BOWLING GREEN — The annual preseason poll in the Mid-American Conference is anything but canon, but the projections this year are in good shape when it comes to the MAC East.
Buffalo — the most popular pick to win the league — is a serious contender.
Bowling Green isn't anywhere close.
As the two sides enter a scheduled game Tuesday at Doyt Perry Stadium, everything about the first two weeks suggests the meeting could be ugly once again — something Bowling Green hopes to avoid as it looks for its first competitive game of the season.