This ought to be interesting. Mangino has a strong personality. He has been a successful HC at a Big 12 school. Will be interesting to see how he fares taking orders from Wolford.
As for the FCS/MAC garbage, FCS is not top level D1 football. And, that is OKAY. Why do people have a problem accepting that outside of places with FCS schools, most people do not care about FCS football. Even in many areas with TOP LEVEL FCS Programs, not many people care about FCS football. YSU had success against MAC teams under Tressel, but that success was against lower level MAC teams. That is just reality. Akron stinks. So what? Akron would beat the bottom teams in the MVFC. Akron went 1-11 last year, with the win against FCS Morgan State. MAC schools were 10-1 against FCS teams last year. The only loss was EMU(2-10) losing to Illinois State. Miami(OH) beat SIU. Those were the only MAC -vs MVFC games. KENT beat Towson(7-4/6-2 CAA) 41-21..Coastal Carolina made the FCS playoffs, and lost to Toledo. NIU 35-7 beat UT-Martin(8-3/6-2 and 2nd in OVC)... WMU(4-8) beat Eastern Illinois 52-21. EIU won the OVC and their 1st round FCS playoff game.
YSU does not have the $$$$$$ to compete in the MAC. That is why YSU was not accepted to the MAC back in 1995. Had nothing to due with a conspiracy on the part of KENT or Akron. Then YSU President Les Cochran was told by reps of the MAC that YSU would have to drastically increase their athletic budget. And, Dr. Cochran was not willing to make that commitment. Marshall, Buffalo and NIU were willing to make the commitment, and thus were accepted, while YSU was left out. So, unless there are some major changes in $$$$$$ once YSU hires a new President, YSU will not be leaving either FCS, the MVFC.