In one of the most exciting games of the conference season so far, Central Michigan and Northern Illinois met in DeKalb for a triple overtime barnburner that ultimately resulted in the Chippewas’ third straight victory over the Huskies.
While we learned that both teams are fans of monochromatic uniforms and that you have to make sure people are down before you stop playing, there were a few other things we learned as well:
It’s really hard to score if you don’t have the ball.
The coaching staff at CMU must have been reading the last couple of these 5TWL articles and saw what I said about the running game, because it came alive this week.