Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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34 SEPT. 16, 2023 BLUE & GOLD ILLUSTRATED GAME PREVIEW: CENTRAL MICHIGAN BY TYLER HORKA W eek 1 is the perfect time for a Group of Five school to sneak up on an in-state Power Five opponent and hit them with a wakeup call from the very start of a season. Look what Texas State did in beating Baylor 42-31 in Waco. Wow. Central Michigan didn't get the memo. The Chippewas had a chance to do something special Sept. 1 against a Michigan State team whose trajectory is as confusing as quantum physics is to a liberal arts major. The Spartans gave head coach Mel Tucker a $95 million contract after an 11-2 season in 2021. He took the money and went 5-7 in 2022. Tucker's seat is as hot as ever just a year and a half after the handsomest of paydays. A loss to an inferior foe within Michigan state lines would have sig- naled a turbulent, likely catastrophic NOT ENOUGH CHIPS There is no such thing as house money for a Central Michigan team that is severely outmatched against Notre Dame