Zips make SI's Extra Mustard (Columbus State Red Card)

[Jalapeño Zippy]

Wow dude no need to get all defensive.

I am just really enjoying this thread. It's entertainment to me. That's what I thought the internet was for.

You make all Zips fans look bad with your personal attacks.

Seeing that I am a Zip grad and fan, that is pretty offensive to me when other Akron fans act like that.

I hope that you understand that your dual allegiances puts you in a precarious position regarding many zips fans here. It may be wise in situations such as these not to say anything, including posting emoticons. Unless "poking the fire" is something you like to do, then by all means keep on poking. I just think a lot of ill will would be avoided that way.

So, you're saying buckzip can't post on certain threads? What bs! Who cares if he wants to post an emoticon. Sensitive are we? Hate to break it to ya, but buckzip, along with a few others, keeps this forum going with good dialogue and contributions. Where you, on the other hand, confuse being a passionate fan with an ignorant moron.

The whole situation is funny, the OSU player blew his fuse against an instate rival. And because of the editing done by one of our own ZNO members it has become a popular video and picked up steam across the US and beyond. I would like to think that if it weren’t for cigar guy, the video would have gone even further.

What I am most upset about is that we have now had 3 scares this season where a team got physical with us and we had trouble responding. We need to figure this out pronto before tourney time!

[Dr Z]

Seeing that I am a Zip grad and fan...

Do you ever get tired of explaining/typing that on a Zips fan forum?

[Buckzip]

Wow dude no need to get all defensive.

I am just really enjoying this thread. It's entertainment to me. That's what I thought the internet was for.

You make all Zips fans look bad with your personal attacks.

Seeing that I am a Zip grad and fan, that is pretty offensive to me when other Akron fans act like that.

I hope that you understand that your dual allegiances puts you in a precarious position regarding many zips fans here. It may be wise in situations such as these not to say anything, including posting emoticons. Unless "poking the fire" is something you like to do, then by all means keep on poking. I just think a lot of ill will would be avoided that way.

Trust me when I say I ignore most of these. It makes the posters posting the stuff look really small minded and inferior. Most notice when I do respond, but obviously don't notice when I don't.

I do find this stuff amusing. Especially some of the hypocricy of certain Zips fans. On one thread they are saying they won't go to any more football games because the team sucks and it's not worth it and they understand why others won't go either. On another thread they are calling others front runners for cheering on another team. Of course some of these people are now following Zips soccer when they didn't start until the team started receiving national recognition. Like I said, I find that amusing.

[Buckzip]

Wow dude no need to get all defensive.

I am just really enjoying this thread. It's entertainment to me. That's what I thought the internet was for.

You make all Zips fans look bad with your personal attacks.

Seeing that I am a Zip grad and fan, that is pretty offensive to me when other Akron fans act like that.

I hope that you understand that your dual allegiances puts you in a precarious position regarding many zips fans here. It may be wise in situations such as these not to say anything, including posting emoticons. Unless "poking the fire" is something you like to do, then by all means keep on poking. I just think a lot of ill will would be avoided that way.

So, you're saying buckzip can't post on certain threads? What bs! Who cares if he wants to post an emoticon. Sensitive are we? Hate to break it to ya, but buckzip, along with a few others, keeps this forum going with good dialogue and contributions. Where you, on the other hand, confuse being a passionate fan with an ignorant moron.

The whole situation is funny, the OSU player blew his fuse against an instate rival. And because of the editing done by one of our own ZNO members it has become a popular video and picked up steam across the US and beyond. I would like to think that if it weren’t for cigar guy, the video would have gone even further.

What I am most upset about is that we have now had 3 scares this season where a team got physical with us and we had trouble responding. We need to figure this out pronto before tourney time!

Thank you , thank you, thank you.

I posted that video on "another board" with the title of look at this dirty play. I received about 25 responses back. With the exception of 2, everyone agreed it was dirty. The 2 that disagreed were called out.

What these haters don't realize is that not everyone thinks like they do. When you call another school by the wrong name or some other supposedly funny, at least in your mind, crap, you make yourself look very small. The excpetion to this is your rival. Can't is fine. Can't is the UA rival.

Contrary to what many believe here, the school in our states capitol is not our rival.

Just because we play them doesn't make them a rival. A rivalry has to be 2 ways. Certain UA fans hate them, but most of them have nothing but respect for UA. When UA played for the NC in soccer last year, there were multiple threads before during and after the game cheering on UA. When UA played in the MCB a few years back there were threads cheering on UA. There was a game thread for crying out loud.

I know I will get bashed for this, as is the norm. But when people get over their small mindedness and hatred they will be happier people.

Like I have said many times. I am just as proud of my UA degree as I am my other degree. I don't judge my school because of their sports teams. These people that feel the urge to constantly attack don't realize how they make UA fans look.

As for fans, every fan base has their share of morons. UA has their share, the team in the capitol has their share.

The bigger your fan base, the more idiots you will have. Believe me, there are a lot of idiots in Columbus.

