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Y11 Audio is the official podcast for Ypsilanti’s college football newsletter. 

We are just under two days away from Eastern Michigan’s season opener vs. Sacramento State.

Sac State being a Mid-American Conference opponent certainly gives this game a weird flavor to begin with, but it’s also pretty wild that EMU’s hosting not just one but two California-based schools this season. 

If I had to guess, I’d say that Sac State isn’t going to walk into Rynearson Stadium with a passive attitude and just hoping to play their best. I think Sac State’s going to try whatever it can to be the new bullies of the league, and it starts with doing so on EMU’s gray turf. 

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Y11 Audio is the official podcast of The Ypsilanti Eleven: Ypsilanti's college football newsletter.

It’s the final week without college football, and it’s time to start saying “goodbye” to summer and “hello” to everything planned for the fall, winter, and spring seasons.

Let’s talk about some future plans for The Ypsilanti Eleven (written work, audio, etc.), but make no mistake about it – it’s time for weekly recordings with the football season beginning in just nine days. 

In the news, Akron sort of punched itself in the face a little bit with a promotion gone publicly sour after seeing its final nine (not 10) finalists to help call the Zips’ offense for a little bit vs. Robert Morris. 

To look forward to the season, I’ll close things out by ranking the quarterback situations around the MAC. 

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Y11 Audio returns as Ypsilanti's college football show and official podcast of The Ypsilanti Eleven.

A week removed from MAC Media Day in Detroit, let’s get back into the podcasting habit by getting some of the late-summer conversations rolling. We’ve got an actual depth chart worth looking at, so we’ll look into it. Also, we’ll read the MAC coaches’ poll and predicted finishes for the upcoming football season.

Remember friends, this is supposed to be fun.

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Eastern Michigan is off to a 2-1 start on the season, and it’s not all roses.

The Washington trip stung for not having scored any touchdowns. The Jacksonville State home opener definitely helped in that regard, but only for one half. By available yardage, EMU’s clearly taken a big step up offensively and unnoticeably up from last year, albeit through three games played this year.

The issues EMU has right now is affecting both sides of the ball: that damned injury bug.

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The Ypsilanti Eleven it the skies to take in EMU at Washington Week.

Is Washington coming off of a national championship game appearance? Yes, of course.

Has EMU ever been the type of team to win a MAC championship game? Not lately.

That doesn’t mean EMU can’t get past UW’s offensive line on Saturday. That, and more notes recorded near a lake in the great state of Washington.

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Eastern Michigan 28. UMass 14.

That’s four wins in a row for EMU, and the Eagles saw a lot to be confident about with its new starters.

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It’s game week!

Eastern Michigan opens up the 2024 season with a trip to UMass for their fourth year in a row playing each other as non-conference foes. Then, next season, they’ll be MAC opponents once again.

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Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio; and welcome to Previews Weeks! Let’s preview everything that EMU and the Mid-American Conference have to offer this season in the three weeks leading up to 2024’s season kickoff.

One final Previews Weeks episode! Let’s preview one of the more intriguing 3-team pods in the MAC this season.

Bowling Green and Northern Illinois are ‘darkhorse’ candidates to win the MAC this year, but have major hills they still have to climb to get (back) to Detroit.

As for Toledo, the people’s annual favorite (or runner-up), it’s certainly more of the same. But when’s the last time Toledo started a season off without any starting experience at O-line?

Cheers to 2024, friends.

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Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio; and welcome to Previews Weeks! Let’s preview everything that EMU and the Mid-American Conference have to offer this season in the three weeks leading up to 2024’s season kickoff.

The Michigan MAC trophy — middle America’s favorite three-team rivalry trophy.

All of Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan have a ton to prove this season. Western Michigan, which saw great heights in 2016, would really like to get back to where it wants to be: nationally relevant.

CMU’s trending down. EMU’s trending up. At least one of these teams have been to a MAC championship game (or two) though.

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Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio; and welcome to Previews Weeks! Let’s preview everything that EMU and the Mid-American Conference have to offer this season in the three weeks leading up to 2024’s season kickoff.

The MAC has made a move to schedule its games with a four-pod structure. We’ll follow suit here with the second of four MAC team(s) preview episodes.

Miami, the defending champions, get to have two rivalries in this new pod structure. Paired with Ohio (Battle for the Bricks) and Ball State (Redbird Rivalry, sure), the RedHawks are favorites by many to make a repeat run for the MAC championship. Sure the team loses some important parts, but it’s not right betting against a team that returns maybe the toughest quarterback in college football.

Ohio and Ball State both have had some recent success — getting to (in Ohio’s case in 2022) or even winning (like Ball State in 2020) the MAC championship game in recent years. But, as we can see, it’s so much easier to fall from grace than keep up its championship-level momentum.

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Twitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiEleven

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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