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The Akron Sports Department and Akron fans must think they are dead and go to heaven.
More than a month ago, Zips faced a failed Army football team in Akron. A total of 12,203 people watched Zips fall straight on their faces after losing 20-0. Overall, Zips has a total score of 3-4, while MAC is 2-2. It doesn't look like a respectable team, let alone a MAC championship. But as Nick Gerogosian described in his article entitled The Wacky MAC earlier this year, the crazy MAC football season gave the Akron football team hope, and Zips took full advantage of that hope.
Zips was selected to finish the game 4-7 and tied for third place with Ohio in the MAC East. Similarly, our friends on MACReportOnline.com chose Zips and won fourth place in MAC East. In the NFL Draft, the QB who recruited Charlie Frye (Charlie Frye) lost to Cleveland Browns (Cleveland Browns), which means that Zips will struggle in 2005, right?
Obviously, the head coach of Akron and the mastermind behind the success of Zips, Brock (JD transferred from Pitt, teenager Luke Getsy) was appointed as Zips. The starting QB. Brookhart likes Getsy's West Coast offensive experience. Looking back, he made a great decision. Gacy was lucky to get All-MAC back to Brett. The arrival of Biggs (Brett Biggs), and fast senior WR Domenik Hixon (Domenik Hixon) can make his job easier. The trio led Zips to their impossible MAC championship throughout the season.
Fairness in the university movement does not seem to exist. Money dominates. At the end of the 2004-2005 school year, just ask the Akron Athletic Department. Although all-MAC quarterback Charlie Frye (Charlie Frye) was widely promoted, they still set a 6-5 record, but Zips is the only one, yes, I said that in 2004, I was in IA The only school in the district that was eligible for the bowl did not get the bowl bid. Then their basketball team completed a 19-10 record this season without even receiving a bid from NIT. Zips may be the most unfortunate and successful school in the I-A department.
However, everything has changed in Zips in the past few weeks. Winning Bowling Green, Ohio, and some help from BG and Miami means that Zips needs to beat Kent State on Thanksgiving to advance to the MAC Championship against the Northern Illinois Eskimo. Kent defeated Akron 35-3 and made a comeback with NIU, who defeated Jips in a 48-42 crazy OT game.
Since MAC has only two bowling partners and Toledo has accepted the invitation of GMAC bowling, the MAC Championship becomes the only opportunity for NIU or Akron to participate in bowling this season. Detroit, Michigan was the venue of the 2005 MAC Championship. The winner will participate in the 2005 Auto City Cup. Unfortunately, the loser will watch most of the bowl games on ESPN.
ESPN performed well in the championship game and witnessed a wonderful football match between two solid football teams. The crowd may be small, but the quality of the individual players and the exciting results, coupled with the excellent coverage of ESPN, undoubtedly make MAC very good for the audience in the country. With 17 seconds left on the NIU 36-yard line, Akron QB Luke Getsy shot into the penalty area and Domenik Hixon scored a beautiful dive To tie the game. PAT ended Zips' wonderful comeback and achieved a 31-30 victory. All the bad luck of 2004-2005 was forgotten.
Zips' plans continue to increase and are likely to become a force in the next few years. Brookhart's 2005 recruitment class was ranked first by MAC on this website, so it is reasonable to think that J.D. and his employees can repeat this work with the success of 2005. In the 2005 championship experience, another type of strong recruit will make it more difficult to face Zips in the next few years.
Now, the Akron Zips football team will participate in the Auto City Bowl on December 26. Although the Zips basketball team suffered a loss in California on Saturday night, they still have high expectations and are likely to compete for the MAC championship. Sunday marked the start of former Akron QB Charlie Frye's first career in the NFL.
A good time to be Zip!
Michael Shull is a native of Ohio and has been a top ten football fan for 25 years. Shull grew up following Ohio State University and six MAC schools in Michigan and Ohio. Shull is a guest writer on BigTen-fans.com and the highly regarded MAC sports fansite
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