Looking back at MAC Football Predictions....what were you thinking edition

This is take your medicine day Part II....yesterday I looked at an OK/regrettable record on the Falcon games...today I look at a horrifying record picking the MAC.

East:

My Predicted finish, with actual finish in ()

1. Temple  (3)
2. Kent  (4)
3. OU  (2)
4. BG (5)
5. Buffalo (7)
6. Miami (1)
7. Akron (6)

Yeah, I know.  Pretty horrifying.  My closest pick were BG and Akron, where I was only off by one.  A few notes:

• I don't feel bad that I didn't see Miami coming, because I don't think anyone did.
• Temple was really disappointing.  I'm not sure what happened.  They aren't great at QB, but they had lots of other things going for them.  They lost all their big games.
• I did say that I didn't think Golden would be in the MAC long.
• I liked Kent.  Their offense did not produce like I thought it could
• OU scored better than I thought they would, and had better line play.

West:

My Predicted finish, with actual finish in ()

1. WMU (3)
2. NIU (1)
3. UT (2)
4. CMU (5)
5. BSU (4)
6. EMU (6)

A few notes:

• The only team out of 13 I got in the right place was EMU.  And who couldn't have gotten that?
• I always overrate WMU.  They are always disappointing--they were playing well by the end though.
• I did like NIU (and Kill) a lot, though I somehow thought they would lose to WMU.
• I didn't think that UT would have enough defense to compete.
• CMU fell farther than I expected, given talent and winning tradition.
• Ball State and EMU had forgettable seasons.