The Aurora Beacon: Difficult scheduling has led to trying seasons for MAC teams

With the expansion of schedules to 12 games in college football, Novak thinks MAC coaches and administrators need to be careful with their scheduling of multiple opponents from Bowl Championship Series conferences.

"I hate to see Central Michigan getting beat 70-14 by Clemson at this point in the season and (Central is) winning our (division)," said Novak.

"As a league, we are going to have a hard time getting teams eligible for bowls," said Novak, "we're killing ourselves a little bit here. I told our (league) athletic directors in May, all we're gonna do is turn coaches over every five years (scheduling like this)."