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Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.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. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.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.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.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. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.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. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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 first of four MAC team(s) preview episodes. Akron, Buffalo, and Kent State features the Wagon Wheel rivalry and is the most northeastern pod on the MAC's map. And, to be frank, while there has been some blips of success by these schools to at least find themselves in Detroit for the MAC championship game, they didn't have the goods to come home with any MAC titles. And if anybody's going to make it back to Ford Field, it's going to be a much harder climb to get to the top of the standings. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Special teamers: forget them not.Eastern Michigan's made special teams a big priority for itself over the years. And rightfully so. These are the players that highlight the program-defining moments (hello, wins at Illinois and Purdue) and help define very overlooked aspects of the game. Offense scores and defense makes stops, but special teams determine everybody's field position before those units hit the field. Mitch Tomasek and Jesus Gomez were born with steel toes, and having both of them back for their third seasons will bode well for this team, of course. But will there be playmakers at all in the return game?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Everybody loves a good defensive back.Year in and year out, Eastern Michigan finds new players either through the high school ranks or through the transfer portal to be immediate impacts on the field. This year's going to be more of the same in that regard, but who expected EMU to get a 6-foot-4 corner through the HS ranks?Plenty of transfers can help supplement this team's depth, and maybe even start right away, but this defense should definitely see improvement with Joshua Scott back in action at cornerback. Daiquan White, who led EMU in pass breakups as a true freshman, also returns with big expectations. Also, if you need reasons to be blindly optimistic for former Division-III corners trying to make it at MAC level, I've got two words for you: Joe Burrow. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Linebackers truly embody what defenses want to do. For Neal Neathery's final defense in 2022, he brought in Chase Kline and Joe Sparacio who would later help usher in Ben Needham's defense in 2023. Now those reliable LBs are gone, who will be the new vocal leaders for this defense in 2024?Which of the developing LBs will play their way into the rotation?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.We are moving onto the defensive side of the ball in the second week of Previews Weeks, and we'll begin talking about guys who get dirty in the trenches.A lot of returning faces & starters with Justin Jefferson, Joseph Zelinsky, and Peyton Price all back with big hopes in 2024, but DL depth and ability might be what can take this defense to the next level. Last year it felt like EMU was off to a rough start with guys either getting hurt, staying hurt, or re-injuring themselves. If the freshmen in waiting are worth the wait and the new transfers on the edges are as good as advertised, then EMU could see an improved pass rushing grade this year.I've already circled Price's name, but I'll do it again here. He's an interior defensive lineman that has shined ever since he was a true freshman, but it's now or never for him if he's going to hit the ceiling that this coaching staff has been hoping to see from him. If he has a good season, then EMU's capable of having a very strong defense in 2024.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.I'll say it now. Cole Snyder just might not be an automatic upgrade over Austin Smith.Sure, I trust he'll end up playing better football on the whole, but I can't promise you he'll be a much improved passer right away. I can't promise you, just by reading through some of the Pro Football Focus data, that he'll be a better option as a running QB either.Also, the NFL's preseason is actually underway now after two games played yesterday (and the Hall of Fame game last week). Chase Kline, who recently tried his shot at making an NFL team, is going to pursue a different opportunity via WWE Summerslam tryouts. To help preview Previews Weeks, we'll go through each of the positions Monday through Thursday this and next week, and then have conference-wide previews in the the third week. We'll focus on Eastern Michigan's offensive positions this week, then its defensive episodes will air next week.