2016 MAC football previews, from Eastern Michigan to Bowling Green

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John Wooden’s UCLA basketball team won seven straight national titles from 1967-73 and 10 in all between 1964 and 1975. It was a crazy streak of dominance that featured four unbeaten seasons.

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In the parity-happy MAC, almost everybody gets to win occasionally, and almost everybody has to deal with cyclical comeuppance. The level of talent and revenue from top to bottom is perhaps closer in this conference than in any other (the Sun Belt is the only other conference in the race), and so much depends on coaching hires and development.

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It feels like P.J. Fleck has been in charge at Western Michigan for a lot longer than three years. With a superhuman energy level, recruiting chops for days, and his own personal catchphrase, Fleck has made the most of his time in Kalamazoo.

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Leap of faith: rewarded.

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Their head coach left to become an assistant in the SEC. They signed a recruiting class without an actual head coach in charge. The guy they actually hired had no coaching experience and hadn’t spent time at the college level since he was with Army in 1998.

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In college football, a crystal bowl of potatoes -- the prize for winning the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl -- signifies rise and redemption.

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Third down, seven yards to go. Fifty-two seconds to go. Kent State was down 27-13 to start the fourth quarter but has one last chance to tie the game.