talkin’ sMACk: Western Michigan vs. Central Michigan

It’s conference football season once again, as CMU and WMU meet for the infamous “Western Weekend” game, this time in Mt. Pleasant. Last year, the Broncos held off a furious comeback attempt by the Chippewas to retain the Victory Cannon for the second year in a row.

What do our resident CMU and WMU writers have to say about it? Here’s our Slack chat, lightly edited:

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brownandgold (Brown and Gold, WMU team manager and general editor at HB)

This Saturday is the 9th meeting for the Victory Cannon, and the 87th meeting all-time between Western and Central. WMU holds the all-time series lead, but since WWII (when MAC schedules started to look less laughable) , it's been pretty even. Honestly, the…