aab.html

More disturbing... Where's the offense? But I am confident that it's coming.

So... not a Zips Ladies soccer follower... for sure... but I have a question for someone who is... Croft is listed as: "Interim Head Coach: Vernon Croft (first season)" Does that mean that we will soon promote the Demigod Keri Sarver to coach soon? Has anyone ever looked at her history... All-Time Maryland... All ACC... NSCAA Awards and accreditations... etc?

In soccer... and some other sports... the real meaning of the CLASS award is somewhat lost... I think. I SUSPECT... that it was spec'ed out for football-like programs... where a Senior might turn down Pro contracts to stick around for her/his Senior year... knowing that a pro contract will come after graduation. In most other (or some?) college sports... if a player is offered a Pro Contract... they bolt. Soccer works a little different. We All know how the Generation Adidas contracts work... and it's more of a collective offer that involves coaches and players and MLS and USSoccer. Every once in a while... a player sticks around for a Senior year in soccer... and we hear about it.. but I can't remember it happening in Akron. SO... I think that maybe some of the CLASS Award guidelines are RELAXED a bit for soccer... and VOTING has a larger impact. Let's remember that in a few months... !!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Adidas

This is the LEAST Poll-Like of any of the Polls. The idea here is to keep a running tab on guesses for the NCAA Bracket... so you get a mish-mash of soccer powers and weaker league favorites. Probably you kow that... but not everyone does.

Anyone else have an opinion on which Akron SENIOR should get a nomination for the Lowes SENIOR CLASS AWARD for 2012? Ampai won it in 2010. http://www.seniorclassaward.com/ What about the Ladies Soccer Team ?

Lowe's Senior Class Award... Who should get a nomination? Chad Barson - Scott Caldwell - David Meves - Thomas Schmitt ??? Tough call... but I vote for Barson

Thought that Porter would be more disappointed... as most fans in the grandstand were... and we are among some knowledgeable fans (e.g., parents, professors, UA Execs, long-time season ticket holders). The hustle seemed to be there... but there was a complete lack of sharpness in passing for half of the match. Also... the guys have to learn that Schmitt is not 6' 5"... so passing a ball that he has to bring down against a defender is just not a good idea. I saw the taller defender win the ball more than a few times. We had 11 corners... no goals... not even many good attempts. Gotta work on that! Maybe... if we would would have had a 1st half lead... we would have seen Pena for the second half... but that didn't happen. Both GKs had an unstressful night in saves... most that required very little movement (your grandma could have saved most shots). Also... St Louis looked pretty good... not like a sub .500 team (2011). It could be that they are headed for a better year... or could have been the "bring your best against Akron" syndrome.

Did you miss the, "best part of my game is SCORING goals" part...?

MAC Recruiting based on ESPN Star Ratings (3) ★★★ (2) ★★ (1) ★ and Not Rated Total as of 01/28/2012 MAC Recruiting for 2012 Team...............★★★........★★.........★ or NR......Total Akron.................2..............5..............8.............15 Ball State...........5.............11..............7.............23 BGSU.................6..............4.............10............24 Buffalo...............3.............12..............2............17 Cent Mich...........4.............14..............5.............22 East Mich...........2...............8.............11............21 Can't State.........5...............8..............8.............21 Miami................6.............10...............6............22 N Illinois............3...............6...............7............16 Ohio..................1...............6...............6............13 Temple..............5.............20...............8............33 Toledo.............. 5.............10...............9............24 West Mich..........1.............10..............10............21

Yep... Trapp deserves his Newcomer recognition... just surprised he didn't score more... But Gallego SECOND Team ???

Not that it matters much... but the coaches have some respect for us... http://www.nscaa.com/rankings/779/NCAADivi...National/Poll11NSCAA/Continental Tire - NCAA Division I Men's - National - Poll 11 - November 8, 2011Rank School Prev. W-L-T1 University Of New Mexico 1 16-0-22 Creighton University 2 16-2-03 University Of North Carolina 3 14-2-24 University Of Maryland 4 13-2-34 Connecticut, University of 7 16-2-26 UCLA 8 14-4-17 Akron, University of 11 13-3-38 Charlotte 9 13-3-29 Indiana University 9 11-3-410 University Of South Florida 5 12-3-311 UC Irvine 14 14-5-112 Coastal Carolina 13 16-2-013 Boston College 10 12-5-014 University Of Louisville 15 12-5-215 UC Santa Barbara 17 13-5-116 Furman 19 14-2-417 UAB 21 12-3-318 Old Dominion 16 11-4-119 Washington 20 11-4-220 James Madison University 12 12-4-121 St. John's RV 12-6-222 Bradley University RV 13-4-223 University Of South Carolina 25 9-6-224 Duke University RV 10-6-225 Northwestern University RV 10-4-4Also receiving votes: Notre Dame 37, Monmouth 28, Central Florida 20, Fairfield 19, SMU 18, Virginia 11, West Virginia 9, Brown 9, Fordham 4, Northern Illinois 1, Cal State Bakersfield 1

