Article courtesy of Zach Baker, Advertiser-Tribune

To get where the Tiffin University football team wanted, it had to go down State Route 224, and do something that hadn't been done in a quarter century.

Beat the Oilers.

Yes, the Dragons had a brilliant year, even before they stepped on the field at Donnell Stadium Saturday. They were 8-1, and had won seven straight.

They had a share of the Great-Midwest Athletic Conference championship.

But this team wanted to make the Division II playoffs.

And that meant winning in Findlay.

When I talked to him earlier this week, first-year Tiffin coach Cris Reisert played down the past.

That was understandable, considering the past was so lopsided.

Prior to Saturday, Findlay had won 26 of 27 meetings with the Dragons. (MORE)