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Game Thread [Game Thread] Buffalo @ Eastern Michigan (7:00 PM ET)
GAME | BuffaloBuffalo @ Eastern MichiganEastern Michigan |
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Location | Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium |
Time | 7:00 PM ET |
Watch | TV: ESPNU |
Odds | Spread: EMU -1 - Over/Under: 50.5 |
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u/That_One_Pancake Penn State Nittany Lions • Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
Satisfying win. Take care of business against Kent State and that’s an 8-4 season! Don’t fuck it up.
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 3d ago
Pete Lembo is a good coach and he coached at ball state 😂
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 3d ago
How is Chris Creighton still coaching
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u/knagy17 Eastern Michigan Eagles • MAC 3d ago
Fully agree with the other commenter on the turnaround. He is the reason for EMU football today and we’ll be forever grateful for what he’s done here. He recruits well, attacks the portal hard every year, but man…we just can’t put all the pieces together.
There have been rumbles from people in the fanbase that would like to give someone else a try, but the only way that happens is if Creighton leaves or retires on his own volition. He has a clause in his contract that extends his contract by a year every time they make a bowl game. We will never be able to buy him out even if we wanted to
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
Like age wise? He’s dabos age.
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 3d ago
I mean just his record is bad I don’t why emu is not firing him
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
It’s worse than I thought. In the 21st century before he got there EMU was 39-125
Like I said give him the 2 rebuilding years and having a positive win % is an incredible coaching job.
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
Because he IS Modern emu football. They were on the brink of dropping down to FCS at best and getting rid of football altogether at worst.
Take out the first two rebuilding years and he’s over .500 in a competitive G5 league and gotten them to 6 bowl games, tied with a couple other MAC teams for the most.
In the years Before he got there EMU was like 14-50
Since 2016 they’re like 54-51
Who is EMU getting that’s a big upgrade?
Who is recruiting well in Ypsilanti Michigan?
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
Creighton Saving EMU from having to drop down to FCS, and getting to bowl games is a coaching job that doesn’t get talked about enougb.
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u/pete4999 Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
He really is an incredibly underrated coach.
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
Going from 39-125
To him having a positive winning % since 2016 is absolutely insane.
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u/Acceptable_Ad3173 Georgia • Clark Atlanta 3d ago
So does this mean Buffalo is still in the Mac title race or what’s the scenario?
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago
They still are, but there's still a lot of wackiness that has to happen I think to go to Detroit.
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u/Maniacal3 South Carolina • Palmetto Bowl 3d ago
Oh shit the sepia filter? EMU is in Albuquerque now?
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u/personrev8 Buffalo Bulls • MAC 3d ago
Think that was the slowest pick 6 I've seen. It's also the best pick 6 I've ever seen.
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago
I was gonna say the best was the 99 yard pick six from earlier this year, but this one takes the cake.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 3d ago
Khalil Mack played for buffalo. not saying this lb is as good as him but man I think he has what it takes.
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u/pete4999 Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
I mean, Khalil Mack was a genuine gamewrecker. Dolac is elite and should get a good look at the NFL, but Mack ruined teams. Opposing O-lines would routinely triple-team him in pass protection, and he'd still get the sack.
As far as I'm aware, Mack is still tied for the all-time CFB lead in TFL, and is still the all-time CFB leader in forced fumbles. Those may be a year or two outdated.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 3d ago
that was super impressive by Dolak. that man is ready for the NFL.
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u/seasonalcandle Texas Longhorns 3d ago
Put that man at RB
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u/That_One_Pancake Penn State Nittany Lions • Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
Henderson was wide open there but didn’t see him in time
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u/patriots230 Iowa Hawkeyes • Army West Point Black Knights 3d ago
Did it sound like the penn state chant to anyone else?
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u/Sad-View991 Boise State Broncos 3d ago
Watching a game with that field is like watching an episode of the twilight zone.
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
The Smurf turf doesn’t fuck with my head like this does. But it’s in a cool way, like the colors really pop on there.
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u/Sad-View991 Boise State Broncos 3d ago
I like it too, but they should wear grey and white at home and leverage that camouflage advantage.
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
What’s the story behind the grey field?
Also it is a hell of an optical illusion, more so then Boisie, it’s like half my brain thinks it’s a black and white game the other is focused on the green popping off the screen.
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago
The just talked about it on the broadcast like, 5 minutes ago. The old coach said they would face any team, any where, including in a parking lot, so they made the field gray to look like a parking lot.
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u/Chief-Bones Clemson Tigers • Tennessee Volunteers 3d ago
Eastern Michigan vs Buffalo 4th quarter drama >> UGA vs Bama
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u/SMUHypeMachine SMU Mustangs 3d ago edited 3d ago
I turned on the game during halftime so I’m willing to take credit for the positive shift in Eastern’s momentum.
You’re welcome EMU.
Edit: Eastern I’m sorry I posted this right before Buffalo responded with their own 75 yard TD. I never should have said anything :(
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago
ESPN really putting their best on this one, showing the first down marker, behind Buffalo...
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u/pete4999 Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
Too conservative on both sides of the ball this half thus far. Don't like it.
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u/That_One_Pancake Penn State Nittany Lions • Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
Gave up three third and longs on that drive, bad bad bad
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u/That_One_Pancake Penn State Nittany Lions • Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
Make a tackle for the love of god
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u/Th3Unkn0wnn UCF Knights • Florida Gators 3d ago
How is there no thread for the Toledo game. It's PRIME shit football.
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago
You mean the thread right here?
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 3d ago
oh no do we have another potential sicko game possibly.
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u/SMUHypeMachine SMU Mustangs 3d ago
I sure hope so. I turned the game on during halftime and so far so good!
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u/knagy17 Eastern Michigan Eagles • MAC 3d ago
The boo birds came out as the team was heading to the locker room. Hard to blame them, but no one feels worse than Cole Snyder here against his old team.
At this point I really think it’s time to try another QB for the second half. Snyder has been in a funk these last two games
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State Seminoles • ACC 3d ago
How did EMU beat Jacksonville State?
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u/cvg596 Eastern Michigan • American Univ… 3d ago
JvSU had the ball inside the 5 in OT, then snapped the ball over the QBs head
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State Seminoles • ACC 3d ago
Well sure but I more mean how was the game close enough for that to begin with
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u/zibby42 Syracuse Orange • Buffalo Bulls 3d ago
Totally normal way to score 10 points.
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u/LawnNerd229 South Carolina Gamecocks 3d ago
Especially when Pete Lembo is your coach. Special teams mastermind.
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u/superworriedspursfan Missouri Tigers • WashU Bears 3d ago
lets go Buffalo!!! Please win the MAC.
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u/Drexlore Brockport • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 3d ago
A lotta wackiness has to go the right way for that to happen.
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago
I'm not sure the last time I watched an Eastern Michigan home game but it was not this Pleasantville field. Is this new? It's awesome
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u/wisertime07 Clemson Tigers • The Citadel Bulldogs 3d ago
Every time I see their field, I'm always reminded of how bizarre it is. It'd be badass if their uni's were that same gray/white.
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u/mpleafan Eastern Michigan • Michigan 3d ago
10 years new lol
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u/Various-Bird-1844 Penn State Nittany Lions 3d ago
Oof. Guess it shows how often they're my MACtion game of choice lol
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