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Two position groups here to wrap up the offensive positions look-ats through the first week of Prevews WeeksFirst, running backs. Samson Evans and Jaylon Jackson, two uber-reliable players that could help move the football in more ways than one, are big losses for this program. Lots of new faces could help define how EMU moves past those struggles, but the main key objective, in my eye is pretty clear: don't get caught trying to chase ghosts.After the RBs, we focus the rest of our talk around the team's tight ends. Not every tight end develops into being the same product on the field because not every tight end comes into the program the same way. There are converted wide receivers, converted quarterbacks, and the standard sixth offensive lineman can always go out and try to catch a pass when defenses least expect it. Jere Getzinger's a quality senior to help make this offense work, but will the pass-catching tight ends end up being bigger factors in games this season?To help preview Previews Weeks, we'll go through each of the positions Monday through Thursday this and next week, and then have conference-wide previews in the the third week. We'll focus on Eastern Michigan's offensive positions this week, then its defensive episodes will air next week.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Of these skilled receivers, who will be the new starting quarterback's best friend in 2024?Darius Lassiter leaving the program last spring really hurt the offense in a number of ways, even if his departure led to more playing time for J.B. Mitchell. The junior college product was able to be a difference maker in his cameo season with EMU as he built a working relationship with grad transfer QB Taylor Powell. Now, two years later, this team is hoping to find that kind of magic again with four new transfers, and a host of other returning talents that are fighting for playing time.To help preview Previews Weeks, we'll go through each of the positions Monday through Thursday this and next week, and then have conference-wide previews in the the third week. We'll focus on Eastern Michigan's offensive positions this week, then its defensive episodes will air next week.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

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.Yesterday we began this series by talking about the quarterbacks. But who's going to block for them?Last year's TFL allowed percentage of 11.07% was tenth-worst in the nation. Some of that had to do with poor performance from the QBs, but the O-line wasn't without its issues.Mickey Rewolinski returns as the most experienced lineman, but after that there isn't a lot of experience back. Broderick Roman's been with the team the longest out of this group, but his injury history doesn't provide a ton of confidence in how long he'll be able to hold up in 2024. Could this be a transfer-heavy line? Chris Mayo (West Virginia) and Carson Lee (Colorado) are returning former transfers that should see a lot of time this year, and Owen Snively (Colorado State) returns as well. Plus, four transfers joined the team this offseason to compete with some of the younger underclassmen that are still on roster.To help preview Previews Weeks, we'll go through each of the positions Monday through Thursday this and next week, and then have conference-wide previews in the the third week. We'll focus on Eastern Michigan's offensive positions this week, then its defensive episodes will air next week.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio; and welcome to the beginning of 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. To begin Previews Weeks, we're going to spend a few minutes today talking about, that's right, EMU's quarterback room. Cole Snyder, who started the last two seasons at Buffalo, comes to Eastern Michigan as a graduate transfer after his Buffalo career ended by watching the Eagles clinch bowl eligibility against him and his former team. Jeremiah Salem, a former walk-on, was EMU's Scout Team Player of the Year last season and is listed as Snyder's competition for the QB1 position.Drew Viotto and Jace Stuckey are two freshmen-level players with a ton of potential and buzz surrounding them. That doesn't mean they'll get much playing time this year though. To help preview Previews Weeks, we'll go through each of the positions Monday through Thursday this and next week, and then have conference-wide previews in the the third week. We'll focus on Eastern Michigan's offensive positions this week, then its defensive episodes will air next week. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showSubstack newsletter: Ypsi11.comTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com. There are 38 days until the season begins. What better way to drumroll into the year than ranking the MAC team's starting quarterbacks?Let's go up the list, #12 to #1, of my personal preseason rankings of the MAC's starting quarterbacks entering this season.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com. It's another Saturdays w/ Coffin episode, here's the rundown:(0:17) Introduction; QB Jeremiah Salem was placed on scholarship after being a walk-on with the team for two years. Let's talk about the QB room again!