THE NEW GILDED AGE (Part 2)
THE NEW GILDED AGE (Part 2)
Chippewa's lose chance to win West Division of Mid American Conference Championship
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By: Thomas Baird
12th November, 2015 0
On a beautiful mid-November evening in Mount Pleasant, Michigan the CMU Chippewas would host the Toledo Rockets in a key West Division match-up. The game would be broadcast nationally on ESPN for the entire nation to see the good play in the Mid American Conference. Toledo came into the game with a 7-1 record having lost their first game last week dropping them out of the top 25 in the nation. Central Michigan came into the game with a 4-1 record in Conference play.
Central Michigan's quarterback Cooper Rush came into the game ranked high as a top quarterback in the country. For the first quarter and half it was all Toledo Rockets jumping out to a 21-0 lead. Rocket quarterback Phillip Ely would have a big day by completing 23 out of 40 passes for 339 yards and 2 touchdown passes. In front of a small crowd at Kelly Shorts Stadium the Chippewas would fight back to make it a 21-10 game at the half.
Central Michigan came out and scored first in the 2nd half on a 27 yard touchdown pass to Corey Willis from Cooper Rush. The strangest moment of the game came when Referee gave CMU a warning on too much crowd noise to the band and cheerleaders even though there wasn't much of a crowd left. The announced attendance of 13,490 saw the Chippewas score late in the fourth quarter on a 5 yard touchdown pass to Anthony Rice from Rush again to make it a 28 - 23 game. A two point conversation was missed. That would be all of the scoring for the game. CMU drops to 4-2 in the Western Division and now need a win in their final two games to become bowl eligible. They will play Kent State and Eastern Michigan University who have a combined record of 4-15.
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