Hustle Belt · Sep 30, 2019
Five Things Learned: Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Western Michigan Broncos
Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports It was a game to forget if you were looking for quality on-field football, as the Central Michigan Chippewas (2-3, 1-1 MAC) and Western Michigan Broncos (3-2, 1-0 MAC) fought their way to a 31-16 slugfest in Kalamazoo.
The teams combined for an impressive 30 penalties at the end of the day, with some of the highlights including seven offsides penalties on defense for CMU and four unsportsmanlike conducts on one drive for WMU.
Even despite the rugby scrum the game turned into at points, there was still a football game somewhere in that mess, and some lessons to learn as a result.
CMU’s defense regressed horribly