Central Michigan Runs 58 Times and Wyoming Never Catches Up
Central Michigan threw for 32 yards and won by 14. Sit with that for a second. The Chippewas ran the ball 58 times for 340 yards, and the passing game was a rounding error that nobody needed.
The lead came early and never got close to leaving. Caden VanHuis hit a 35-yard field goal in the first quarter, then Angel Flores ran 25 yards for a score and punched in a 1-yard touchdown with two seconds left in the half. That made it 17-0 at the break. Wyoming finally got on the board with a 37-yard Erik Sandvik field goal in the third, and Brock Townsend answered at once with a 38-yard run to make it 24-3. Markell Holman's 6-yard touchdown run early in the fourth set the final at 24-10. Nobody tied it and nobody took the lead from anybody, because Central Michigan owned it from the first score on.
Wyoming actually moved the ball fine, with 344 total yards to Central Michigan's 372, and 164 of them on the ground. The problem was two interceptions against none, and a quarterback line of 14 for 30 that never turned yards into points. Central Michigan, meanwhile, did not throw a pick or lose a fumble.
The Chippewas move to 2-1. Wyoming falls to 1-2.
Fantasy-wise, this was a Flores game and not much else. He completed 4 of 7 passes and ran for 163 yards and two touchdowns, which is a very odd stat line for a quarterback and a very good one for your lineup.