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Football Notebook: Briones, Ward Shine In Opening-Night Win

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Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Alex Briones, as did many in Kelly/Shorts Stadium, perhaps felt relief more than anything.

Briones and his teammates could finally exhale after the Central Michigan football team pulled out a 30-27 triple-overtime victory over Rhode Island in the Chippewas’ season opener on Thursday.

“Big time relief,” said Briones, a junior linebacker who turned in a whale of a performance in his first collegiate start. “Obviously things didn’t go the way we wanted them to go, but the main thing is that we came out with a win.