The 13-game journey certainly had its ups and downs, and it was kicked off with a low that had some Eagle fans nervous for the second season in the FBS. Coming off of a Sun Belt championship, expectations were high when the team rolled into Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers pulled off a 44-0 shutout of Georgia Southern who was missing suspended quarterback Kevin Ellison. It was the perfect storm of circumstances that could break some teams, but they lived to fight another week.
After the loss, the Eagles experienced a five game winning streak to right the ship.