2011 Mid-American Conference football season

August 2023 2011 Mid-American Conference football season #193980 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) Football Mid-American Conference logo.svg 175px September 1, 2011through January, 2012 13 ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network Regular season Champion Runners-Up Chandler Harnish Mid-American Conference football individual awards East Ohio West NIU, Toledo MAC Championship Game 2011 MAC Championship Game NIU Ohio Nathan Palmer (NIU) 2011 MAC Championship Game Football 2010 2012 The 2011 Mid-American Conference football season is the 66th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The season began on Thursday, September 1, with four games: Bowling Green played at Idaho, Central Michigan hosted South Carolina State, Temple hosted #14 (FCS) Villanova, and Toledo hosted #10 (FCS) New Hampshire. The conference's other nine teams began their respective 2011 seasons of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Saturday, September 3. The first in-conference game was September 10, with Temple hosting Akron. Preseason Preseason poll The 2011 MAC Preseason poll results were announced at the Football Media Preview in Detroit on July 26. In the East Division, Miami was picked as champion, while Toledo was picked to win the West Division and the MAC Championship Game.http://www.mac-sports.com/News/tabid/969/Article/136035/MAC-Announces-2011-Football-Preseason-Poll.aspx 2010-07-26 2011-11-15 MAC Announces 2011 Football Preseason Poll Mid-American Conference https://web.archive.org/web/20120407030842/http://www.mac-sports.com/News/tabid/969/Article/136035/MAC-Announces-2011-Football-Preseason-Poll.aspx 2012-04-07 dead East Division Miami - 97 points; 4 first-place votes Ohio - 96 points; 8 first-place votes Temple - 88 points; 4 first-place votes Kent State - 57 points Bowling Green - 48 points Buffalo - 37 points Akron - 25 points West Division Toledo - 83 points; 8 first-place votes NIU - 81 points; 5 first-place votes Western Michigan - 76 points; 2 first-place votes Central Michigan - 55 points; 1 first-place vote Ball State - 27 points Eastern Michigan - 24 points MAC Championship Three votes were not cast for any team. Toledo - 5 votes NIU - 3 votes Miami - 3 votes Ohio - 1 vote Western Michigan - 1 vote Head coaches East Division Rob Ianello, Akron (2nd Year) Dave Clawson, Bowling Green (3rd Year) Jeff Quinn, Buffalo (2nd Year) Darrell Hazell, Kent State (1st Year) Don Treadwell, Miami (1st Year) Frank Solich, Ohio (7th Year) Steve Addazio, Temple (1st Year) West Division Pete Lembo, Ball State (1st Year) Dan Enos, Central Michigan (2nd Year) Ron English, Eastern Michigan (3rd Year) Dave Doeren, NIU (1st Year) Tim Beckman, Toledo (3rd Year) Bill Cubit Western Michigan (7th Year) Pre-season coaching changes On November 21, the day after Kent State's seventh loss of the season assured them of a losing record, Doug Martin announced that he would resign at the end of the season.http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/fball/2010-11/releases/20101121unj5js Doug Martin To Step Down Following Friday's Game With Ohio 2010-11-21 2010-12-20 Kent State University Kent State University head football coach Doug Martin announced today that he is resigning following the Golden Flashes' game this Friday (Nov. 26) with Ohio in Dix Stadium. Martin informed Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen of his decision Sunday afternoon. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213172123/http://kentstatesports.com/sports/fball/2010-11/releases/20101121unj5js 13 December 2010 dead dmy-all On December 20, Kent State athletic director Joel Nielsen introduced former Ohio State receivers coach Darrell Hazell as the new head coach for the Golden Flashes.https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5939930 Kent State hires Darrell Hazell ESPN 2010-12-20 2010-12-21 Hazell was the first Ohio State assistant coach to leave for a head coaching job in six years; the last was Mark Snyder, who was hired by Marshall in 2004.https://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/21246/tressel-statement-on-hazells-departure Tressel statement on Hazell's departure 2010-12-20 2010-12-21 Amazingly, Hazell is the first Tressel assistant to leave Ohio State for a head-coaching position since defensive coordinator Mark Snyder left for Marshall after the 2004 season. On November 23, three days after Ball State concluded its season with a 4–8 record, Ball State athletic director Tom Collins announced the firing of Stan Parrish, saying, "As we evaluated the on-field performance and the football program in its entirety, we decided it was time for a change in direction in the leadership of the program".https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5845421 Stan Parrish out at Ball State 2010-11-24 2010-12-20 ESPN On December 19, Collins announced that he had hired Pete Lembo, formerly the head coach at Elon.https://www.espn.