It’s a Sun Belt/MACtion matchup that has big implications for the Akron Zips today, as head coach Terry Bowden travels back to Alabama for the first time since he left to square off with the Troy Trojans. Aside from the homecoming, it’s a chance for the Zips to prove that the hype spent on them as a darkhorse MAC contender was not for naught this offseason.
2017 has seen Akron beat up on FCS Arkansas Pine-Bluff and get thrashed by Penn State and Iowa State, creating serious questions about just what kind of team Akron has as ‘17 unfurls.