Western Michigan Football

Undrafted Western Michigan football safety A. J. Thomas apparently impressed the new incoming Chicago Bears coaching staff and front office

The Western Michigan football team release their non-conference schedule, with the news that the game vs. Michigan State will be played on Friday, Sept. 2nd. They will also host Pitt.

Quarterback Kaleb Eleby, who led his Western Michigan Broncos to victory in the Quick Lane Bowl just days ago, has announced he is making himself eligible for upcoming 2022 NFL Draft in April.

I know some will roll their eyes when they read the headline, and maybe that comes with the giddiness of putting up 64 points on your opponent.

Grab a seat, it's story time. This is a story from about twenty-two years ago. Western Michigan's annual football home opener is known as Comm-University Night. As I remember it, the Comm-University named event started in the early 1990's, and when current athletic director Kathy Beauregard took over in 1997, she kept it going and in fact built on it.

Western Michigan versus Michigan. The Big Dog in the Big House playing one of the directional schools. All we need now is for the directional school to beat the big boys.

You probably care about the last weekend in November and a battle between Michigan and Ohio State. Well, the Big Ten conference says-fingers crossed-those games will happen in 2021.

As national sports talk show host Dan Patrick said Wednesday morning, "I love Western Michigan". And what's not to love?

This is the biggest game of the year, this side of Ohio State and Michigan, and, well, truth be told, that's hasn't been much of a game this century, either.

A little bit of deception that resulted in Western Michigan winning a football game has the sports world buzzing this morning.