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/35689/pete-lembo-hired-as-ball-state-coach Pete Lembo hired as Ball State coach Adelson Andrea 2010-12-19 ESPN 2010-12-20 On December 5, NIU head coach Jerry Kill accepted the position of head coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. His announcement came less than two weeks before the Huskies were scheduled to play in the Humanitarian Bowl. Leaving the team in the manner he did (many teammates learned about his new job via Twitter instead of from Kill himselfhttp://www.daily-chronicle.com/2010/12/13/sahly-huskies-handle-new-coach-hire-with-class/axivg1h/ Sahly: Huskies handle new coach hire with class | Daily Chronicle 2011-11-15 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051935/http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2010/12/13/sahly-huskies-handle-new-coach-hire-with-class/axivg1h/ dead December 2010) dealt an emotional blow to the members of the team; star quarterback Chandler Harnish saying about Kill's departure, "I have a horrible taste in my mouth". Additionally, besides the emotional impact, USA Today noted "The timing of the announcement further hurts the program due to Kill most likely taking the bulk of his staff to Minnesota."https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/mac/nillinois.htm Northern Illinois - Team Notes 2010-12-23 USA Today On December 9, linebackers coach Tom Matukewicz was announced as the interim head coach for the Huskies bowl game,http://today.niu.edu/2010/12/07/12132/ Tom Matukewicz named NIU football interim head coach Northern Illinois University 2010-12-07 2010-12-23 2010-12-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20101217081837/http://today.niu.edu/2010/12/07/12132/ dead and on December 13, the university hired Wisconsin Badgers defensive coordinator Dave Doeren as the head coach, to begin after the Humanitarian Bowl.December 2010 On December 12, ESPN reported that Al Golden was offered and accepted the head coaching job at the University of Miami.https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5912786 Source: Al Golden accepts offer to coach at Miami making $1,500,000 per year. ESPN Bruce Feldman 2010-12-12 Prior to the 2010 season, provisions requiring bowls to pick teams with seven or more wins if available before picking six-win teams were eliminated from NCAA bylaws,http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D111.pdf Bylaw 18.7.2 Postseason Football Championship and Postseason Bowl Licensing. 2010–11 NCAA Division I Manual National Collegiate Athletic Association 316–17 November 15, 2011 February 21, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110221210259/http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D111.pdf dead Note that there is no provision in this rule that gives any preference to teams with seven or more wins over 6–6 teams. and Temple was the first team go uninvited under the rule change, despite going 8–4 including a win over eventual Big East BCS representative Connecticut. On December 22, a rumorhttps://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/temple/20101222_Sources__Temple_to_hire_Addazio.html Sources: Temple to hire Addazio 2010-12-22 2010-12-23 Philadelphia Inquirer Kern Mike Temple University is expected to hire Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio as its next head football coach, sources close to the situation told the Daily News today. was quickly confirmed that Florida offensive coordinator, and former Florida interim head coach (winter of 2009-2010), Steve Addazio would be the new Temple coach.https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2010/12/22/florida-offensive-coordinator-steve-addazio-to-be-hired-as-temple-football-coach/ Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio to be hired as Temple football coach Orlando Sentinel 2010-12-22 2010-12-23 Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio will be the next head coach at Temple, a University of Florida official confirmed...The Philadelphia Daily News first reported that Addazio would accept the position Wednesday afternoon after several papers in Pennsylvania had been reporting that he was a candidate for the opening left when Al Golden accepted the Miami job on Dec. 12. On December 16, ESPN reported that Michael Haywood, who had been named the 2010 Mid-American Conference Football Coach of the Year days before,http://mo.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/miamiredhawks/entries/2010/12/01/haywood_named_mac_coach_of_the.html Haywood named MAC Coach of the Year Pete Conrad Dayton Daily News 2010-12-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110726153443/http://mo.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/miamiredhawks/entries/2010/12/01/haywood_named_mac_coach_of_the.html 2011-07-26 had accepted the head football coaching position at the University of Pittsburgh.https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5924001 Pittsburgh hires Mike Haywood Associated Press ESPN 2010-12-16 Haywood was arrested in South Bend, Indiana on December 31, 2010, on felony domestic violence charges arising from a custody dispute, and was fired by Pittsburgh hours after being released on bond the next morning.https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5978467 Pitt fires Mike Haywood ESPN.com 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 Defensive backs coach Lance Guidry will coach Miami University in the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl.http://mo.journal-news.com/hamilton-sports/miami-university-redhawks/miami-football-coach-haywood-headed-to-pitt--1030240.html