On Saturday, September 18, 2021, West Michigan State Head Coach Tim Lester (Tim Lester) led the team on the field against Pittsburgh's NCAA college football game in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Associated Press
Kalamazoo, Michigan-West Michigan State will not be far from home during the 2021 College Football Bowl season.
The Broncos will drive east for two hours to play the Quick Lane Bowl game against Nevada at Ford Field in Detroit. The kick-off time is set for Monday, December 27 at 11 am. ESPN will broadcast the game.
This will be the first meeting between WMU and Nevada, although the team played three seasons with Wolves through Broncos senior running back Jaxson Kincaide, and then moved to 2020 Kalamazoo.
Following the 2011 Broncos' game against Purdue University in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl game, WMU will participate in the bowl game for the 11th time and head to Ford Stadium for the second time in the playoffs. The Boilermakers won 37-32.
The Broncos’ only bowl victory was in 2015, when the team led by PJ Fleck defeated Central Tennessee 45-31 in the 2015 Bahamas Bowl.
Although WMU has qualified for the bowl games in each of the past four seasons under the current head coach Tim Lester (Tim Lester), the Broncos have only been selected twice-first The second time was in 2018, when they lost to Brigham Young University in the famous Idaho Potato Bowl game, and the second time was in 2019, when they lost to Western Kentucky in the first response bowl.
WMU ended the season with a 42-21 victory over Central American League champion Northern Illinois on November 23. The Broncos have a 7-5 record.
After losing 47-14 to Michigan State in the college football playoffs, WMU won four consecutive victories, including defeating the Atlantic Coast League champion and No. 13 Pitt, but the Broncos struggled in the divisional game and lost. Lost their first four games against MAC West opponents and ended the league with a score of 4-4.
It is worth noting that all six MAC West teams will participate in the bowl game this year, including WMU’s in-state rival Eastern Michigan, which will face the Liberty in the Lending Tree Bowl, and Central Michigan, which will play in Barstool Sports Arizona. Boise State University Bowl.
Nevada entered the Quick Lane Bowl with a total record of 8 wins and 4 losses and 5 wins and 3 losses in the Western Mountain game. Although the Wolves were not far from winning the scoring zone championship, all three league losses were two points away.
Nevada and WMU both defeated San Jose State University this season. The Broncos won 23-3 in Week 3 and the Wolves won 27-24 in Week 10.
The Wolves brought a powerful passing offense to Ford Stadium. Led by junior quarterback Carson Strong, he won the title of the best offensive player of the year in the Western Mountains for the second consecutive season. He completed 70% of the game. Pass, completed 4,175 yards and the school recorded 36 touchdowns in 2021.
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound signal caller has caused heated debate in the NFL draft throughout the junior season and is considered one of the top quarterbacks available.
WMU's answer to Strong will be its passing sprint, led by MAC Defensive Player of the Year Ali Fayad, who ended his senior season with 11.5 sacks, ranking seventh in the country.
As a team, the Broncos ranked 16th in the country with 3.08 sacks per game, with defensive tackle Ralph Holly (5.5), defensive end Marshaun Niland (3.5), and linebacker Ryan Seliger ( 3.0) and defensive tackle Braden Fisk (3.0) also got regular to quarterbacks.
The Broncos should also be helped by the hometown crowd and an earlier kick-off time, starting at 11 am is equivalent to the 8 am game on the Reno campus.
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