Alex and Richard break down offseason happenings in the Mid-American Conference, which saw lots of coach carousel turnover.
Ohio: Tim Albin to Charlotte, OC Brian Smith replacing him
Ball State: An off-the-beaten-path coach hire, bringing on a guy who most recently coached non-scholarship football in the Pioneer League
Miami: It’s a Return to the MAC for QB Dequan Finn
Buffalo: Pete Lembo tries to follow up a surprisingly good opening act
Bowling Green: Has an offseason loss of a coach ever looked better than the Falcons winding up with Eddie George?
Western Michigan: Major staff turnover as Lance Taylor tries to fix it
Toledo: Jason Candle has a good roster (as usual) and spicy spring game commentary
NIU: Losing basically everything from last year’s team that beat Notre Dame, and also preparing for a conference switch
Akron: A portal exodus
EMU: Ditto, but Chris Creighton is a hard man to count out
Central Michigan: Trying something different with Army’s Matt Drinkall as head coach. We applaud the spirit of the hire
Kent State: Well, it’s really, really bad
The MAC also has some realignment coming for this season, with UMass joining back up. They’re not officially Midwesterners again until July, though, so we’ll discuss the Minutemen when we check in with the independents.
(Ed. note! We recorded most of this episode shortly before the spring transfer portal window opened, but we made a few updates before publication on 4/23, mostly to cover the late-spring firing of Kent State’s head coach.)
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