KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Earlier last week, Western Michigan football coach PJ Fleck deflected a question the way Broncos running back Jarvion Franklin deflected Northern Illinois safety Mycial Allen's hard-charging shoulder pad on Saturday.
No, he did not view the game against the six-time defending MAC West Champion Huskies as a potential changing-of-the-guard type of match-up.
Well, it sure felt like it on Saturday.
Love him or hate him – if you're a Huskie fan, it's probably the latter – but Fleck has the Broncos 6-0 for the first time since before the United States entered World War II and after opening the season with a 22-21 win at Northwestern, they've beaten everybody by at least two touchdowns.