Western Michigan has given up two punt return td’s
Against Central Michigan tonight. One was 70 yards and the other was 97 yards. They were both in the second quarter. That’s how you go from up 14-0 to being down 21-14 real quick. Not a big game obviously but I thought it was unusual to give up two punt return touchdowns in one game and even more unusual for them to be in the same quarter.
November 3rd, 2021 at 9:40 PM ^
Let's hope that they pull it out. Every little bit of strength of schedule improvement helps.
November 3rd, 2021 at 9:57 PM ^
Welp, that didn't age well...
November 3rd, 2021 at 10:06 PM ^
The NIU Fighting Rockys are also down by 12 in the 4th quarter.
November 3rd, 2021 at 9:45 PM ^
Thanks for making me immediately think of Rocket Ismail's 2 kickoff returns for TDs in '89
November 3rd, 2021 at 10:16 PM ^
I prefer to think of Tim Brown's two punt return TDs against staee.
November 3rd, 2021 at 9:57 PM ^
Tim “Howdy Doody” Lester will make a stupid excuse for punting to Raghib Pimpleton. I was tempted to make the 3 hr drive to wipe that dumb smirk off his face for the post game presser. It’s hard to watch the downward spiral after the Cotton Bowl appearance.
November 3rd, 2021 at 10:11 PM ^
MACtion is back
November 3rd, 2021 at 10:14 PM ^
You ever heard of this guy named Raghib?
November 3rd, 2021 at 10:49 PM ^
“Not a big game obviously”
I do not like you.
November 4th, 2021 at 7:02 AM ^
Sorry, lifetime Michigan fan from Kentucky…so I don’t quite understand the other instate rivalries as much. No harm intended!
November 4th, 2021 at 7:15 AM ^
I guess I can forgive you
November 3rd, 2021 at 11:31 PM ^
My marriage contract dictates I must respond thusly:
Fire Up Chips!
November 4th, 2021 at 1:52 AM ^
That's a perfectly cromulent response.
November 4th, 2021 at 12:21 AM ^
Weird and disappointing to see this game as a November MACtion game.
Schedule it for a Saturday in mid-October and then the home team can get 25K+ attendance for the game. The rivalry deserves that. Instead schedule games like Akron/WMU for MACtion, people will still watch anyway.
November 4th, 2021 at 7:16 AM ^
I don’t think the chaos that ensues is worth the attendance. Central and Western students handle their drinking as well as Sparty. I have a feeling it’s deliberately scheduled for midweek.
November 4th, 2021 at 10:25 AM ^
CMU v WMU was a non-MACtion game 4 of the last 5 non-COVID years. It's been on a mid-season Saturday more often than not of late.
I hope it wasn't a mentality of "oh, the kids might drink and party! We must stop that, that can't be!"
Looking at the MAC schedule, the other rivalry games (Toledo/BGSU, Ohio/Miami, Akron/KSU) are all MACtion games too. So this is probably the doings of ESPN. ESPN demanding these games be MACtion, because their television ratings (the 100K people who are watching ESPNU on a Wednesday night, of course) are more important than the in-stadium college football experience.
November 4th, 2021 at 12:24 AM ^
Don't mess with the Pimpleton!
November 4th, 2021 at 2:44 AM ^
Wrong thread somehow so edit... for a company that runs ads saying stop having your website function like your neighbors son made it or whatever Human Element kind of makes websites worse than that (but barrage of ads = $)
November 4th, 2021 at 1:23 PM ^
Fire Up, Big Reds!
As a Muskegon High alum, it was great seeing Pimpleton out there making the same sort of plays he made back at Hackley Stadium.