For the Eastern Michigan Eagles, they have adopted a workman persona for their football program. Friday night saw the offensive embodiment of that as Brogan Roback passed for 267 yards and Ian Eriksen ran for two touchdowns on the way to a season-opening victory over the Charlotte 49ers 24-7.
Sometimes opening games are good for sports writers. Sometimes they can tell what the season is going to look like. Especially when the teams are fairly evenly matched. I’m not sure that was the case with the Eastern Michigan-Charlotte game, but still, there was much to be learned.