McMillan cooked them cats on defense, not me!
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The McAlary Effect
Note: Kiddo played with me in those two games as well. Couldn't find the endzone against EMU but scored both of the rushing TDs against Ball State. Getting the hang of hitting the holes pretty well.
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MAC Football Results
Scores, Players of the Week and other news and notes from around the conference
By Don Knotts | @theotherdonknotts | October 13, 2024, 9:27am EDT
MAC Scores
Central Michigan 38, Ohio 24
Kent State 34, Ball State 27
Toledo 31, Buffalo 10
Northern Illinois 27, Bowling Green 21
Miami-OH 38, Eastern Michigan 28
Western Michigan 21, Akron 10
MAC Players of the Week
Ohio CB Jacob Proche 9Tkl, 1Int
Miami-OH QB Brett Gabbert 330Pass Yds 5TD
MAC Standings
Kent State 2-0/3-3
Toledo 2-0/4-2
Western Michigan 2-0/3-3
Akron 2-1/3-4
Buffalo 1-1/3-3
Central Michigan 1-1/3-3
Miami-OH 1-1/2-4
Northern Illinois 1-1/2-4
Ball State 2-4/1-2
Bowling Green 0-2/1-5
Eastern Michigan 0-2/4-2
Ohio 0-2/3-3
MAC Leaders
Toledo QB Tucker Gleason 1,905Yds 12TD
Western Michigan RB Jalen Buckley 579Yds 2TD
Toledo WR Junior Vandeross III 680Yds 7TD
Western Michigan LB Boone Bonnema 50Tkl
Western Michigan DE Tyson Lee 6.5Sck
7 players tied with 2
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Coaches Corner
Offensive Coordinator Jordan McAlary
By Don Knotts | @theotherdonknotts | October 15, 2024, 8:33am EDT
Each week in the days following Kent State's game I will spend a few moments chatting with members of the coaching staff. I'll share some key points in this column.
This morning I spoke with offensive coordinator Jordan McAlary following Kent State's win over Ball State.
Two straight conference wins at home, what's the key?
Running the ball. Protecting the ball. Making plays when they need to be made. Not beating ourselves.
Good offensive balance. 33 passes and 30 runs. A pair of scores on the ground and a pair in the air. I think a lot of people expected a more pass heavy offense with you at the helm. Any thoughts on that?
We have talent in the backfield and the line is getting a good push in the running game. Balance is important and as long as those running plays continue to be productive we'll keep running it.
Player of the week?
Gavin Garcia. Tough runs, pair of scores. He's getting a bit of a heavy workload and he's responding to it.
Back on the road to Bowling Green next week. Bit of a rivalry there and they took it to you guys last year. Any extra motivation there?
Yeah you know I wasn't here before so to me it's just another tough, in conference opponent that we need to be prepared for. Some of the players that were here for that last year are maybe talking it up a bit more. I think we got them pretty good in 2022 so I'm sure they're going to be fired up for the game as well.
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Flashes recruiting update
11 signed, 45.25 points, 109th nationally
By Don Knotts | @theotherdonknotts | October 15, 2024, 11:12am EDT
Recruiting Class
POS|NAME|
|NATL|STATE|POS|Style|Hometown|HT|WTQB|Terrance Ahmad|
|3489|72|306|Improviser|Clairton, PA|6'00"|197OT|Cameron Hippenhammer|
|3567|75|224|Agile|Philadelphia, PA|6'07"|315OT|Josh McMahan|
|3474|71|212|Pass Protector|Philadelphia, PA|6'07"|287OG|Tony Spann|
|3468|70|63|Agile|Pittsburgh, PA|6'00"|317DE|Shawn Rhodes|
3502|137|192|Speed Rusher|Cleveland, OH|6'02"|263DE|Jimmy Chunn|
|3450|134|190|Speed Rusher|Pickerington, OH|6'01|262OLB|Jayson Cole|
|3496|73|152|Power Rusher|Pittsburgh, PA|6'00"|259OLB|Randy Hurtado|
|3573|97|154|Power Rusher|Hyattsville, MD|6'00"|256MLB|Isaiah Rawls|
|3101|77|134|Run Stopper|Highstown, NJ|5'11"|212CB|Alex Manuel|
|3066|87|273|Zone|Dearborn, MI|5'11"|190CB|Cris Navarre|
|3385|85|309|Man to Man|Woodbridge, VA|6'01"|161The McAlary Effect
Kent State Game Preview
Bowling Green
By Don Knotts | @theotherdonknotts | October 8, 2024, 3:13pm EDT
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3-3/2-0 | 1-5/0-2
Saturday October 19th 6:00
Location: Bowling Green, OH |Doyt Perry Stadium
2023 Record: 7-6
2023 Result: L 19-49
Series: 15-46
Head Coach: Scot Loeffler
Team Leaders:
QB Connor Bazelak 1,202Yds 10TD
RB Terion Stewart 244Yds 1TD
WR Malcolm Johnson Jr 419Yds 2TD
LB Joseph Sipp Jr 41Tkl
DE Ali Saad 5.0Sck
FS Darius McClendon 1Int
Injuries
Kent State: LB Luke Fulton, DT John Jackson, DT Seth Nelson
Bowling Green: RT Yaser Al-Awadi
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bunch of 1 star recruits 
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You're better off getting just a few three-stars than a bunch of 1/2-stars bruh lmao trust me