Central Michigan Shuts Out Eastern Michigan Until the Last Ten Seconds
Ten seconds. That is how close Eastern Michigan came to getting blanked, and a Jace Stuckey six-yard touchdown pass to Harold Mack with 0:10 left is the only reason the final reads 35-7 for Central Michigan and not 35-0.
Central Michigan never trailed and never needed to think about it. Jadyn Glasser hit Nasir Williams from eight yards out in the first quarter for the opening score, then Nicholas Woodford took over: an 11-yard run with 10:26 left in the second quarter, a 2-yarder with 1:48 left before the half, and a 1-yard plunge with 5:13 left in the third. That made it 28-0 entering the fourth, and Vaughn Blue added a 1-yard run with 11:07 to go for 35-0.
The yardage tells you why. Central Michigan ran 51 times for 237 yards and added 183 passing for 420 total. Eastern Michigan finished with 177 yards, 74 of them on the ground on 21 carries, and threw an interception. The Chippewas did not turn it over once, no picks and no lost fumbles. It is a very simple way to win a football game: do not give it away, and keep running it.
Central Michigan goes to 4-5 and Eastern Michigan falls to 4-6, so the Chippewas sit a game under .500 and the Eagles are two under.
For fantasy, Woodford was the whole story. He carried 21 times for 123 yards and three touchdowns and caught one pass for 18, and that one afternoon was nearly half of his season's rushing yardage (258 across eight games). Williams caught the first-quarter touchdown, and that was the rest of the fantasy action.