The opening stanza of the Mike Neu era did not start off as expected, but ended exactly the way Cardinals fans had hoped it would. Neu, a former Ball State quarterback and expected offensive guru had fans hoping that sophomore Riley Neal and the BSU offense would explode for a showcase premier. Their first drive went penalty, incompletion, interception return for TD. That’s.... not ideal.
To Ball State’s credit, though, the grind was on for the first half until the offense everyone expected decided to show up in the second half thanks largely to Ball State’s ground attack.