MAC Linkin': 2/08

Gregg Brandon gets a contract extension. Falcon nation is estatic. I can't believe he's still coaching there. Not a big fan of Brandon over here....




Western Michigan finalizes a deal to play Illinois at Ford Field next year. Hopefully, the run defense will perform better than it did last year or that game might get kinda ugly.



Ohio's athletic director, Kirby Hocutt, announced that he'll be taking the same position at Miami (the one in Florida). We wish him well.




Temple was named #1 in recruiting for Scout.com (in the MAC, folks). Golden is quietly upgrading the talent base there. Their official Web site lists the signees.



Turner Gill's class is in and he's trying to get the play of his defense improved. Most of his recruits were on that side of the ball.

MAC Linkin': 1-4

The International Bowl's official site released a short, mini-preview of the bowl game. You can find that in PDF form here.

I also noticed a pretty cool site dedicated to Rutgers RB, Ray Rice.


MAC Report Online issued their preview of the GMAC Bowl out a while ago. Check it out!





Let's talk some basketball. Toledo is ready to open up their MAC season on a high note by defending their regular season MAC title against the struggling Ball State Cardinals.




It's probably old news to you guys that follow the MAC regularly, but Al Golden made it clear that he's sticking with Temple after UCLA offered him the job. Of course, Rick Neuheisel is now the head coach for the Bruins.



The National Post, a Canadian newspaper, did a write up of how the International Bowl will try to be marketed.

MAC Linkin'

Ball State blogger, Doug Zeleski, reports what Ron Zook had to say about Nate Davis (before the game, but relevant nonetheless I suppose)

The Akron Beacon-Journal describes the recovery of DB, John Mackey.




Drew Ellis writes about the Central Michigan victory against Kent State last week.




OhioBobcats.com reports MAC East Player of the Week award winners.




MACReportOnline.com sounds off on the MAC's OOC performance (it's a week old, but interesting as well).