MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State looked like a team out to prove something in a record-setting performance Thursday night against Central Connecticut.
With an emphatic 42-6 victory in the season opener, the Cardinals officially put a disappointing 2017 season behind them. In so doing, they gave the Scheumann Stadium crowd a glimpse of what a healthy offense and a revamped defense could look like this fall.
Ball State piled up a school-record 652 yards, topping a mark set more than 40 years ago, and came within 12 seconds of pitching its first shutout in more than a decade.