BLOG 88: Will the Bulldogs be a ‘team to watch’ in 2009?

Ferris head football coach Jeff Pierce’s team has gotten some preseason national recognition (Photo/Sandy Gholston)

By Sandy Gholston

BIG RAPIDS – For a large number of us, the college football season simply can not get here soon enough.

However, one of the good things about the summer is checking out early predictions for the upcoming Division II season. Ferris’ football team was listed among its region’s “Teams to Watch” in the 2009 Sporting News College Football Yearbook. Ferris will have a lot of good competition to contend with this fall in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as Grand Valley State was named the No. 1 team in the preseason national poll and Ashland was selected 14th.

Ferris finished its 2008 season 6-5 overall and 5-5 in the GLIAC.

The Bulldogs will be rebuilding their defense and expect to see their offense, which has been young in the past, begin producing the way the coaching staff believes the unit can.

Ferris’ season begins Aug. 29 when it hosts Tiffin in a 7 p.m. non-conference game at Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids.

If you have any questions, ideas or comments feel free to contact Sandy Gholston at sgholston2@netzero.com