[tolstoy]

I'm looking forward to the short trip to Dallas to see the Lobos in the Men's College Cup: December 12 and 14, 2008, Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

See you there. T.

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LOBOS MEN’S SOCCER 2008 SCHEDULE

AUGUST

AUG. 20th WED NOTRE DAME (Exhibition) HOME 7:00 PM

AUG. 29TH FRI San Diego @ Loyola Marymount Tournament AWAY 2:00 PM

AUG 31st SUN Loyola Marymount @ Loyola Marymount Tournament AWAY 3:00 PM

SEPTEMBER

SEPT 5th FRI MICHIGAN STATE @ TLC Plumbing & Utility Invitational HOME 7:30 PM

SEPT 7th SUN LOUISVILLE @ TLC Plumbing & Utility Invitational HOME 4:00 PM

SEPT 12th FRI AKRON @ NIKE Invitational HOME 7:30 PM

SEPT 14th SUN CAL POLY @ NIKE Invitational HOME 5:30 PM

SEPT 19th FRI Portland @ Husky Invitational AWAY 5:30 PM

SEPT 21st SUN WASHINGTON @ Husky Invitational AWAY 2:30 PM

OCTOBER

OCT 3 FRI Denver AWAY 5:00 PM

OCT 5 SUN Air Force AWAY 2:00 PM

OCT 10 FRI SAN JOSE STATE HOME 7:00 PM

OCT 12 SUN SACRAMENTO STATE HOME 1:00 PM

OCT 17 FRI UNLV AWAY 8:30 PM

OCT 24 FRI STANFORD HOME 7:00 PM

OCT 31 FRI UNLV HOME 7:00 PM

NOVEMBER

NOV 7 FRI Sacramento State AWAY 3:30 PM

NOV 9 SUN San Jose State AWAY 2:00 PM

NOV 14 FRI AIR FORCE HOME 7:00 PM

NOV 16 SUN DENVER HOME 1:00 PM

NOV 21/22 NCAA FIRST ROUND

NOV 26 NCAA SECOND ROUND

NOV 29/30 NCAA THIRD ROUND

DEC 5/6/7 NCAA QUARTERFINAL

DEC 12/14 NCAA FINAL FOUR

http://golobos.cstv.com/sports/m-soc...ccer-body.html

[unnamedsource]

schedule looks good as usual (minus the weak conference). They're going to need to blow through the non-conf. to get a seed in the tourney this year.

[tolstoy]

probably need 5 wins at a minimum out of the non-conf schedule and the usual in conference although it seems the conference will be much improved this year, especially UNLV so the RPI should be better

I'd like to see another 16 win season but 14 will get us there

the goal is two home games in the post season

[albuquerque]

Yes, the conference is improving. Denver continues to get players as well. I really like the non conference schedule this year. It is very diverse. With preseason success in the N.E. we could get a much higher RPI when it counts. While pre season isn't suppose to be filtered in, I think there is psychological effect if you do poorly as we did last year vs. Notre Dame and Indiana. This year we handled Wake and Duke very well.

[Lobos1]

Great article on C-Dub on ESPN.com

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns...t=ncaa&cc=5901

[tolstoy]

thanks for finding and sharing this Lobos1

in case you hadn't seen it prior here's another from earlier this year - http://www.soccercityfc.com/2008/03/...is-wright.html

way too long until the start of the season but we can follow Chris at Cape Cod Crusaders in PDL - T

[Lobos1]

Few other notes...Look for Andy Boyens to start tonight against KC Wizards...he got his Visa taken care of. Also, Graczyk will be on the bench against for Dallas in their next match.

[tolstoy]

yea, I saw Graczyk was number two the other night against RSL. Justin Hughes is hurt. I was wondering why he didn't get any time with the reserves last weekend, training with the big club. If I'm not mistaken that's Mike between the pipes in training...

http://www.coloradorapids.com/News/N...D=HUK5vxt9DLY=

[tolstoy]

Originally Posted by Lobos1

Few other notes...Look for Andy Boyens to start tonight against KC Wizards...he got his Visa taken care of. Also, Graczyk will be on the bench against for Dallas in their next match.

You got it, Andy is in the starting lineup just announced...

there's been a lot of speculation about why Boyens was released from TFC but he now has a chance to prove it was just a numbers thing and fit into the NYRB system

[Lobos1]

Originally Posted by tolstoy

yea, I saw Graczyk was number two the other night against RSL. Justin Hughes is hurt. I was wondering why he didn't get any time with the reserves last weekend, training with the big club. If I'm not mistaken that's Mike between the pipes in training...

http://www.coloradorapids.com/News/N...D=HUK5vxt9DLY=

Graczyk is not with Colorado anymroe. He is in the MLS Goalkeeper pool and is currently on the FC Dallas bench. He has been listed as active for FCD the last couple of games.