KC...In some ways the fact that bg and kent and redhawk/wally did it indicate that we can be nationally prominent if we are at the top of the MAC. In other ways, it points out the difficulty of getting to the top of the MAC--kent and bg and hawk are tough--as well as staying at the MAC top.

I think your football prognosis is pretty accurate. Except that I really have doubts about this team--primarily due to the head coach--after last year..and, we lost all of our starters at linebacker--which was already a bit of a weakness. And, staying within 30 of FL is, unfortunately, not very likely from this perspective. I hope that I'm wrong. I'll be very sad if we can't win at least 4-5 games in the MAC and a couple of the non-conf games. But that is not a standard of excellence. That's the bare minimum that we should expect. The very least standard. But, after last year's debacle...