Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan Football

As I said in the last post, I traveled to Kalamazoo in order to watch the Eastern Michigan Eagles play the Western Michigan Broncos.  The Broncos were undefeated and I was hoping that the Eagles would knock them down from their pedestal.  As always, these are pictures other than the game except for my favorite from the game.  If you want to see my pictures of the game, go to Hustle Belt.

 Waldo Stadium was opened in 1939 and has been renovated a few times since then.  It's current rated capacity is 30,200 people.  It is actually a pretty nice stadium except for the fact it runs east-west instead of north-south.  That makes taking pictures difficult in the afternoon.

 The mascot for Western Michigan is the broncos.  This is the one that walks around the stadium.

 This is a real bronco and it's pretty cool but not as cool as an eagle.

 Western Michigan head coach PJ Fleck leads his team out onto the field.  He is currently in his fourth year at Western Michigan and seems to have them on the right track.  Prior to Western, he was a position coach at a couple of teams.  He played college football as a wide receiver at Northern Illinois.  He is the youngest Division IA coach and the first born in the 1980's.

 I'll have to say that he is a pretty dynamic personality.

 This was my favorite picture of the game.  Brogan Roback running in for a touchdown.  Sadly Eastern would lose 45-31.

 I like to catch the band at halftime.  They played songs from David Bowie, someone else and Prince.  It was pretty cool.

 They also had people that survived the Uber shootings and the case where some jackass decided to run down some bicyclists.

 Another shot of the band.

 The flag girls.

 Yesterday was band day at Western, so they had a bunch of bands from local high schools.

 A few Eastern fans that made the trek on I-94.

 The Western cheerleaders rowing the boat.

 Another shot of Buster.

Coach Creighton arguing a call.

Eastern Michigan Football Vs. Western Michigan

So I went over to Kalamazoo to see Eastern Michigan play Western Michigan.  I also caught up with my cousin, so that was cool.

 I think this is one of the older campus buildings, they are going to turn it into the Alumni Center.  My cousin said they've been tearing down many of the buildings.

 So I got to the game and Western Michigan ended up running the opening the kickoff back for a touchdown.  It was at this point that I figured it was going to be one of those games.

 Bronson Hill taking the handoff from Reggie Bell.

 Western Michigan's running back finding a hole in the defense.

 A helicopter flying over the stadium.

 Bronson Hill setting up another run.

 This is Media Time Out guy, he comes out on the field when there is a media timeout.  I realize that TV is source of much of the revenue that makes many college sports possible but the amount of dead time detracts from the experience of actually being at the game.  If colleges are complaining about the number of people actually going to the games, maybe they should find a way to balance between TV and people at the games.

 Reggie Bell trying to set up for a pass.

 One of the Western players getting tackled.

 At this point it was 48-0 and I decided I would leave at the half.

Ryan Brumfield trying to poke through one of the holes.

Checking the score after the game, Eastern did manage to score a touchdown but that was it.  The final score was 51-7.