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I don't have a problem with the 2 point conversion call. I have a problem with the play they chose for the 2 point conversion though...A Playaction rollout??!?!?!?!!! REALLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Saturday practice starts at 1 PM.Remember, meet the team is at five.I'll be there possibly...

I have 10 pounds of hot dogs, and bringing probably 5 of those if we have tailgating tomorrow...Just wondering if anyone will...

Did not take Fox News (sic) to pull the story.http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/28/profe...ate-university/apparently just click on the story right below "Most Active"...not sure why it's not working...

Coach Pfau kind of set this team up to compete and win against the MAC West...which if you look at the previous MAC tourneys, the majority of the matches won in MAC tourney are by the MAC West...

Regular Season results:Toledo 2, Ohio 0 on October 7thCentral Michigan 0, Akron 0 on September 23rdWestern Michigan 3, Ball State 1 on September 23rdBuffalo 1, Can't State 0 on October 27th

Here's the MAC tourney pairings for sunday at 1:00pm#8 Ohio at #1 Toledo#5 Buffalo at #4 Can't State#7 Akron at #2 Central Michigan#6 Ball State at #3 Western Michigan

okay...I'm going to give them to RootforRoo44 around 3:45 so you will have them...Enjoy today's tailgating, and hopefully we clinch the MAC tonight...

How early will someone be at Lot 9? I have to leave for Cleveland area around 3-3:30, and have some bag of chips I can drop off for everyone that will be there...I just can't stay and enjoy...I'll be back in enough time for the game(should be back by 7:00/7:15), just not for tailgating...I'll be able to tailgate saturday though(football and soccer)

I don't know...because we lost to an average Big Ten team, guess we're not going to go far in NCAA tournament or MAC for that matter Right GoZipsGoZips

MES... you're relating a few things here that aren't valid (or fair) relationships...First... the team's performance to your contribution here. We need more people like you... even if your updates are brief because of your schedule. I like to read your updates to keep up with the ladies... and to get some insight into the team... as Akron Athletics never gives us any insights into what's going on with any Akron team. I wish that someone would do that for the tennis team... so that we might have some insight to what is going on (e.g., will Olga be a #2 or #1 singles, and what is up with Angelina????).Second... the performance of the ladies versus attendance (Rowdies and others). Although the Rowdies seem like a bunch of party animals at men's games... among them are some students too... and they cannot possibly attend every sporting event on campus. Also... keep in mind that the men sometimes play away games in front of small crowds... and it's got to be disheartening sometimes as they are accustomed to big crowds here and away.Third... other than the name "Akron" on their jerseys... there is no comparison between the ladies team and the men's team... yet... and we don't look for that for a few more years. I firmly believe that we will have an ELITE ladies team some day... mostly due to the accomplishments of men's soccer. The facilities here for ladies soccer have to be among the best in the country... and the reputation of soccer here at Akron is also a draw for aspiring lady soccer players. It will happen... some day.I do remember that the ladies beat Michigan... away... and that they opened the MAC season with a tie against the defending champs... but... I can't think of the ladies program without thinking that it's been a disappointing season. Very disappointing! They have little chance of winning the MAC... and might not make the playoffs. I also remember the Michigan State game... where our ladies got blown out by an average Big Ten school (Michigan is now #7 out of 12, MSU is #4). http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-soccer/spec...-standings.html More importantly... the loss at Can't is by far the most disappointing part of the season. That game should have been seen as a lock at the beginning of the season! Instead... 2 days later... Can't claims the MAC East title. http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/wsoc.../20111021we9yzqSo... how can you blame attendance on performance at this game? Can't was home... and played before a crowd of 230 !!! By the looks of the photos... they must have been counting the teams, coaching staffs, and passing goats that they use to keep the pitch tidy.http://kentstatesports.com/sports/wsoc/201...otos/0008/indexEven more disappointing... the game could end up costing us the Wagon Wheel this year. By the way, I just want to say that the women's soccer team has been dissapointing this year. But you can't say that it hasn't been an interesting season to say the least. I'll take each of your points and explain my point what I made more clear.1) Thanks for the praise, but the ladies are trying. You have to understand, that the talent level is much higher in the junior class than the senior class, the sophomore class than the junior class, the freshmen class than the sophomore class, and the incoming freshmen class than the freshmen class. When this happens, do you go with experience or do you go with talent? Coach Pfau has had to find the right combination for this, and I feel that he had it before some injuries that happened that weren't reported or talked about by Coach Pfau. Since then, he hasn't been able to find the right mold and this team keeps letting teams hang around and potentially, lose the game because of it.2) Saying this team has almost no chance to win the MAC tourney is like saying the Akron men's basketball team had almost no chance last year to win the MAC tournament. It's basically the same scenario. It may be different sports, but they're basically in the same dilemma. Men's basketball was expected to be good after the way they started MAC play, just like the women's team. Then the Akron team hit a hard stretch before rattling up a streak of wins. The women's team had their stretch of streak of wins in middle of MAC play(not as many wins in streak as men's basketball due to length of season), and feathered as of late. Same with men's basketball team against Can't State and Ohio. Women's soccer with a win against Ohio, gets in MAC tourney. The most likely #1 seed will be Toledo, who Akron has taken to two overtimes the past two seasons. The #2 seed will be Can't State, who we should of beaten. If we get 7th seed(which is possible...can be as high as 6th), we have a chance to get a 1/2 point back from Can't State as long as we beat them. #3 seed will mostly be Central Michigan, which we tied at home 0-0 and had chances to win. There's no way I see us not having a chance to win 1, 2, or the whole thing if we get into the MAC tournament just like the men's basketball team did. 3) Students don't have classes on sunday. I understand some go back home or some do their homework on sundays instead. But not all 1-2,000 rowdies do. I feel the marketing is completely terrible, and feel I could help the athletic department out in that area(email me if you're reading this, Mr. Wistrcill ). For example, there should be no reason that Akron's women's basketball game shouldn't be close to a shutout. Florida State will be ranked in the top 10 in the nation when they come to Akron, and wouldn't it be great to beat them with a huge crowd? May be the only national ranked team either basketball team plays in the JAR all year. But back to the students, it just sickens me to see students be more loyal to their professional teams than the college they go to when the only connection most of them have to their professional teams is location. I see a lot of students at volleyball matches in the stands, but volleyball is 1-9 in MAC play right now. Women's soccer is having a better season. What's the problem with it then. I've personally talked to a lot of the players through in person or on social media networks, and they all expect small crowds on the road. Most men's soccer road games are small attendance numbers as well. However, when these ladies go to a men's game on campus, and see the atmosphere, and then see the crowd for their games? They feel not wanted, betrayed, and that Akron fans want them to lose because they're not showing up to show their support. If there was one game, where everyone showed up like it was a men's soccer game(fans and students/rowdies), I'll guarantee you the women's soccer team WILL NOT lose. As a former athlete in high school, you cannot believe what a huge atmosphere does towards a player's energy level. And what have I been hearing from people this past couple of weeks. "The players look tired", "the players may be out of shape", "worst conditioned team in the MAC", and on and on. I wonder why... ...maybe it has to do with that they got nothing to play for except for themselves. "No one else cares about us, so why should they care how we play if no one watches?" Don't tell me they don't say this, because these are exact quotes from messages on twitter/facebook i've received from players. To be completely honest, I feel that Coach Pfau has done an excellent job of keeping these players from transferring. I've heard people say the reasons they don't is because they want to play for the coach and they love their teammates. That's it. They love the people who do come out, but don't care about the people who won't...4) If you just look at the stats of the Michigan State game, it was a blowout. The problem with that game was that was 3 games in and the players weren't mentally ready. They were hoping for a big crowd, which was my fault. I set up a facebook event for that game 3 weeks in advance, and about 500 students said "Attending", but only 50 at best showed up. It was also raining that day, and when we play on slippery conditions, if you haven't seen, we don't play well. I feel it's because the ladies aren't used to that type of weather with the style they play. The style they play is to have the midfielders possess the ball and kick it wide to the player coming up from the side, which was another reason we lost at Can't (field wasn't regulation size in width) because we couldn't play our style. Anyways, that Michigan State game was a snowball effect. It was only 1-0 at halftime. I do agree with you this team is not an elite team. to be honest, I don't remember saying that. People quickly said they could win a game in the NCAA tournament after they beat Michigan. I went along with it to be optimistic at the point. In reality, I felt this team could and STILL CAN, win the MAC tourney this year. I just don't see them winning a game in the NCAA tournament quite yet.