RedHawks' defensive backs coach will lead team in GoDaddy.com Bowl Hamilton Journal-News 2010-12-16 2010-12-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110713121219/http://mo.journal-news.com/hamilton-sports/miami-university-redhawks/miami-football-coach-haywood-headed-to-pitt--1030240.html 2011-07-13 On December 31, 2010, Miami University hired Michigan State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell as its head coach.http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2010/12/report_michigan_states_don_tre.html Michigan State's Don Treadwell named head football coach at Miami-Ohio MLive.com 2010-12-31 2011-01-03 Treadwell confirmed to reporters at the Capital One Bowl he has been named the next football coach at Miami-Ohio. 2011 MAC Specialty Award Winners Vern Smith Leadership Award Winner: QB Chandler Harnish, Northern Illinois Coach of the Year: Ron English, Eastern Michigan Offensive Player of the Year: QB Chandler Harnish, Northern Illinois Defensive Player of the Year: DL Drew Nowak, Western Michigan Special Teams Player of the Year: K Matt Weller, Ohio Freshman of the Year: RB Anthon Samuel, Bowling Green MAC Names 2011 All-MAC Teams & Post Season Awards https://getsomemaction.com/news/2011/11/29/FB_139208.aspx All-Conference teams 2011 All-MAC First Team Offense Quarterback – Chandler Harnish, Northern Illinois Center – Scott Wedige, Northern Illinois Offensive Linemen – Mike VanDerMeulen, Toledo Offensive Lineman – Trevor Olson, Northern Illinois Offensive Lineman – Joe Flading, Ohio Offensive Linemen – Pat Boyle, Temple Tight End – Evan Rodriguez, Temple Wide Receiver – Jordan White, Western Michigan Wide Receiver – Eric Page, Toledo Wide Receiver – Nick Harwell, Miami Wide Receiver – Kamar Jorden, Bowling Green Running Back – Bernard Pierce, Temple Running Back – Branden Oliver, Buffalo Placekicker – Mathew Sims, Northern Illinois 2011 All-MAC First Team Defense Outside Linebacker – Aaron Morris, Ball State Outside Linebacker – Khalil Mack, Buffalo Inside Linebacker – Brian Wagner, Akron Inside Linebacker – Dwayne Woods, Bowling Green Down Lineman – Roosevelt Nix, Kent State Down Lineman – Adrian Robinson, Temple Down Lineman – Chris Jones, Bowling Green Down Lineman – Drew Nowak, Western Michigan Defensive Back – Jahleel Addae, Central Michigan Defensive Back – Dayonne Nunley, Miami Defensive Back – Desmond Marrow, Toledo Defensive Back – Sean Baker, Ball State Punter – Brian Schmiedebusch, Bowling Green 2011 All-MAC First Team Specialists Kickoff Return Specialist – Eric Page, Toledo Punt Return Specialist – Eric Page, Toledo 2011 All-MAC Second Team Offense Quarterback – Alex Carder, Western Michigan Center – Zac Kerin, Toledo Offensive Lineman – Brandon Brooks, Miami Offensive Lineman – Jordan Hansel, Ball State Offensive Lineman – Brian Winters, Kent State Offensive Lineman – Eric Herman, Ohio Tight End – David Blackburn, Central Michigan Wide Receiver – LaVon Brazill, Ohio Wide Receiver – Briggs Orsbon, Ball State Wide Receiver – Perez Ashford, Northern Illinois Wide Receiver – Marcus Rivers, Buffalo Running Back – Adonis Thomas, Toledo Running Back – Jasmin Hopkins, Northern Illinois Placekicker – Matt Weller, Ohio 2011 All-MAC Second Team Defense Outside Linebacker – C.J. Malauulu, Kent State Outside Linebacker – Tahir Whitehead, Temple Inside Linebacker – Travis Freeman, Ball State Inside Linebacker – Noah Keller, Ohio Down Lineman – Sean Progar-Jackson, Northern Illinois Down Lineman – Tremayne Scott, Ohio Down Lineman – Nate Ollie, Ball State Down Lineman – Brad Ohrman, Eastern Michigan Defensive Back – Johnnie Simon, Western Michigan Defensive Back – Josh Pleasant, Kent State Defensive Back – Jimmie Ward, Northern Illinois Defensive Back – T. J. Carrie, Ohio Punter – Brandon McManus, Temple 2011 All-MAC Second Team Specialists Kickoff Return Specialist – BooBoo Gates, Bowling Green Punt Return Specialist – Jamill Smith, Ball State 2011 All-MAC Third Team Offense Quarterback – Tyler Tettleton, Ohio Center – Ben Bojicic, Bowling Green Offensive Lineman – Dann O’Neill, Western Michigan Offensive Lineman – Wayne Tribue, Temple Offensive Lineman – Eric Fisher, Central Michigan Offensive Lineman – A.J. Strum, Ohio Tight End – Garrett Hoskins, Eastern Michigan Wide Receiver – Nathan Palmer, Northern Illinois Wide Receiver – Titus Davis, Central Michigan Wide Receiver – Cody Wilson, Central Michigan Wide Receiver – Chleb Ravenell, Western Michigan Running Back – Donte’ Harden, Ohio Running Back – Matt Brown, Temple Placekicker – John Potter, Western Michigan 2011 All-MAC Third Team Defense Outside Linebacker – Justin Cudworth, Eastern Michigan Outside Linebacker – Jerrell Wedge, Miami Inside Linebacker – Luke Batton, Kent State Inside Linebacker – Ryan Kennedy, Miami Down Lineman – Austin Brown, Miami Down Lineman – Morkeith Brown, Temple Down Lineman – Freddie Bishop, Western Michigan Down Lineman – T.J. Fatinikun, Toledo Defensive Back – Latarrius Thomas, Eastern Michigan Defensive Back – Kevin Kroboth, Temple Defensive Back – Luke Wollet, Kent State Defensive Back – Marlon Pollard, Eastern Michigan Punter – Scott Kovanda, Ball State 2011 All-MAC Third Team Specialists Kickoff Return Specialist – Donte’ Harden, Ohio Punt Return Specialist – Terrell Jackson, Buffalo References