Jinks, Bowling Green at a precarious crossroads

Bowling Green State University coach Mike Jinks speaks to his team after a scrimmage in August. BLADEBOWLING GREEN — In an unguarded moment with the cameras rolling before a recent news conference, Mike Jinks noticed a friendly face missing from the room.

“Where’s Moose?” the Bowling Green football coach asked.

A school PR man informed him the boss — athletic director Bob Moosbrugger — was in a senior staff meeting.

“Come on, man,” Jinks replied, smiling. “Don’t lose faith.”

Jinks was kidding, but you know what they say about jokes: There is a little truth in all of them.

And here’s the truth: The Jinks era is at a precarious crossroads as BG opens the Mid-American Conference season Saturday…