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Why? In the Preseason Coaches Poll, West Virginia received 13 votes, Mississippi State 11. Our win is every bit as impressive as theirs. And both wins were equally as convincing. People at Can't State say that their wrestler's national championship overshadows ours. So of course they would think that a win over WV is better than anything the Zips have every accomplished in any sport.

I was feeling good about this season until I heard about Can't winning. Pretty much makes our win over Mississippi State meaningless and will be overlooked by their win. Now I feel like we'll end up being a mediocre team, and like every year the MAC tournament is all that matters.

I'm glad they didn't get much press. I actually dislike them just as much as Can't, and I'd like to think we have a better chance of gaining the northeast ohio fanbase. Aside from a good sized arena, there's nothing about them I can like. Although I feel like we will probably lose to them...

I think we got lucky against MSU that they missed a lot of their 3's. If they started hitting them we would have lost the game.

Unless we could some how convince a big name coach to come in here, we will be losing immediately. Obviously someone who has won in the past but just let go at their school, Tressel? I'm not saying it will ever happen, but that is the only way. If anyone hears TW talk about football his first topic is grades. I understand this is the most important part, but all he says is we're winning off the field and we got a plan in place and progressing to win on the field. Could be just me but I see ZERO progress.

I like people who can apologize. But the poster was wrong thinking you should research something in his post before your respond. Sarcasm and humor are not always understood in the printed form. that is why we have icons (smiley faces and others) to let the random reader understand. Oh yea...what about "at"?? As in "where are you at??" That is the one people from the Midwest butcher the most.I've never been a fan of using smiley faces when conversing with other dudes hahaI wouldn't want another zipsnation member to think I'm winking at them

It's a quote from Blades of Glory. You can't call someone stupid just because you didn't get the reference. Actually a 2 second Google search would have helped you.I'm not sure where my other bad grammar of "they are" and "their" or "too and to" was located? I think you should watch what you say.Did I say everything correctly for you? or should I refund my UA Degree?

Akron vs. SEC? gotta go with a loss just for that reason.

Everyone, please refrain from Can't bashing for a minute. Can anyone give me a good reason why this is the case? It makes no sense to me.It's really pretty simple:Can't had a better record last season than the Zips, Can't ended last season with an RPI of #67 to the Zips' #101, and Can't lost only one starting player while the Zips lost two starters. Both teams have added a couple of good transfers.Like it or not, Can't has another strong team that will probably be even more athletic this season than last, so the Zips will have to perform at a high level to beat them.What makes no sense is...why would anyone even want to play for the freaking school? it's mind bottling

Any word on the gift this year? I know last year they gave out bobbleheads which were pretty cool. The bobbleheads from this year were football related if I remember seeing online, with zippy in a Heisman pose. So, I doubt they'd give those out for bball. Something I think that would be cool is replica jerseys. Now hear me out, the Indians did this last year and they obviously weren't high quality. But to the casual fan I doubt it will make a difference.These giveaways are genius for the simple fact that what they give away usually isn't something you can buy in stores. Such as soccer scarves and bobbleheads. Replica jerseys are something along those lines that would be in high demand and exclusive to ticket holders.

Forget what I just said. You're right, Big Zip, they are silver. I just saw the link to GoZips.com. Alright, yeah, very odd. Oh, well, whatever. Still pretty cool, I guess? Idk, I want to see alternate GOLD unis. We haven't had them since Dru, Wood & Rome played.I'm surprised they went with silver, but they actually have had it in striping on the shorts since they switched to Nike. It's kind of the craze now to add another color to a school. Oregon added black, silver and "volt", OK State and Syracuse added silver, Arizona State added black, WVU added black, etc. It's something the football team should have done a long time ago! Traditionalists will have a tough time adjusting, but the younger generations will find these awesome.

Akron's new home duds!in case anyone wanted to seeCall me crazy but the numbers and letters almost look silver. Could just be the lighting? Not really happy they kept the same stripes on the shorts from last year, but the giant Z on the shorts is pretty cool. Hopefully they keep "akron" on the blues and maybe they bring back the gold alternates this year....or maybe the rumored black jerseys? would be sickthey better be selling the new Akron lebrons for this season somewhere!

