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Sporting News, The, August 19, 2005 by Matt Hayes
MATT HAYES' TAKES
Let's see: Omar Jacobs (Bowling Green), Bruce Gradkowski (Toledo), Josh Betts (Miami) and Phil Horvath (Northern Illinois). Yeah, I think the MAC still is churning out big-time quarterbacks.... Search your satellite dish package for a Northern Illinois game and watch mighty mite TB Garrett Wolfe. He's 5-7, 174 pounds, and he flat-out brings it. He ran for a MAC-high 1,656 yards last season, and three line starters return.... Toledo's highly productive offensive system gets more help with the return of former All-MAC TE Andrew Clarke, who missed last season with a hip injury. That's good news for Gradkowski, whose young receivers need time to get comfortable.... Central Michigan's Brian Kelly is one of the best coaches in the MAC, but you could roll all three directional Michigan schools into one team and it still wouldn't win the league. I would love to see Kelly get a shot at a school where he could recruit blue-chip athletes.... Don't expect Ohio to run that grind offense from coach Frank Solich's Nebraska days. It's a different league, and Solich wants a multiple scheme. In other words, Ohio will look more like Nebraska in Solich's last season, when the Huskers used the passing game as more than a changeup.
UNIT
RANKINGS
OFFENSE
PROJECTED Wide
FINISH Backfield receivers Line Overall
East
1. Bowling Green 1 1 2 1
2. Miami 6 6 6 6
3. Akron 10 4 11 8
4. Kent State 12 10 9 11
5. Ohio 7 8 10 9
6. Buffalo 9 12 7 10
West
1. Toledo 2 2 4 2
2. Northern Illinois 3 7 1 3
3. E. Michigan 5 5 5 4
4. C. Michigan 4 9 3 5
5. Ball State 11 11 12 12
6. W. Michigan 8 3 8 7
DEFENSE
PROJECTED Defensive
FINISH Line Linebackers backs Overall
East
1. Bowling Green 5 5 5 3
2. Miami 2 1 1 1
3. Akron 12 4 3 7
4. Kent State 1 10 4 4
5. Ohio 3 7 8 6
6. Buffalo 8 12 10 11
West
1. Toledo 9 2 7 5
2. Northern Illinois 6 3 2 2
3. E. Michigan 7 8 12 10
4. C. Michigan 4 6 11 8
5. Ball State 10 9 6 9
6. W. Michigan 11 11 9 12
PROJECTED Special Schedule
FINISH teams Coaching strength
East
1. Bowling Green 5 1 3
2. Miami 2 6 5
3. Akron 3 9 9
4. Kent State 9 10 10
5. Ohio 8 7 2
6. Buffalo 11 12 12
West
1. Toledo 7 3 11
2. Northern Illinois 1 2 4
3. E. Michigan 6 5 7
4. C. Michigan 10 4 6
5. Ball State 12 8 1
6. W. Michigan 4 11 8
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