Football Picked Preseason No. 1 in Lindy’s 2008 Preview Magazine

(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.)—Mount Union College’s football team is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the Lindy’s 2008 College Football Preseason magazine.  Senior quarterback Greg Micheli (Upper Sandusky/Upper Sandusky) along with runningback and fellow senior Nate Kmic (Delta/Delta) were each named First Team All-Americans, while Micheli was picked as preseason Most Valuable Player and Kmic is preseason Offensive Player of the Year.

Two of the Purple Raiders’ home games in 2008, the Sept. 6 season opener against preseason No. 16 St. John Fisher (N.Y.) College and the Oct. 11 game against preseason No. 8 Capital University, were tabbed as national games to watch by the magazine.

Mount Union returns eight starters from a 2007 squad that went 14-1 overall, won its 16th consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference title and advanced to the Stagg Bowl (NCAA national championship game) for a third-straight season.

Lindy’s Division III Preseason Top 25
1. Mount Union
2. Wisconsin-Whitewater
3. Bethel (Minn.)
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor
5. Washington & Jefferson (Pa.)
6. Wesley (Del.)
7. Wabash (Ind.)
8. Capital
9. St. John’s (Minn.)
10. Case Western Reserve
11. Wittenberg
12. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
13. Wartburg (Iowa)
14. North Central (Ill.)
15. Central (Iowa)
16. St. John Fisher (N.Y.)
17. Ithaca (N.Y.)
18. North Carolina Wesleyan
19. Trinity (Texas)
20. Salisbury (Md.)
21. Rensselaer (N.Y.)
22. Muhlenberg (Pa.)
23. Redlands (Calif.)
24. Linfield (Ore.)
25. Occidental (Calif.)