It’s been nearly nine months since Matt Drinkall was named new head football coach at Central Michigan. This week, he makes his game-day debut for the Chippewas. Is he ready?

“S—,” Drinkall said with a laugh, speaking the other day over the phone. “I hope so.”

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Drinkall takes over a Central Michigan team that hasn’t made a bowl game in four years, and last season was 4-8. In the Mid-American Conference preseason poll, CMU ranks last among the state’s teams, picked to finish ninth. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t, but the effort will be there on the field, Drinkall has promised. That’s pretty much all Drinkall has promised, bringing his service-academy mentality to Mount Pleasant.

CMU opens on the road for the first three weeks of the season, starting at San Jose State

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