Ford Field is officially off the table.
Western Michigan’s 35-31 road loss to Northern Illinois Wednesday eliminated the Broncos from conference title game contention, but WMU can still have some say in who represents the MAC West in the league championship.
A win in the season finale against Toledo, plus a Northern Illinois win over Central Michigan next week punches the Huskies ticket to Ford Field.
But before we look ahead, let’s take a look back at five things that stood out from WMU’s narrow loss to NIU.
It’s not often a team commits three turnovers and ends the game in the winner’s circle, but that’s where NIU found itself Wednesday.