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  Cole Snyder ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Buffalo scored 24 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to come from behind to beat Toledo, 34-27 and go to 4-0 in the Mid-American Conference on Saturday. Toledo held Buffalo without an offensive touchdown in the first half, led 20-7 at intermission and pushed its lead to 27-10 midway through the third quarter. Buffalo's defense provided the spark for the Bulls' comeback. Keyshawn Cobb forced a fumble and Jahmin Muse scooped up the high bounce and scored on a 72-yard run to get Buffalo on the board in the first half. Marcus Fuqua had three of the team's four interceptions on Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn and the defense forced the Rockets into three fumbles, recovering two, including a key fumble in the third quarter when Isaiah King ran down Jacquez Stuart in the open field, stripped the ball and recovered it to help jump start the comeback.

Snyder scored from five yards out with 13:13 left in the game, then found Jamari Gassett in the open field and he juked past his defender to score on a 32-yard run to cut the Toledo lead to 27-24 with 9:35 left. Ron Cook broke free 90 seconds later for a 30-yard touchdown to give Buffalo the lead. Alex McNulty kicked field goals from 40- and 42-yards out for the Bulls (5-3, 4-0). Snyder was 22 of 39 passing for 245 yards and Cook finished with 118 yards on 18 carries. Finn was 25 of 47 for 249 yards and a touchdown to go with his four interceptions and ran for two touchdowns for the Rockets (5-3, 3-1). Stuart had 107 yards on 14 carries. - Buffalo/AP College Football


(DS#41 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cole SnyderEastern Michigan
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  Cole Snyder threw for three scores and Buffalo broke it open with three touchdowns in the second quarter en route to a 34-7 win over UMass on Saturday. Buffalo (4-3) posted its fourth straight win and third straight road win. Snyder threw a 4-yard touchdown to Quian Williams four seconds into the second quarter to complete a seven-play, 80-yard drive and a 10-0 lead. After UMass went four-and-out, Al-Jay Henderson raced 84-yards through the middle of the Minutemen line for a 17-0 advantage.

UMass got on the board when Ellis Merriweather ran it from the 5 capping a 10-play, 75-yard drive. On Buffalo's ensuing drive, the Bulls sealed it when Snyder threw a 49-yard scoring pass to Justin Marshall with five minutes left before halftime. Kay'Ron Adams ran for 11 yards on 65 carries for UMass (1-6). It was the first meeting between the teams since 2015 when UMass was a member of the Mid-American Conference. The Bulls have won three of the four meetings between the teams since both schools joined the FBS ranks. - Buffalo/AP College Football


(DS#41 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cole SnyderEastern Michigan
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  Taylor Powell threw for three touchdowns, Samson Evans ran for three and Jose Ramirez set an Eastern Michigan record for sacks as the Eagles rolled to a 45-23 win over Western Michigan on Saturday. The win for the Eagles (4-2, 1-1 Mid-American Conference) was their fourth straight in the series and follows a five-game string by the Broncos (2-4, 1-1), the longest in the 57-game series. Samson opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run and then Powell hit Dylan Drummond with a 2-yard pass to cap an 11-play, 88-yard drive and a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Samson added TD runs of 1 and 6 yards in the second quarter. Powell found Darius Lassiter for 38 yards in the second, for a 35-7 halftime lead, and Hassan Beydoun in the third. Ramirez had four of the seven sacks by the defense, which held Western to 91 yards on the ground, just one more yard than Samson had. Powell as 20 of 30 for 293 yards and Lassiter, a junior college transfer, had his first 100-yard game, getting 104 on six catches. Jack Salopek threw for two touchdowns for the Broncos but was just 15 of 40 for 208 yards. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football

(DS#35 RB) rSr/2024 RB Samson EvansEastern Michigan
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  OCT 3 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mitchell Tomasek, Eastern Michigan, Punter, Sophomore, Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne),...Eastern Michigan was forced to punt four times in their win over UMass. In those punts, sophomore Mitchell Tomasek accrued a total of 184 yards, totaling exactly 46 yards per punt. This moves his season average to 45.6 yards per punt, good for the top spot in the MAC. In addition, Tomasek also tallied one punt of over 50 yards, going for 55 yards. It is his fifth punt of the season of more than 50-plus yards, second in the MAC. - MAC Football

