Buffalo at Akron

The Buffalo Bulls and the Akron Zips are fighting to stay in Bowl contention. The Zips enter this one even up at 4-4, and the Bulls come in at 3-5. This is a crucial game for Buffalo, because it is one of three winnable games left on the schedule, and they have to come away with a win in all of them. The Bulls have gone from a run-heavy team to a pass-heavy team, and the last three games has seen them net 1,143 yards in the air. That should serve them well vs. an Akron team that is surrendering 7.4 yards per attempt in the air. Akron may have trouble keeping up, as the offense is generating just five yards per play, and there is a good advantage for Buffalo to get more stops. That poises the Bulls to be a live dog in this one, and I'm sure they realize their Bowl fate is on the line. Take Buffalo.