PREVIEWS: SATURDAY, NOV. 29 FOOTBALL ACTION
# BALL STATE AT MIAMI (NOON, CBSSN)
# TOLEDO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN (NOON, ESPN+)
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# TOLEDO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN (NOON, ESPN+)
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BALL STATE AT MIAMI (NOON, CBSSN)
By MIKE SMITH
With just four wins to their credit, the Ball State Cardinals will be home during bowl season. However, when they look back on their 2025 campaign, they can still recall some fond moments. The best might have come Oct. 4 when BSU upset defending MAC champion Ohio 20-14 in Muncie.
Reverberations from that day . . . CONTINUE
By MIKE SMITH
With just four wins to their credit, the Ball State Cardinals will be home during bowl season. However, when they look back on their 2025 campaign, they can still recall some fond moments. The best might have come Oct. 4 when BSU upset defending MAC champion Ohio 20-14 in Muncie.
Reverberations from that day . . . CONTINUE
TOLEDO AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN (NOON, ESPN+)
The Rockets and Chippewas own identical records: 7-4 overall and 5-2 MAC. Both are safely bowl eligible, but both entered the week as part of a complex battle for the a MAC Championship game berth.
Western Michigan needed only to win against rival Eastern Michigan to solidify one spot. One thing was clear about the remaining spot, each contender's chances started with a win in this week.
• • • • • CENTRAL MICHIGAN (7-4, 5-2 MAC) has won four of its last five, with the only loss coming at Western Michigan (24-21) back on Nov. 1. Most recently, the Chippewas defeated Kent State 28-16.
Single touchdowns in the first two periods helped CMU build a 14-3 halftime advantage. After a scoreless third quarter. the Chippewas outscored KSU 14-13 in the final stanza.
• Senior QB Joe Labas completed 11 of 20 passes, totaling 121 yards with two TDs and one INT.
• DeCorion Temple caught three balls totaling 34 yards with one TD.
• The Chippewas ran 43 times for a total of 174 yards and two TDs. Nahree Biggins led the way, logging 12 trips for a total of 61 yards.
• Jordan Kwiatkowski registered 14 tackles, including 1 sack and 4.5 TFL. The senior linebacker averages 8.7 tpg and ranks fifth among all MAC defenders.
• Central Michigan limited the Flashes to 91 yards rushing.
• CMU ranks third among MAC teams in scoring offense (25.7 ppg) and sixth in scoring defense (22.8 ppg).
• The Chippewas offense is third in rushing (177.5 ypg) and ninth in passing (159.3 ypg).
• • • • • TOLEDO (7-4, 5-2 MAC) needs to win and hope results fall favorably elsewhere. The Rockets are playing well, having lost just one game -- a non-conference contest -- since the debacle at Bowling Green back on Oct. 11. In fact, all of the wins since them have been rather decisive.
• After a key 24-3 win over (Dequan Finn-less) Miami Nov. 12, Toledo thumped Ball State 38-9.
Two Tucker Gleason TD passes gave the Rockets a 14-0 first quarter lead and UT took a 24-3 lead to the locker room at intermission.
Gleason threw two more long TD passes in the second half before a surrendering BSU's only touchdown with 3:42 remaining.
• Gleason, a senior, completed 15 of 24 passes, good for 218 yards with four TDs and two picks.
• Junior Vandeross III led Rocket receivers with seven catches totaling 127 yards (2 TDs).
• Vandeross leads the MAC in receptions (71) and receiving TDs (11).
• Chip Trayanum logged 15 caries for 128 yards and a TD against Ball State. It was the senior's fourth game over 100 yards this year. He ranks second among MAC rushers with an average of 95.1 ypg.
• Toledo leads the MAC in both scoring (32.5 ppg) and scoring defense (13.0 ppg).
• The Rockets offense is fifth in rushing (175.4 ypg) and first in passing (247.5 ypg).
• UT has surrendered a league low 11 sacks. The defense is fourth in sacks (31).
• Toledo has eight MAC Championship game appearances, second to NIU (9). The Rockets are 4-4 in the title game. Their most recent appearanes were 2022 (won) and 2023 (lost).
The Rockets and Chippewas own identical records: 7-4 overall and 5-2 MAC. Both are safely bowl eligible, but both entered the week as part of a complex battle for the a MAC Championship game berth.
Western Michigan needed only to win against rival Eastern Michigan to solidify one spot. One thing was clear about the remaining spot, each contender's chances started with a win in this week.
• • • • • CENTRAL MICHIGAN (7-4, 5-2 MAC) has won four of its last five, with the only loss coming at Western Michigan (24-21) back on Nov. 1. Most recently, the Chippewas defeated Kent State 28-16.
Single touchdowns in the first two periods helped CMU build a 14-3 halftime advantage. After a scoreless third quarter. the Chippewas outscored KSU 14-13 in the final stanza.
• Senior QB Joe Labas completed 11 of 20 passes, totaling 121 yards with two TDs and one INT.
• DeCorion Temple caught three balls totaling 34 yards with one TD.
• The Chippewas ran 43 times for a total of 174 yards and two TDs. Nahree Biggins led the way, logging 12 trips for a total of 61 yards.
• Jordan Kwiatkowski registered 14 tackles, including 1 sack and 4.5 TFL. The senior linebacker averages 8.7 tpg and ranks fifth among all MAC defenders.
• Central Michigan limited the Flashes to 91 yards rushing.
• CMU ranks third among MAC teams in scoring offense (25.7 ppg) and sixth in scoring defense (22.8 ppg).
• The Chippewas offense is third in rushing (177.5 ypg) and ninth in passing (159.3 ypg).
• • • • • TOLEDO (7-4, 5-2 MAC) needs to win and hope results fall favorably elsewhere. The Rockets are playing well, having lost just one game -- a non-conference contest -- since the debacle at Bowling Green back on Oct. 11. In fact, all of the wins since them have been rather decisive.
• After a key 24-3 win over (Dequan Finn-less) Miami Nov. 12, Toledo thumped Ball State 38-9.
Two Tucker Gleason TD passes gave the Rockets a 14-0 first quarter lead and UT took a 24-3 lead to the locker room at intermission.
Gleason threw two more long TD passes in the second half before a surrendering BSU's only touchdown with 3:42 remaining.
• Gleason, a senior, completed 15 of 24 passes, good for 218 yards with four TDs and two picks.
• Junior Vandeross III led Rocket receivers with seven catches totaling 127 yards (2 TDs).
• Vandeross leads the MAC in receptions (71) and receiving TDs (11).
• Chip Trayanum logged 15 caries for 128 yards and a TD against Ball State. It was the senior's fourth game over 100 yards this year. He ranks second among MAC rushers with an average of 95.1 ypg.
• Toledo leads the MAC in both scoring (32.5 ppg) and scoring defense (13.0 ppg).
• The Rockets offense is fifth in rushing (175.4 ypg) and first in passing (247.5 ypg).
• UT has surrendered a league low 11 sacks. The defense is fourth in sacks (31).
• Toledo has eight MAC Championship game appearances, second to NIU (9). The Rockets are 4-4 in the title game. Their most recent appearanes were 2022 (won) and 2023 (lost).
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