BOOOOOO Nick! Buffalo (5-4, 3-2 MAC) @ Akron (5-4, 3-2 MAC) - 7:00SITE: Rubber Bowl (31,000/Astro Play) Akron, OhioTELEVISION: ESPNU (Charles Neal, Jay Walker, Jessica Mendoza)SERIES RECORD: Akron leads 8-1 ... UB’s 26-10 win last year was the Bulls’ first in the series that began in 1999.COACHES: UB-Turner Gill (12-21, third season); UA-J.D. Brookhart (26-30, fifth season).GAME NOTES: This is a showdown for first place in the East Division and a possible berth in the MAC Championship game ... Akron has one title game appearance (winning in 2005), while Buffalo has never made it to the title game since joining the league in 1999 ... a win by the Bulls will give the program its most in a season since going joining the FBS (I-A) in 1999 ... UB is on a three-game winning streak after its 37-17 win over Miami (Tue., Nov. 4) ... the Zips have won back-to-back games for the first time in 2008, most recently defeating Toledo 47-30 (Wed., Nov. 5) ... the two of the league’s top RBs face off in Buffalo’s James Starks (league-leading 125.3 ypg; 487 yards, 7 TDs last 3 games) and Akron’s Dennis Kennedy (612 yards and 6 TDs last 3 games, 100.3 ypg for the season) ... this is the last game in the history of the Rubber Bowl as the Zips next year will move into its on-campus stadium (InfoCision Stadium/Summa Field) ... the Zips will have played 324 games in the Rubber Bowl since 1940 and are 191-122-10 all-time.Nick’s Pick: Buffalo 33 – Akron 24Comment: The Zips are playing their final game in the venerable Rubber Bowl but have yet to beat a team winning record this season. If UB beats the Zips this week and BGSU on November 21, the impossible will actually happen; the Bulls will win the MAC East and will be “bowling” for the first time in school history. UB is playing the best football of any east division team right now and should ride the wave to a victory.