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<\/a><\/p>\n Listen<\/p>\n Translate<\/p>\n English (Original) <\/p>\n Espa\u00f1ol\u4e2d\u56fd\u4ebaFran\u00e7aisDeutschPortuguese\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/p>\n Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies\u2014please refer to the original content.<\/p>\n Read original<\/a><\/p>\n Speed: 0.5xSpeed: 1xSpeed: 1.5xSpeed: 2x<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.<\/p>\n \u2716 <\/p>\n The Central Michigan Chippewas will take on the San Jose State Spartans on Friday at Spartan Stadium in Week 1 of the 2025 college football season.<\/p>\n This is the first game of the season for both of these teams.<\/p>\n Central Michigan was picked to finish ninth in the MAC preseason poll. The defense should be solid in 2025 thanks to players like linebacker Jordan Kwiatkowski and defensive end Michael Heldman, but this offense ranked just 108th in the country in points scored per game last season. Matt Drinkall takes over as head coach after coaching at Army since 2019.<\/p>\n San Jose State was picked to finish third in the Mountain West preseason poll behind Boise State and UNLV. Three players were chosen for the preseason all-conference team: offensive lineman Peseti Lapuaho, defensive lineman Gafa Faga, and linebacker Jordan Pollard.<\/p>\n This is an excellent college football matchup that you will not want to miss; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.<\/p>\n Live stream Central Michigan at San Jose State on FOX Sports 1 for free with Fubo: Start your free trial now!<\/a><\/p>\n Get in the game with wall-to-wall college football coverage on Fubo. They bring you the biggest games and the best teams across the country from a wide range of conferences. Stream every snap on top channels like ABC<\/a>, FOX, NBC<\/a>, CBS<\/a>, ESPN, SEC Network, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, and more.<\/p>\n Regional restrictions may apply. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Kilty Cleary is a Los Angeles-based media and marketing pro with 18+ years of experience. He’s worked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3205,331,7,49,48,13394],"class_list":{"0":"post-327938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-central-michigan","9":"tag-college-football","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-san-jose-state"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115115305835097940","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/san-jose-state.jpg\")
\nWalker Eget #5 of the San Jose State Spartans gestures to the bench during the first half of the game against the South Florida Bulls at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex on December 24,…
\nWalker Eget #5 of the San Jose State Spartans gestures to the bench during the first half of the game against the South Florida Bulls at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex on December 24, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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