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Michigan fans will be glad to see Brady Hoke standing on the sidelines instead of Rich Rodriguez. Rodriguez was never really loved at Michigan, and Hoke is seen as a true Michigan man.
Both Middle Tennessee State and Purdue suffered through an extremely disappointing season last year. The Blue Raiders were projected to win the Sun Belt, but they finished just 6-7 on the year.
Ohio State has been in the news more than any other college football program in the offseason, but it has been for all the wrong reasons.
If you are a quality Big Ten school like Penn State, there is nothing like starting the season with a game against Indiana State from the FCS level.
The Wisconsin Badgers had a terrific season last year, and they’ll look to build off that as we head into the 2011-2012 season. UNLV went 2-11 last year, so they’ll be looking for a path to steady improvement.
The Florida International Golden Panthers have only had a football program since 2002, but Mario Cristobal took his team to the top of the Sun Belt in 2010.
Larry Blakeney has really built up an impressive program at Troy. The Troy Trojans have at least tied for the Sun Belt title in five consecutive seasons. Blakeney has instilled a very positive attitude in this program.
Rickey Bustle was the head man at Louisiana-Lafayette for nine years, but last year’s disappointing season was enough to push him out of that job. Bustle’s team never won more than six games in a season.
Todd Berry did a nice job with the Warhawks of Lousiana-Monroe in his first year with the team in 2010. The Warhawks had only nine returning starters overall, but the team showed marked improvement from 2009.
Howard Schnellenberger is a legendary and colorful coach who has been at some big schools through the years. He is now in his 11th season at Florida Atlantic.
Steve Roberts was at Arkansas State for nine seasons. The Red Wolves seemed to really be on the upswing with Roberts at the helm until the last two seasons.
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers haven’t been at the FBS level for long. In the school’s first four years at the highest level in college football, they beat just one FBS team.
Todd Dodge was a wildly successful high school coach in Texas, but the experiment with him as the top man at North Texas was a huge disappointment. North Texas went just 6-37 in Dodge’s 43 games as head coach.
Expectations were high for Middle Tennessee State in 2010, but the team just never got things going. Star quarterback Dwight Dasher was suspended for the first few games, and then when he came back he didn’t play like a star.
In a normal year, the Nebraska Cornhuskers joining the Big Ten would easily be the biggest news in the conference. This year it has taken second fiddle to all the problems at Ohio State.
The Wisconsin Badgers took a big step last year, but now it is time to see if they can build on last year’s success. Wisconsin went 11-2 in 2010, and they narrowly missed winning the Rose Bowl.
