Typically, teams save their best performances for their trophy games, but this week, Akron simply had nothing left in the tank for the overwhelming Flashes offense.
The Zips looked fairly dangerous against WMU in the week prior, so there was some thought lent to the potential they would be just as aggressive over the rest of their season, but Saturday bore out the opposite.
Akron played not to lose several times on offense, and it cost them dearly. Even their better drives resulted in nothing, with one fourth-down conversion failed by a drop in the endzone, and two half-ending drives which had a missed field goal and a botched time management strategy.