The MAC may come out of this realignment period bigger and stronger than before.

Wherein we (Mike and Geeves) here at Hustle Belt discuss the comparative merits of the two likely front-runners for conference Player of the Year: Kent State's Dri Archer and Northern Illinois' Jordan Lynch.

Jordan Lynch, Dri Archer, Chris Jones, Jaime Wilson and Darrell Hazell were featured as the best of the best in the MAC this year.

The Heisman-worthy season that Jordan Lynch has already produced and will continue to build on is the primary reason why he should be considered for MAC Player of the Year.

After a 4-8 season, and a Bill Cubit firing, we finally get to discuss the season that was the 2012 Western Michigan Broncos

Wherein we sum things up with one eye towards the past, one towards the future, and stumbling over ourselves from looking at the world cross-eyed.

And let's not forget about Northern Illinois at No. 21, putting two MAC teams above any Big East team. Once I got home and pulled up these standings, I'm not going to lie. After years of hemming...

With the litany of mediocre power conference teams and bowl ban pandemics, will a 6-6 Chippewas team get an invite from one of the 35 desperate bowls?

Kent State and NIU will head into Ford Field after taking care of business on the final week, ensuring the first time both MACCG teams were ranked since 2003. Bowling Green and Ball State also won, while CMU ended the season bowl eligible.