Western Michigan is rowing its boat toward an undefeated football season. “The Directionals” — you know, Eastern this, Southern that — typically don’t get (or earn) much respect in college football, but Western Michigan this week cracked the national top 25 in football for the first time in school history. They also have a colorful leader in Fleck, who at 35 is the second-youngest head coach in major-college football. Fleck explained the philosophy this way in an article published by MLive.com:“There are three parts to rowing the boat. Two freshman starters on that first terrible Fleck team are now seniors: Quarterback Zach Terrell and receiver Corey Davis.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 16, 2016 01:30 UTC