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I sure hope he is focused on this weekend. The rumor is DC United is now trying to finalize a dealhttp://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerins...ews_fraser.htmlHopefully Steven Goff is jumping the gun a bit...

My buddy just traded emails with the MAC office:Mr. Boyages,With regards to the Men's Championship Game, time clock issues aside,should there not have been a technical foul issued to Miami forstorming the court prior to the 'official' end of the game? Although there was no time on the game clock when the fans, as well asthe entire bench (coaches as well as the players) stormed the floor,the officials never signaled the end of the contest.The outcome of the game has been set in stone, and can not be altered. An official statement regarding the decisions made should be issued.This would not only benefit the University of Akron, but the MAC in itsentirety.If I read the NCAA Rulebook correctly, the following rules were violated. Page BR-157. Rule 10, Section 3, Article 4.Page BR-158. Rule 10, Section 3, Article 9a.Page BR-165. Rule 10, Section 9, Article 7.Page BR-167. Rule 10, Section 11, Article 2.Page BR-167. Rule 10, Section 11, Article 3. Thank you for your time,Jeremiah And the reply:Point well taken Jeremiah. There was no time on the official gameclock when the court was stormed. At that point, the game was not "officially" overyet there was no time left on the clock. At the request of Coach Dambrot,and allowable by rule, the officials can go to the monitor in that instance. They did, found the error, and corrected the time. The game is not overuntil all three officials leave the floor..................................................................What I don't get is that he admits that the game wasn't over and then skirts the issue of issuing a technical foul to Miami. His reply is meaningless and went in a circle. At this point I think they realize that they screwed up and are just trying to save face. It's not going to change anything but I think an apology from the league would make a lot of people around here feel better. Sure we will all still think they are worthless (which they more or less are) but atleast it's something.

Can someone please verify that these rules were violated?Page BR-157. Rule 10, Section 3, Article 4.Page BR-158. Rule 10, Section 3, Article 9a.Page BR-165. Rule 10, Section 9, Article 7.Page BR-167. Rule 10, Section 11, Article 2.Page BR-167. Rule 10, Section 11, Article 3.http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2007/200...tball_rules.pdf

Their 1999 Final Four appearance will be wiped from the books. They will be the SEVENTH team to have their Final Four appearance stripped away. The others were St Joseph's ['61], Villanova ['71 who lost the NCAA title game], Western Kentucky ['71], UCLA ['80 who lost the NCAA title game], Memphis ['85] and UMass ['96]. Michigan's 1992 and 1993 Final Fours were wiped out during self imposed sanctions...but still are listed in the history books according to the NCAA. http://journals.aol.com/sportzassassin/SPO...final-four/1456

I haven't looked at the stats but I believe Indiana had two shots on goal for the game and scored on both. We had only one shot on goal and nothing to show for it. For the first half it was pretty even with us having a little more of the run of play. As has been evident from the previous games we are horrific in the final third. Unless something dramatically changes look for this to be the theme the rest of the year. There is just no pure goal scorer on the team as in years past. Sinisa will score on free kicks and occasionally from the run of play but we just don't have that deadly finisher. The second half I would give the edge to Indiana as they put in an insurance goal with about 15 minutes left. Akron should drop from all the rankings after this game. I'm actually surprised we were ranked as high as we were with us strugging to score against inferior competition. We have played two ranked teams this year and have now been outscored 7-0. Hopefully they pick things up or it could be an ugly stretch of games coming up.

i'm on hold right now trying to figure out what the hell is going on... this music sucks