Only evening game this season. Probably won't stay for the entire game (some of use live fairly far away and work early the next morning) but I'm much looking forward to attending. The atmosphere at the mid-week games is very "chill" but game sometimes be lively if the game is very meaningful and we have a lot to play for.

If you would have told me Chris Creighton was at EMU for 10 years already I would have said you were lying. He's approaching Frank-like status, and EMU is better for it. Three straight bowl eligible seasons and can make it four with one more W this year. Just incredible stuff that he's done up there.

Pretty sure that “brick” wall is still in use. Was at the EMU/CMU game and it was there but not near the field. Back by the lockerroom/sports medicine building.

They have a nice howitzer too.

That gray turf always make me do a double take, as I think "Why is this game in black and white?", followed by "Oh, nvm, it's EMU". It's actually a very nice stadium, BTW.

I wonder if there is an EMU fan site where there is a group of posters that wants him fired for not winning a championship.

Probably not often on something like "nvm", primarily because it has no vowels, and ergo, no way to pronounce it, but I'm pretty sure "lol" has taken life on it's own, and is now a word.

This year Ohio has scored a safety, interception return, punt return, kick return, and pick two. We need to score on a fumble recovery or blocked punt or kick in this one. :)

I wish it was Pups at Peden night! I enjoyed taking my dogs the last two years. However, it is a staff night, so we'll get fed somewhere. I'm not sure if the wifey's thing is the tower, the new academic center or over in the field house but my two favorite four letter f-words are "free" and "food."

Ohio matches up pretty well in this one and barring meltdowns on allowing explosive passing plays or on the fumble front by the QB or RB, the Bobcats should win. Something to watch because Ohio runners put the ball on the ground on effort plays regularly, though they haven't lost them all. Also, EMU has made its living this year on turnover margin where they are around 20th best in the nation.

Ohio can run and stop the run against most of the teams in the MAC and should generally have the advantage. Overall, the Eagles do have one of the better passing attacks Ohio has seen so far this year so the defense will likely give up some yards but hopefully hold them to FG attempts.

How about props to the transfers for stepping in? M-W-B, Leake, Dustin Johnson, MacNaboe, Doggette and Rice. They are among our leaders in everything. Heck, let's toss in our offensive transfers too: Owen, Tyus, Bruno--pretty awesome fit with everyone who left.

The thing is, the portal had hundreds or thousands of players in it. From all those players, the Ohio staff found a large number of players who could help the team, some from FCS, some from Division II, but also some from P5. The coaches had to evaluate the players, convince them that Ohio was where they should be, then coach them into Ohio's systems, and most importantly, build a cohesive team, intermixing old and new players, and uniting them to a common goal. It's a lot more complicated than just dropping to NIL bucks on the table and having a team. Ohio's coaches did a great job. Indiana is another team that has done a fantastic job with the portal.

Some others haven't done nearly as well. For example, Kent went from a good team to a last place team. They lost a lot to the portal, but of course, they could have replaced all those players with others to fill needs and replace departures. No doubt they tried, but they clearly failed. They are quite simply not a good team anymore.

Still others have improved via the portal, but at what cost? Colorado went from 1-11 to 4-8 in the first year of the portal, and they are now 7-2 in the second year. But, they put a lot of cash out in order to do so, way more than most teams have available. Yes, they have improved, but have they gotten their money's worth? Maybe, I don't know.