The Buffalo Bulls (6-6, 5-3 MAC East) found themselves between a rock and a hard place with just under two minutes remaining at the Zips 16-yard line.
The Akron Zips (2-10, 1-7 MAC East) had shut down the Bulls’ normally efficient rushing attack and forced them to throw. After getting to the 16-yard line on a number of rhythm passes, the Bulls had missed three-in-a-row and faced fourth-and-10 after a botched route combination doomed the prior play.
Second-year coach Mo Linguist saw something he liked, and opted to run the same exact play with Buffalo’s bowl aspirations on the line.