Great Lakes Gridiron

With college football right on our doorstep, the gang gets together for a monster three part preview series that breaks down our expected win totals for every single team in the MAC. In this finale episode, we dive into both the Ball State, Miami (OH), and Ohio pod, as well as the Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Toledo pod. Oh, and don't forget to listen to the Week 1 preview right at the end! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

With college football right on our doorstep, the gang gets together for a monster three part preview series that breaks down our expected win totals for every single team in the MAC. In part two, we turn our eyes to our home state of Michigan to give the Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Western Michigan pod a look. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

With college football right on our doorstep, the gang gets together for a monster three part preview series that breaks down our expected win totals for every single team in the MAC. In part one, we break down how we expect Akron, Buffalo, and Kent State to fair with the brand new pod system. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

On today's episode of The Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast, Benji and Justin go head to head in a best of seven, Around the Horn style series to decide who really knows ball! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

After nearly six months of watching lesser sports, it's finally time for your favorite CMU alums Benji, Connor, and Justin, to ramble for 45 minutes about college football!

We had our flu game, so why not call this the Jordan Episode. Get excited, because some of these recruits may or may not transfer away from your school someday! Stop in to get a quick glimpse of each recruiting class, where they rank in the MAC, and hear our mystery guest break down a couple recruits! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Get ready to hear how terrible our predictions were! Despite that, please listen to our prediction for bowl season as we mourn the loss of the Bahamas Bowl to a less fun Myrtle Beach venue. We also throw in our picks for MAC player of the year and talk about some of the transfers starting to leak out to the media. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Might as well have put Miami of Ohio in the playoff, right guys? Guys? This episode contains our take on the CFP situation, as well as a quick review of all the teams playing postseason football from the MAC. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Toledo. Miami (OH). Two teams enter, one team leaves. Oh, wait, they both leave. Just one gets a cool trophy and has less players transfer away. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

This is it! The last episode before the conference championship is revealed is coming your way. Will there be any last second upsets? Who will clinch a bowl berth this week? Find out during today's episode of the Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Things are starting to become more clear as the MAC fights for bowl eligibility. Spoiler alert: We probably won't be bowl season champs this year. Join the usual suspects as we break down what week 12 has in store! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

With Benji out of office, Connor and Justin banter around with the idea that Connor is actually Connor Scallions, a persona not all that dissimilar to a certain other Connor in the news. How many different Connors can we find in the MAC? Find out now! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

We're finally into the thick of the conference schedule, giving us plenty to talk about in an action packed pair of weeks. Get ready to hear Benji and Justin break down all the upcoming action and what it means for each team! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

After a long hiatus, we finally get our favorite type of football back! This week's episode covers all the action from week 7, as well as a preview of week 8. Plus, get ready to hear from a special mystery guest! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Well last week didn't go as planned... Join Benji, Connor, and Justin as they recap the strange results of Week 6 before diving into a pretty tame Week 7 schedule. Plus, hear about another former MAC great from Benji's three QB team!

Oh yeah, and Bowling Green pulled off one of the upsets of season by taking care of Georgia Tech. Besides that, we get overly excited about CMU's two game win streak, Ball St. struggling to play football, and Miami of Ohio becoming a true MAC contender. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

What a thrilling week from our boys in the MAC! As Akron almost puts up the upset of the year, other MAC programs find their stride and shake up what we previously thought about the conference. On today's episode, the gang reviews the biggest story lines from the first four weeks of college football, comes up with an insane parlay, and talks a little bit about how good Greg Jennings was! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

