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2nd video on the page: http://www.woio.com/Global/category.asp?C=...mp;nav=menu68_4 my favorite lines are "Here in championship-starved Northeast Ohio, this team is your best shot." AND "last year wasn't just a feel good story, and this year there's only one goal worth shooting for." oh yeah...and

It depends on the situation. Yoram and Josh were most certainly not going to see any playing time in the near future. They were both on some sort of scholarship (of which there are a limited number in soccer). By transferring they gave us a chance to get players that can compete for playing time as opposed to having scholarship players on the bench. It was wrong of the Rowdies to chant at them. Don't get me wrong, I love the Rowdies and think most of their chants are awesome. I agree that this one was out of bounds. You reference to Dakotah is apples and oranges to this situation. I believed that Yoram would of had more playing time this year than last year...I do believe that Yoram played some minutes in the College Cup as well...I understand Josh would of never had a chance to get to play with Meves there, but to tell the AK-Rowdies not to give the other team problems is like telling a cat not go after a mouse/rat, or telling a dog not to go chasing a car or a person...you have to remember, they are still college students and could of done a lot worse to Yoram and Josh...

I heard it was just a rumor...I've seen her on campus in the past week, and it doesn't make much sense to walk-on at Toledo when you have AT LEAST a scholarship at Akron, if not, then a full ride... I was holding my breath too, but it looks like it's gonna be a very great year

I just wanted to say that before the game, most of the returning Rowdies were applauding Giffard when he was near near the berm...but I can't say the same for Yoram Mwila and Josh Pantazelos... Just think about it for other sports as well. Say Zeke Marshall starts over Dakotah Euton this year. We win the MAC. We make it to NCAA Tournament. Dakotah Euton transfers. Would you feel the same way about Dakotah that you're feeling about Yoram and Josh? It should be, or you're being hypocritical...

As long as it doesn't hurt our defense/ GK...it sounds good to me..

Yes...it might actually been a game changer...After Rachel Phillip had a 1 on 1 breakaway with the goalie left, and she accidentally dribbled it out of bounds 5 mins into the second half; the ball ended up on our defensive side a lot...and Jeny stopped a lot of close calls...Like you told me last night, 2 years ago that score qould be the other way around...Pfau is really turning things around...

I believe the hat trick happened to be 3 goals in a span of 3-4 minutes...

:screwks: The irony is the next day there was an actual injury... OR was it? oh well...it's Can't...they're best majors are fashion design and other careers that are in jeopardy right now in this economy...

+1,000

Fuel for the fire - go get'em girls. Bring home the MAC East Championship! I've heard the girls' say "Who cares about the MAC East Championship? WE'RE WINNING THE WHOLE MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They won the MAC East last year, and they believe they can take the next step forward...

Zach and company, How would you rate the goalkeepers? I read they played a half each. Does freshman Alex Luevano have a chance to unseat the veteran keeper? No...Jeny Wolbert is still going to hold on to that seat...Pfau has a lot of faith in Wolbert...Luevano had a nice save on a free kick that was a difficult shot to stop, but did a nice job...I would still give it to Jeny Wolbert...I think he wants to give the backup GK some good experience when it comes to say an injury, or lack of play...but I don't look into it like that...just getting her feet wet...I heard from Zach that Alex Luevano will have a couple of her defenders coming in next year's class...so the communication will be there so next year might be more of a possibility...

Found this on youtube: part 1: (not sure) part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=eWRXz5...feature=related ( July 11th) part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=6sAUix...feature=related (Aug. 8th) someone tried to get the progress of construction at Lee Jackson Field on camera...here's a little more upclose looks...

Yes this will be good, almost a Spring Game II. Anyone attending this scrimmage who attended the Spring Game, please give a progress update. I wonder if they will have any kid friendly stuff this year ala the Open House last year? My daughter had a blast in the inflatable obstacle course. I'll do that...i was at the spring football game...i will be going to this and will let people know what I think each position group has progressed since the spring game....

