On September 2nd, Western Kentucky opens the 2017 campaign when the Eastern Kentucky Colonels come to Bowling Green. First year head coach Mike Sanford Jr. has plenty of returning talent on his roster, but will need to replace some big performers that either went to the NFL or followed Jeff Brohm to Purdue.
In each of the past two seasons under Brohm, the Tops were able to win the Conference USA championship with double digit win totals. WKU is also riding a three year bowl game win streak. They’ve been able to do all this behind a high powered offense that averaged 523 yards per game in 2016.