There was talk all week that this version of the Akron Zips was far superior than what was seen at the Glass Bowl over a month ago in a 27-point blowout by the Toledo Rockets.
The winners of the Mid-American Conference East Division tilt had little care about the perceived notion of being a monumental underdog in Saturday’s MAC championship game at Ford Field.
It certainly wasn’t going to be easy for Akron to take down the league’s top ranked offensive unit led by fifth-year senior quarterback Logan Woodside, but they sure did make it interesting early in the second quarter.