Tuesday--December 20, 2011

Coach Molnar leaves Notre Dame and will be coaching full time for UMass.

Statement from the UMass website.

More from WSBD.com.
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TSN has no UMass players on it's three FCS All-America teams. Perhaps more surprising was zero Maine players from a team that went two rounds deep into the playoffs.

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The Mac Blog "Hustle Belt" says he has no idea who is going to coach Akron.

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Recruiting is in a NCAA "quiet' period with the coaches not allowed to contact recruits until January 3rd.

Let's look at the MAC's West Division totals.

Northern Illinois (10-3) commits: 13 players, 2 three star, 7 two stars and 1 ones

Toledo (8-4) commits: 20 players, 4 three star, 10 two stars.

Western Michigan (7-5) commits: 0 three stars, 8 two stars and 1 one star

Ball State (6-6) commits: 20 players, 5 three star, 9 two star.

Eastern Michigan (6-6) commits: 15 players, 2 three star, 7 two stars, 1 one star

Central Michigan (3-9) commits: 19 players, 3 three star, 13 two star

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Rivals (with a different way of ranking recruits) has the 2012 MAC team rankings here.

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