San Jose State and Central Michigan open their seasons at CEFCU Stadium with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. SJSU has won its home opener five straight seasons, the best stretch in program history, and recorded 33 wins over that span in the Mountain West. Walker Eget will start the opener for the first time in his five-year SJSU career. The Spartans return 66 players, including 13 starters from a 7-6 team that lost in the Hawaii Bowl, and will field a new-look wide receiver room. Central Michigan hires Matt Drinkall as head coach, has Joey Labas back from injury, lost two top receivers to transfer, and returns a defense led by all-MAC linebacker Jordan Kwiatkowski.
SJSU has won the home opener for five straight seasons now. The current five-year stretch is the best in SJSU football history. The Spartans also have the fourth-most wins (33) in the Mountain West Conference over that time period. This marks the first time in quarterback Walker Eget's five-year career with SJSU that he will start the opener. This will be the first look at SJSU's new-look wide receiver room that no longer has Nick Nash or Justin Lockhart.
Matt Drinkall replaces retired Jim McElwain as the head coach of the Mid-American Conference's Chippewas. Drinkall, 42, spent the past six seasons as an assistant at Army, and during that time, faced SJSU head coach Ken Niumatalolo four times. Niumatalolo, now in his second season in San Jose, was Navy's head coach for 16 seasons. Quarterback Joey Labas, who missed the final six games with an injury, is back. But the Chippewas' top two receivers from last season transferred.
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