It’s conference football season once again, as CMU and WMU meet for the infamous “Western Weekend” game, this time in Mt. Pleasant. Last year, the Broncos held off a furious comeback attempt by the Chippewas to retain the Victory Cannon for the second year in a row.
What do our resident CMU and WMU writers have to say about it? Here’s our Slack chat, lightly edited:
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brownandgold (Brown and Gold, WMU team manager and general editor at HB)
This Saturday is the 9th meeting for the Victory Cannon, and the 87th meeting all-time between Western and Central.