I think it's in all of our nature to be skeptical when it comes to EMU football, but this should be a good matchup for us and game we win. It seems like we really struggle with teams who can just run it right at us and control the game...that isn't Akron. They only average 73 rushing yards a game. Their QB is their leading rusher, but even he only has 282 yards, and as a team they average 2.4 yards per carry. In other words, that kind of plays right into our base defense. The QB completes 67% of his passes sure, but with less than seven yards per completion. They aren't explosive, they may score around 20 points but that should not beat us.

This is a game Evans should really take over. Especially if Howie is back (and even if he isn't) we should be able to control the line of scrimmage and control the game. For instance, CMU didn't have Lew Nichols and still rushed for 199 yards against them. Then when the time is right hit some big plays to Drummond/Knue/Beydoun.