Eastern Michigan game day thread

Do you smell that? That strange smell on the wind. It's slight but it's there. It smells like.....an upset. Now I know, it's EASTERN Michigan football we're talking about but hear me out. Pitt lost a lot of their best players last year, already this year their top go to playmaker Derek Kinder tore his ACL and is out this seaon. Another Pitt player, offensive tackle Chris Jacobson had a similar injury and will also be out. Pitt will be a team banged up and very unproven.

STRANGE things happen in the first week.

EMU returns 16 starters and were in a LOT of their games last year despite being 1-11. At least four, if not more could have easily gone the other way. They were close. They needed time to learn to win. They've been stewing all winter, spring and summer over that 1-11 mark of last season. Something tells me they'll give full effort.

The opportunity is there guys, go get this one.

6pm kickoff from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. WEMU 89.1 FM will have the call

Here now, the Ypsi City Desk College Football Rankings

For Washtenaw County

1) Michigan
2) Eastern Michigan

WOW, amazing. #1 AND #2 will play this October 6 in Ann Arbor. You KNOW ESPN will be all over this matchup of the titans. When games of this importance are played, and a #1 vs #2 matchup IS important, the ESPN Game Day crew shows up early and fans flock to the set. Will Lee Corso put on the Eagles head? Will he put on the a Michigan hat?

All we know is that this game WILL be a huge matchup with incredible implications for the US23 Bowl

Ladies and Jellyspoons, here now YOUR Ypsilanti ___________

They have no nickname anymore. None. They are simply the Ypsilantis or purple and golds.

How LAME. I mean how hard is it to pick a nickname? EMU did it in a minute and half years ago (How else do you explain the sanitized EAGLES name?).

The PC crowd has struck again in our fair city, no Braves for Ypsi High, no Hurons for EMU.

How about the Cowboys? They croaked Indians, right?

Since the school board decided not to adopt the student choice of 'Royals' (methinks it's a power grab thing by the board, how DARE the kids who attend the school get to choose, WE are adminstrators, only WE get to say) the school nickname sits in limbo. Sure the board SAYS they'll let students have SOME say, but Ypsi City Desk says let the kids decide. Royals was a fine name, classy, intelligent and not being used by a hundred other schools. The kids are on the right track.


If you want to submit an idea or logo call 734-714-1218. (DO NOT CHOOSE EAGLES)