Eastern Michigan Eagles: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats
Eastern Michigan Eagles: Key To The 2022 Offense
Find a running game.
The Eastern Michigan football program hasn’t done much of anything for the ground attack in years. 2016 was the last time the offense averaged over four yards per carry and 2011 was the last time it averaged over 200 yards per game.
The parts are there. The power of Samson Evans and quickness and experience of Darius Boone should be enough to change things up, and the offense line is the best it’s been maybe ever under Chris Creighton. The production has to follow.
EMU was 6-0 when it ran for over 125 yards, and 1-6 when it didn’t. On the flip side …
Eastern Michigan Eagles: Key To The 2022 Defense
Get nastier against the run.
It wasn’t like the Eagles were hammered in a few games here and there – it was a steady stream of production from everyone’s offense.
Getting powered on by Wisconsin was no big deal, but Ball State ran well, UMass hit the 200-yard mark, and overall the D allowed over five yards per carry and gave up 200 yards or more eight times.
The Eagles were 0-5 when giving up 230 using yards or more.
Eastern Michigan Eagles: Key Player To The 2022 Season
PK Jesus Gomez, RFr.
Having a great placekicker might seem like a luxury for an Eastern Michigan team that needs more production from key spots, but over the years the team managed to play a whole lot of close, tight battles.
That wasn’t quite the case last year – only three games were decided by three points or fewer – however, Chad Ryland was a star hitting 19-of-22 field goals. Now he’s off to Maryland.
Gomez played high school football in Mexico, and now he’ll get the first shot at taking over the job.
Eastern Michigan Eagles: Key Transfer
QB Taylor Powell, Sr.
He started his career at Missouri but was ineffective, transferred to Troy and started playing well. And then he got hurt. Now the veteran will push for the starting quarterback job. He might not add too much to the ground game, but he’s got a live arm and should rock with the good, veteran receiving corps.
Eastern Michigan Key Game To The 2022 Season
at Western Michigan, Oct. 8
This isn’t the make-or-break game for a bowl game – there are plenty of winnable dates on the slate – but this will show whether or not Eastern Michigan is a player in the MAC race.
With Northern Illinois, Toledo, and Central Michigan all coming to Ypsilanti, beating Western Michigan would put the Eagles in the driver’s seat.
Eastern Michigan Eagles: 2021 Fun Stats
– Penalties: Opponents 89 for 788 yards – Eastern Michigan 50 for 448 yards
– 1st Quarter Scoring: Opponents 95 – Eastern Michigan 66
– Sacks: Opponents 42 for 251 yards – Eastern Michigan 24 for 155 yards
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