Antonio Brown lingered on the field longer than usual Wednesday night after CMU’s thrilling 44-41 double-overtime win against Troy at the GMAC Bowl.

The winner of the GMAC Bowl between No. 25 CMU and Troy will bring bragging rights to its mid-major conference.

While Central (11-2) has won three of the last four Mid-American Conference championships, Troy (9-3) has won at least a part of the last four Sun Belt Conference championships.
The 8 p.m. game Jan. 6 in Mobile, Ala., will bring two programs that have sustained success in their respective conferences together.

The CMU football team did not have very far to travel during the month of December the past three years.

For three of the past four seasons, the Chippewas have played in the Mid-American Conference Championship game, winning it this season against Ohio, 20-10, after missing out last season.

The football team earned 10 conference honors today.

The Ohio Bobcats have taken away much of the buzz surrounding the CMU football team’s season finale at 1 p.m. Friday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium against Northern Illinois.

When Ohio beat NIU 38-31 Saturday, CMU clinched the Mid-American Conference West Division title and a Dec. 4 trip to Ford Field in Detroit.

CMU football coach Butch Jones is aware of how dangerous Western Michigan’s offense can be heading into the rivalry game at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Kalamazoo.

It is difficult to understand how an offense can rack up 373.2 yards per game, yet fail to break 20 points in half its schedule.

Last year, the football team’s defense was in shambles. But through four games on the 2009 schedule, the numbers tell a different story.