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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers need a spark after another loss at Lambeau Field.The Indianapolis Colts jolted their confidence after a tone-setting 99-yard return for a touchdown by Jordan Todman on the opening kickoff. The Packers never quite looked like themselves until the frantic fourth quarter.But an 18-point deficit with 9:35 left was too much to overcome in a 31-26 loss on Sunday to the Colts.Indianapolis jumped on us from the first play and we frankly never got it back, coach Mike McCarthy said.The Packers (4-4) need to find answers quickly ahead of what could be a season-defining, three-game road swing starting next week at Tennessee. A team considered to be one of the top contenders in the NFC has a .500 record at midseason.Were 4-4. Played a lot of good football, thats the fact of the matter. But you are what your record is, McCarthy said.He felt his team had a great week of practice leading into Sundays game. Todmans return seemed to be a buzz-killer.The offense overcame a slow start with two touchdowns with a 4-plus minute span of the fourth quarter. Randall Cobbs 3-yard touchdown catch from Aaron Rodgers with 3:29 left got Green Bay within five.The Colts came up with two third-down conversions on the ensuing drive to put the game away.If only the Packers had more energy earlier in the game.You kind of felt it over the entire sideline. We didnt have the same kind of enthusiasm and encouragement that we had the previous two weeks, Rodgers said. So weve got to look deep in the mirror there, because thats just not acceptable.Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix had two interceptions in the first quarter, which the Packers turned into 10 points. Rodgers found Jordy Nelson for a 26-yard touchdown pass at the end of the first quarter to make it 14-10.But Green Bay managed just 32 yards on nine plays on the next two series of the second quarter, with both drives ending in punts. The Colts ended the first half with an impressive 15-play, 91-yard drive that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief for a 24-10 lead with 11 seconds left in the quarter.We got outplayed in the first half, big time, veteran right tackle Bryan Bulaga said. We just didnt play well enough and thats pretty much all I can say.Game notesRodgers said he had his left foot stepped on pretty hard. I mean, thats a common frustration from time to time, just getting stepped on really badly. Its fine. ... Cobb, who was questionable for the game with a hamstring injury, did not play until the second half. I took a conservative approach with him. I was going to use him only when we needed him. Obviously, we needed him in the second half and he gave us everything hes got. Hopefully, he came out clean, McCarthy said. ... S Micah Hyde (shoulder) left the game in the fourth quarter. ... 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They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end.SPOKANE, Wash. -- Gonzaga coach Mark Few was looking for a hard-nosed opponent to schedule at home in December to toughen up his No. 8 Bulldogs.He found one in Akron.The Zips gave Gonzaga all it could handle before a late surge lifted the Bulldogs to a 61-43 victory Saturday night.Akron is a heck of a program, Few said. They push you to the limit physically. We had to grind that one out.Przemek Karnowski scored 14 points to lead all players in scoring in a defensive battle that lifted the Zags to the best start in program history.Nigel Williams-Goss added 11 points for Gonzaga (10-0), which has won 10 straight to open the season for the first time since joining Division I in 1958.Few was not overly impressed by the winning streak.I live for the next game, Few said. I dont spend a lot of time looking back.But he allowed that he felt good about Gonzagas record. Im looking forward to getting better, he said.Isaiah Johnson scored 11 points, and Jimond Ivey had 10 for Akron (7-3).The Zips were undone by 27 percent shooting (16 of 60)Gonzaga shot just 40 percent and finished 24 points below its season scoring average.Johnathan Williams scored consecutive baskets and Gonzaga took a 31-25 lead early in the second half.Akron cut the Gonzaga lead to three points, but four free throws by Williams-Goss pushed it out again.Three-pointers by Ivey and Josh Williams cut Gonzagas lead to 42-40 with just under 10 minutes left in the game.But Jordan Mathews hit a 3-pointer to spark a 16-1 run that gave the Zags a 61-43 lead with 2:46 left.The Zips were held without a field goal for the final 8 minutes of the game.We got tired, Akron coach Keith Dambrot said. I was disappointed in how we finished.Dambrot has also been upgrading his schedule to put his players in tough situations.We are big enough to compete with the big boys, he said.Baskets were hard to come by in the ffirst half.dddddddddddd.A 3-pointer by Silas Melson helped Gonzaga build a 15-9 lead midway through the first half, as both teams went long periods without scoring.That lead held up as Gonzaga led 23-17 at halftime, despite shooting just 27.6 percent. Thats because Akron shot just 25.8 percent and missed all 11 of its 3-point attempts. Gonzaga had been averaging 45 points in the first half of its past four games.It was a season low in first half points for both teams.We didnt let our frustrations on offense bleed over to the defensive side, Few said.The teams only previous meeting was in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament, won by Gonzaga 77-64.POLL IMPLICATIONSA tough win over a quality foe will not hurt Gonzagas poll ranking.BIG PICTUREAkron: Three players are averaging double-digit scoring, led by Isaiah Johnson at 15.2. Antino Jackson and Noah Robotham are adding 12 and 10.1 ppg. Akron is one of just five programs, including Gonzaga, that has won at least 21 games in the past 11 seasons. Dambrot coached LeBron James at Akrons St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.Gonzaga: The only other time the Bulldogs started 9-0 was in 2012-13, and they lost the next game to Illinois. Gonzaga has seven players averaging between 7.9 and 13.7 points per game. Gonzaga is currently seventh in the RPI on NCAA.com.STATSAkron outrebounded the Zags 42-36, including 20 offensive rebounds that gave them an 18-2 advantage on second chance points. Gonzaga made 17 of 20 free throws, which helped them stay ahead when the game got tight. Akron was 6 of 14 from the line.UP NEXTAkron hosts Marshall next Saturday.Gonzaga plays Tennessee in Nashville at the Battle on Broadway on Dec. 18.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '