Bill Connelly's mega offseason previews: MAC West
Bill Connelly breaks down the MAC West division and if Ball State and Toledo can find more success than they did in 2020.
Bill Connelly breaks down the MAC West division and if Ball State and Toledo can find more success than they did in 2020.
QB Rocky Lombardi, who started six games for Michigan State this season, is transferring to Northern Illinois, he announced Sunday.
— Preston Hutchinson threw two touchdowns and scored on a 1-yard run for a 17-point, fourth-quarter lead, and Eastern Michigan held off Northern Illinois 41-33 in the season finale for both teams Saturday.
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— Sophomore quarterback Carter Bradley threw for 432 yards and three touchdowns and Toledo beat Northern Illinois 41-24 on Saturday.
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— D'Wayne Eskridge ran a kickoff back for a touchdown and capped a big day with a reverse that set up the winning field goal as unbeaten Western Michigan edged Northern Illinois 30-27 on Saturday.
The MAC and its glorious mid-week games have returned. We take one final look at the conference before its seven-week sprint kicks off.
The Twitter phenomenon known as "MACtion" will be in play during November as the Mid-American Conference released a six-game, league-only football schedule that will feature only midweek games for the first three weeks.
The Mid-American Conference will play a six-game, conference-only football schedule beginning on Nov. 4.
No decision was made on a possible fall football season for the Mid-American Conference during Saturday's meeting of conference presidents, commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said in a statement.
With so many conferences postponing their season, the truth is, many players might never put on a college football uniform again.
The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first FBS conference to postpone the fall football season amid the coronavirus pandemic and will instead look to play in the spring.
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This year's Buffalo-Northern Illinois football game, scheduled for election night on Nov. 3, has been moved to Oct. 31, the Mid-American Conference announced Monday.
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Bill Connelly rounds out his MACtion preview with a look at the West Division, home to Jim McElwain and the Central Michigan Chippewas.
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Tyrice Richie took a shovel pass in the Northern Illinois backfield, added an acrobatic flip over a would-be tackler near midfield and turned it all into a 71-yard touchdown to spark the Huskies to a 17-14 win over Western Michigan in the season...
Mike Glass threw for three touchdowns and ran for another and Eastern Michigan rolled past Northern Illinois 45-17 on Tuesday night.
EAST | CONF | OVR |
---|---|---|
Buffalo | 5-0 | 6-1 |
Kent State | 3-1 | 3-1 |
Miami (OH) | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Ohio | 2-1 | 2-1 |
Akron | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Bowling Green | 0-5 | 0-5 |
WEST | CONF | OVR |
Ball State | 5-1 | 7-1 |
Western Michigan | 4-2 | 4-2 |
Toledo | 4-2 | 4-2 |
Central Michigan | 3-3 | 3-3 |
Eastern Michigan | 2-4 | 2-4 |
Northern Illinois | 0-6 | 0-6 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Antario Brown | RB | Signed | 78 |
Tajheem Lawson | RB | Committed | 75 |
Jalonnie Williams | DT | Signed | 74 |
Brian Whitsey | S | Signed | 73 |
Ethan Hampton | QB-PP | Signed | 73 |