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A Trip Down (Short) Memory Lane
Take a trip down memory lane. Short memory lane. Here are some tidbits to chew over. I meant to do this a few days ago, to coincide with team No. 60 on the Countdown, but I’ve been a little under the...
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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...
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Potential 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...
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No. 71: Western Michigan
Western Michigan may be 0-4 all-time in bowl play, but the Broncos aren’t alone: MAC cohorts Ohio and Ball State are both 0-5, so it could be worse. For now, Bill Cubit and W.M.U. would be tickled to...
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Forecasting 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 ArticleAs if Picking the Teams Isn’t Hard Enough
I’ve never tried my hand at projecting the entire F.B.S. bowl slate; I have enough trouble with the five B.C.S. games, in my mind. But it’s worth a shot for one week, even if I mess up the various...
View ArticleThe Year in Review: W. Michigan (7-6, 5-3)
One game is just that, one game, and the results matter even less when that one game comes against Akron, the undisputed worst team in college football. But it’s impossible not to take notice of what...
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At 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...
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No. 62: Western Michigan
The magic number is 33. Since replacing Gary Darnell in 2005, Bill Cubit has lost only three games — a 60-57 loss to Ball State in 2005; a 39-38 loss to Akron in 2007, thanks to an epic special teams...
View ArticleFive New N.C.A.A. Rules Are Felt Early
Each of the five new rules instituted over the summer by the N.C.A.A. were visible over the season’s opening weekend, though no one change more so than the alterations to the existing kickoff rule –...
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