It’s always nice to see Eastern Michigan beat a Power Five team. Of the four times that Eastern Michigan has done that, this was probably the most convincing of the group, a thorough domination from the start. First of all, the final margin was by more than one score. Second, they led from the first score until the scoreboard read 0:00 in the fourth quarter. Third, Eastern Michigan simply dominated on the ground after weeks of struggling to gain 100 yards, going off-tendency to get the best of the Sun Devils.
With that, we will go into the lessons of the game:
The EMU run game dictated the terms
It’s rare that I get to say this, but Eastern Michigan had a running game that dominated the field.