Aug. 3

Adrian College Football picked to win the MIAA
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ADRIAN, Mich.—The Adrian College Bulldogs were named the pre-season favorite in the MIAA Football Poll by the league coaches and media at Thursday’s MIAA Press Day at Adrian College.

“It’s great to be well-respected by the coaches,” said Adrian College head football coach Jim Lyall, in his 17th year at the helm of Bulldog football, “Now it is up to us to go out there and prove that we merit that type of respect.”

Adrian topped the list of teams with a low of 30 points while getting four first-place votes from the coaches and three from the media. Albion was a very close second in the balloting, leading the way with a total of nine first-place votes and 31 total points.

Rounding out the top four in the rankings were Hope in third with one first-place vote and Alma in fourth with one first-place vote. Olivet was picked to finish fifth. Kalamazoo was picked sixth. Wisconsin Lutheran and Tri-State were picked seventh and eighth, respectively.

The Bulldogs step onto the proving grounds when they open their season in their new stadium against Defiance College on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. They host Bluffton College the following Saturday before traveling to Westminster College (Pa.) on Sept. 23.

MIAA play opens for Adrian at home against Kalamazoo on Sept. 30, followed by a road game at Olivet. AC’s homecoming game is the next Saturday against Tri-State followed by a trip to Hope. Adrian will round out their brutal schedule at Wisconsin Lutheran, home against Albion in what could be a huge game on Nov. 4, and finally at Alma on Nov. 11.