It was a hard-fought game for about a quarter-and-a-half before Kalil Pimpleton (80-yard receiving touchdown) and Jonathan Ward (64-yard receiving touchdown) ripped off two big plays on back-to-back offensive possessions to essentially seal the deal for the Central Michigan Chippewas (3-3, 2-1 MAC) in a decisive 42-16 victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles (3-2, 0-1 MAC) in Mt. Pleasant.
It was a game which revealed a few things about both teams, as EMU was forced to deal with a different type of adversity they hadn’t faced before, while CMU, for the first time in a couple years, looked dominant against a true opponent.