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This Week at The Wolverine Den
Game Weather
Central Michigan at Michigan (Parents Weekend)
Michigan Stadium
September 13, 2025 - 12:00 p.m. ET
Game Preview
The Michigan Wolverines will complete the non-conference schedule on Saturday against the Central Michigan Chippewas. Michigan will look to bounce back and build momentum following their loss to Oklahoma.
Pre-game Menu
French Toast Casserole
Hash Brown Casserole
Egg Casserole
Fruit
Muffins
Post-game Menu
Brats
Snacks
CMU is from the Mid-American Conference and started the year with a win at San Jose State (as a 14½ point underdog) and a loss to Pitt from the ACC. They are one of only a few teams in college football that play 3 quarterbacks. Joe Labas is the starter. He transferred from Iowa in 2024 and started the first 6 games for the Chips last year before an injury ended his season. Angel Flores is a transfer from Northern Arizona. In his two games this year, he has thrown 6 passes and rushed the ball himself 21 times. He is clearly their change-of-pace QB. Soph Jadyn Glasser has also played in each game.
CMU is now coached by Matt Drinkall (I'm sure the students are having a field day with that name). He played college football briefly at Iowa and was the O-Line coach at Army the past few years. As you might expect, CMU runs the ball a lot and throws short passes to maintain ball control. They are 8th in the nation in Time of Possession in the young season. But they don't have any big plays. So far, the Chips have had only 4 plays over 20 yards on the season. They want to control the ball and limit possessions.
The Wolverine Den Trivia
Michigan's schedule this year has only 6 home games and no consecutive homes games for the season. When have these two unique events happened before?
On defense, however, CMU has only averaged 1 sack per game and only 2½ Tackles for Loss per game. Plus, they are 131st in the nation (out of 134 teams in FBS) with the most passing yards allowed. They are also undisciplined, ranking 108th in most penalties.
This should be a relatively easy game for the Wolverines. We are way more talented and are playing at home. But this CMU team is not a pushover. They will limit our possessions by slowing down the game. Last week at Pitt, CMU trailed by only 7 with under 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. They gave up 21 points from there (including a TD with :45 seconds to play). They could keep this close for a while. But this team was 4-8 last year and 2-6 in the MAC. It won't be close at the end.
This is the start of the 2-game suspension of Sherrone Moore so Biff Poggi will be the acting head coach for the game. Michigan is 4-0 all-time against CMU and 36-1 all time against teams from the MAC.
The Wolverines are a 27½-point favorite.
Steve's Prediction
38-7
Brown's Prediction
38-7
Craig's Prediction
38-17
Tim's Prediction
35-10
Brown 6½, Steve 6, Craig 4½, Tim 3