(DS#31 P) rSr/2026 P Mitchell TomasekEastern Michigan
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  Cole Snyder threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Justin Marshall with 31 seconds remaining in the game and Buffalo rallied to beat Miami of Ohio 24-20 on Saturday. Snyder's pass to Marshall capped a 13-play, 82-yard drive for Buffalo (2-3, 2-0 Mid-American Conference) that took 3:51 off the clock. Miami (2-3) made it to the Buffalo 46-yard line before turning the ball over on downs with 3 seconds left in its MAC opener. Mike Washington's 1-yard touchdown plunge gave Buffalo a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Three scrimmage plays later Aveon Smith scored on a 73-yard run to pull the RedHawks even.

Buffalo took a 14-7 lead on Cole Snyder's 1-yard touchdown run following an interception by Jahmin Muse and a 51-yard return. Graham Nicholson's 35-yard field goal pulled Miami within 14-10 at halftime. Alex McNulty's 43-yard field goal stretched the Bulls' lead to 17-10, but Aveon Smith scored on a 3-yard run and Nicholson added another field goal to give the RedHawks a 20-17 lead after three quarters. Snyder completed 19 of 35 passes for 188 yards with one interception for Buffalo. The Bulls managed just 278 yards of offense, while yielding 359. Smith completed 14 of 26 passes for 119 yards for Miami. He rushed 12 times for 142 yards and two scores. - Buffalo/AP College Football


(DS#41 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cole SnyderEastern Michigan
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  Cole Snyder threw for two touchdowns, ran for two more and Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan 50-31 on Saturday. The teams combined to score on the first 10 possessions, the 10th a Buffalo touchdown for a 37-31 lead in the third quarter when Snyder found Jamari Gassett alone down the left sideline for a 65-yard play. The first punt came after that, and though Mitchell Tomasek's kick left Buffalo at its 1, the Bulls drove for an Alex McNulty field goal. They added another to lead 43-32 after EMU (2-2, 0-1 Mid-American Conference) turned the ball over on downs. The Bulls scored on their first nine possessions.

The Bulls (1-3, 1-0) avoided their first 0-4 start since 2005 and snapped a seven-game losing streak. Snyder, a transfer from Rutgers, was 19-of-28 passing for 291 yards. Quian Williams had 93 yards receiving and a score. Mike Washington ran for two TDs. EMU's Austin Smith, who took over for injured Taylor Powell in last week's 30-21 win over Arizona State, made his first career start and passed for a TD and ran for another. Samson Evans, who rushed for 258 yards on 36 carries against the Sun Devils, had just 52 yards on 15 carries against the Bulls. Tanner Knue had 106 yards receiving. - Buffalo/AP College Football


(DS#41 QB) rSr/2025 QB Cole SnyderEastern Michigan
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  SEPT 19 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Samson Evans, Eastern Michigan, Running Back, Senior, Crystal Lake, Ill.,...Senior running back Samson Evans put together a career night in EMU's win over ASU. The Crystal Lake, Ill. native carried the ball 36 times for 258 yards on the ground with one touchdown, an average of 7.2 yards per carry on the night. Evans also pulled in one pass for seven yards and returned one kickoff for 21 yards to finish the game with 286 all-purpose yards. The ground game, which finished with 305 yards against the Sun Devils, saw Evans record the third-highest rush total in program history and just the sixth 250-yard-plus game in program history, the first since the 2013 season (Bronson Hill, 257 vs. Ohio University, Oct. 19, 2013).

