Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Football is football, whether you’re playing your rival, whether you’re playing indoors or outside, or whether it’s late August or the holidays.
That said, there is something to be said for playing an opponent from a conference generally considered to be superior to that of your own.
Such is the case for Central Michigan (7-5) as it prepares to play Big Ten representative Minnesota (5-7) in the Dec. 28 Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit.
“You enjoy playing those big schools,” CMU junior quarterback Cooper Rush said Friday after the team’s practice at the Indoor Athletic Complex.