Forget the A.C.C., Check Out the MAC
Now that Central Michigan has taken a step back, who will carry the flag for the MAC? Think things have gone poorly for the A.C.C. over the first two weeks of the season? Well, they have. Virginia...
View ArticleRandom Spring Thoughts: C.M.U.
Using a combination of various computer programs and the Internet — a task nearly beyond my limited computing skills — I selected 25 F.B.S. teams at random. Teams lucky enough to have been randomly...
View ArticlePotential Layout of the New MAC
The MAC’s new 14-team alignment might seem like conference overload, but remember that this is a league that extends from Illinois to Massachusetts, touching on several points in between. So having 14...
View ArticleNo. 115: Central Michigan
Twenty teams won at least 10 games in 2009; four of the 20 didn’t return to bowl play in 2010. One was Texas, with the Longhorns’ fall garnering attention for the speed with which the team went from...
View ArticleThe Bottom 10′s Common Traits
It’s not a good place to be, not that it means anything to be thought of as one of the 10 worst teams in the country. Games are played on the field in September, not on paper in May, and as we saw just...
View ArticleForecasting the MAC in 2011
Finding the MAC favorite in August is never an issue: Temple played this role to perfection last fall, but ended the year third in its own division and home for bowl play. Projecting the end-of-year...
View ArticleAt Long Last, the MAC’s 2012 Schedule
@PeteThamelNYT @PreSnapRead Mid-week MAC is vital to me avoiding spending weeknights with my family. A lot riding on this.Thu Mar 29 18:03:26 via webPaulie PabstPaulPabst The MAC would have released...
View ArticleRevisiting the Coaching Class of 2007
We’re now five years removed from the coaching class of 2007. This 24-member group included Neil Callaway, who was discussed yesterday today as part of the U.A.B. preview, as well as more than a few...
View ArticleComparing Lembo to MAC’s Recent Past
A brief history of the MAC. As it pertains to quick turnarounds, to be more specific. Pete Lembo went 6-6 in his first season at Ball State, matching the Cardinals’ combined win total over the previous...
View ArticleNo. 99: Central Michigan
Roy Kramer’s impact on college football reaches beyond the borders of Mount Pleasant, Mich., where he spent 11 years as the most successful head coach in Central Michigan’s history — with all due...
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