One step forward, two steps back.
That’s what progress can look like sometimes when you’re a team trying to build from the bottom, and that’s what happened for the Akron Zips (0-2) today, as they took a tough 52-0 loss on the road to the Michigan State Spartans (2-0) this afternoon.
Unfortunately for the Zips, they lost much more than the game; DJ Irons, their starting quarterback, left the game on a cart and was checked out at a local hospital for a leg injury, likely taking him out for a good amount of the season.
It was a rough day all around for Akron, who suffered a fumble on their first drive of the day, ending a promising eight-play, 55-yard drive over the first four minutes of the game.