That may not be entirely current, knowing how gozips.com keeps things up-to-date. The Rowdies have recently opened their own website, http://www.akrowdies.org Sign-ups will be held on Welcome Weekend, August 21st and 22nd. As a commuter I won't be on campus that weekend. Will they also have sign ups during the opening week? I heard something about they will be in Student Union tuesday and wednesday also...I don't know if that would be the 24th and 25th or not...

November 20th is YSU at Akron according to YSU's site...their schedule is completely out...OOC and conference... January 3rd is ORU at Akron part of the Holiday Hoops Classic... November 16th is Akron at Dayton... December 15th is Akron at Minnesota... this is all i could find so far...

First game of NCAA Division I regular season: #1 AKRON vs #2 NORTH CAROLINA...september 3rd in Chapel Hill, NC...that will be a great match...oh yeah...2 days later...#1 AKRON vs #7 WAKE FOREST... and oh yeah...

Just saw it on ESPN2 at about 6:30 during the hour of sportsnation...

2020 Cleveland or 2022 Cleveland? if they don't get it, I meant 2020 as Olympics and 2022 as World Cup

What I meant was the fact of not attendance, but the "buzz" of the city of Akron...I have to admit, i set myself up for a No answer because it will be always bad football before great soccer for attendance numbers... I just can't get going with bad football...If I had a choice to work on a day of a football game, or a soccer game, I'll work on the day that the game will be less entertaining, and what i mean by entertaining, is by which game will we have the best shot to win... Why should I watch 2 hours of bad football like I did last year when I could of been working?

Last year we saw the Men's Soccer team go to the National Championship. We saw the Women's Soccer team win the MAC East and host a MAC playoff game for the first time. We have all heard that Caleb Porter has said that this is his deepest team YET. And now, I just saw a comment on facebook regarding someone saying about how they are excited for this fall(actually said Aug. 13th scrimmage), and then UA's women's soccer GK made a comment on there: " yay! you and and the whole lot of you better be there... oh and just a little side note.. we're winning the MAC this year..im just saying" We could have the women's program in the NCAA tourney, and also the men's program in the College Cup this year...would that start making it more of a basketball/soccer city than a football/basketball city... The more I think of it, Mack did a great job making sure that the women's athletics were startign to be relevant again to this university... All I have to say is... AND

GO HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(not New Orleans, but the high school one in Medina County..like that doesn't give it away...)

In their 120 team countdown which looks to be done by A Michigan State alumni, has Akron at 118: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=451&f=2369&t=5543568 118)Akron 116)Eastern Michigan 113)Ball State 100)Miami(OH) 98) Western Michigan 96) Toledo 92) Can't State 90) Bowling Green 88) Buffalo 78) Ohio 75) Northern Illinois 58*) Temple 50*) Central Michigan *skipped a few numbers so i don't know what's going on with Sparty(#'s 61 and 70)...

I voted for EMU...then, I would move BGSU to MAC West so that they can play their rivals Toledo twice a year like we do with Can't State...Third, I would ask Temple to move permanently to the MAC East. If not, these are schools I would put in place by location and level of play in all aspects of their athletics: 1) Temple 2) Marshall University 3) Cleveland State, with Temple staying as football only 4) College of Charleston, with Temple staying as football only 5) Niagara, with Temple staying as football only 6) Western Kentucky, with Temple staying as football only What's your thoughts on this list? Feel free to tear it apart...

You make valid points. But...just because a teams football program drops to Div 1A (or FCS) does not mean all other programs must follow. Dayton went through the same process and the BB team remains Div 1. Also...Dayton's football program gained support after they dropped down. Without any bias...I think some of the MAC schools would benefit dropping to FCS. It may even serve the MAC to facilitate the transition by creating a FCS division. They could then ad many new schools that would love being associated with the MAC. It may require going to 20 schools for other programs. Just a thought... They have a national championship 16 team playoff also...and all the playoff games are on television also...can win a national championship unlike in the FBS...and if all people care about is a winning team and making it far in playoffs, maybe attendance will go up for the Joe Akron?

Boise State is going to announce today that they will be moving to the Mountain West Conference...