[tbozeglav]

Trust me when I say I ignore most of these. It makes the posters posting the stuff look really small minded and inferior. Most notice when I do respond, but obviously don't notice when I don't.

I do find this stuff amusing. Especially some of the hypocricy of certain Zips fans. On one thread they are saying they won't go to any more football games because the team sucks and it's not worth it and they understand why others won't go either. On another thread they are calling others front runners for cheering on another team. Of course some of these people are now following Zips soccer when they didn't start until the team started receiving national recognition. Like I said, I find that amusing.

You are right, but i think applying the term "front-runner" to fans, like myself, who are abandoning this year's football season is a bit hasty. Im a huge zips fan and even I am having a hard time justifying taking off work on saturdays to go to the games. As a college student, money is a big deal, but I was willing to take those days off to go to the game. Now... it is making more sense to work instead of going to the game. Ill still follow the zips and see how things go, but Im not going to the games this year. Just isn't worth it.

And yes, I will be at a lot of soccer games this year, partially because they are a proven perennial winner, but also because I love the atmosphere and energy at the games, something I desperately wish we had with football.

Something to consider: If OSU were to hit hard times and be sub-.500 at this point in the season, how would things look then? Would the stadium still sell out? Would all those "fans" still be fans? What if they had a stretch of 3 years that were sub-par? Something to think about since I am certain the same reasons would come up for those fans there as they are here.

Oh... to keep this post relevant, it still baffles me how OSU's soccer coach could be so incredible ignorant. Glad to see its getting some big exposure not because it was OSU, but because it was a fully-warranted red card. That type of unsportsmanlike conduct should be met with suspension.

[Buckzip]

Trust me when I say I ignore most of these. It makes the posters posting the stuff look really small minded and inferior. Most notice when I do respond, but obviously don't notice when I don't.

I do find this stuff amusing. Especially some of the hypocricy of certain Zips fans. On one thread they are saying they won't go to any more football games because the team sucks and it's not worth it and they understand why others won't go either. On another thread they are calling others front runners for cheering on another team. Of course some of these people are now following Zips soccer when they didn't start until the team started receiving national recognition. Like I said, I find that amusing.

You are right, but i think applying the term "front-runner" to fans, like myself, who are abandoning this year's football season is a bit hasty. Im a huge zips fan and even I am having a hard time justifying taking off work on saturdays to go to the games. As a college student, money is a big deal, but I was willing to take those days off to go to the game. Now... it is making more sense to work instead of going to the game. Ill still follow the zips and see how things go, but Im not going to the games this year. Just isn't worth it.

And yes, I will be at a lot of soccer games this year, partially because they are a proven perennial winner, but also because I love the atmosphere and energy at the games, something I desperately wish we had with football.

Something to consider: If OSU were to hit hard times and be sub-.500 at this point in the season, how would things look then? Would the stadium still sell out? Would all those "fans" still be fans? What if they had a stretch of 3 years that were sub-par? Something to think about since I am certain the same reasons would come up for those fans there as they are here.

Oh... to keep this post relevant, it still baffles me how OSU's soccer coach could be so incredible ignorant. Glad to see its getting some big exposure not because it was OSU, but because it was a fully-warranted red card. That type of unsportsmanlike conduct should be met with suspension.

I 100% agree about the coach and suspension. What was really amazing is that a poster on another board said the guy was already in motion and couldn't stop. LOL..

As for the coach, I tried to figure out if it was coach speak or if he is just a moron. I decided on moron. If your team does something stupid admit it. It makes you look much more credible.

OSU had some lean years during the Cooper years and they still sold out every game of 100K.

Now, if they had 10 straight losing years, I can't answer that. I doubt it would matter though. Just as you mentioned the soccer game atmosphere, the atmosphere of 100k is amazing too.

I was watching ESPiN on Saturday before an SEC game. One of the coaches mentioned that you pick a side before you are 4 years old. I think that holds some merit here too. I think it does in every situation. I have been in Georgia for over 4 years now, and I still could care less about the Atlanta teams even though they are 30 minutes away.

I am diehard Cavs, Browns and Indians. Nothing will ever change that. I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't think it's possible to turn off an allegiance to a team.

Before I moved I went to 2-3 Zip games a year, every year since I was small and Dad took me to the Acme-Zip game. I would still be going if I lived there. Good or bad, they are my team and my alma mater. I am dying to see a game at the Info.

[meatwad]

During the radio broadcast, Steve French made sure to highlight that play was clearly accidental.

Did he simply have a bad angle? Or was he trying to placate the Ohio State fans that might be listening?

I wonder if a Penn State player had done the same thing...would he have had the same response?

Just a conspiracy theory...

To be completely honest... that was my first reaction as well. That the kid did a stupid thing by kicking the ball away, but did not MEAN to hit Darlington right in the face. And after seeing the replay (multiple) times, I still believe that to be true. It just doesn't make any sense for him to purposely do that. He would know that a red card is waiting for a play like that in a close game that they would need all the help they can get. Plus if you watch his reaction immediately after doing it, he's almost shocked that it happened. He doesn't have any sort of reaction to the pushing and shoving that is going on around him whatsoever.