Evans, who entered the game with a career-best 89 yards rushing against Eastern Kentucky University (Sept. 2) earlier this year, recorded 107 yards rushing in the fourth quarter alone as he averages 8.9 yards per carry. Additionally, when adding in his 55 yards from the third quarter, Evans' 162 yards in the second half ranks second among full game totals for the year in the MAC behind Lew Nichols' 166 total for Central Michigan against Bucknell (Sept. 17, 2022). His 258 yard effort is the best single-game total by any player in the NCAA this season. In addition to having the single-best rushing performance in the NCAA this season, senior Samson Evans has also been one of the most consistently good backs in the nation. He currently ranks 11th in the nation with 366 rushing yards. He is sixth in the country with a 122.0 rushing yards per game average. Additionally, Evans ranks first in the MAC and 18th nationally in all purpose yards, where he has averaged 142.33 per game in 2022. - MAC Football


(DS#35 RB) rSr/2024 RB Samson EvansEastern Michigan
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  Samson Evans had never run for 100 yards in a game at Eastern Michigan. He went way beyond that Saturday night. "Two years ago, if you had told me I'd have a game like this I don't know if I would have believed you," Evans said after carrying 35 times for 257 yards to lift the Eagles past Arizona State 30-21. "The O-line blocked phenomenally, there was a play where the receivers were blocking really well, the quarterback, everybody doing their job and I just capitalized on it." Evans had 96 yards by halftime - as the Eagles (2-1) never trailed in posting the Mid-American Conference's first victory over a Pac-12 team. "Samson's the real deal, he runs really hard. We really believe in him," Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton said. "We didn't run the ball particularly well in the first couple weeks and I think our guys wanted to prove that we can." Eastern Michigan scored on four of its five first-half possessions, with only an interception stopping the Eastern offense.

Arizona State (1-2), meanwhile, didn't get a first down until late in the first quarter, when they were already behind 10-0. Xazavian Valladay's 44-yard touchdown run with 10:48 to play cut Eastern Michigan's lead to 27-21 early in the fourth quarter. But Evans ran 32 yards on third-and-1 to give the Eagles a first down at the ASU 34. Evans carried on seven consecutive plays on the drive, which led to Jesus Gomez's third field goal, a 20-yarder to make it 30-21 with 4:24 to go. A fumble on ASU's next drive finished it off. Taylor Powell started at quarterback for the Eagles and completed 10 of 14 before being replaced by Austin Smith in the second quarter. The Eagles scored on their opening drive on Gomez's 27-yard field goal. Jaylon Jackson's 4-yard touchdown run capped an 11-play, 80-yard drive. Meanwhile, the Sun Devils went three-and-out in their first two series. - Eastern Michigan/AP College Football


(DS#35 RB) rSr/2024 RB Samson EvansEastern Michigan
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  SEPT 5 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mitchell Tomasek, Eastern Michigan, Punter, Sophomore, Columbus, Ohio (Worthington Kilbourne),...Mitchell Tomasek made his collegiate debut with the Green and White against Eastern Kentucky Friday night, punting three times in the game for 126 total yards. Tomasek averaged 42 yards per boot while placing one kick inside the 20 as he angled his punt toward the sideline and out of bounds to pin the Colonels on their own three-yard line. Tomasek also logged a best of 51 yards to help flip the field for the Eagles. - MAC Football

(DS#31 P) rSr/2026 P Mitchell TomasekEastern Michigan
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  2022 PRESEASON WUERFFEL TROPHY (COMMUNITY SERVICE) WATCHLIST: Tariq Speights, Eastern Michigan, Sr., LB,...Off the field, Speights helped organize a voter registration drive at EMU to get students out to vote. The goal was to challenge every eligible member of Eastern's varsity teams to be registered to vote. Additionally, he helped organize a Black Lives Matter rally that involved both athletic departments of EMU and Michigan. The rally was about student-athletes using their platform as college athletes, opening eyes, sharing a cause, and bringing awareness to racial inequality in this country.

He also hosted a MLK Day March for student-athletes in Ypsilanti. The celebration consisted of both an in-person march and virtual panel discussion. Due in part to his leadership, EMU Athletics was able to send five student-athletes and an administrator to the Black Student-Athlete Summit this summer, and upon returning Speights developed a Black Student-Athlete organization on campus. Furthermore, he has twice been honored by the American Football Coaches Association as a watch list member of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, one of the most coveted community service awards in college football. - Eastern Michigan Football


