University of Akron NCAA News Archives

Tailback Chad Spann scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and rushed for a game-high 125 yards as Northern Illinois came from behind to beat Akron 27-10 Saturday.

Good for what ails them. They may be a bit banged up seven games into the season, but the Northern Illinois football team starts a three-game home stand Saturday that should be just what the doctor ordered.

One thing is clear after the first full week of Zeke Marshall's college basketball career with the Akron Zips: His career will be a marathon, not a sprint.

The Akron Zips dominate the voting for the Mid-American Conferece preseason basketball media polls with coach Keith Dambrot's Zips being the overwhelming pick to finish first in the MAC's East Division, the overwhelming pick to win the MAC Tournament and landing two players on the preseason All-MAC East Division Team.

Miami University's men's basketball team was predicted to finish fourth in the Mid-American Conference East Division in a poll of the league's media, and RedHawk senior guard Kenny Hayes was selected to the East Division All-MAC Preseason Team, the conference office announced on Oct 28.

Two weeks earlier when last we'd seen the Orange, it was playing the role of rented mule, getting badly beaten by West Virginia and listening to its starting quarterback speak in riddles before being stapled to the bench.

Last year, Syracuse University's football team suffered a miserable 41-27 defeat to Akron - a painful memory that, arguably, marked the low point of the Greg Robinson years.

The defensive game plan was this simple: Be naughty to Nicely. The Syracuse University football team executed the plan to perfection and in the process all but executed Akron true freshman quarterback Patrick Nicely.

Delone Carter gained a career-high 170 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns, Greg Paulus hit Marcus Sales for an 11-yard score and Syracuse beat Akron 28-14 on Saturday to snap a two-game losing streak.

A capsule look at this week's Big East games : Akron at Syracuse , 3:30 p.m. Line: Syracuse by 10.

There was bad news even before the Akron Zips held their first team scrimmage Friday morning.

Akron's Miguel Graham defends Kent State receiver Alex Vanderink on a pass in the end zone at Dix Stadium on Oct.

With the season at midpoint, Syracuse hasn't given up hope of reaching six wins and being bowl-eligible. Coming off a bye week, the Orange will host Akron Saturday afternoon.

The advertisement ran last Thursday in the bottom left corner of Page 5A of The Buchtelite, the student newspaper at The University of Akron.

Akron head coach Keith Dambrot loves his little guards. He has apparently found another one as 5-10 Dylan Ennis has given a verbal committment to the Zips for 2011, according to hoopmasters.com. Ennis is a product of Toronto who played last season at Wings Academy in N.Y. and this season has transferred to Lake Forest Academy outside of Chicago.

Akron was in position to give Patrick Nicely a storybook ending and perhaps salvage its disappointing season.

Akron head coach J.D. Brookhart on Monday could only lament the loss of two more players to injury -- WR Deryn Bowser and defender Aaron Williams to a broken arm -- and turn to one player who may well play every spot on the roster by the end of the season.

Granted the No. 5 seed in the MAC tournament last March, Akron swept four games to claim its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1986.

The University at Buffalo returns to UB Stadium today for the third time in as many weeks to face Akron and begin a crucial stretch of the season.

Mario Henry's 1-yard touchdown with 5:59 left gave Buffalo a 21-17 win over Akron on Saturday.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Akron lost just one player from last year's NCAA Tournament team, so it had room to bring in just one player.

The Zips will begin official practice, Friday, off-campus due to events being held in Rhoades Arena.

There's bad luck, then there is buzzard luck. Bad luck means something didn't go your way.

Ohio University at Akron , 6 p.m. Ohio University players appeared to be making a statement when they ran onto the field against Bowling Green last week minus names on the backs of their jerseys.

Ohio University continued to build momentum toward a possible Mid-American Conference East Division title with a 19-7 victory over hard-luck Akron on Saturday before a second straight disappointing crowd, 16,381, in InfoCision Stadium.

The lowdown: Matt Rodgers, a 6-2, 205-pound redshirt sophomore, has been Akron's starting QB since the third game of the season.

Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson Akron recruiting coordinator and running backs coach Reno Ferri will not be back with the Akron football team.

Dwarf tangling Johnstown s Larry Stone spins in front of Joe Davis from Berthoud during dwarf racing action at the Fall Classic last weekend.

Coach J.D. Brookhart of the University of Akron used the bye week to implement a new practice regimen that he hopes will benefit his struggling football team.

As the University of Akron football team limps into its bye week, coach J.D. Brookhart listed two things his team needs to do with the free time.

AKRON: The Zips were no match for their conference counterpart, as Central Michigan absolutely dominated Akron, 48-21. The Zips were paced by Matt Rodgers who converted 12-of-19 passing for 127 yards and, while surviving five sacks, managed to work his way into the end zone twice on the ground.