The Northern Illinois Huskies will keep their Ohio train rolling, as they’re in the middle of a three-game stretch against teams from the Buckeye State. This weekend, NIU will travel to Akron to do battle with the Akron Zips.
Both the Huskies and the Zips have struggled so far. The teams have identical records, at 1-4 overall and 0-1 in conference play and have each lost three games by just one possession - three of Akron’s losses have been by a combined 8 points. Akron’s struggles got even worse last week, when they found out they will be without their starting quarterback for the remainder of the year.