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Great article in the Toledo Blade with anonymous answers from MAC ADs. Some call outs... - Doesn't seem like the UMASS addition was anywhere near unanimous or even discussed much. - Akron is often named the toughest football job due to our financial priorities being elsewhere.

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This is the second player for 2025 that I have seen. Will be interesting to watch future recruiting classes with new 28 player NCAA roster limits and how UA handles the funding. https://www.instagram.com/p/C98Ti18pnO6/?igsh=MTlnMmh0MXphb3prdg==

My take below is assuming we have a healthy and productive QB. 5-7 Overall, 4-4 in MAC At Ohio State - Loss. Ohio State is loaded with talent and predicted to be in contention for not only a conference title, but also a national title. My hope is the game is competitive for a while and we escape with minimal injuries. At Rutgers - Loss. Rutgers is expected to be a better team than last season’s 7 win squad. That said, if I had to pick one upset potential out of our power matchups, this would be it. Vs Colgate - Win. This is a must win game, sandwiched in-between the power schools, against a squad that won 6 games last year. At South Carolina - Loss. South Carolina will have a physical defensive front and should have one of the better defenses in the SEC this year. This is another matchup where I hope injuries are limited. At Ohio - Loss. I want to say this will be a win with all the roster turnover Ohio has experienced, but four road trips in the first five games makes for a difficult scenario. Vs Bowling Green - Win. Many pundits predict Bowling Green to make the conference championship game due to their veteran laden roster. To me, this seems like a prime spot for Moorhead to pull off an “upset.” At Western Michigan - Loss. 50/50 game with the Broncos. WMU should have a strong ground game and a decent enough passing game. However, I’m not sold on their defense. Could easily be a win for Zips. Vs Eastern Michigan - Win. In the past two matchups the score was 30-27 (2OT) and 34-28, both in favor of EMU. I know Creighton is talking conference champion with his program, yet his teams have struggled against Moorhead’s no matter who was or wasn’t playing. Vs Buffalo - Win. Buffalo may be the worst team in the MAC. At Northern Illinois - Loss. Although, if NIU still hasn’t found a QB by this point in the season, we may see a repeat of 2022 (Akron win). At Kent State - Win. Kent is still in rebuild mode. They will likely struggle to win more than 2 games this year. Vs Toledo - Loss. This could be a win if the season does not go as expected for the Rockets. Questions along the OL and at QB could make Toledo just an above average team. On the flip side, if everything goes as Toledo expects, they could be the best in the MAC. I really hope I’m wrong and this team wins at least 6 games. That is a possible scenario with all the question marks at QB for many of the teams we face. We have a talented roster that should be able to compete with anyone in the conference. My biggest concern is the 3 power games early in the schedule that may physically take their toll. I expect this team to be much better than last year’s squad, but the schedule is substantially more difficult. Curious as to what everyone else thinks.

Very good. Thanks for posting. Their answers supporting MACtion range from nonsensical to complete BS. It has been horrible for the league. They think it's innovative? In what way? These people are morons. Am I the only one who noticed how few of their answers referenced their athletic departments benefiting the athletes students alumni fans and general communities around their schools? MAC athletic directors could give a flying poop about the schools they work for.

I will go with this, but the two games that actually scare me is Buffalo and Kent. The odds are good that they might be two of the worst teams in the Country at that point and they got nothing to lose, especially Kent....

My guess is 4-8 but I am definitely hoping for the team to prove me wrong (in the positive direction)!

'23 had 3 OT games---3 one score losses in the MAC '24. 1-3. OOC --- 5-3 MAC Everyone in the MAC will have many new faces this year.

3-9, 4-8 tops. Until I see signs of life in the program, that's what I'm going with.

Great seeing Adams back in action. I think that was freshman RB Patrick (13) juking a defender in that short clip. Not sure how much action he actually sees this year, but I’m excited about him. Went back and watched it again. Look at Kellom (22) in the background during the mesh drill. He physically looks the part. And Wiley drilling that FG like it’s nothing. Great stuff on day 1.