From a time/availability viewpoint, would be easier to get the MNST head coaching position while coaching a college team or a MSL team?? I believe that is his ultimate goal.We will be at the game on Thursday. Hope the girls can get a big win.I think I sent you a PM. Not sure if it actually sent or not(Showing 0 sent messages in my message box)

He's not going to be going to MLS this upcoming year. Because that would conflict with the U-23 team more than if he would stay in Akron...

Just because someone sent you a PM saying this, doesn't give you the right to call them a "moron" or others on this board that as well. If Doug Snyder gets banned, you should get banned as well...You basically violated rules #2 and #8 on the rules to follow in order to not get banned...

Remember that they beat Michigan in Ann Arbor to begin the season...and Michigan is in the top half of the Big Ten right now...

Toledo wins 2-1. Can't State wins 1-0. Bowling Green beats Northern Illinois 2-0. Central Michigan up 1-0 with less than 5 on Ball State. Western Michigan defeated Miami(OH) 2-0.

Toledo only up 2-1 now with 10 minutes to go. Can't State and Ohio still tied at 0-0. I wonder if Can't is scoreboard listening...

Can't State is currently tied with Ohio early in the second half. Can't leads 16-3 in shots.

And we need Toledo to beat Eastern Michigan...

Zips lose 1-0. We need some help today and thursday, AND beat Ohio just to get into the MAC tournament now...very sad second half of the MAC season...

Only the top 8 make the playoffs...Buffalo just scored a goal with 4 minutes left to play. We've outplayed them in the whole game, and they get a fluke goal...this could be the most dissapointing season for the Lady Zips since Coach Pfau has arrived in Akron...

Lady Zips tied at 0-0 at the half for the fifth straight match. Hopefully no 2nd half heartbreak this time...need 3 points today...

Standings updated through Friday's games..Currently in 8th spot. Tomorrow and thursday are both "must-win" games...can't tie or lose against Buffalo or Ohio...

I was there, and the field was really bad. They were putting sand down in certain spots on the field during pregame and halftime. To give you an idea, geese were constantly flying low over the soccer field in the second half. In fact, we even saw a few of them "bomb away" near midfield...don't think any players got "bombarded" luckily..The Lady Zips' long season seems to be getting to them. Hopefully they can rejuvenate themselves and make a push towards the MAC tourney here in last week of regular season. Once they make it, they can beat anyone. This was our biggest margin of defeat on the road this year. We've had chances to win each game in the MAC against teams that are in the top 5 of the MAC standings currently...