The Eagles travel down to Jacksonville, Alabama where they will face the Jacksonville State Gamecocks. This is the Gamecocks’ first season in Conference USA. This is also the first meeting between Eastern Michigan and Jacksonville State. We will see a familiar face at kickoff, as JSU is in the second year of their Rich Rodriguez era.
Rodriguez is famously the former coach of the Michigan Wolverines, and is responsible for Michigan’s only loss to a MAC team, with his 2008 squad falling to Toledo 13-10 at the Big House.
The Eagles under Chris Creighton hope to welcome JSU to the FBS level with a rollicking result.