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Marshall's perfect season raises standard in MAC

By Joe Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Monday, July 10, 2000

Last season, Marshall raised the bar for the Mid-American Conference. No longer can teams settle for a nice season. Marshall's perfect 13-0 season and No. 10 final season ranking showed the MAC can be a player on the national scene. Will the MAC have a top-10 team again this season? Probably not, but there are some good teams. Marshall has to replace QB Chad Pennington, but the Thundering Herd still has enough talent to defend its MAC title. Other teams such as Akron and Toledo are catching up ...

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