Pre-Season rankings

[ZachTheZip]

The College Soccer professor puts us at #1

As the defending champs, we'll stay at #1 until someone beats us (no one is going to beat us ).

[bisbee]

The College Soccer professor puts us at #1

As the defending champs, we'll stay at #1 until someone beats us (no one is going to beat us ).

Now that's what I am talking about...LOVE for the ZIPS

[Z.I.P.]

The College Soccer professor puts us at #1

As the defending champs, we'll stay at #1 until someone beats us (no one is going to beat us ).

Now that's what I am talking about...LOVE for the ZIPS

OK, I haven't tossed in my 2c on the rankings till now. I can't see any reason to disagree with the Professor's Top Four -- those four are a good distance above the next group in my opinion. Until they prove themselves undeserving, I have to put last year's top and final two at the top again, though it's to me impossible to separate Akron and Louisville. Then if you look on paper, Jorge Salcedo probably has the best group of players across the field and onto the bench. North Carolina returns most of another really good team. I wouldn't mind penning those four into the College Cup, but the preseason is just a bit premature. Maryland, Indiana, Duke, SMU and Creighton are all more than capable of crashing the party. I also look for improvement from MAC teams, with WMU and BG having excellent recruiting classes. Maybe Western or NIU can sneak into the top 25.

[72 Roo]

The College Soccer professor puts us at #1

As the defending champs, we'll stay at #1 until someone beats us (no one is going to beat us ).

Now that's what I am talking about...LOVE for the ZIPS

OK, I haven't tossed in my 2c on the rankings till now. I can't see any reason to disagree with the Professor's Top Four -- those four are a good distance above the next group in my opinion. Until they prove themselves undeserving, I have to put last year's top and final two at the top again, though it's to me impossible to separate Akron and Louisville. Then if you look on paper, Jorge Salcedo probably has the best group of players across the field and onto the bench. North Carolina returns most of another really good team. I wouldn't mind penning those four into the College Cup, but the preseason is just a bit premature. Maryland, Indiana, Duke, SMU and Creighton are all more than capable of crashing the party. I also look for improvement from MAC teams, with WMU and BG having excellent recruiting classes. Maybe Western or NIU can sneak into the top 25.

Z.I.P. my friend, are you smoking some of that island weed? A MAC team crashing into the top 25 is as common as snow in the islands at beach level. Forget about your mountains. MAC soccer is crap! They play not to get beat too bad by Akron and put 10 behind the ball. I hate the MAC in soccer and Caleb has told me he feels the same. If the rest of the MAC wants to come out and play, that would be great. But most of the MAC coaches are coaching to save their jobs, not to win. Hence they shut down any attack against any good teams. Give up on the MAC having any teams that actually want to attack.

Nice thought though. Mahalo.

[Z.I.P.]

Z.I.P. my friend, are you smoking some of that island weed? A MAC team crashing into the top 25 is as common as snow in the islands at beach level. Forget about your mountains. MAC soccer is crap! They play not to get beat too bad by Akron and put 10 behind the ball. I hate the MAC in soccer and Caleb has told me he feels the same. If the rest of the MAC wants to come out and play, that would be great. But most of the MAC coaches are coaching to save their jobs, not to win. Hence they shut down any attack against any good teams. Give up on the MAC having any teams that actually want to attack.

Nice thought though. Mahalo.

Did 72 Roo say "Mahalo"? De nada! Have another Diamond Head lager

Me ke Aloha

[72 Roo]

Z.I.P. my friend, are you smoking some of that island weed? A MAC team crashing into the top 25 is as common as snow in the islands at beach level. Forget about your mountains. MAC soccer is crap! They play not to get beat too bad by Akron and put 10 behind the ball. I hate the MAC in soccer and Caleb has told me he feels the same. If the rest of the MAC wants to come out and play, that would be great. But most of the MAC coaches are coaching to save their jobs, not to win. Hence they shut down any attack against any good teams. Give up on the MAC having any teams that actually want to attack.

Nice thought though. Mahalo.

Did 72 Roo say "Mahalo"? De nada! Have another Diamond Head lager

Me ke Aloha

I'll have more than one! How about a six pack?