Tech really is one of the steadiest programs you’ll find in college football. The Hokies have gone 49-11 in conference play since they joined the ACC in 2004, and have appeared in four of the six ACC title games.
The Indiana Hoosiers have battled to try to turn around their football program for quite a few years. Terry Hoeppner seemed to be the man who could do the job, but he tragically passed away in 2007 at the young age of 57.
The Northern Illinois Huskies were the dominant team in the MAC last year. The Huskies went unbeaten in the MAC regular season action.
The Miami Redhawks went 1-11 in 2009, but they made the single biggest turnaround of any team in the nation to finish 10-4 last season. Not only was it the biggest turnaround last season, but it also marked the biggest turnaround in the history of college football!
Al Golden did a terrific job turning around the Temple program, but now he is in Miami. It will be up to Steve Addazio and his staff to continue the success that Golden started.
Tim Beckman has successfully turned this Toledo football program around. This is a team that was at the bottom a few years ago.
Jeff Quinn came into Buffalo expecting to make this team into an offensive power, but the plan fell flat in his first year. Quinn’s Bulls finished dead last in scoring offense last year, as the Bulls averaged just 14.17 points per game.
It has been quite a long time since Florida State was the dominant force in the college football landscape, but we could finally be heading for some late 1990s déjà vu.
The UNLV Rebels are coming off one of their most embarrassing season in school history, and have continued their decade of irrelevancy, winning just two games in 2010.
The New Mexico Lobos continued their loosing ways in 2010, their third bowl-less season in a row. Now their conference is tougher and their quarterback situation is as dicey as it gets.
Two seasons removed from their 40-35 victory over Fresno State in the 2008 New Mexico Bowl, the Colorado State Rams will try to recapture the success of previous years in 2011 that has been nonexistent in recent seasons.
An appalling season deserves no accolades, and that is what the Wyoming Cowboys turned in last year; an atrocious season. The only up side was the Boys’ final game when they shut out Colorado State 44-0. They will now try to make mends and built on that victory to get out of the cellar of the MWC.
The San Diego State Aztecs had an extraordinary year in 2010, finishing the season 9-4 after a 35-14 win in the Poinsettia Bowl again Navy. Now they will look to improve upon their success in 2011, but will face stiff competition in the WSC.
The Air Force Falcons head into the 2011 season ready to show what our military can do on the field. Last season they showed up with the will to win and a bruising running game that is sure to lead them to another successful season.
Ball State made a coaching change in the offseason, and it is Pete Lembo who will be the new head coach for the Cardinals.
It’s hard to believe, but the Ohio Bobcats have yet to win a bowl game in the 49 years that the program has competed at the FBS level.
