To make a four-quarter story short, the Ohio Bobcats blew their chance at clinching the Mid-American East against Akron Tuesday night, and probably blew it for good in the 37-34 loss.
Ohio (8-3, 5-2) needed to beat the Akron Zips (6-5, 5-2) to clinch the division. The Zips had not beaten Ohio in a decade and were rolling with backup quarterback Kato Nelson.
Nelson did not look like a backup, and when Ohio slipped up on defense, Akron’s redshirt freshman took advantage. Nelson was 22-38 passing for 322 yards and four touchdowns. Akron had two passing touchdowns of over 50 yards in the second quarter.