MSU head coach Dan Mullen has already been a miracle-worker, without even scraping near a BCS bowl; he has made the Bulldogs relevant in the suffocating SEC West division and has re-energized a fanbase that was sorely in need of it.
Head coach Mark Richt enters his 12th season as the main man Between the Hedges at Sanford Stadium, holding the clipboard for the Georgia Bulldogs. Various times during his tenure, he has been on the hot seat and also been lauded for being a brilliant motivator.
Louisiana Tech is heading into the 2011 season with high hopes, and there are plenty of reasons why. Despite, coming off a non-bowl season, the Bulldogs looked promising all year, and with a new, young quarterback — the sky is the limit.
After finishing an otherwise successful 2010 season with a terrible 40-17 loss to Northern Illinois in the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl, the Fresno State Bulldogs enter a fresh year without the worry of Boise State, but will still have an uphill battle to a WAC title.
It has always been a challenge for the Bulldogs to rise beyond mediocrity in the killer SEC West division, but, now in his third season, head coach Dan Mullen is doing an excellent job making this program relevant.
For years, the SEC rolled out clusters of powerhouse programs in both divisions.
