Following their second half collapse against Western Michigan en route to a 40-39 loss, the Miami RedHawks (1-4, 1-1 MAC) need to right the ship quick as they hit the road to take on an Akron Zips (2-1) team that won on the road at Northwestern and fell in a competitive loss to Iowa State. A win would put the ‘Hawks at 2-1 in conference play and erase some doubt as to Miami’s prospects in 2018, while a win for Akron would put the Zips on Buffalo’s level as MAC East contenders.
Akron is a hard team to evaluate since they’ve only played three games to this point, thanks to Scared Nebraska and last week’s bye.