(9:36) Missouri State is making the FCS-to-FBS jump, joining Conference USA in 2025. There aren't a lot of schools that I, Alex, would want to make the FCS-to-MACtion jump, but Missouri State was one of those schools on my personal shortlist. (21:11) EMU and Michigan have agreed to a pair of games played at the Big House in 2027 and 2030. Let's stick with the quarterback angle for a second. Is there anybody worth mentioning for these games that we haven't discussed already? (28:26) Northern Illinois AD Sean Frazier expresses his opinion on how to fix the MAC level of college football. It's not a very original idea. He wants a separate “NIT-style” bracket for Group of 5 schools in addition to the ultimate prize that other teams will be playing for with tons and tons of more viewership. I'm just continually not sold that any of this will really fix anything, and any G5 team competing in these kinds of meaningful games will very likely just end up seeing their best players transfer out and their best coaches take new jobs anyway. That's just one man's opinion though. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com. It's another Saturdays w/ Coffin episode since he was free.(5:43) UMass is officially back in the MAC, beginning next year. This is this as much of a win for college football as much of this as a loss for college basketball?(19:28) Can the MAC reach 14 schools with an expansion with Western Kentucky? Any ideas for potential 14th and 15ths? (50:00) The video game's coming back. We — Alex and Justin — haven't talked about that together yet. Are we going to be too old to spend much time playing it though?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com. It's another Saturdays w/ Coffin episode since he was free. (3:47) The MAC's True Seniors list was finally published this week, so we take a look at how many guys from each roster got on the field as true freshmen, never took a redshirt year, and are going to finish up with their original squad. The goal wasn't to directly compete with ESPN's returning production percentage numbers, but it's another way to view your MAC teams during the spring ball.(13:54) What's every MAC team's biggest strength right now?(34:42) The playoff expansion model to 12-teams — a version that we'll never get to see before it even begins even though there were months of heartache over it — is changing its look. No more (not that it ever got to properly begin with) 6 highest-ranked conference champions and 6-highest ranked otherwise schools, it's now 5 conference winners + 7 automatic qualifiers. But who cares, because now we're being told to gear up for another round of conversations about jumping to 14 or 16-team playoffs. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.It's spring for some, still winter for others. Let's hit the reset button, figuratively and literally.(5:38) Looking forward to the spring means grappling with what got EMU to its current point. This team basically signed two signing classes in one — hopefully that covers for how poorly last season finished. It certainly was not the kind of season a lot of people expected to see, considering how fun of a roller coaster ride 2022 ended up being.(19:24) The video game: College Football 2025. I cannot wait for it and I'm really excited to be the all-time winningest coach at every school I end up at in my quest to beat Nick Saban. I also can't wait to start real-life rivalries again with my buddies.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.It's another Saturday with Justin Coffin. This week, we discuss…* Pete Lembo coming back to the MAC, this time as Buffalo's head coach (13:56);* MAC schedules, and some of the positives (and negatives?) that the new pods-structure will bring (33:28);* And Justin brings a pop quiz to the table. The premise: How much money do MAC boosters really give compared to some other schools across the nation (45:36)?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Here's something to look forward to this offseason: Saturday conversations between myself and Justin Coffin — formerly of Hustle Belt and MAC Football Pod fame. It won't be every single week, but the two of us will get together for regular conversations about the MAC's biggest topics.This week, we're focusing on Maurice Linguist's exit at Buffalo for Alabama.No, he's not going to be a head coach, he's leaving for a high-end assistant position. Is this the start of a new trend in the (arguably) wrong direction for MAC-level head coaches? Or is this the start of a very breakable cycle?Hopefully, MAC coaches can get more luck than what they've seen lately. Either way, Buffalo should feel pretty grateful for how Linguist was able to come into a difficult situation when Lance Leipold left for Kansas in late April 2021. Linguist wasn't the Bulls' coach until May, and right before he took the Buffalo job he was a recent hire to be Michigan's co-defensive coordinator. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Eastern Michigan came back to beat Akron 30-24 in double overtime over Akron on Tuesday — the final game on the original gray turf. Also, the final game with the track around the field. Next season, we'll see a new gray turf with Maxx Crosby's name on it. Timestamps:0:26 — Thoughts on the Akron game, and the gray turf15:35 — EMU finishes the season at Buffalo on TuesdayY11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Eastern Michigan got in the way of Toledo trying to get on every CFP voter's Top 25 poll next week. EMU wanted to redeem itself in a lot of ways with a tough game against Toledo, but the Rockets absolutely blew the doors off of EMU, 49-23.  