Tag: Mid America Conference
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State of the Program: Akron Zips
Head Coach: Joe Moorhead is entering his 4th season as the head coach of the Zips with an 8-28 record. This is a rebuild that is a long grueling process, and progress began to be made last season with a 4 win season. They made a big move for Joe Moorhead and they’re giving him…
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State of the Program: Eastern Michigan Eagles
Head Coach: Chris Creighton is entering his 11th season as the head coach of the Eagles with a 52-68 record. He is the most underrated coach in the country. He’s taken Eastern Michigan to 6 bowl games, they have 8 total appearances in their program’s history. Program Outlook: Before diving into where the program is…
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State of the Program: Buffalo Bulls
Head Coach: Pete Lembo is his first year as the head coach of the Bulls. This isn’t his first rodeo in the MAC. You can read more on his coach profile and hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/05/24/college-football-coach-hire-grades-buffalo/ Program Outlook: Buffalo is typically considered one of the toughest jobs in the MAC, but that doesn’t mean you…
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State of the Program: Western Michigan Broncos
Head Coach: Lance Taylor is in his 2nd year with the program he has a 4-8 record. Year 1 was a bit of a reset year so we’ll begin to see his impact this season. Program Outlook: Western Michigan is an interesting program. They see themselves as capable of winning MAC championships, and they’ve competed…
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State of the Program: Toledo Rockets
Head Coach: Jason Candle is somehow entering his 9th year with the program. He has a 65-35 record and has won 2 MAC championships, plus made it to another with the Rockets. They got into a funk during the middle of his time here with some strange seasons (injuries, one score losses, Covid) but have…
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State of the Program: Akron Zips
Head Coach: Joe Moorhead is entering his 3rd year with the program with a 4-20 record. It felt like there could be a breakthrough last year, but they fell short of some wins early in the year and were hit with injuries. He’s been highly regarded as one of the best play callers around. This…
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The Top 10 Teams to Rebuild in Dynasty Mode
This is a production of the ThreeTechPod (linktree: https://linktr.ee/threetechpod?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b3f40ca7-28e6-47bc-90fa-901c565d006d. Check out the corresponding video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/2VCYgJp8nL0?si=cz-ZeqovC8GFwxLc) Background: The top 10 teams are our favorite choices to rebuild on EACFB25 when the game is released in July. These aren’t necessarily the 10 worst teams, but rather teams we picked for their recent records, location, jerseys,…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Buffalo
Buffalo Bulls: Pete Lembo Why the job was open: Maurice Linguist came in with the challenge of being the guy who replaced “the guy” and that is always a tough role to be in. A lot of players followed Lance Leipold to Kansas which made roster construction even tougher. They came from contending to MAC…
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College Basketball Roundup: Part 4
MAC: Headline: Can anyone stop Akron? The Zips are traditionally at the top of the MAC but this year’s team seems special. Akron only has 4 losses, 3 of them by one score (including against a currently ranked Utah State). The Zips are also undefeated in MAC play. They aren’t without challengers, Bowling Green under…
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