Western Michigan Runs for 360 Yards and Buries Akron
Fifty-six carries, 360 yards, no turnovers. Western Michigan did not need to get fancy at Akron, and did not bother.
It was never close, and never tied. Nathan Levicki caught a 3-yard touchdown from Mason Reynolds with 2:19 left in the first quarter, and Cole Cabana ripped off an 82-yard run early in the second to make it 14-0. Akron got one back on a 35-yard Cibastian Broughton pass to Marcel Williams, but Jalen Buckley scored from the 1 before the half and added a 35-yard run in the third. By then it was 28-7, and the rest was bookkeeping.
The bookkeeping included Broc Lowry, who went 15 of 15 for 149 yards (yes, perfect, and he threw only one touchdown, a 20-yarder to Keivin Boone-Nelson II). Levicki added a second touchdown catch, a 10-yarder from Reynolds with 6:53 to go, for the 42-14 final. Williams caught a 39-yard score in between, so Akron spent its evening getting something from the passing game while the ground game gave them 60 yards on 19 carries.
The totals are brutal. Western Michigan had 566 yards to Akron's 233, ran for 360 against 60, and did not throw an interception or lose a fumble. Akron did not either, to be fair, which tells you the damage was done the plain way.
Western Michigan moves to 7-3. Akron is 1-9 and still searching for the second win. For fantasy owners, the usual advice applies: Buckley keeps scoring, and the guy catching passes from the losing quarterback sometimes does too.