So, uh, what a year in the MAC, eh?
With no clear-cut favorite, it’s been anyone’s game in terms of winning the conference outright. Of course, it’s been hard to project exactly how each team will do, given that this year, more than most years, there’s been a lot of tumult at the most important position on the field: quarterback.
Whether due to injury or performance, nine of the MAC’s 12 member programs have performed a swap at QB, and that has pundits (ourselves included) curious as to how the rest of the season plays out.
Just to go over the changes thus far, let’s examine every team’s quarterbacking situation to this point:
- Ball State: Riley Neal (four starts, injured), Jack Milas (two starts), Zach Blair (two appearances, potentially in mix to start)
- Bowling Green: James Morgan (five starts, benched due to performance, reclaimed job), Jarret Doege (one start, three appearances, benched due to performance), Grant Loy (one appearance)
- Buffalo: Tyree Jackson (four starts, injured), Drew Anderson (two starts, potentially in mix to start permanently)
- Central Michigan: Shane Morris (six starts), Tony Poljan (appearances in all six games at QB and WR by package)
- Kent State: Nick Holley (three starts, injured), Mylik Mitchell (original QB2, injured pre-season), George Bollas (three starts, rotating with Dustin Crum), Dustin Crum (burned redshirt, three appearances, potentially in mix to start)
- Northern Illinois: Ryan Graham (one start, injured), Daniel Santacaterina (four starts, benched for performance), Marcus Childers (four appearances, in mix to start)
- Ohio: Quinten Maxwell (three starts, benched for performance after initial rotation), Nathan Rourke (three starts, elevated to starter)
That’s quite the list, when you look at it that way.