Akron Zips

AKRON, Ohio -- Northern Illinois played its second consecutive one-win team on Saturday and again ended with a similar result. One week after a 42-point blowout victory over Buffalo, the Huskies produced 528 offensive yards in a dominating 37-7 victory...

TV/radio: 11 a.m., Saturday; WPWR-Ch. 50, WSCR-AM 670. Last meeting: NIU won 50-14 on Oct. 2, 2010, at Akron. The line: NIU by 161/2. Records: NIU 6-1, 3-0 MAC; Akron 1-6, 0-3. ON THE OFFENSIVE: Jordan Lynch leads the nation's quarterbacks in...

Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 7 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT Don't get comfortable, Florida. Same goes for you, Kansas State. Notre Dame, too. For the second straight week, multiple top-five teams in The...

The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Frances Boukidis (Crescenta Valley High, 2010) junior, Northern Illinois soccer: The former Falcons offensive standout is leading the way for the Huskies this season, but her season hit...

J.B. Williams dropped everything else this past year and completely devoted himself to golf. The move has paid off as the Danville senior won the All “A” Classic title, earned his third straight trip to this week’s state tournament in...

Morgan State @N.C. A&T Sept. 27, 7:30p.m. TV: ESPNU Radio: 88.9FM The Morgan State defense allowed 753 total yards, including 565 passing yards, as Akron (1-2) demolished the visiting Bears, 66-6, on Saturday at InfoCision Stadium, ending a 10-game...

Week 4 has some nighttime treats on Saturday night and plenty to get you ready leading up.   ++++++++++++++++++++ || Date || Game || Time || Network || || Wed., Sept. 19 ||  Kent State at Buffalo ||  7 p.m. ||  ESPNU || || Thurs.,...

Morgan State (1-1, 0-0 MEAC) at Akron (0-2, 0-0 MAC) Time: 3:30 p.m. Site: InfoCision Stadium, Akron, Ohio TV: ESPN3 Radio: 88.9 FM Series: Akron leads 1-0 What's at stake: After a dramatic 30-27 overtime win over Sacred Heart to kick off the...

This weekend will mark the beginning of football season — unless you count tonight when UCF shows up in Akron to play the Zips. It'll be a grueling 14 weeks. The insane time commitment. The willingness to shut out all other priorities on game day....

Aug. 30, at AKRON, 7 p.m., ESPN3.com The Buzz: UCF will get the first dose of the Bowden era at Akron. First-year head coach Terry Bowden is trying to overhaul a lagging Zips program that went 2-22 the past two seasons. SEPT. 8, at OHIO STATE, noon,...

Who would have ever thought in the middle of northeast Ohio, just south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River, they would be speaking countrified, Southern-fried, bonafide Bowden? The new marketing motto to get fannies in the seats at the...

In search of a home-and-home football series for 2018-19 and/or 2020-21, Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver called the colleagues he knows best from the major conferences he respects most. Hence, the following list of initial possibilities from...