Happy Thanksgiving!?!

[fknbuflobo]

I do not like this at all.

For the first time since 2006, there is no Zips MSOC going into Thanksgiving.

Yes, there was that horrible home loss to USF on Thanksgiving eve 2007. But at least Zips Soccer was on my mind over the holiday.

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2007-08/releases/1329376_1

And who among us will ever forget the last second OT victory over OSU at St.V-St.M Thanksgiving eve 2008? Epic! Zemanski to Tutich; header in the net; match over; shirtless in the snow! Anyone have video on that?

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2008-09/releases/3624053_1

In 2009, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, arguably the best collegiate MSOC squad ever assembled, demolished visiting Stanford. We will never forget 23-0-2!

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2009-10/...ses/204841648_1

Akron’s lone team championship finally arrived in 2010. The dreaded Indiana Hoosiers, at whose hands the Zips have suffered mightily over the years, were dispatched on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We were the better team, but they were just as game as ever.

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2010-11/...ses/205038382_1

In 2011, the road warrior Zips fell to eventual runner-up Charlotte on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I will dispute with my dying breath the off-side call that nullified the equalizer.

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2011-12/.../20111127w3q98r

The most heartbreaking of outcomes on this list is from 2012. Favorites to win it all, Zips fell in PKs to visiting Creighton. Scotty Caldwell, of all people, missed a PK just a few minutes into OT. Despite BlueJays also going down a man on the same play, Zips still failed to score throughout the remainder of OTs. (I stopped sniffling about that sometime in Spring 2013.)

http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2012-13/.../2012112543170p

Thanksgiving 2013: NOTHING! That is the point!

Coach Embick, if you need a barometer or standard by which to judge success, let it be that. Are you still playing come Thanksgiving?

[Crew8]

Thanks for posting fknbuflobo. I'm discouraged the Zips are no longer in play and disappointed we don't get to share a few beers and kick the ball around at a tailgate in Virginia this weekend. It's a long wait until we unite in Lot 9 again. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving fknbuflobo

[Z.I.P.]

Thanks for posting fknbuflobo. I'm discouraged the Zips are no longer in play and disappointed we don't get to share a few beers and kick the ball around at a tailgate in Virginia this weekend. It's a long wait until we unite in Lot 9 again. Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving fknbuflobo

Damn! I have to wonder if my almost Reagan-like optimism is the result of the 82 degree weather and tradewinds, or if I'm deluding myself about the future of Zips futbol (or if there's a difference!). In any case, I'm fully convinced that this program will continue to be an elite, top-10 program into the future. Now, has anyone heard when the NCAA will announce the 2014 College Cup venue? I'm awaiting with hope that our team will have a chance to play for another championship on the West Coast, where we are unbeatable! Memories of Santa Barbara 2010 can be added to with a new legacy (and star) for our team. Let's get ready to rumble (and tailgate in Isla Vista?) in 2014.

[fknbuflobo]

Damn! I have to wonder if my almost Reagan-like optimism is the result of the 82 degree weather and tradewinds, or if I'm deluding myself about the future of Zips futbol (or if there's a difference!). In any case, I'm fully convinced that this program will continue to be an elite, top-10 program into the future. Now, has anyone heard when the NCAA will announce the 2014 College Cup venue? I'm awaiting with hope that our team will have a chance to play for another championship on the West Coast, where we are unbeatable! Memories of Santa Barbara 2010 can be added to with a new legacy (and star) for our team. Let's get ready to rumble (and tailgate in Isla Vista?) in 2014.

I just finished shoveling the driveway. Please stop reminding about your weather.