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I too am not a fan of soccer. I'm not saying I'm not going to support football. If you read my earlier post I stated I will probably be buying season tickets for the first time. All I was saying is Bowden might have to get used to some losing. Yeah and his tournament record is 0-2.

Well he's in Akron now, he might have to get used to losing. Aside from our soccer team we haven't had much luck in the winning department.

I'm interested to see how well tickets have been selling so far. There's obviously no waiting list or fans camping out to buy them, but I sure hope there is a bit of an increase. Anyone hear anything yet? I'm still trying to decide if I want to pick some up or not. I live over two hours away, and it's a bit of a gamble since you never know how the team will be performing.

I won't believe it until I see results on the field. I'm not saying you're wrong, just having a tough time getting excited about recruits with two or less stars that no mediocre schools even want. Accomplishments at FSU and NCState are good and all, but at the end of the day they are meaningless to the Zips...

Now I get all this "a win is a win" but these are no where near quality opponents. These ugly wins against BG, Miami, Ball State, and CMU are scary because we know that this team is a few plays away from losing to these teams. Even though they don't we know it could happen and if we play like this against OU and Can't at home or in the MAC tournament we are going to get smoked! Ugly wins are fine, but every win is ugly it's proof of an unstable team. A team that can beat Mississippi State but lose to Valp, Duquesne, and Buffalo. This is what makes it difficult for our fans to get behind this team, and why no one in the country will take us seriously come March. If people think this type of play will win the MAC, you are in for a rude awakening!

Bowden stated he was going to acknowledge all scholarships promised by Ianello. I'm sure there are plenty of these recruits they really didn't want.

So did he sit out all of last year? or did he ever actually suit up for the Racers?

Yeah something doesn't add up. I had read he transferred from Cincy to Murray State, where he played last season.

This is a huge pickup, did anyone see the other schools on the list? Hell those schools are so impressive I can't even remember their names as I type this. Another Ianello diamond in the rough?

Free throws and like always turnovers! we have to be averaging about 20 a game. That's 20 possessions lost, and 40 potential points...but more realistically about 15-20 points.

"Together We Are Maroon" anyone else see their slogan on the video feed? That's about as lame as it gets No one can ever say anything bad about UA's athletic department now

but no the CMU announcers said it should have been a foul on Zeke...if only the Chipps could get a call!

how about they stop calling a foul every 2 seconds and let us watch a damn basketball game! this is embarassing. if we lose to both Buffalo and CMU? wow

CMU needs to stop calling freaking timeouts. Like it really matters...

I know this is irrelevant, but I just noticed their court design is UGLY as hell! It's like they tried to fit as much text on it as they could and the yellow lines are hard to see.

No scoreboard on the feed...ugh that's a tough way to watch the game

Harney will throw down 30 points. But really I think that we'll start out a bit sloppy, and have to rely on another 2nd half run to get us the W. If that happens great, but one of these days the run won't come and we'll lose to a terrible team...remember Buffalo...

I would like to see him have some sort of job with the football team, whether it be a position coach, recruiting, or something else. But my question is how does Jason really feel about Akron? Is he proud of being a graduate and want to give back, or does he just consider it the place he went to school? If I had to guess I'd say he just considers it the place he went to school, since I've never heard of him attending games, coming back to campus, or even talk about Akron.

It's tough to say where this kid could play since all different sources say RB, CB, and Athlete. If I had to choose I'd like to have him play CB and maybe try out as a return man. I think we need a lot of help in the secondary, but more importantly the defense needs all the help it can get. Has there been any news on the FSU transfer? is he still coming to Akron or no?

Macs are terrible! Just saying...

I graduated Buchtel the year John Heisman was coach...... I'm still waiting to see a good team But in all seriousness I know it's been said a million times but it's crazy how much campus has changed. I remember my four years at UA there was never a day that went by when construction crews weren't on campus. I now live in PA and get choked up every time I come back to campus. Great place and great memories!

If I had to guess I would say members of the rifle team.

In all honestly I find it tough to get excited about college baseball in general. I'm a huge Indians fan and love the game, just have found that when it comes to college I find softball more entertaining than baseball. But I hope to see every Zips team succeed and wish the new coach the best of luck!

It's amazing what confidence can do to a team. No surprise the best games the Zips have won this year, the JAR has either been sold out or near capacity. Same could be said about soccer. How much of an effect does the atmosphere have? If the Zips can play in front of some decent crowds next year, they will see how much the community and school cares about them. It will give them the confidence that they lacked last year, and hopefully play hard. Even watching the NFL playoffs has shown that any team can win on any given day. Did Denver have enough talent to beat Pittsburgh? Did NY have more talent than Green Bay? Did San Francisco have more talent than New Orleans? Every team will see playing us as a cake walk, but Bowden will bring the best out of them.

I actually think it is an awful hire by Tampa Bay, aside from a few good years at Rutgers he has about a .500 overall record. Even Terry has been more successful at the D1 level...