By: Ball State Athletics
DETROIT - Resilience. Toughness. Togetherness. Every superlative and description available for a championship team, Ball State earned it. The Cardinals are conference champions.
The team rallied around the mantra "Detroit or Bust." The Cardinals made that a reality. And when they got there, they delivered a primetime performance against a nationally-ranked team featuring the nation's top-ranked offense, outgunning MAC East champion Buffalo 38-28 Friday night at Ford Field.
The Cardinals (6-1) exploded for 28 points in the second quarter, building a lead good enough to last. Trailing 14-7 after the first quarter, Drew Plitt scored on 4th & goal from 1 to tie the game and the Cardinals took off from there.