There is a new meaning to the words “Eastern Michigan football.”
For years, Eastern Michigan served its purpose as the doormat of college football. Not one winning season creeped in between 1996 and 2015. But a young head coach who had never served on an FBS stepped into Ypsilanti, MI, in 2014 with nothing to lose. Five years later, on a 37-degree night in DeKalb, IL, he proved how much he had gained.
Eastern Michigan shattered an 11-game losing skid against perennial MAC contender Northern Illinois, Tuesday night, and the Eagles not only snapped the streak the Huskies spent more than a decade constructing — they napalmed it.