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OFD 2009 Preseason Preview- The MAC
The MAC is essentially the JV of the Big Ten and suffers from the same deficiency as its big brother. Speed. The MAC has the lowest ranked raw talent of any FBS conference in the country. The MAC is probably best known for being on the other end of the "Buy" home games that several big programs use...
College "Pro Days" Schedule
In the past, if college football players wanted to get noticed, they hoped for an invite to the NFL Combine, or just tried to make the NFL at open tryouts of the individual teams. Then a few of the bigger schools held "Pro Days" at their school to give some of the lesser-known players a chance to...
Analyzing the Timbers' Current Attacking Options Pt. 2
A little while ago, in fact it was the first day that this little blog came to be in existence on the SB Nation network, I created a post that analyzed our current attacking options back then. It was basically a brief look at Bright Dike, Eddie Johnson, Ryan Pore and Peter Lowry. Needless to say,...
1st and a Mile: A Look at 1st year Defensive Coordinators
The 2010 college football regular season featured 23 new head coaches and staffs (defensive coordinators in parentheses): Florida State (Mark Stoops), UVa (Jim Reid) , Kansas (Carl Torbush), Texas Tech (James Willis), Cincinnati (Tim Banks / Jon Jancek), Louisville (Vance Bedford), USF (Mark...
UofL men's soccer earns #1 overall seed in NCAA Tournament
As expected, your Louisville men's soccer team has earned the overall #1 seed in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The Cards have a bye in the 1st round and will host their 2nd round game at 7pm EST this Sunday, Nov 21 at Cardinal Park. The seeds were just announced so check back later below for a link to...
Jacquemain kicked off for stealing?
Akron Quarterback Chris Jacquemain was suspended two weeks ago and kicked off the team earlier this week. Word over at Zip Nation is that he was dismissed because he was stealing from his team mates.I got it confirmed this morning that Jac was in fact caught stealing from his teammates and coaches,...
Us against Them: Akron at Buffalo
Good news / Bad news week?The good news: UB can slap around a IAA team (two weeks ago today that would have been in question). The Bulls were firing on all cylinders; Ike Nduka has morphed from little used third stringer into the conferences 5th most prolific halfback by total yards and fourth most...
25 Questions Akron
A post inspired but FalconBlog's weekly 25 questions.Program:Where are the Zips at:The zips are moving forward from a facility point of view, and in other athletic programs (most notably soccer) but the football team is in the middle of a very disappointing season. While the stadium is new, the...
Blog Exchange: Rasor on the Zips
Mike Rasor is a busy guy, in addition to being a law student at Akron University he is also a rabid sports fan who runs a great community blog covering UA Athletics. Right now the highlight is clearly the performance of the Akron mens Soccer team who are undefeated and #1 in the nation according to...
Impressions from the College Cup
I don't claim to be much of an expert on college soccer. In fact, I only really became interested in the College Cup to learn more about Caleb Porter to see if he would be a good fit with DC United. But after watching most of Akron's Semi-final win over North Carolina and their loss to Virginia in...
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