[Postgame Thread] San José State Defeats Eastern Michigan 27-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
San José State	0	10	7	10	27
Eastern Michigan	0	7	14	0	21

[u/Need_more_flairs]

Ugly ass game, but a win’s a win. No MAC team from the state of Michigan beats us 3 games in a row. Nobody.

[u/SufferingfOrLife]

This was a sloppy game but the defense clamped down when it was needed and Luke Weaver, despite the two turnovers balled out when his number was called. Great win on the road!

[u/R_Raider86 → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Yeah the EMU offense struggled a bit in the second half. Kim was scrambling late because the OL couldn't get blocks.

[u/bearinsac → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Pulled out the win with all those penalties and false starts. Without those I think SJSU wins by 2+ scores. Which is promising since it’s only the second game of the year and that can be improved.

[u/Srikkk → u/bearinsac]

True but when have we not shot ourselves in the foot

[u/theguyjamesbave → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Glad we leaned on the run game compared to the last couple of years

[u/Lookuppage8 → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Weaver was a heck of a pickup!

[u/Pandemic_Academic]

Between winning this game and watching Fresno flailing hard against USC must be great for Spartans fans

[u/NoodlesTheAlmighty → u/Pandemic_Academic]

And USC fans!

[u/DickHammerr → u/NoodlesTheAlmighty]

Quality win

[u/leewilliam236 → u/Pandemic_Academic]

Can't wait to see r/cfbball's new comic about them bulld0ngs!

[u/TotalEconomist → u/leewilliam236]

Oh yeah, they get the donut treatment don’t they? :D

[u/leewilliam236 → u/TotalEconomist]

Yup! Chestnut-flavored to be exact!

[u/LaughComfortable9289 → u/Pandemic_Academic]

Beautiful day in SJ, Fresno and Stanford lose

[u/Critical_Interest706]

Despite San Jose state trying everything in its power to lose the game, they still won. It’s crazy how many penalties they had and still won. It’s like both teams forgot they had a game today. Pretty fun watch tho! That’s why everyone loves MACtion!!

[u/gbreadgamer]

Both the offense and defense had spurts of looking good (that strip sack was awesome to see), but neither was consistent, with the offense being downright bad most of the second half. And damn, if Noah Kim keeps playing like that it’s gonna be a long season.

GG to SJSU, if y’all can work through those self-inflicted wounds (seriously how’d you keep getting delay of games) yall should have a good season

[u/nosotros_road_sodium → u/gbreadgamer]

Those delay of games were on purpose, trying to get EMU to jump offsides on fourth downs.

[u/McHungies → u/gbreadgamer]

I know the OL didn’t give him enough time or space most of the second half, but Kim was bad. Not setting his feet, bad reads, poor mechanics. For a 25 year old who’s one of the oldest guys in the league I’d expect some of the basic stuff to be better. 

If he keeps it up I don’t see the reason to keep him out there. He can’t come back next year, and if hit the skids for three or four games in a row something else has to happen. 

[u/MacYacob]

Survived a quarter in Ypsilanti 

[u/DarthNobody14]

That was a good game. San Jose State did everything they could to lose, but Eastern Michigan was really disappointing in the 4th quarter.

San Jose State needs to clean up the penalties and turnovers, but they do look better than they were last year at least.

[u/nosotros_road_sodium → u/DarthNobody14]

What's wild is that SJSU played a turnover-free game at USC. Same USC that just shut out Fresno State.

[u/WatchOutIGotYou]

Team Stats	SJSU	EMU
1st Downs	19	13
3rd down efficiency	5-16	3-16
4th down efficiency	1-2	1-4
Total Yards	453	281
Passing	316	174
Comp/Att	23/41	24/43
Yards per pass	7.7	4.0
Rushing	137	107
Rushing Attempts	36	25
Yards per rush	3.8	4.3
Penalties	13-100	4-35
Turnovers	2	1
Fumbles lost	1	0
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Possession	29:52	30:08

Number	Player	Team	C/ATT	Cmp%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
3	Luke Weaver	SJSU	23/39	59.0	316	8.1	3	1
1	Noah Kim	EMU	24/43	55.8	174	4.0	1	1

Kim: 9/22, 34 Yds, 1 INT after 11:53 - 3rd

[u/spyinhawaiian]

Pretty cool to see Weaver doing his thing. Would have been fun to see what he’d do with Scudero.

