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Why exactly are we throwing up two scores and them in "use time out" mode?

Gant was very very good today.

In their defense they're not used to this.

Now get a couple first downs and blow a lot of this clock.

I don't mind running it twice to start that drive, but the yards just weren't there. Way way way too much time left.

So Akron's gonna screw around and blow this, aren't they

And there's the stupid Finley throw

That's what makes it annoying. Now can they do it again next week

Wish it were common and not a pleasant surprise

It was a glorious three minutes

Aaaaand it's gone

Oh crap Akron leads. Color me wrong, I guess

Ah crap CMU has an insurmountable lead

I'd bet money Patrick is using his redshirt.

Dumb in the classroom. Dumb on the field.

Offensive genius works in mysterious ways

Speak for yourself. I'd still rather see what Roggow could do

Wonderful

I wouldn't touch that line with a 10 foot pole. CMU is more than capable of letting the Zips think they're competent.

Unsure, but likely negated with lower travel in the Horizon League.

Maybe not a financial disaster at all.

True. The "Cleveland market" that Akron would similarly give isn't going to be as lucrative.

The question I think will be interesting to answer (and part of this is difficult because the MWC probably won't want Akron)...how much will NIU's financial position change with this move? Is there a similar move for Akron to consider, if they're going to insist on staying FBS? That part seems difficult because NIU was somewhat attractive due to not being a terrible program every year.

So probably not. But they're a lot closer to popping an FCS playoff berth every now and again than they are to an FBS bowl game.

That's what the question is. Is the FCS money lost on the dozens of TV dollars made up by having more than 1400 people show up for the two November home games?