BOWLING GREEN — In year No. 3 for Mike Jinks, Bowling Green is playing the long game.
The Bowling Green coach’s inauspicious start — six wins in two years — came with sweeping changes on the defensive side of the football this offseason. Jinks fired former defensive coordinator Perry Eliano, turned over the entire defensive coaching staff, and hired former Florida Atlantic head coach Carl Pelini to be the new coordinator.
The overhaul, Jinks revealed at the end of training camp, is ongoing — Bowling Green will travel to No.