You may have noticed that CMU’s defense often collapses during the second half of games.  If you haven’t noticed this, then you must have missed the contests against Kentucky, Northern Illinois, Eastern Michigan, Ball State and Akron. Watching defensive meltdowns of this frequency and intensity is frustrating and perplexing.  It leaves my brain in a [...]

Who we lose: Nick Bellore, Matt Berning Key returners: Armond Staten, Mike Petrucci, Shamari Benton, Alex Smith  and Kyle Zelinsky Could skip the red shirt? Tim “Jumbo” Hamilton Obviously losing and replacing the production of two NFL ready linebackers in Nick Bellore and Matt Berning will not be easy, but there were some real bright spots in [...]

CMU Sportszone’s Justin Hoff, sits down and talks with wide receiver, Cody Wilson, linebacker, Armond Staten and head coach, Dan Enos in what is the first of many awesome Sportszone interviews of the 2011 season. Check back with TCR for more links or visit CMUChippewas.com for direct access! [MAC Media Day: Dan Enos Interview] [MAC [...]

The 2011 NBA All-Star game and the 2011 CMU Spring Game had a lot in common. Primarily, both sacrificed defensive intensity (a.k.a “actually playing defense”) for the greater goods of player health and fan entertainment.  I mean, how shitty would it have been to see another 3-0 contest and have Ryan Radcliff blow up his shoulder or [...]

CMU Sports Zone’s, Justin Hoff talks with Senior Linebacker, Armond Staten about stepping into a leadership role in 2011. [Check out the video here]

Rivals.com posted a story, MAC: A good year, bright future. CMU was mentioned as the biggest disappointment: Biggest disappointment: Central Michigan. The Chippewas were supposed to contend for the West title, but instead slumped to a 3-9 mark under first-year coach Dan Enos after Butch Jones left to coach Cincinnati. That ended a run of [...]