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Lindy's picks BG #96 nationally. Here is how they listed the MAC, BG's opponents, BG's All-MAC picks and other info concerning BG:

MAC East:
1. Akron
2. Miami
3. Ohio
4. Bowling Green
5. Kent State
6. Buffalo

MAC West:
1. Northern Illinois
2. Toledo
3. Western Michigan
4. Ball State
5. Central Michigan
6. Eastern Michigan

Nationally:
2. Ohio State
42. Akron
50. Wisconsin
55. Northern Illinois
58. Toledo
81. Miami (Ohio)
85. Western Michigan
93. Ohio
96. Bowling Green
100. Ball State
102. Central Michigan
111. Florida International
113. Kent State
115. Eastern Michigan
118. Buffalo
119. Temple

All-MAC:
Kory Lichtensteiger - 1st Team
Devon Parks - 1st Team
Derrick Markray - 2nd Team

Other honors:
Anthony Turner - Best Scrambler
D.J. Young - Newcomer of the Year

Best games for MAC teams:
Wisconsin vs. Bowling Green (in Cleveland)
Bowling Green at Ohio State
Miami at Bowling Green
Bowling Green at Toledo

Thats slightly better, but still horrid. I see 6 teams on our schedule listed below us and Ohio is practically the same as us. How is a team that can win 7 games with no true upsets the 96th best team in the nation? Doesnt add up to me!

BGSUFootballFan wrote:Thats slightly better, but still horrid. I see 6 teams on our schedule listed below us and Ohio is practically the same as us. How is a team that can win 7 games with no true upsets the 96th best team in the nation? Doesnt add up to me!

The thing we have to keep in mind is, these are all just predictions. Last year, everyone picked us to win it all and we were all happy. If someone would have picked us to go 6-5 overall, 5-3 in the MAC and just 1-3 at home vs. MAC schools, we'd have blown our tops. As far fetched as that prediction would have seemed, it would have been correct. Our past success isn't going to win us a single game this year. We are in a rebuilding mode of sorts and if we went 6-5 with the squad we had last year, we're likely certain to have to dig even deeper this season to surpass that. We'll be better than these predictions of 4th in the MAC East and around the 100th best team in the land if we improve our overall play and execute well on both sides of the ball and in special teams. But if we fall into the same pattern as we did last season, I venture to say this predictions will hold up when we look back at them at the end of the year.

There is no way we will finish the year as the 96th or 103rd best team in the nation. We had an AWFUL year last year, major disappointment and finished 6-5 with 2 losses on the road to Top 25 teams. I'm really going to stick my neck out here and say will manage to break the top 95 this year!

Good point, 33. I remember well how BG was picked to finish last season.

BG will be in the hunt for the East title. That much I'm sure.

Anthony Turner - Best Scrambler

Do they pass out a trophy for that?

San Diego Falcon wrote:

Anthony Turner - Best Scrambler

Do they pass out a trophy for that?

No, but they DO supply a seasons worth of eggs.... (Bad, I know, but I'm just back from my honeymoon; still not recovered.