Ohio Leads Central Michigan 31-0 at the Half and Cruises
It was 31-0 at halftime, which is the whole story. Ohio scored five times before the break, Central Michigan did not get on the board until the last seconds of the third quarter, and the Bobcats walked away with a 31-14 win to move to 4-2.
The start was ruthless. Duncan Brune ran 23 yards for a touchdown at 11:01 of the first quarter, and Nick Poulos threw a three-yarder to Riley Neer before the quarter was out. Will Hryszko added a 24-yard field goal, Poulos hit Preston Bowman from a yard out, and then he found Dom Dorwart on a 44-yard touchdown with 0:06 left before the break. Ohio never trailed, and from Hryszko's field goal on, the lead never dropped below 17.
The Chippewas finally got moving when Jayden Clerveaux ran 15 yards for a score at 0:25 of the third, and Nick Woodford added a 20-yard run with 1:39 left in the fourth. By then it was a formality. Ohio ran 50 times for 245 yards and threw just 18 passes for 158, so the Bobcats were content to bleed the clock. Ohio lost two fumbles to Central Michigan's one, and it did not matter.
Central Michigan falls to 3-3. For fantasy, Poulos did the work in three ways: three touchdown passes, 16 carries and 52 yards on the ground, and a lost fumble to keep it from being a perfect night.