Big news at EMU: Maxx Crosby's $1 million donation will finally get the track removed from EMU's football perimeter. Also, some thoughts on Sean Lewis' situation at Colorado.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Eastern Michigan has a 2-2 record to end non-conference play after a 21-0 showing at Jacksonville State. Wasn't a pretty performance, especially on offense, buy boy oh boy does EMU have a punter.Seriously, when's the last time you saw somebody kick multiple 70+ yard punts in a single game? Was this the first time for you too?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Eastern held on to beat Umas 19-17 at Rynearson Stadium on Saturday, which is not the kind of finish many had hoped to read on the scoreboard, but a win in non-conference play is a win in non-conference play.How much of that score reads that there needs to be a change at quarterback?The defense hung on and provided the team with four takeaways, including three in the first half. Special teams, expect for a missed PAT, is still performing well. But is it time to give one of the other QBs a shot? If the UMass game says anything, then the answer might be pretty obvious. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Eastern Michigan returns home with its fifth game against UMass since 2014. While this isn't a MAC game, it certainly feels like it (considering UMass was in the MAC not too long ago). EMU scraped by a win at home over UMass last year (20-13) and the Minutemen look better than what it showed up with last year on offense. Sure, its starting QB is hurt, but improved nonetheless. It's round two of Chris Creighton vs. Don Brown, aka “Dr. Blitz”, and I went to a trustworthy source for great expertise on the topic of UMass football: Michael Traini from Fight Massachusetts/247sports.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Final score from Saturday: Minnesota 25, Eastern Michigan 6. As the saying goes: great teams cover. The gamblers everywhere either applaud or loathe EMU's red zone defense.One last look back at the Minnesota game, and I've got one big question for Eastern's offense moving forward. Who's going to step up and be that true X receiver this year?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.With the Howard game behind us, it's time to look ahead to Minnesota.To help preview Eastern Michigan's upcoming opponent, I asked Ryan Burns (Gopher Illustrated/247sports) to help break down the Gophers. What expectations does this P.J. Fleck-led program play with? EMU fans recognize some former Western Michigan players wearing maroon and gold, but what about QB Athan Kaliakmanis and WR Daniel Jackson? The defense is going to be a huge task for EMU to face, but could special teams be a difference-maker if this is a tight game in the second half?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.The final score from Week 1: Eastern Michigan 33, Howard 23.Eastern Michigan's special teams units, highlighted by Hamze El-Zayat's 96-yard and Jaylon Jackson's 84-yard touchdowns, really stole the show early on. That's one of those things that doesn't happen by accident, and that's a really good warning sign for everybody else to seriously think hard about what you're going to do on kickoffs and punts.Not all of EMU's starters and key contributors suited up for the game, but that shouldn't totally explain this stat line: Howard's explosive play rate on offense was 10% while EMU's was 2%. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.George Gervin honored with a bronze statue outside of the George Gervin GameAbove Center Thursday. The same evening, it was announced that the honoree for the #2 uniform number this season will be WR Tanner Knue. DE Joey Zelinski will wear #0 for the defense to open the season vs. Howard.Also, results from the survey that was released two weeks ago. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.It's finally, actually game week!Howard comes to Rynearson Stadium as Eastern Michigan begins its 2023 season. The focus is as clear as ever — run last year's record back, except beat Toledo this time. The MAC title hunt won't officially start until the conference schedule begins, but the chase still begins for this team on Friday. While EMU should beat Howard handily (SP+ projects EMU to win by two touchdowns), this is still a well-coached FCS squad with a ton of returning, productive players on both sides of the ball. They're not going to make things easy for the Eagles.Still, what should we expect to see out of EMU this week? And what questions might get answered this week?Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football podcast; read Ypsilanti's college football newsletter at Ypsi11.com.It's Week 0! College football is really this week! Ahead of last weekend, I previewed the MAC East with Justin Coffin (of MAC Football Pod). We continued our conversation into today's episode: the MAC West preview.Western Michigan (5:15) is going through a calculated coaching change that should force this team to be better at passing the ball. Will that work in Kalamazoo? Will that work in Year 1? Is Hayden Wolff, the Old Dominion transfer, going to be enough?Northern Illinois (13:34) is a program that will always have my respect, but will this team be any good if Rocky Lombardi doesn't get enough help?I've got a lot of questions on Central Michigan (21:03). I trust CMU to play good defense, but I have no clue what to expect out of the offense. Ball State (28:57) has as much potential as anybody in this division if things go right, but after last year's performance, it's hard to say which direction the program is truly heading in. The team we've all be waiting to talk so much about: Eastern Michigan (37:21). Under Chris Creighton, this program has a winning record and a chance to make the program's first MAC championship appearance. The death star: Toledo (45:12). The Rockets already have some preseason Top 25 votes, but it's still going to have to make some more believers out of voters. That'll begin with a tough road game against Illinois, then it'll be up to Toledo (as always) to not self-destruct its way out of a divisional race. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.The 2023 college football season is only weeks away, so let's focus on each of the divisional races within the MAC. To help break down the MAC East race is Justin Coffin, formerly of Hustle Belt and Free on Saturday blogs, currently with MAC Football Pod (I should probably say that I'm also on that podcast.) Kent State (9:45) doesn't have a single starter returning to its offense, so it will take a lot for Kenni Burns to pick up his first career win. Under second-year head coach Joe Moorhead, Akron (15:30) is a squad that we really want to be optimistic for. It helps when Akron has such a talented QB on its side, too.Sure Buffalo (22:57) put up a 50 burger at Rynearson last year, but how much should the Bulls be feared heading into 2023? I'm confident the Bulls will be tough as nails, but I don't know how it'll string together wins in the second half of its MAC slate.Bowling Green (27:22) is a liar and I have no idea what to expect from the team this year. How many marginal improvements does BG really want to stay happy with?Last year's darling team is no secret this year. Ohio (34:37) has maybe the best offense in the MAC coming back, and Kurtis Rourke's bound to be a legit superstar in G5 football. Miami (40:17) has been as consistent as you can ask for, but now it has the best formula a MAC team can ask for: a 4th-year starting quarterback with a 10th-year, defensive-minded head coach. If Brett Gabbert stays healthy, Miami has the chance to have a monster season.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.MAC Media Day is officially behind us and the narrative has been decided: Eastern Michigan is the #2 favorite to win its division this year. No media poll this year, but the MAC coaches put EMU behind Toledo, reigning MAC champs, in the division with one first-place vote — which is one more than Northern Illinois, Ball State, Central Michigan or Western Michigan have. That's not something you say every year, now is it?Also, a quick glance at the summertime two-deeps published by the team in the media packet, and I wonder if you heard something EMU athletic director Scott Wetherbee said about the future football schedules.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.The Ypsilanti Eleven is back! And just in time for the 2023 season, too.MAC Media Day is tomorrow, which means we'll get to hear from coaches and players around the league at Detroit's Fox Theatre. Not only will we get to hear from everybody, but we'll also get to see some visuals with this fancy new camera at my disposal. That's right: more photography will be coming to The Ypsilanti Eleven.I've already published my season picks on the newsletter (read here), but the main topic for this episode is a MAC power ranking heading into the year. * #12 Kent State (8:34)* #11 Western Michigan (9:17)* #10 Central Michigan (10:22)* #9 Akron (10:53)* #8 Ball State (11:43)* #7 Bowling Green (12:34)* #6 Northern Illinois (13:06)* #5 Buffalo (13:58)* #4 Miami (14:49)* #3 Eastern Michigan (15:50)* #2 Toledo (16:57)* #1 Ohio (17:59)Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!The 2023 recruiting cycle is basically all done, and Eastern Michigan did something many never thought was possible: finish atop of the Mid-American Conference. With spring ball in mind and 2024 recruiting boards to build on, let's sweep away the confetti and get organized on what Eastern Michigan needs to focus on for this year's recruiting cycle.Topics, agenda:* EMU's 27 new signees (5:57)* With the Class of 2023 in mind, how can we build on a potential 2024 forecast? (13:21)* Quarterback (13:49)* Running back (17:47)* Wide receiver (22:30)* Tight end (25:44)* Offensive line (29:50)* Defensive line (33:15)* Linebackers (39:59)* Defensive backs (43:21)Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!Sorry it's been so long. I lied to myself saying I'd do two podcast episodes here per week during the season, and that's a lie I had to drop very early on. Now, expect things to happen once every two weeks on this feed. After the best season this program's had since 1987, I want to take this time to look back a little bit on the season that was, then spend a lot of time looking at the roster Eastern Michigan currently has with a week until the second signing period (and months from the second transfer window opening). Speaking of new roster additions: Scott Ariganello makes his debut with The Ypsilanti Eleven. He'll write about football for the site. More on that later.Also, Justin Coffin of Hustle Belt and MAC Football Pod fame hopped on to help me grade the seasons that each MAC team had in 2022. Topics, agenda:* A re-introduction for the pod and introduction to Scott, a football writer and animal knower (0:00)* SOME NEWS: USFL practices at Rynearson Stadium? (5:39)* Link to read: The Detroit News' report* Looking back on EMU's 2022 season (12:27)* Grading MAC teams' 2022 seasons (17:27)* EMU roster readthrough (54:11)* Link to read: 2023 Eastern Michigan Football Roster Tracker, UpdatesY11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. Get full access to The Ypsilanti Eleven at www.ypsi11.com/subscribe

