OT: EMU Beats CMU in Thriller, 26-21
I was probably the only one watching this on ESPN3, but EMU just beat CMU in a thriller, 26-21. EMU blew a 20-7 lead, then scored on a long TD pass with 22 seconds left to win. It was a damn exciting game. The Eagles are now 7-5 and are almost assuredly heading to their first bowl game since 1987.
Chris Creighton's team was 1-11 last year. It'll probably be another year before he makes the jump to a Purdue-level program, but for now, let's show a little Wolverine love to our Washtenaw County neighbors. Way to go, EMU.
November 22nd, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^
November 22nd, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
Well, that's not the ONLY thing that sucks about EMU...
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November 23rd, 2016 at 9:20 AM ^
Um, where does he keep the hot women? I can never find the link on his site.
/asking for a friend.
November 23rd, 2016 at 11:21 AM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 9:11 PM ^
SEXYBITS!!!
November 23rd, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^
and worse yet, the folx who persist in using the old nickname.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:32 PM ^
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November 22nd, 2016 at 11:36 PM ^
Let's start with "THE FACTORY."
November 23rd, 2016 at 12:24 AM ^
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November 23rd, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
Wow, overreact much?
November 23rd, 2016 at 10:58 AM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 11:11 AM ^
EMU spent $27.3 million of general fund (i.e., money that could have gone to student services, teaching faculty, etc) on atheltics just in 2015.
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/08/athletics_spendin…
It's nice that the team is 7-5; I hope they go to a bowl as a reward for their hard work (as long as EMU is not forced to buy and eat 10,000 tickets).
But I'm not going to cheer on a program that's existence literally has required staff and faculty to be fired over the past few years.
http://www.easternecho.com/article/2016/06/emu-employees-lose-jobs-due-…
November 23rd, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:10 PM ^
If you want to blow sunshine about your alma mater, maybe there's an EMU blog that could facilitate that? This is a Michigan blog.
November 23rd, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^
November 23rd, 2016 at 2:26 PM ^
I know people who have lost their jobs b/c of the cutbacks. If you think that makes me not as excited about EMU going 7-5, well, you got that right. Because whether they went 10-2 or 2-10, EMU still would be wasting millions.
EMU (and CMU and WMU) need to get real. Spending $20 million, per year, on Div 1A athletics when funding for higher ed is not getting any better is shameful.
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November 23rd, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
I did date an EMU student while I was at UM.
November 23rd, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
Can you imagine having to tell recruits that Ypsi is a great town to spend the next four years in? I would take them in via Ann Arbor on their visits.
November 23rd, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
in Ypsi if the Spaghetti Bender was still there.
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November 22nd, 2016 at 10:39 PM ^
Ha, I was watching. Had one game on my phone, one on my computer, and the third game on my TV. All three games had great finishes. I bet the MAC gets pretty frustrated when they schedule 3 games on a Tuesday night and only gets one of them national TV.
November 22nd, 2016 at 10:44 PM ^
They need to be like the Big Ten and schedule more games on Friday nights.
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November 23rd, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^
Good for them. They've suffered for a long time.
I was watching when they won their last bowl game in the '80s. I was cheering like it was the Rose Bowl.
November 22nd, 2016 at 10:42 PM ^
GO HURONS!!!!!
November 23rd, 2016 at 4:08 AM ^
They were Hurons the last time they went to a bowl...
November 23rd, 2016 at 9:24 AM ^
They will always be the Hurons.
November 22nd, 2016 at 10:43 PM ^
Stuff like this reminds me why college football is so much better than the NFL. Emotion plays such a huge role at the collegiate level.
Fleck looked insane for rowing the boat, and Creighton the same for his Factory. Players obviously bought in though, and the results speak for themselves.
November 23rd, 2016 at 10:14 PM ^
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I had espn3 on one window and youtube 1969 Mich OSU on another window. Sound on 1969 version.
Both results pleased me.
November 22nd, 2016 at 11:12 PM ^
Good for them. Still think the football program is a bit of a white elephant, but that's not the fault of the guys on the field, and this is a legitimately impressive achievement.