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Straight Bullshit! Every poll, every website has Zips gaining a #16 seed or better!

Easy enough 7 hours.

CSN has #15 Zips hosting Indiana/Louisville winner, for whatever that is worth. http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php...ournament-field

I am afraid that says more about MAC MSOC than it does about Zips. Sadly.

I saw those guys scouting the match last night. They look a grim lot. Just two years ago, they upset us by forcing a scoreless draw and then advancing on PKs.

First ass-kicking administered by Zips this season.

Tailgate anyone? There is a HS FB game @ Infocision.

Better to be last than best.

But Real Salt Lake are better. They hold the ball, defend, and attack better. I will clearly root for Timbers, but I dunno.

I cannot imagine how Timbers can overcome a 2 goal aggregate deficit. http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/soccerusa/id/3661?cc=5901

But the late-bloomers from Bloomington saved their best for last, and walked away with the trophy.

IU were not the best side last year. Far from it. Hoosiers were the hot team at the right time, which is preferable to being the best team. Hopefully, Zips can be the hot team this year.

Zips need to create high volume chances. Hopefully, we can actually enjoy a match rather than chew our nails the entire time.

Twenty years ago, CSN was the best source for collegiate soccer. Not so much now.

Contrary to what I have previously posted in a different thread, look at the 6 teams from Conference USA within the top 70 RPI. I think a bonus kicks in for beating a top 70 opponent. I was wrong about Conference USA. Zips MSOC would be better off there. The MAC s.. is really not good.

Zips are currently ranked #18 in the official RPI. http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2013MSOrpi1.html We really needed to have beaten Michigan State.

Really? Wow! This is an RPI boost for Zips, having beaten Rutgers earlier this season.

I hope everyone realizes that most MSOC conference championships are hosted on a set rotation of members' sites. Perhaps there are other conferences that do things in similar fashion, but I cannot think of another MSOC conference in which the regular season front- runner always hosts the conference tournament. Why is that? My deduction is that most MAC MSOC programs do not really want to host the conference tournament. Most do not have the proper facilities. Does Western Michigan even have field lights? And it costs money to organize and administrate a tournament. The undeniable fact is that MSOC does not generate revenue. Breaking even is the best case scenario. The conclusion is that MAC officials are more than happy for Akron to host the tournament every year. They were cringing at the possibility of WMU hosting this year. The MAC is not a MSOC conference by any stretch of the imagination. It is truly amazing that this conference generated a (nearly back to back) National Champion.

F***ing A! Buy your tix! See you there!

Stevenson out after only 26 minutes. Worried about his health for the post season.

Close this out bhoys!

I guess it took Eric Stevenson all of 5 minutes to get his yellow card.

"Live" Stats has been stuck on 41 for about 15 minutes.

You there, Zach? What is the formation? My guess: Derschang(Fives)...Brenes...Abdul-Salaam ..................Quinn...Souto...Najem .......Portillos...Gallego...Cross...Souders ..............................Pina

Why is there no match preview on http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/index? So, the AD mails flyers to fan base in order to sell postseason tix when the postseason hinges entirely on this match. Ticket deadline is M/11/11/2013. Nobody is going to buy postseason tix until they see if we are going to host the MAC Tournament. WTF.