09-12-2010 02:19 AM

Make no mistake about it, the 2010 football season at the University of Akron has nowhere to go but up, up and more up.

UA was a prohibitive favorite Saturday afternoon over Gardner-Webb (N.C.) University, a member of a lower NCAA classification known as the Football Championship Subdivision.

But the Zips (0-2) parlayed a series of late mistakes and misdeeds into a wrenching 38-37 overtime loss to the Runnin’ Bulldogs before a disbelieving home crowd of 10,046.

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