The state of Ohio made MAC fans around the world proud this week, picking up three huge out of conference wins to bring momentum into MAC play. Unfortunately, the rest of the MAC failed to follow suit, making us question a few of our preseason picks *cough* Buffalo. On today's episode, we recap how our trip to Notre Dame went, how much football we watched, and how the MAC did against the world. We also get into our previews for week four, detailing the first MAC Conference matchups and what they mean for each squad. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Thanks for coming Buffalo, NIU - Now can you explain to us what the heck happened last week? Today we dive into the complete disaster these two schools went through in week two. Plus, Akron and CMU aren't off the hook for their performances either. At least we can be positive about Miami of Ohio, Ohio, and Toledo's performances as they head into big week three games. P.S. We'll be in South Bend, IN for the CMU-ND Game this weekend! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Fresh off our trip to East Lansing to see CMU play an incredible first half of football (Don't ask about the second half), Benji, Connor, and Justin sit down to recap what happened during week one, praise NIU for pulling the first big MAC upset of the season, and analyze every aspect of the thrilling Toledo-Illinois game. Unfortunately, we brought back more than just great memories from the weekend, as Justin had to fight though flu like symptoms to record in time for Week 2. His love of the MAC carries him through an entire preview slate chock-full of solid betting advice that you're sure to enjoy! Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

After watching SDSU take care of our beloved Ohio Bobcats last week, we move on to an exciting week one slate featuring the entire Mid American Conference! We believe that such a special occasion deserves a couple of special guests. That's why we've invited Bill and Dean from the BDE Sports Talk Podcast to give their take on the September 1st throwdown between in state foes Central Michigan and Michigan State. Plus, stick around for our analysis of every single MAC game this week, with sprinklings of shoddy betting advice. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

IT'S BAAAAAAAAACK!!! Week 0 is finally upon us, and the MAC is serving up an amazing main course match-up between Ohio and San Diego State. Benji, Connor, and Justin bring you their in depth analysis on the game, covering star players and keys to the game for each squad. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

On today's episode of the Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast, we finish off the season preview series with an analysis of the MAC West schedule. With a handful of strong teams at the top, Benji, Connor, and Justin, give out some of their best upset picks and a couple of games to keep an eye on for this season. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

On today's episode of the Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast, the usual suspects get deep into the MAC East schedule. We'll highlight a few key match-ups for each team, give a final win total, and throw out a few shocking predictions. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Some people believe that the west coast is the best coast, and the MAC is no exception to that rule. Toledo is coming into the 2023 season with one of the best rosters in recent memory - Can anyone from the West take them down and shock the world? Some biased members of this podcast think a certain team from Mt.Pleasant can do it. A more sane member provides a realistic analysis. We all have fun. Plus, tune in for our MAC West stadium rankings, where we highlight a couple gems that you have to visit when you come to the Great Lakes. Featuring: Benji Pack, Connor Russell, Justin Easter Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

We here at the Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast know exactly what you want to know: Who is going to be your 2023 MAC Champion! The only problem... You're going to have wait a few episodes until we get there. In the first part of our four part MAC preview series, Benji, Connor, and Justin break down the MAC East division by diving into the keys to success for each team, shouting out some of the MAC's premier players, and giving a general vibe check for each program. Plus, in an effort to alienate ourselves from possible core audiences, we spend some time ranking each MAC East program's stadium into a tier list. All of this and more on today's episode of the Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast. Featuring: Benji Pack Justin Easter Connor Russell Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

Originally recorded on July 17th, Benji, Connor, and Justin channel their inner Nostradamus to speculate about the future of the Mid American Conference. Will there be conference expansion? If so, who are the most deserving Midwest schools to join the MAC? Can we fit more MACtion games into the schedule? Are neutral site games good for the conference? We tackle these questions from student, alumni, conference, and national media angles, coming up with a few ideas along the way on how to modernize the MAC. Plus, today's bonus segment is one of our favorite discussions thus far: A 5 round all-time MAC alumni draft, featuring some of your favorite legends from the past. Featuring: Benji Pack Justin Easter Connor Russell Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com

On our debut episode of the Great Lakes Gridiron Podcast, Benji, Justin, and Connor delve into the biggest off-season news the Mid-American Conference has to offer. Originally recorded on July 13th, 2023, you'll hear our take on the coaching changes at Kent State and Western Michigan, MAC recruiting and transfer roundups, along with a quick discussion on the momentum of each program heading into the 2023 season. As an added bonus, we also included a summary of key UDFA and NFL Draftees out of the MAC that you can expect to make an impact on your favorite pro team. Featuring: Benji Pack Justin Easter Connor Russell Social Media: Lydon Mitchelson Branding and Logos: Brandon Merritt - madsciproductions.com