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!It's Arizona State week (well, it's gameday*; sorry for the delay!) and EMU's got a tough, tough opponent ahead of them. Sure there's a football team that EMU will have to play against, but how does this squad expect to beat the 100-degree heat?Topics this episode include:Week 2 re-recap (2:02)Week 3 lookahead (5:29)EMU coach Chris Creighton's comments on players' irregular class week during EMU teachers' union strike (7:53), and a light editorial on the state of the university.Read the EMU-AAUP statement here: https://www.facebook.com/100031784126978/posts/pfbid06bNPH7Kop4WSbzKxVeN1wFB6BeWwJkkrBnhVh5xjKVszYeFJAvFt24GjztaejqCkl/ MACtion power rankings (17:27)Toledo coach Jason Candle's quote on who Toledo natives should root for in this game (hint: his team) (19:18), and other unwinnable games Toledo's playing this weekend.EMU at Arizona State (29:17)And three keys for the Eagles.Arizona State coach Herm Edwards on getting his team prepared for EMU (41:01)Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! This is Ypsilanti's college football show and the official podcast of Ypsi11.com.Game 2 final: Eastern Michigan fell to Louisiana 49-21 on the road Saturday night.It wasn't an ideal showing, even if EMU made improvements on how it started the ball game. The Eagles led the Cajuns 14-0 at the half, but the home squad gained some well-needed confidence and scored seven-straight touchdowns to gas EMU.My 5 big takeaways from the loss:Confidence really, really matters in this sport.Teams gain confidence by scoring touchdowns.Teams lose confidence when opponents take advantage of certain situations.Hopefully, this was Taylor Powell's worst game of the year.The defense still didn't have the kind of day, pressure-wise, as it would've liked to have had. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!While this seems like an ideal time to break out the green and white shirts, the EMU AAUP teachers' union voted to go on strike until everybody receives a fair contract that includes healthcare benefits. Until the strike is over, I'll be wearing red instead of my school colors. If you support the union, please sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-eastern-michigan-university-faculty?source=direct_link&It's Week 2 which means EMU is headed south to square off against Louisiana, reigning champions of the Sun Bowl. For as great as Louisiana has been lately, there's still a big chance for an upset by the Eagles. New head coach, new quarterback, who knows?For this episode, let's re-review some things from last week's win over EKU, present my Week 1 MAC power rankings, and give a light breakdown of the Louisiana Cajuns football team. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!Game 1 final: Eastern Michgian beats Eastern Kentucky, 42-34After breaking down the game to see how it unfolded, I've got five takeaways to share with you:No real setback with Taylor Powell at quarterback.EMU benefited from better special teams play + bad EKU penalties.Justin Jefferson hurts, dude.EMU's defense did a good job of game-planning for EKU.Samson Evans looked really reliable.Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showTwitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Thanks for reading The Ypsilanti Eleven! Support local, independent sports media coverage like this with a subscription today!Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!Eastern Michigan football begins this week (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) with a home date against Eastern Kentucky. Though EKU is an FCS program, EMU is still looking for its first-ever win over the Colonels. In this episode, we'll go through the first depth chart of the regular season and highlight this team's four captains heading into the year: OL Brian Dooley, LB Chase Kline, QB Taylor Powell, and DE Jose Ramirez.With quotes and sound bites from the team's Monday morning press conference, we'll hear from Dooley, Kline, and head coach Chris Creighton. Not only did Creighton field questions about his team and upcoming opponent, but he also shared another important bit of game-planning: Does he plan on growing out his beard again?Recently, on Y11:Y11 Audio: Let's Watch Some Football, a GuideEMU Football Depth Chart: Week 1The Drive to Detroit: Why Every Team Will (and Won't) Win the MACEastern Michigan DBs: Talented and Experienced, Just Sometimes Banged UpY11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224Twitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!We are 10 days (!!!!) away from the start of Eastern Michigan's college football season. Of course, we're all accustomed to watching most of our football from home, no matter how many road trips you plan to support your squad on the road. Since there's no one-for-all answer for anybody to watch every MAC game from a singular service provider, we're in need of a game plan of how to navigate your watch-from-home experience. Also, there's a harsh reality to come to grips with when you hear the phrase “nationally-televised game.” Too often, the MAC's big, weeknight rivalries don't reach 100,000 average viewers. That's a problem. EMU has two nationally-televised non-conference games on its schedule this year: at Louisiana on NFL Network, and at Arizona State on Pac-12 Network. Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224Twitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!Eastern Michigan's football team is halfway through its fall camp sessions, so it's time for a report on its midpoint. In this episode, I've broken up 30 players among four groups: injured guys, seniors, new faces, and returning players with 3-4 years of eligibility remaining. Recently, at Y11:Y11 Audio: Practice Dispatch, the Full-Pads EditionWhat Do *YOU* Want Out of Y11's Coverage?Eastern Michigan DL: These Guys Set the ToneY11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224Twitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!Eastern Michigan finished its first week of practices, and the team finally got to dress in full pads for Monday's practice. The team is still looking for clarity in certain spots around the field, but overall it has plenty of answers (and options) to keep the team competitive on both sides of the ball this year.That said, there needs to be some tempered expectations at positions that will feature first-year starters with the team. Mainly, I'm looking at quarterback, tight end, defensive end, and kicker. Still, I think this team looks really solid at wide receiver, linebacker, and interior defensive line.Also, last week EMU reached a new height on the recruiting trail. This unofficial title didn't last long, but EMU still got to see itself as having the MAC's #1 recruiting class for the current cycle. That moment has since passed and EMU stands as having the #4 class in the MAC, but it was still a first for a program that doesn't usually recruit to that level.Recent stories at Y11:Program-Setting Moment: Eastern Michigan Has MAC's Top-Ranked Recruiting ClassCan't Ask For Much More On First PracticeEMU Strong at Receiver, Linebacker Early on in Fall CampEastern Michigan OL: It Starts Up Front (But Who's Behind Them?)Y11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found.Reach out to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224Twitter: @ARAlvarado13 | @YpsiElevenEmail: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio! Eastern Michigan'‘s football practices will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, so let's get a little preview in our lives.But first, a MAC Media Day dispatch. I talked with EMU head coach Chris Creighton to talk about his team, talked to WR Hassan Beydoun and DE Jose Ramirez about their outlooks on the team, and had another sit-down with Toledo AD Bryan Blair.To close the episode, I want to run through eight or so names of underclassmen that I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for at practices. Y11 stories mentioned this episode:A general MAC Media Day recapEMU's preseason depth chartTwo EMU players out for the year, injuredY11 Audio is available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and basically wherever else podcasts are found. Reach out to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224. Ask or talk about whatever you want, but you're not allowed to be mean.Twitter: @YpsiEleven.Email: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!MAC Media Day is tomorrow in sunny (maybe) Cleveland, Ohio, which means preseason picks from the media + coaches will go public. So, what are my picks (note: I wasn't part of the MAC's media poll this year), and what does a MAC West-winning year look like for the Eastern Michigan Eagles?We'll chat again after the festivities at the Cleveland House of Blues tomorrow.Reach out to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224. Ask or talk about whatever you want, but you're not allowed to be mean.Twitter: @YpsiEleven.Email: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com

Welcome to another episode of Y11 Audio!Personally, I (Alex) just moved back to Ypsilanti, so it's been nice to record this podcast in its rightful home of Y11HQ.Football season, I swear, is right around the corner. Media days are upon us but I have one big question for you. What are you looking forward to this year?I love so much about college football, I couldn't just narrow my answer down to one or two things. Let's look across the country and across the MAC and find some rooting interests. As for EMU, I'm excited to see the new quarterback and linebacker situations, and will the defense see improvement if one of its key players is healthy enough to play in 2022?Reach out to to the showLeave a voicemail: 734-273-9224. Ask or talk about whatever you want, but you're not allowed to be mean.Twitter: @YpsiEleven.Email: ypsieleven@gmail.com. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ypsi11.com