1. At first, it was euphoria.
2. Woody Barrett found Justin Rankin over the middle, who, after a broken tackle, found the end zone. Rankin pointed to a camera in celebration, before being joined in the corner of the end zone by receivers Antwan Dixon The Flashes had done what they needed to — respond to an Akron’s overtime-opening score, an eight-yard touchdown catch by Andre Williams.
3. But that euphoria quickly turned to misery.
4. Kent State backup quarterback Dustin Crum fumbled the snap on the ensuing extra point. Crum stood up and tried to freelance a play, with Akron’s Jordan George threw him to the ground, ripping the heart out of the Kent State faithful who braved the weather at Dix Stadium.