1981 grad

Considering we have not won back to back games in 8 years and I have seen some really bad Akron football teams in that time period I am not sure we have any room to talk about bad Kent teams.

Thanks for affirming my memory. I might have been at that game but cannot remember. I just remember the coach complaining. I might have just read that in the paper. I do remember the game at Northwestern and watching it on TV and remembering how windy it was. When the goal kicks were against the wind it went almost nowhere.

That is the game they moved to Northwestern instead of playing in Akron. I believe it was really windy that day in Chicago when we lost.

I have a very vague recollection of weather influencing Akron soccer. One I believe was a game against West Virginia where the field was snow covered and we won and their coach was upset that they had to play on a snow covered field. The other was a game where our field was not playable and they moved the game to Chicago, Northwestern? where we lost. I remember that we wanted to move the game to the St. V. field and felt like we got screwed by the NCAA. If anyone can fill it these games it would be appreciated. (Assuming my memory is correct)

My recollection of the Santa Clara game is that we dominated and they came from behind and scored on their only scoring opportunities. I remember leaving the stadium shocked and disappointed.

I hope your analysis holds true since Princeton is our first game. I cannot remember the last time we won an NCAA game. I remember being at the Santa Clara game and that teams few across the country and still beat us. We need a win!!

I never heard of any of these teams and really was not looking forward to these games but those scores are much better than our score against St. Mary. This might be an interesting weekend. I hope we rebound better than last week.

It is considered a loss. One of the post above indicated a penalty shootout goes down as a tie but an overtime loss is a loss.

Here is an article about how the Pacers have had to rely on 2 way players this season because of injuries and how these players have stepped up. Includes a quote from Freeman. Good stuff!! https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyeast/2024/11/13/indiana-pacers-surviving-while-relying-on-new-two-way-contract-players/

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed our weekend of happiness and welcome back to the reality of being a Zip fan. On Tuesday, Zips basketball took a beating on the boards and in the paint and showed as much toughness as your daughter's favorite Teddy bear. On Wednesday our football team lost and went scoreless in the 2nd half and now are 2 and 8. And then our soccer team took it on the chin on Thursday losing in overtime and now Zips fans will worry the whole weekend whether our record is good enough to get an at large bid in the tourney. Remember our motto, if being a Zips fan was easy, everyone would be one.

I have 2 memories of Gerry Faust: First, at a frozen yogurt store on West markets street when I was with my wife and young child and Gerry Faust comes up to our table and starts talking to us. Afterwards, my wife ask me if that was Gerry Faust. I answered Yes. She then ask me if I knew him. Nope. Never met him before. He was just a super nice guy that would talk to anybody and loved Akron. The second memory was at Kent in a game where Akron blew the game and an Akron fan started yelling at Gerry that he sucked as a coach. One of his children got in the fan's face yelling at him that his dad worked his ass off to make Akron a winner and if the fan did not shut up he was going to shut him up. I thought there was going to be a fight in the stands. Rest in peace Gerry.

Scott: box out!!! If I am Groce I would run a tape of this game and teach these guys to put a body on them to slow them down. The rebounding effort is pathetic. We are short but we can still box out.

We went to Zone and they missed and put the rebound in the basket. The Zips trap zone leads us vulnerable to the offensive rebound.

I thought Lyles would be a presence under the boards but he and James Okonkwo have shown very little offensive skills in the paint. Went from one extreme with Freeman to zip in the paint from our centers.

Has anyone noticed that we have not had any commercials. I think I have died and gone to sports heaven.