(DS#999 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Tariq SpeightsEastern Michigan
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  2022 PRESEASON ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE: Tariq Speights, Eastern Michigan University,...Off the field, Speights helped organize a voter registration drive at EMU to get students out to vote. The goal was to challenge every eligible member of Eastern's varsity teams to be registered to vote. Additionally, he helped organize a Black Lives Matter rally that involved both athletic departments of EMU and Michigan. The rally was about student-athletes using their platform as college athletes, opening eyes, sharing a cause, and bringing awareness to racial inequality in this country. He also hosted a MLK Day March for of student-athletes in Ypsilanti. The celebration consisted of both an in-person march and virtual panel discussion. Due in part to his leadership, EMU Athletics was able to send five student-athletes and an administrator to the Black Student-Athlete Summit this summer, and upon returning Speights developed a Black Student-Athlete organization on campus. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#999 ILB) rSr/2023 ILB Tariq SpeightsEastern Michigan
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  2022 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Hassan Beydoun, Eastern Michigan,...Beydoun is the first EMU player to receive the preseason accolade since 2020, when Dylan Drummond was tabbed with the honor. Overall, he is one of six Mid-American Conference receivers named to the 52-man list. He has previously been announced as a candidate for the Biletnikoff and the Maxwell Award. Selected to both the Athlon Sports and Phil Steele as a Preseason First Team All-MAC selection in 2022, Beydoun is coming off a historic 2021 campaign that saw him collect Second Team All-MAC honors. He set the EMU record for receptions in a season and led the MAC with 97 grabs, as he racked up 1,015 yards through the air. Beydoun's 2021 tally ranks fourth in the Eastern Michigan record book, while he also became EMU's first 1,000-yard wide out since 2004. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#195 WR) rSr/2023 WR Hassan BeydounEastern Michigan
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  2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Jose Ramirez, Eastern Michigan, Junior DE,...Ramirez is the first EMU player to receive the preseason accolade since 2019, when Kevin McGill was tabbed with the honor. Overall, he is one of five Mid-American Conference receivers named to the 90-man list. Selected Preseason First Team All-MAC by both Athlon Sports and Phil Steele in 2022, Ramirez dominated on the defensive line last season. He ranked 10th in the MAC with 6.5 sacks, a career-best mark for the Lake Alfred, Fla. native. Ramirez was third on the team with 63 tackles (32 solo, 31 assisted) in 2021, and led the team with 12.0 tackles for loss. Ramirez also forced a team-leading three fumbles this season. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#15 DE) Sr/2023 DE Jose RamirezEastern Michigan
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  08/02/22 - Sidy SowrSr/2023, Eastern Michigan, 6-5, 323 (DS#17 OG) + More +

  2022 PRESEASON OUTLAND TROPHY WATCHLIST: G Sidy Sow, Eastern Michigan,...Named a preseason All-MAC selection by Phil Steele's College Football Preview as well as Athlon Sports' Mid-American Conference preview, Sow returns after an incredible 2021 campaign that saw him collect First Team All-MAC accolades. Sow appeared in and started all 13 games for the Eagles and emerged as one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the conference in 2021. He anchored EMU's experienced group in the trench, and help turn the Eagles' offense into one of the best scoring units in the Mid-American Conference in 2021, averaging 31.0 points per game and putting up 372 total points during the most recent regular season. - Eastern Michigan Football

(DS#17 OG) rSr/2023 OG Sidy SowEastern Michigan
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  The Mid-American Conference will host its 2022 Football Media Day on Tuesday, July 26, at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The MAC Football Media Day kicks off the 2022 season, which officially begins on Thursday, Sept. 1, and will conclude with the Rocket Mortgage MAC Football Championship Game. Once again this year's MAC Football Media Day will be shown live on ESPN+ from 11-1:30 p.m. The production will highlight the league's annual kickoff event as the hosts will visit with all MAC head coaches and several student-athletes throughout MAC Media Day. Attending from Eastern Michigan will be Head Coach Chris Creighton, senior wide receiver Hassan Beydoun (Dearborn, Mich.-Dearborn), and senior defensive lineman Jose Ramirez (Lake Alfred, Fla.-Auburndale-Arizona-Riverside City). - Ann Arbor News

(DS#195 WR) rSr/2023 WR Hassan BeydounEastern Michigan
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