For the first time since 2019, CMU will venture outside of the Mid-American Conference to play football, taking the trip down to Columbia, Missouri, to face the SEC’s Missouri Tigers on Saturday afternoon.
The Chippewas are in a unique spot going into this game; head coach Jim McElwain went under the knife for appendicitis on Wednesday evening, so that leaves them in the hands of assistant head coach/linebackers coach Tim Skipper for the foreseeable future.
Skipper, who would be making his head coaching debut if McElwain doesn’t recover in time for the game, has never held a head coaching position in his two decades of coaching experience, which could make for a fascinating storyline to watch.