EMU is interesting this year. Obviously much improved and not the Eagles of old, however they still haven't learned how to close out a game yet (hopefully that doesn't change on Thursday). Below is a comparison between the 2 teams statistically.


-EMU has scored 139 pts (19.9 per game) 115th out of 130 nationally and also let up 139 pts (19.9 per game) 29th out of 130 nationally.

-6 of their 7 games have been decided by 1 score or less


EMU STAT LEADERS
Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Brogan Roback 165 267 61.8 1817 6.8 6.2 10 8 125.3

Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Ian Eriksen 83 340 4.1 4 10 67 6.7 0 93 407 4.4 4
2 Shaq Vann 58 210 3.6 0 6 55 9.2 0 64 265 4.1 0
3 Breck Turner 31 118 3.8 1 5 23 4.6 0 36 141 3.9 1
4 Brogan Roback 25 -34 -1.4 0 25 -34 -1.4 0
5 Blake Banham 10 15 1.5 0 5 22 4.4 0 15 37 2.5 0
6 Kyle Rachwal 1 27 27.0 0 1 27 27.0 0
7 Sergio Bailey 1 10 10.0 0 41 559 13.6 4 42 569 13.5 4
8 Antoine Porter 1 -16 -16.00 33 396 12.0 3 34 380 11.2 3
9 Mathew Sexton 16 204 12.8 1 16 204 12.8 1


Kicking Punting
Rk Player XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts Punts Yds Avg
1 Paul Fricano 13 15 86.7 8 11 72.7 37 1 30 30.0

Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Rk Player Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds
1 Vince Calhoun 29 24 53 0.0 0.0 1
2 Brody Hoying 26 17 43 2.0 1.0 2 106 53.0 1 2 2
3 Jason Beck 19 24 43 1.5 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0
4 Kyle Rachwal 15 21 36 5.0 1.0 1
5 Maxx Crosby 17 18 35 8.5 5.0 1
6 Ike Spearman 17 17 34 1.5 0.0




-NIU has scored 193 pts (27.6 per game) 70th of 130 nationally and also let up 117 pts (16.7 per game) 13th of 130 nationally

NIU STAT LEADERS
Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Daniel Santacat 62 97 63.9 649 6.7 5.6 6 5 130.2
2 Marcus Childers 55 87 63.2 594 6.8 7.9 7 1 144.8

Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Jordan Huff 85 450 5.3 1 4 20 5.0 1 89 470 5.3 2
2 Marcus Childers 75 275 3.7 2 75 275 3.7 2
3 Marcus Jones 40 187 4.7 2 4 25 6.3 0 44 212 4.8 2
4 Tommy Mister 30 154 5.1 1 1 4 4.0 0 31 158 5.1 1
5 Daniel Santacat 21 -25 -1.2 0 21 -25 -1.2 0
6 D.J. Brown 14 72 5.1 0 25 219 8.8 1 39 291 7.5 1
7 Ryan Graham 12 99 8.3 0 1 13 13.0 0 13 112 8.6 0
8 Dwayne Milton 9 69 7.7 0 9 69 7.7 0
9 Tre Harbison 9 51 5.7 0 1 24 24.0 0 10 75 7.5 0
10 Christian Blake 9 30 3.3 0 27 303 11.2 3 36 333 9.3 3
11 Spencer Tears 3 5 1.7 0 25 290 11.6 4 28 295 10.5 4
12 Jauan Wesley 1 9 9.0 1 6 64 10.7 0 7 73 10.4 1


Kicking Punting
Rk Player XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts
1 Christian Hagan 25 25 100.0 6 12 50.0 43



Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Rk Player Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR
1 Bobby Jones IV 30 33 63 10.0 4.0 1 2 2.0 0 0
2 Jawuan Johnson 29 26 55 9.0 0.0 3 30 10.0 1 1 1
3 Mykelti Williams 34 10 44 1.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 4
4 Sutton Smith 23 13 36 17.5 8.5 2 2

So Childers and Santa have a higher QB rating than Broback. Coulda made some money with that bet.

EMU was a good team last year and we rallied to beat them thanks to the running of Huff and Santa. I'm sure they're much better this year but I'm pretty sure NIU has made greater progress from the previous year than EMU. We should beat them convincingly.

(10-23-2017 03:57 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  EMU was a good team last year and we rallied to beat them thanks to the running of Huff and Santa. I'm sure they're much better this year but I'm pretty sure NIU has made greater progress from the previous year than EMU. We should beat them convincingly.

Hard to imagine convincgly. EMU just doesn't allow points

At least two TDs. What's the line?

On paper it looks like a low scoring defensive struggle game. Neither EMU and NIU give up many yards and points. Turn overs and shot fields could change that.

(10-23-2017 04:02 PM)badmoonrising13 Wrote:  At least two TDs. What's the line?

Last I saw it was 8 and massey has it as a 21-14 final for NIU