Chris Creighton turned the lights on in The Factory last Thursday night, and his employees got straight to work. Eastern Michigan pounced on the Monmouth Hawks of the FCS, edging its opponent 51-17 on the grey field in Ypsilanti.
With the losses of 2017 seniors Brogan Roback (everyone’s favorite Hard Knocks character) and Sergio Bailey II, there was uncertainty about how Eastern Michigan’s offense would perform to open 2018.
Newly appointed starting quarterback Tyler Wiegers put those uncertainties to rest. Against an upper-tier FCS program (9-3 in 2017), the senior completed 18-of-21 passes for two touchdowns in the 34-point blowout.