Bio Blast: Ball State Cardinals

(© Jordan Kartholl / The Star Press via Imagn Content Services, LLC/USA TODAY Sports)The ball is teed up. Now we need to play the games. Week 1 of the 2023 college football season has arrived, and things will get going in the Bluegrass on Saturday when Kentucky hosts Ball State for the second-ever meeting between the two programs located just over three hours apart.

Mike Neu is now in year eight at his alma mater and owns one MAC title (2020). However, that is the only season that Ball State finished with a winning record under the former New Orleans Saints quarterbacks coach. With some star power returning on defense and some prominent backfield transfers added on offense, the Cardinals are…