During his first game week press conference as head football coach of the Akron Zips on Tuesday, Rob Ianello said that he will be given a test by the graduate assistant coaches on his staff. A truly final grade, however, will not come until Saturday night when the 44-year-old Ianello leads the Zips out onto the field at InfoCision Stadium to face the Orange of Syracuse out of the Big East Conference in the 2010 season opener for both schools.
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Former Major League Baseball manager Tommy Lasorda used to say before a season that he had a ‘weight’ problem. He could not ‘weight’ to get started. The Kent State Golden Flashes have been living that quote. For the better part of a month, they have butted heads against one another, waiting for the start of the 2010 season which begins Thursday night at Dix Stadium against the Football Championship Subdivision Murray State Racers out of the Ohio Valley Conference.
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Just about everyone likes to spend the Christmas holiday season at home with family. Last year, for the first time in seven years, Tim Beckman was home with his family and wasn't exactly thrilled about it. Beckman had just finished his first season as the head coach at Toledo and the former Bowling Green, Ohio State and Oklahoma State assistant didn't have a bowl game to prepare for the first time since 2001.
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"Physical!"
That's the way Northern Illinois' football team might be described.
Granted, the Huskies might have a question mark or two, but they also return a bevy of talent and have added some speedy newcomers who might help NIU make another MAC title game run and/or end its recent run of post-season disappointments.
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Suffice it to say that MAC opponents rarely savored a game date with Central Michigan in recent years. More likely, opposing coaches relished the day quarterback Dan LeFevour and his classmates moved on. That day has come – finally – and not only is LeFevour’s band of merry winners gone, so is head coach Butch Jones. The question now is, can the Chippewas keep on winning?
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The Ball State Cardinals football team landed with a thud in 2009, finishing 2-10 (2-6 MAC) after soaring to a magical 12-2 record the previous year. Departing talent had a lot to do with the fall, and returning talent (11 starters, 38 lettermen) may have a lot to do with a possible rebound in 2010.
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