Editor & Publisher Jeff Brown.
Eastern Michigan University defeated University of Toledo on the gridiron by a score of 28-26 Saturday afternoon at Rynearson Stadium and what a close shave it was...Too close. Although the first half ended with EMU up by a score of 28-3, the entire second half was a total nailbiter.
Now, after reading other media coverage this morning (Sunday) I am surprised to see that a major factor in the game strangely does not appear to have been reported. To these eyes a key injury occurred to a key EMU player which altered the entire course of the second half of the game and nearly ended up in what easily could have become an EMU loss.
Eastern charged off to a very compelling 28-3 lead in the first half. I was happy, the team was happy, and the fans were happy. But near the end of the first half EMU Junior Quarterback Mike Glass ran with the ball around the right side and went down with what appeared to me to be a significant injury after being tackled. Glass had to be helped off the field and could not put weight on his leg or foot from my vantage point.
Quarterback Mike Glass was making his first start of his career for EMU and he was stellar. Glass ran for over 100 yards and was having success passing the ball. Then he went down with an injury late in the first half. In came QB Tyler Wiegers who took over as QB for the remainder of the game. Eastern didn't score again.
EMU running back Willie Parker had a good game and ran for a 50 yard touchdown while Eagle running back Shaq Vann ran for 51 yards with 11 carries. But in the end it was the stellar play of EMU's defense that saved the day for our 3-4 Eagles. Sure hope Quarterback Mike Glass is okay. His teammates and EMU fans need him.
Next week EMU travels to Muncie Indianan to take the Cardinals of Ball State. Kickoff is set to be at 3 pm.
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