(09-02-2021 10:34 AM)EagleSam Wrote: Back to back sub-.500 conference records gets you an extension. I hope Creighton can right the ship, but the timing of this extension is very odd to me.
I'm quoting the EMU announcement:
Eastern's Accomplishments in the Chris Creighton Era
– 1st Win over a "Power 5" Conference team (Rutgers)
–1st Win over a Big Ten Conference Team (Rutgers)
–1st Bowl Appearance in 29 years (1987 California Bowl to 2016 Bahamas Bowl)
–1st Bowl Played on US soil in 31 years (1987 California Bowl to 2018 Camellia Bowl)
–1st Winning season since 1995 (7-6 record in 2016)
–1st Non-conference road victory since the 1988 campaign (at Wyoming in 2015)
–1st Back-to-back season since 2008-09 that players were taken in the NFL Draft
–1st Three game road winning streak since 1967
–1st Win over Miami University since 1993
–1st Win over Ohio University in Athens, Ohio since 1994
–1st Win over Northern Illinois University since 2007
–1st Win over Toledo since 2006
–1st Win at Akron since 1995
–1st Three-game winning streak against Big Ten Conference opponents
–1st Three-game MAC winning streak since 1999
–1st Four-game MAC winning streak since 1995
–1st Five-game MAC winning streak since 1989
–1st winning Mid-American Conference campaign since 1995
–1st time EMU student-athletes have the opportunity to play in two bowl games in their careers
–1st time EMU student-athletes have the opportunity to play in three bowl games in their careers
–First EMU Head Coach to defeat all 11 other MAC members
–First time EMU has been bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons
–2nd Win over a "Power 5" Conference team (Purdue)
–2nd Win over a Big Ten Conference team (Purdue)
–3rd Win over a "Power 5" Conference team (Illinois)
–3rd Win over a Big Ten Conference team (Illinois)
–Most Improved Program in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2016
–Largest single-season turnaround in school history (1-11 in 2015 to 7-6 in 2016)
–Largest deficit overcome in program history at 21-points (at Ball State in 2016)
–Largest MAC margin of victory in program history at 42-points (vs. Ball State in 2017)