Eastern Michigan Basketball - Vs. Ball State

I went to my first basketball game of the season.  I've been meaning to go to one sooner but the schedule hasn't seemed to work out for me.  Eastern Michigan would finish non-conference play at 10-3.  They started 0 and three in the MAC.  They were looking to get their first win in the MAC.

It looked like it was going to be a good game.  Eastern Michigan managed to get a brief lead but only to watch it evaporate to a nice Ball State run.  Eastern Michigan would find themselves down at halftime and would manage to pull within 4 but the Ball State made a pretty nice run to finish the game 69 to 52.  There's still quite a bit of season left in the MAC but Eastern Michigan finds themselves in a tough spot.

Anyway, there is another game on Saturday.  If you want to see more pictures from the game, go to Hustle Belt.

Ball State at Eastern Michigan - Pictures

These pictures are from the weekend before last.  I am finally trying to catch up on my blog.  I've really had no issues taking the pictures, I've just had issues getting motivated to post them.  Anyway....

 As I was heading into the stadium, I saw this police motorcycle.  It belongs to the Eastern Michigan police.

 Over the summer, Eastern Michigan added a new scoreboard.

 They also added a new athletic building.  I think it is going to house all the different teams at Eastern Michigan.

 A shot of the NFL wall.  These are the players that have played in the NFL.

 they also updated Swoop.

 I took my little lens with me, so I got some different pictures.

 the band taking the field.

 Another shot of them.

 The Eastern Michigan dance team.

 One of the drum majors coming on the field.

 the color guard.

 Another picture of them.

 Some of the band members.

 It was homecoming, so this is the alumni band.

 another shot of the color guard.

 The eagle flying out on the field.

 I love this shot.

 Another shot of the band.

 I love this shot too.

 But I think I love this one more.

 the team taking the field.

 A shot of the student section.

 A Kalitta DC-9 flying near the stadium as it heads to Willow Run.

 One of my shots from the game.  Other shots of the game are at Hustle Belt.

 Another shot of the student section.

 This CRJ was flying pretty low over the field.

 The band at halftime.

 Another shot of the band.

 One more.

 One of the cheerleaders.

 I think this was an A321.

And a 757.

A Lufthansa A340 heading off to Frankfurt.

Ball State at Eastern Michigan Basketball

After some degree of waffling tonight, I decided to head over to the Eastern Michigan basketball game to catch the second half.  Eastern was ahead by 12 points at the half and ended up winning 68-61.

My favorite shot from the game.  Paul Jackson going for a basket.  You can catch others at Hustle Belt.

Ball State Cardinals at Eastern Michigan Eagles - In Pictures

So it's the month of November and that means that all of the MAC games are on weeknights.  The Eastern Michigan game was no exception.  I'm not really a fan of weeknight games but it does bring the Conference money, so I guess that helps, right?

 It was raining before the game and I thought that maybe I would end up no going.  The rain let up, so I headed over there.

 The eagle after flying down on the field.  And the eagle's keeper.

 The flag girls in the pre-game show.

 The band.

 Trying to get a picture from one of the instruments.

 the band marching off the field before the game.

 another angle.

 The Dance Team performing during one of the media timeouts.  As always, they looked pretty good.

 A shot at the end.

 This was one of my favorite shots from the game.  Ian Eriksen giving one of the Ball State players a stiff arm during a run.

 They added fireworks to the post touchdown routine.

 And the cheerleaders.

 The band marching on the field during halftime.

 They were celebrating the anniversary of WEMU by playing some Jazz songs.

 They did a really good job with it.

 The twirler.

 She was pretty neat to watch.

 Another attempt at getting a reflection off one of the instruments.

 This is Linda Yohn, she is one of the broadcasters on WEMU.  She is retiring after 30 years with the station.

 Another shot of the band.

 Part of the drum line.

 One of the drum majors.

 Another shot that I really liked.  Blake Banham punching his way into the endzone for one of Eastern Michigan's scores.

Eastern Michigan would end up beating Ball State by a score of 56-14.  It was one of their better performances in a long time.