This was not the position Central Michigan (1-5, 0-2 MAC West) expected to be in at his point in the season when looking at the 2022 calendar prior to the start of the year, but it’s the position they’re in, needing a win to stop the bleeding against a historically-vulnerable Akron (1-5, 0-2 MAC East) squad on the road to keep their hopes of being in the postseason alive.
Both teams are in the midst of long losing streaks, with CMU on a three-game streak and Akron on a five-game slide, and need a win to preserve any semblance of hope for the second half of the 2022 season.