In my humble opinion, he made a boneheaded mistake, albeit unintentionally, and received the proper penalty.

The coach on the other hand is a complete douche. "It could have only been a yellow," might be the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

[MDZip]

By the way, my interpretation on this was that BuckZip was simply laughing at the internet translation of the Spanish article. True?

[Jalapeño Zippy]

By the way, my interpretation on this was that BuckZip was simply laughing at the internet translation of the Spanish article. True?

my reaction as well...

[Buckzip]

By the way, my interpretation on this was that BuckZip was simply laughing at the internet translation of the Spanish article. True?

It was. The person that felt the need to attack me and call ALL OSU fans idiots missed that.

My wife and I often laugh at the translations that don't have the same word we are looking for. It's sort of one of my goofy things.

The first laughing emot I did was about the thread though.

[Z.I.P.]

Trust me when I say I ignore most of these. It makes the posters posting the stuff look really small minded and inferior. Most notice when I do respond, but obviously don't notice when I don't.

I do find this stuff amusing. Especially some of the hypocricy of certain Zips fans. On one thread they are saying they won't go to any more football games because the team sucks and it's not worth it and they understand why others won't go either. On another thread they are calling others front runners for cheering on another team. Of course some of these people are now following Zips soccer when they didn't start until the team started receiving national recognition. Like I said, I find that amusing.

You are right, but i think applying the term "front-runner" to fans, like myself, who are abandoning this year's football season is a bit hasty. Im a huge zips fan and even I am having a hard time justifying taking off work on saturdays to go to the games. As a college student, money is a big deal, but I was willing to take those days off to go to the game. Now... it is making more sense to work instead of going to the game. Ill still follow the zips and see how things go, but Im not going to the games this year. Just isn't worth it.

And yes, I will be at a lot of soccer games this year, partially because they are a proven perennial winner, but also because I love the atmosphere and energy at the games, something I desperately wish we had with football.

Something to consider: If OSU were to hit hard times and be sub-.500 at this point in the season, how would things look then? Would the stadium still sell out? Would all those "fans" still be fans? What if they had a stretch of 3 years that were sub-par? Something to think about since I am certain the same reasons would come up for those fans there as they are here.

Oh... to keep this post relevant, it still baffles me how OSU's soccer coach could be so incredible ignorant. Glad to see its getting some big exposure not because it was OSU, but because it was a fully-warranted red card. That type of unsportsmanlike conduct should be met with suspension.

I 100% agree about the coach and suspension. What was really amazing is that a poster on another board said the guy was already in motion and couldn't stop. LOL..

As for the coach, I tried to figure out if it was coach speak or if he is just a moron. I decided on moron. If your team does something stupid admit it. It makes you look much more credible.

OSU had some lean years during the Cooper years and they still sold out every game of 100K.

Now, if they had 10 straight losing years, I can't answer that. I doubt it would matter though. Just as you mentioned the soccer game atmosphere, the atmosphere of 100k is amazing too.

I was watching ESPiN on Saturday before an SEC game. One of the coaches mentioned that you pick a side before you are 4 years old. I think that holds some merit here too. I think it does in every situation. I have been in Georgia for over 4 years now, and I still could care less about the Atlanta teams even though they are 30 minutes away.

I am diehard Cavs, Browns and Indians. Nothing will ever change that. I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't think it's possible to turn off an allegiance to a team.

Before I moved I went to 2-3 Zip games a year, every year since I was small and Dad took me to the Acme-Zip game. I would still be going if I lived there. Good or bad, they are my team and my alma mater. I am dying to see a game at the Info.

Buckzip, your statement made me smile. Growing up as a youngster in the late 60s and early 70s in suburban Akron, Ohio, I became a big fan of the Atlanta Falcons, Hawks, Braves, and NASL Chiefs (who won the city's first major sports title in 1969), as well as Georgia Tech. The reason? When I was about seven or eight years old, I got a transistor radio for Christmas, and ended up tuning into WSB Radio in Atlanta which broadcast all the city's sports teams. My fave hockey team? Since Atlanta didn't have NHL till the Flames in the 70s, I listened to the Boston Bruins on WBZ in Beantown. The only teams in Ohio that I EVER rooted for were the Cleveland Indians and MY Akron Zips (The reason why it's called "Akron U."). Well, I suppose the Cleveland Crusaders and Barons during their runs. I guess I got caught up in the Miracle in Richfield, but wasn't a big Cavs fan. I did stop cheering for the Atlanta teams -- except for the Falcons who I kind of follow to this day. On the other hand, I never developed what could be called a "hatred" of any sports teams (well, the Yankees and Steelers I just will always root against, but they can't inspire me to hate). I still have no mirth for what this board calls our "rivals", because they weren't that up to the 80s, when I left town. And the only educational institution I can feel ill will toward is the one that can only be called the Great Bully, the one that has to capitalize the article in its name, it has such a gigantumongous collective ego. I can't hate that either. But I have a great deal of pity for those poor suckers. Suckers, that's pretty close to what most Zips fans call them. I apologize if this is offensive to any fans of any of these teams. Have a great day.