[u/theguyjamesbave → u/spyinhawaiian]

I miss Scudero

[u/leewilliam236 → u/theguyjamesbave]

Me too. It's too bad however that he's not their starting WRs at Colorado.

[u/jkeen1960 → u/leewilliam236]

The grass wasn't greener but the NIL money was.

[u/dscreations → u/leewilliam236]

I think he got injured in fall camp

[u/PureCFR]

The Fighting Joey Chestnuts devour the EMUs.

[u/Rubrumaurin]

Love to see it SJSU bros

[u/leewilliam236]

Respect to Chris Creighton for all he has done to make Eastern Michigan respectable!

Howard Bunsis can go suck Joey Chestnuts weiners!

[u/Decent-Yak-4696]

SJSU looks like a good team. They won vs a mediocre but veteran team on the road and the game was only close due to self inflicted wounds.

Redditors killed USC for their 2nd string giving up points to the Spartans in the 4th quarter. When SJSU goes 9-4, that take will age like curdled milk.

(I hate USC btw and hope they go 2-10. This is a SJSU praise post)

[u/ExtremelyOnlineTM]

I didn't know this was tonight! Hoisted by MACtion scheduling and my own apathy.

[u/AruarianGroove → u/ExtremelyOnlineTM]

Plenty of time to get some MACtion ready for Michigan State

[u/gotintocollegeyolo]

That OL is ass bro the EMU QB had like 0.01 seconds to throw. 43 attempts for 174 yards is diabolical

[u/Difficult_Trust1752 → u/gotintocollegeyolo]

5 man box, 3 dl in the backfield immediately.

[u/Flintoid]

Title should be Eastern Michigan defeats Eastern Michigan against San Jose State.

[u/wutsdasqrtofdisapt → u/Flintoid]

San Jose state defeats San Jose state defeating eastern Michigan defeating eastern michigan

[u/Takamatsu-Iki → u/wutsdasqrtofdisapt]

Most accurate comment award right here.

[u/usernames_suck_ok]

All the Michigan teams might lose tonight...

[u/ztailx]

Same shit different year for Eastern wtf

[u/Difficult_Trust1752 → u/ztailx]

Its exhausting. Absolutely refuse to put together a complete football team for a full 4 quarters

[u/DueYogurt9 → u/Difficult_Trust1752]

Did you do undergrad at Eastern and grad school at Penn State?

[u/Difficult_Trust1752 → u/DueYogurt9]

Neither. Grad school at Michigan during the dark years.

[u/DueYogurt9 → u/Difficult_Trust1752]

And how’re you a Penn State fan in that case?

[u/Difficult_Trust1752 → u/DueYogurt9]

Family

[u/Lookuppage8]

Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat - but a W is a W, let’s keep it going!

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

GG SJSU

[u/Kite_sunday]

Good bounce back SJSU.

[u/TotalEconomist]

Woo, we didn’t lose to a team from Michigan again.

Ugly win, but glad we got it done.

[u/DueYogurt9]

The best game of this Friday night, no question.

[u/cvg596]

The defense played pretty well in the first half, and kept the offense in the game. If the OL continues to play like this, it’ll drag the rest of the team down with it. Maybe they’ll improve with more reps together, or maybe the play calls will be tweaked to accentuate their strengths and hide their weaknesses.

[u/wooooooo1776]

MWMaction baby!!!

[u/Takamatsu-Iki]

Shot ourselves in the foot about 5 or 7 times ... and still hobbled down the field enough to win it. Good work.

[u/NoAirline3904]

The offense of EMU has looked terrible these first couple games

[u/Difficult_Trust1752 → u/NoAirline3904]

That wasnt supposed to be the problem, but dogshit OL

[u/NoAirline3904 → u/Difficult_Trust1752]

Yeah, the o-line is definitely concerning after being pushed around in back-to-back games. The LBs look elite at least.

[u/NovelExamination5431]

I mean once I saw Noah knigga wasn’t starting I knew it was cooked