Better than I thought for the 2 Monday Polls... better than we deserve?http://collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page14289.htm1. New Mexico 16-0-2 12. Creighton 16-2-0 33. North Carolina 14-2-2 44. Connecticut 16-2-2 55. Maryland 13-2-3 26. UCLA 14-4-1 87. Akron 13-3-3 78. South Florida 12-3-3 69. Charlotte 13-3-2 1010. Indiana 11-3-4 15 http://www.socceramerica.com/article/44559...ens-top-25.htmlSoccer America Men's Top 25TEAM (2011 RECORD) LAST WEEK1. New Mexico (16-0-2) 12. North Carolina (14-2-2) 23. Connecticut (16-2-2) 44. Creighton (16-2-0) 55. Maryland (13-2-3) 36. UCLA (14-4-1) 87. Indiana (11-3-4) 98. Akron (13-3-3) 69. Coastal Carolina (16-2-0) 1010. USF (12-3-3) 7

I post these and send links for some overseas Zips fans... and seldom remember to post them here... ZipsNation Update - Game 17 - Wake Forest ZipsNation Update - Game 13 - Hartwick ZipsNation 2011 Update - Game 10 - Northern Illinois ZipsNation 2011 Update - Game 8 - Ohio State ZipsNation 2011 Update - Games 5 & 6 ZipsNation 2011 Update - Game 1 - Cleveland State ZipsNation 2011 Update - Meet the Team

Great... RPI points down the drain...

Tied and moved up... not a bad week... !!!http://www.nscaa.com/seniorRes.php?it=1713NCAA Rankings National Men Division I 10th Poll - November 01, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rank School Prev. W-L-T 1 New Mexico (22) 572 2 15 - 0 - 2 2 Creighton (1) 545 3 15 - 2 - 0 3 North Carolina 529 4 13 - 2 - 2 4 Maryland 496 1 13 - 2 - 2 5 South Florida 485 6 12 - 2 - 2 6 Akron 437 7 12 - 2 - 3 7 Connecticut 430 5 14 - 2 - 2 8 UCLA 414 12 12 - 4 - 1 9 Indiana 380 10 10 - 3 - 4 10 Boston College 374 13 12 - 4 - 0 11 Charlotte 336 16 12 - 3 - 2 12 James Madison 269 21 12 - 2 - 1 13 Coastal Carolina 259 17 14 - 2 - 0 14 UC Irvine 255 9 13 - 5 - 1 15 Louisville 214 22 10 - 5 - 2 16 Old Dominion 197 8 11 - 4 - 0 17 UC Santa Barbara 194 23 11 - 5 - 1 18 Notre Dame 142 14 8 - 4 - 4 19 Furman 129 24 13 - 2 - 4 20 Washington 126 20 11 - 4 - 2 21 UAB 105 RV 11 - 3 - 3 22 Central Florida 103 10 9 - 3 - 3 23 West Virginia 98 RV 10 - 6 - 1 24 Iona 56 RV 15 - 3 - 0 25 Providence 35 RV 10 - 6 - 1 25 South Carolina 35 NR 8 - 6 - 1 Number in parentheses is number of first place votes Also receiving votes: Marquette 32, Duke 30, St. John's 29, Georgetown 28, Memphis 21, Bradley 18, Northern Illinois 18, SMU 16, Northwestern 15, Cornell 12, Monmouth 6, Delaware 5, Brown 4, Fairfield 4, Colgate 3, Virginia 2, Fordham 2, San Diego State 1

This past Monday was the first show that I've missed in a while... can't beat the pizza and wings and beer for 2 price on Mondays... :)Where was your soccer game report ???