Congratulations to the Akron Zips!

Last night the Akron Zips won an exciting MAC Championship game to advance to their first bowl game since moving up to Div. I. There were no losers on that field last night, but one team had to emerge victorious and it took some last second heroics for the Zips to overcome a six point deficit to the Northern Illinois Huskies. The Zip's best offensive weapon, senior receiver Domenik Hixon had spent most of the second half ill on the sidelines. When he returned to the game with 10 seconds left no one expected much from him. Even the announcers commented that he was probably just going to serve as a decoy so another receiver could get open. Some decoy! Six seconds later he was in the end zone with the football and Akron was going bowling.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the great performance of the little running back Garrett Wolfe. He rushed for 270 yards and with the game being played in Detroit it was impossible not to think of Barry Sanders when watching him run. At 5-foot-7 and 177 pounds, I didn't expect him to have much left late in the game after the pounding he took carrying the ball 42 times. I was wrong. He was strong to the end. Some NFL team is going to ignore his size and end up with great running back.