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Media Day is Monday

It will be interesting to see Monday who the media establishes as the early favorites in the MAC football race. Not that they are always--or even sometimes right--but it does give you an idea who the early targets are.

For example, in the West, I expect them to pick NIU in the West, though I am not convinced that Toledo is out of the game. I don't think you can rule Central out, either, though some people are overestimating Ball State, IMO. At the same time, I wonder about Western, which might be better than people think. EMU will blow.

In the East, the pool is thin. I suspect Akron and Miami will be the favorites, with BG next. I think OU will continue to get Franklove, but it won't mean anything until it happens on the field. Kent and Buffalo will blow.

The MAC, as a whole, is in a low period. Nothing to compete with the teams from the UM era. Even UT and NIU--the favorites for victory in the MAC Championship--are flawed teams who lost a lot in the off-season. Its probably more wide open than it looks. Click here for MAC report online preview, best on the web.

My actual predictions will come later. But I believe the media will have NIU (with Garrett Wolfe and UT playing in DeKalb this year) beating Akron in the MACC.