With more than 20 players returning who had starting experience last season, this year's Western Michigan University football team is already light years ahead of the 2023 team, according to second-year head coach Lance Taylor.
Which is good, because the Broncos (4-8 overall, 3-5 Mid-American Conference in 2023) open with road games against college football bluebloods Wisconsin (Friday, Aug. 30, 9 p.m. EDT, Bronco Media Network and FS1 TV) and Ohio State (Saturday, Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., Bronco Media Network, BTN).
''We are much further ahead fundamentally than we were at this time last year,'' Taylor said.