It’s the first conference game of the year for “Five Things We Learned,” so let’s try and set up the background here:
The Miami RedHawks (2-2, 1-0 MAC) came into Mt. Pleasant looking to rebound from a woeful fouth quarter against rival Cincinnatti in an emotion-ridden trophy game. It’s been an odd start to the season for the RedHawks, who many considered a dark horse in the MAC East coming into the season, as they’ve gone 1-2 in one-possession games thus far in the season.
Meanwhile, the Central Michigan Chippewas (2-2, 0-1 MAC) came in limping after two striaght Power Five road games, losing three of their top five receiving targets in the process, including playmakers Corey Willis and Brandon Childress.