Celebrating Rynearson Stadium's 50th anniversary requires a few tales from those who told the story every Saturday from the broadcast booth.
Sans a handful of one-offs, the list of play-by-play broadcasters who brought the action alive from the field is remarkably short and incredibly accomplished.
John Fountain and Matt Shepard span more than six decades of EMU football. The majority of that time belongs to Fountain, who already had two decades of play-by-play behind him when Shepard was quarterback in the early 1980s at North Farmington High School.
Fountain is Eastern Michigan's Ernie Harwell, his on-air delivery simple and stately, a perfect match to his off-air demeanor.