When I wrote up my season preview for the Eagles, I was thinking that they would be making some noise in the MAC. With three seniors and two pretty exciting other starters from last year, I thought they would find themselves in a position with a first round bye. After starting MAC play at 4 and 1, I was feeling like my thoughts were being confirmed.
After losses at Akron and Ball State, they beat Miami pretty soundly and I thought that maybe they had righted the ship. Then they went on a seven game losing streak. That pretty much ended any hopes of a first round bye.