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Akron vs. Bowling Green live stream, TV channel, start time, odds, how to watch NCAA football

The Akron Zips will meet the Bowling Green Falcons in MAC action on Saturday afternoon from Doyt L. Perry Stadium.

The Akron Zips will meet the Bowling Green Falcons in MAC action on Saturday afternoon from Doyt L. Perry Stadium.

The Zips are coming off a 34-17 loss to Ohio last weekend and will look to bounce back but they will have a tough test against the Falcons. As for Bowling Green, they are also looking to rebound after suffering a 27-20 loss to Kent State last time.

This will be a fun Saturday of college football, here is everything you need to know to stream the game.

Akron vs. Bowling Green

  • When: Saturday, October 9
  • Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
  • Live Stream: ESPN+ (stream now)
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Akron vs. Bowling Green (-13.5)

O/U: 45.5

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A former Wisconsin safety is headed to Buffalo for his final year

On Sunday afternoon, former Wisconsin safety Madison Cone announced his transfer to the University of Buffalo for his final year of eligi…

On Sunday morning, former Wisconsin safety Madison Cone announced his decision to transfer to the University of Buffalo for his final year of eligibility. The senior safety was with Wisconsin from 2017-2020 but decided to enter the transfer portal on Feb. 1.

Cone finished his Wisconsin career with 33 games played with 26 total tackles and 2 interceptions. The Kernersville, N.C. native excelled off the field as a Badger, earning a nomination to the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy in 2020 as well as Academic All-Big Ten in 2018 and 2019.

Cone will be joining the Buffalo Bulls that finished in second place in the MAC last season after falling to the Ball State Cardinals in the MAC Championship game.

No ‘MACtion’ this fall: The MAC becomes the first FBS conference to cancel fall football

No MACtion this fall, as we see the first FBS conference cancel college football

If you are a college football lifer, nothing fires you up quite like a Central Michigan vs. Akron Thursday night battle under the stars. Unfortunately, due to what the MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher is calling “a health and well-being decision,” there will be no MAC football this fall.

 

Although there was speculation that due to non-conference big money games for the conference against power five opponents (Wisconsin has played multiple MAC opponents in recent years, including Central Michigan last season), being cancelled, this was a needed financial decision, Steinbrecher is stressing that this is a move that is being done because of health and safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The MAC is the first FBS conference to cancel fall football, and although there is no official word on if spring football is happening in the MAC, that seems to be the path forward at the moment.

Stay locked in at BadgersWire for all breaking conference news in what should be a hectic couple of days.

USA TODAY Sports: NCAA path forward is ‘difficult’

The plan for a NCAA college football season is getting more grim by the day but is all hope lost? Maybe not.

Following announcements from each of the Power Five conferences in regards to the upcoming season’s schedules. The Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12 all going the conference only route while the Big 12 and ACC added one nonconference game. However, recently reports have put the entire NCAA college football season in real jeopardy.

Steve Berkowitz of USA TODAY Sports broke down the chances of a college football season in any capacity.

NCAA president Mark Emmert and the association’s chief medical officer, Brian Hainline, each made blunt assessments Friday night about schools’ ability to conduct fall sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This is going to be difficult, to say the least, going forward,” Emmert said.

Said Hainline: “I think we’re in a place that is exceptionally narrow. The boundaries are … there’s not a lot of places to move one way or the other. Almost everything would have to be perfectly aligned to continue moving forward.”

Their comments, during an interview on an NCAA Twitter site, came at the end of a tumultuous week for college sports. Among other developments, leaders of the association’s Division II and Division III schools canceled their groups’ NCAA fall sports championships. In addition, the NCAA Board of Governors, the association’s overall policy-making panel, implemented a series of requirements for schools that want to conduct fall sports.

But Emmert and Hainline did express hope that schools can find a way to comply with those mandates.

“We’re all really hopeful that can be done,” Emmert said. “Obviously, everybody wants to have kids back on campus. Everybody wants fall sports to return. But we can’t do it unless we can find a way to do it with minimized risk for these young people.”

The news isn’t something that is surprising but not what many want to hear across the country. Recently the MAC conference became the first FBS conference to cancel their upcoming football season according to USA TODAY Sports.

As for the University of Texas, Geoff Ketchum of Rivals states that it is a little different for the Longhorns.

That is some big news if it is indeed the case, it could be quite possible that the Big 12 Conference could be the only one operating come fall. It seems to be a bit farfetched but if there is any validity to it, there is hope.