The three years following Western Michigan’s climactic 2016 Cotton Bowl season can best be described as average. While the Broncos continue to field a respectable football team year after year, the magic that emanated within the program from that 2016 season fizzles away with each passing 6-loss season.
In all three go-arounds of the Tim Lester era, the Broncos have flirted with a .500 record while still awaiting their return to the MAC Championship. But not all is dreary within the confines of Kalamazoo — Western Michigan has been a consistently solid program in the conference during Lester’s tenure.