Like I've said, this team is not as good as people on here like to pretend it is. They'll be playing .500 basketball at mid season and you'll be calling for KD's job. I'd like to see them succeed more than anyone, but having these unrealistically high expectations is not a good idea. Of course you'd give the "It's too early to judge" comments but oh well.Also very disappointed in the new uniformsGreat job on the MAC-Sports.com video feed

I agree building a bigger arena shows a desire to make it to a bigger stage. Unlike stadiums, an arena cannot expand. If people see a new arena being built with 5000 like BG did, it sends the message that they are getting ready to be a mediocre team in the MAC for a long time. Although we are a mediocre team, I'd like to think that someday they would like to be more.

So C-USA and the Mountain West are looking to merge together. Crap schools like SMU and Houston are getting invites to the Big East, and our great school is..........doing absolutely nothing! Really makes me proud, this is one of the most crucial times in college sports history and we're destined to drop to D2. fantastic

I love these 1 yard runs with under 5min left. Ianello is a genious!!! NO one saw that coming, catch them off guard. Might as well take a knee there, no one would expect that either ...and moore is terrible! He had a wide open wr in the endzone and overthrew it, then fumbled the next play.

I'm glad UA is so preoccupied by adding curvy sidewalks, planting bushes, and adding sitting steps...really? Good thing they don't care about building a new arena or producing a winning football team. Those new bushes will really put in the national spotlight! Hopefully the 20 fans that go to watch football games will enjoy looking at them as they walk back to the parking lots...

FIU 45 Akron 3 In front of 200 fans. I'm one of the biggest Zips fans you'll find, but I'm not stepping a foot near a football event until Ianello is fired...

Is Rob Ianello coaching this team? oh wait nevermind we got 2 pts, he can't even do that hahaha

The problem I have is, no matter how good these players are why would they want to play in Akron. I can't see a guy putting on an Akron hat in front of the press saying "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity to win 4 games during my 4 year career with the Zips" I actually know a football player from western PA. Very talented and had looks from ACC and Big East schools. Said he considered Akron, but his response was something along the lines of...Stadium and facilities were awesome, but they are just too bad. Disappointing, but that right there sums up what High School athletes think of our program. I'd say what they look for in general are: Winning Tradition Stadium Uniforms Now I know the forth one may be surprising, but I doubt it's a coincidence that Oregon gets so many talented players. It's obviously something that get's a school noticed. Out of those 4 criteria, I say all we have going for us is the stadium....

We'll lose this game by over 40 points. again, Sun Belt team.....SUN BELT!!

Ianello needs to go... I hate to bring this up again, but I just read an article about Big East expansion. You know what schools they talked about? UCF, Temple, Navy, Army, Air Force and here's the real kicker....SMU. Now I'm not trying to be a homer but as a school, facilities, academics, and winning we are better than all of them except maybe Temple. But you know what, our football program will keep us in the MAC until it ultimately dissolves forcing us to drop back to FCS and play garbage teams like VMI and YSU every week. Now I don't see us putting 300 million into a program to watch it play against glorified high schools, but Ianello will make that happen. Now let me ask, how many schools will deal with a coach that can only win 2 games...in two years? You think OSU, Cincy, or even Can't would deal with that? Remember Rod Marinelli got fired in Detroit after 1 0-16 season? Eric Mangini got fired in Cleveland after 2 seasons and you know how many games he won 10!! are you kidding? we're giving a guy this much time after only being able to win 2 games and showing absolutely no improvement. He couldn't even beat EMU and Garnder Webb!!!

A good team makes a mediocre goalie look good. He barely gets any shots on goal and fumbles the ball very often. But most of all his attitude bothers me. I had to sit behind the goal during the Cal tourney game last year and he was screaming at the players 90% of the time. Now I understand sometimes he may be telling them to make adjustments, but it was more the case of him flipping out every time Cal got a shot on goal. It's like he never has any shots on goal and when he actually does, he throws a temper tantrum because he has to do some work for a change.

maybe they can use them as toilet paper around campus

Seriously did akron just punt from VMI's 31 yard line? ahahaha wow we suck