Get your weekend started early with College Football Thursday!
First, at 4:00 PM PT on CBSSN, the 5-2 Northern Illinois Huskies travel to Akron, Ohio for a tilt against the 4-3 Akron Zips. Although this game does not feature two heavyweight contenders, this game still has the potential to come down to the wire. The Huskies have been allowing only 21.1 points per game and giving up just 344.5 yards per game. On the other side, the Zips are giving up 23.6 points per game and 368 yards per contest.
Neither team’s offense is very good, as Northern Illinois has only been averaging 17.